Saturday, July 14, 2012

If It's Franklin - It's Time For The Franklin Faceters Frolic!

Roy Kersey and Will Smith started the idea for the Faceters’ Frolic in 2007 and the first Frolic was held during the Summer 2008 Gem Shows in Franklin, NC.






This year the 5th Annual Franklin Faceters Frolic will be a two-day event on Friday July 27th & Saturday 28th of 2012 at the Fun Factory.


Highlights include:
> two GemCad Classes offered by the creator of GemCad, Robert Strickland. Starting at 9AM, Robert will offer a Beginner Class, which will go until Noon. At 1 PM he will start another GemCad Class for Intermediate/Advanced level students. This will be your chance to learn from the Master.
> a fabulous line up of dealers is available on the FFF5 websitedealers will start offering items for sale at 1PM on Friday. Dealers will be available all day on Saturday. 
> and the great list of Demos from equipment manufacturers grows every year.


Program Features Include:
>  from the home of Topaz - "Selecting & Faceting Topaz" by Diane Eames GG, past president of Texas Faceters Guild
"Faceting for Competition" by Dr. Howard Bromley, the new USFG Editor and the newest member of the USA Team competing in 2012 Australian International Faceting Challenge


Special Guest and Premiere Unveiling:


"NEW GemRay for Windows" by Robert Strickland the creater of GemCad and GemRay. Robert will show how it works and go over things you need to know. It is a powerful addition to GemCad.


Whether you are a beginning faceter or an advanced cutter this is your opportunity to talk to the man who wrote the book (or should that be program?)...and get up close and personal in two GemCad Classes!


So take a moment to check out the Franklin EZ-Guide and add the Frolic to your schedule!