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Letter
from Our President, Dickie Martin
Newsletter
If you are a member of the SC Gourd Society,
please make sure all your information is current
- address and email. If you have not been
receiving your newsletter, please contact the
interim membership chairman
Angie Craft
Links to Patch web sites:
Palmetto Gourd Patch
Capital
City Gourds
Cypress Gourd Patch
Link to news from Patches:
Palmetto
Capital City
Cypress
Membership form
here....
Member Sites
here...
Need Photos
We need some new photos of your gourd
art for a new gallery. Please send in
photos of your gourds. Email to the
webmaster.
Orangeburg show here....
Winners of Orangeburg Show
here....
Member Spotlight
Send us your information and photos
and you could be our member spotlight!
New Judging Rules
The American Gourd Society has new judging
rules for shows. Interested in becoming a judge? Take a look
here...
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 Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year!!
South Carolina
Gourd Society
The South Carolina Gourd Society is
educational in nature and accomplishes this by encouraging
and supporting presentations, displays and seminars,
providing educational resources and exhibits. We have
differing levels of creativity for young and old, creating
one-of-a-kind pieces of art that started with the foundation
of a seed, soil, nutrition, water and a burst from the sun.
Representing the South, we are proud to lift from nature’s
own and place the fingerprints of the human soul upon it.
Gourd
Identification chart
 Governor's Christmas Tree
The members of the South Carolina Gourd
Society were invited to send ornaments for the Governor's
tree at the SC Governor's Mansion in Columbia. The following
members sent ornaments: Peggy Ash, Marianne Barnes, Paula
Berg, Marvin Berg, Donna Boyer, Joanne Crouch,
Jackie Jurecek, Dr. Linda Lake, Cass Meinardi,
Laraine Short, and
Betsey Sloan. The mansion will be open for tours by
appointment through the holidays. Contact Nancy Bunch at
(803) 737-1710 for availability.
The following was a press release for the
Holiday Open House which was held Wednesday, December 3rd.
Notice the mention of the SC Gourd Society.
"This year’s decorations will include a
gingerbread replica of the South Carolina
Statehouse created by the Mansion’s
Executive Chef Geoffrey D. Sandifer with the
assistance of guest artist McClellan
Douglas.
Other decoration highlights include an
ornament collection made of hand painted
gourds donated by the South Carolina Gourd
Society, poinsettias grown by students at
the Lexington Technology Center, Christmas
wreaths provided by the Horticultural
Division of the Department of Corrections,
and trees provided by the SC Christmas Tree
Association." Many thanks to those who
sent ornaments and represented our society.
See more pictures
here...
New Gourd Patch to Form
There will be a meeting on January 18th at 3 PM at Angie
Craft's house at 447 Holland Ford Rd., Pelzer SC 29669 for
anyone interested in the new Anderson/Easley area Gourd
Patch. If you have any questions, call Angie at 864-525-7886.
Bring anyone else that might be interested in joining the
patch
Savannah Retreat
Sponsored by: Charlotte Durrence & Friends
In support of: The Georgia Gourd Society &The American Gourd
Society
We would like to invite you to join us at the Gourd
Retreat we sponsor near Savannah, Georgia. It will be held
on March 26-29, 2009, at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center. We
have invited teachers from all over the country to come and
have classes for you. They represent a large number of new
and exciting techniques in the world of gourd art. The
retreat center is a beautiful place in an isolated area
where you can enjoy the peace and quiet of the country.
Check out the retreat
center.
We will offer classes this year beginning on Thursday
morning and going through lunch on Sunday. You will need to
register early to get your first choice of classes. Most
classes will be from 3-4 hours and the prices will be listed
on the class descriptions. One Thursday class and one Friday
class will be all day classes. These will be classes taught
by Bonnie Gibson of
Arizona Gourds. Classes and registration forms are
located at the
Savannah Retreat web site.
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Join and Support
Who: SC Gourd Society and the American
Gourd Society
Why: To educate the public to the wonders of the gourd
and to share the joy of creating art with this natural art
pallet.
How: By working to share in patch groups and state
societies and getting support from the American Gourd Society.
Where: Fill out the forms and mail in with the dues
to the SC Gourd Society
and
American Gourd Society
It is so very important that you join the
American Gourd Society and the South Carolina Gourd Society. We
work together to fulfill our goals. The magazine alone you get
from the American Gourd Society is worth the membership dues. In
order for our SC Gourd Society to grow and be able to have more
opportunities, we must support by joining and participating in
the events
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