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AFRC EVENT KNOWN AS MAY DAZE

Below is information on this years MAY DAZE.    
​MAY DAYS 2023 Tentative Schedule of Events - May 19, 20, and 21

Diamond City (just outside Lethbridge), Alberta

Friday, May 19, 2023

TIME ACTIVITY
3:00 pm Diamond City Community Hall opens for set up.

 Tenting available at the (TBD)
 Parking for RVs on the (TBD)
 When you arrive, Registration, sign the AFRC guest book and pick up your Welcome Bag
 Set up displays in the cabinets. We'd all love to see what you've made in the last two
years.

6:00 pm Meet and Greet Barbeque

 Menu: burgers, salads, drinks, condiments ($ TBD)
 Free coffee and tea available all weekend (AFRC sponsored)
 All evening: Fundraising events (TBD), such as sale of 50/50 Tickets, Raffle Tickets, Silent
Auction

7:00 pm Sign up for field trips and workshops
 Have a look at the display cases
7:30 pm Formal Welcome and Guest Speaker (TBD)

11:00 pm Hall is locked for the night
Outdoor toilet is available

Saturday, May 20, 2023

8:00 am Hall Opens

 Breakfast on your own (not provided by the Lethbridge Club)

8:45 am Sign up for field trips and workshops

 Fundraising events such as sale of 50/50 Tickets, Raffle Tickets,
 door prizes

Saturday, May 20, 2023 Continued…
9:00 am Field Trips depart - own transportation required for all trips
 Local Rock Hounding (TBD – Subject to change):
 Garrett’s Coulee Fossils, agates, etc. – Brett Jensen (lead) (SARHA) (some 4x4’s
recommended)
 Scabby Butte Fossils, agates, various, etc. – lead TBD
 Popson Park River Bottom various stones – self-lead (see map)
 Cottonwood Park River Bottom various stones – self-lead (see map)
 Castle River (“Green Dragon”, “Quail Egg” and others) and Blairmore (Melanite
crystals, Blairmorite, and Volcanics) - Brett Jensen (lead) (SARHA) (This will be
offered Monday May 22 as an optional Field Trip owing to limited time Saturday)
 Other demos and workshops to be announced (as they are subject to change)

TIME ACTIVITY
12:00 noon Please provide your own lunch for the activities
1:00-4:00pm Demonstrations and Workshops
Demonstrations (subject to change):
 (time TBD) 3D Printing and Laser Cutting - Tony Cave (Lacombe)
 (time TBD) Rock Carving – Jonathan Legg (SARHA)
 (time TBD) Ammolite Finishing – Shaimus Tolman (SARHA)
Workshops:
 (time TBD) Jewellery Metal Testing – Jim Danku (SARHA)
 May be other Demos or workshops (TBD)
Crew to set up for Auction

5:00pm Potluck Supper - Host club will supply the main meat dishes; all others bring other courses

and/or a dessert to share
 please bring/use your own dishes and cutlery

7:00 pm AFRC Annual General Meeting
10:00 pm Signup for May Daze 2024 AFRC Auction Lots
10:30 pm Hall cleanup
11:00 pm Hall is locked for the night

 Outdoor toilet may be available – please contact/phone if camping and needed

Sunday, May 21, 2023

7:00 am Hall Opens
8-9:00 am Pancake Breakfast (Sponsored by AFRC - no charge)
9:30 am AFRC Auction
12:00 noon Potluck Lunch - Bring your own
1:00 pm Auction resumes
3- 4:00 pm Tailgate sale – outside – (time TBD)

 Clean up, pack up

Have a safe trip home!