Friday, December 29, 2017

January 2018 Del Air Calendar of Events

Del Air’s January 2018 Calendar
 01: New Year’s Day: 2018, here we come 
 03: Pebble Pups Fossil Field Trip: With Maxine Dearborn (Pebble Pups Only)    04: General Meeting: 7:30 pm in our regular meeting room.
15: Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday: We all have a dream!
25: Board Meeting: Julie Marin’s Home (The 4th Thursday this month due to Quartzsite)    27: Del Air Annual Whale Bone Hunt: See the article!

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General Meeting: Thursday Jan 04, 2018
The meeting begins at 7:30 pm in our regular meeting room at:
  Northridge United Methodist Church 9650 Reseda Blvd, Northridge

       Guests are always welcome at our meetings and events however our annual Holiday Party in December requires a prepaid reservation in advance.

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January 2018 Program:
"Tips & Tricks at the Jewelers Bench"
Presented by: Bradford Smith 
 

Bradford Smith is a studio jeweler, lapidary, and jewelry instructor based in Santa Monica, California. His teaching career started with eight years in the Los Angeles school system. In 2009, he designed and built a new jewelry facility at Santa Monica's Adult Education Center where he continues to teach Adult-Ed classes in beginner to advanced jewelry fabrication

After retiring and moving to California, Brad discovered rockhounding in the desert and the lapidary arts. That led him to cutting gemstones, then to silversmithing, etc. He’s been a happy camper ever since.

Brad is a long-time member of the Culver City Rock Club, the Metal Arts Society of Southern California, and the ASPCA. He enjoys photography, rockhounding, scuba diving and robotics.

His how-to jewelry book started nearly four years ago as a homework assignment in a social media class. "Bench Tips for Jewelry Making" is now on Amazon, and has more than 4700 followers on the Facebook Bench Tips page plus distribution to 213 club newsletters in six countries. 


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January 2018 Field Trip:
Refugio Beach for Fossil Whale Bone
Saturday January 27, 2018 @ 11:00 am

It’s time again for our annual Del Air Fossil Whale Bone Hunt. This is always a fun trip. We will meet at Refugio Beach at around 11:00 am. Our field trip chairman, Jeff Dengrove, will pre-scout nearby El Capitan and Gaviota beaches to see if the collecting conditions are worth traveling the short distance to collect there. Dress in layers as the weather this time of year can vary from cold and cloudy to sunny and warm. Bring buckets or canvas bags to carry home your treasures. There’s no open stores nearby for food and water so pack yourselves a picnic lunch to eat on the beach when you are done searching. Take US Hwy 101 Ventura Freeway approximately 100 miles to Refugio Beach Rd exit. 

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Support Our Hobby...Attend a Local Show

January 20 - 21: EXETER, CA
Tule Gem & Mineral Society, Visalia
Exeter Veterans' Memorial Building
324 N. Kaweah Avenue
Hours: Sat 10 - 5; Sun 10 - 4
Contact: Margaret Buchmann, (559) 799-6034
Email: margaretbu03@gmail.com
Website: www.tulegem.com

February 16 - 25: INDIO, CA
San Gorgonio Mineral & Gem Society
Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival
82-503 Highway 111
Hours: 10 - 10 daily
Contact: Bert Grisham, (915) 849-1674
Email: bert67@verizon.net

February 17 - 18: ANTIOCH, CA
Antioch Lapidary Club
Contra Costa County Fairgrounds
1201 West 10th Street
Hours: 10 - 5 daily
Contact: Brenda Miguel, (925) 301-6957
Email: brenda.miguel@yahoo.com
Website: www.antiochlapidaryclub.com

February 24 - 25: VALLEJO, CA
Vallejo Gem & Mineral Society
Solano County Fairgrounds, McCormack Hall
900 Fairgrounds Drive
Hours: 10 - 5 daily
Contact: Dan Wolke, 707 334-2950
Email: dncwolke@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.vjgems.org

March 2 - 4: NEWARK, CA
Mineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley
Newark Pavilion
6430 Thornton Avenue
Hours: Fri & Sat 10 - 6; Sun 10 - 5
Contact: Cathy Miller, 510-887-9007
Email: showchair@mgscv.org
Website: www.mgscv.org

March 2 - 11, IMPERIAL, CA
Imperial Valley Gem & Mineral Society
California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta
200 East Second Street
Hours: Weekends noon - 10 pm; Weekdays 4 pm - 10 pm
Contact: John Pyle, Jr.   (760) 562-3453
Website: www.ivgms.org

March 3 - 4: ARCADIA, CA
Monrovia Rockhounds
L. A. County Arboretum & Botanical Garden
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Hours: 9:00 - 4:30 daily
Contact: Jo Anna Ritchey, (626) 359-1624,
Email: joannaritchey@gmail.com
Website: www.moroks.com

March 3 - 4: TORRANCE, CA
South Bay Lapidary & Mineral Society
Ken Miller Recreation Center
3341 Torrance Blvd (entrance on Madrona)
Hours: Sat. 10 - 5; Sun. 10 - 4
Contact: Nancy Pekarek, (310) 257-8152
Email: pekareks@hotmail.com
Website: southbaylapidaryandmineralsociety.com

 
More show info at www.cfmsinc.org  
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2018 Quartzsite Shows and Events

Quartzsite Market Place Street Fair
Oct. 31, 2017 - March 1, 2018

Tyson Wells Market Center Swap Meet
Oct 01, 2017 -April 1, 2018

Rice Ranch “Yawl Come” Show
November 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018

Grease Wood Swap Meet
November 2017 - April, 2018

Desert Gardens - Gem & Mineral
January 01 - February 28, 2018

Prospectors Panorama
January 01 - January 14, 2017 tbc

Annual Hi Jolly Daze Parade - Town Park

QIA Pow Wow - Gems, minerals & jewelry
January 17 - January 21, 2018

Tyson Wells Rock & Gem Show
January 05 - January 14, 2018

Tyson Wells Sell-A-Rama
January 19 - January 28, 2018

Sports, Vacation & RV Show (The Big Tent)
January 20 - January 28, 2018

Tyson Wells Arts and Crafts
February 02 - February 11, 2018

Gold, Treasure & Craft Show - QIA 9 am - 5 pm
February 9 - 11, 2018 tbc

Quartzsite Quilt Show - Quartzsite SR Center
February 2 - 3, 2018 tbc

Quartzsite Gold Show
February 9-11, 2018 tbc QIA building. Friday - Saturday 9-4 Sunday


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