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Ideas have been floating back and forth between many people for games and events to have at this years retreat, and we are very excited to announce our contests and events for this year:

	Name Tags: This year, we are giving you the opportunity to create your own name tag.  Yarn, felt, spinning odds and ends, use your imagination! A minimum of your name is required, but feel free to put where you’re from or any other info you’d like it to say. The name tags will be voted on at the retreat and prizes will be awarded!
Longest Thread: We love this challenge and wanted to be sure to include it for 2011. This is a competition at the actual retreat where spinners are tested at their ability to spin without breaking. The one who can spin the longest thread wins. Get practicing and it could be you!
	Spin Local: This contest will have three categories – single ply, two ply and novelty yarn. The challenge is to use fibre grown within 50 miles (give or take) of your home! This is not limited to animals – keep in mind all of those great plants that can be spun as well. Flax, nettles, corn silk, milk weed and many others! This is a great chance as well to use what you learned last year at Spin Wild and maybe try your hand at carding some of your front garden into a local fleece. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Fashion Show: Calling all finished garments! This year we will be having a fashion show where we want everyone to take a few minutes and show off the amazing things they have created over the years. Do you have a piece that took years to finish? Or how about a project that was such a challenge you never thought you would get through it, or one that wasn’t any of these, but that you simply just love to death? We want to see them all. Please do not be shy! Garments that are made with handspun, or are local yarn/pattern/designer are encouraged, but all pieces are welcome.
	Jali Giroux Spinning Scholarship: This scholarship will be given to someone between the ages of 18 – 25 who would like to attend the spinners retreat but may not have the means of doing so. We ask that anyone interested send in a letter of application to brenda@gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca simply introducing themselves and telling us about who they are and why they would like to attend. This scholarship is in memory of Jali Giroux – an amazing fibre artist from Gaspereau Valley, who sadly passed away in 2009 from cancer. This award is provided by The Potluck Spinner’s, of which Jali was a longtime member, and Gaspereau Valley Fibres where she was a good friend and employee.

Any questions or comments regarding any of the above, please feel free to call or email the shop at 1-877-634-2737 (toll free) or brenda@gaspereauvalleyfibres.ca And as usual, we would love to see pictures of what people are working on so we can share them on here for everyone else to see.

Happy Spinning!

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