9th Old Ways Days at Shaker Village

CANTERBURY — At the ninth annual Old Ways Days, October 18-19 at Old Ways Traditions, 418 Shaker Rd., Canterbury there'll be even more woodworking than there was at Wood Days (held for the last and 23rd time this Spring).

There will be sawmilling and canoe building, tool making, basket making, wood turning, and spoon making, as always and, of course, Tools for Kids, blacksmithing, trail walks and more music; blues, bluegrass, Americana, fiddling.

Old Ways Traditions exists to connect people with traditional ways of doing things, still viable today. Old Ways Days features hands on demonstrations and participants can try the skills and find out where to learn to master them.

Some of the highlight include saw miller Ben Jones, who grew up working with his dad in the woods of Loudon, home base for his sawmill; canoe builder Ben Bean who will bring a 1934 Old Town he's restoring, master wood turner Marcel Durette and world class basketmaker Sharon Dugan.

Saturday noon to 2 Newfound Grass performs. Banjo player Dave Shaw keeps them from getting too "newgrass."

From 2 to 3 Arthur James will play acoustic blues. He identifies all the songwriters he covers. 3 to 4 open mic.

Sunday from noon to 2 world class fiddlers Ryan and Brennish Thomson, who performed in China earlier this year, performs followed by the Backtrack Band.