<p>Dear Membership: The warm conviviality of our Guild Meeting in March seeing old and new faces and hearing of each other&#8217;s winter of discontent with the weather, has rapidly receded with time.  The meeting itself was refreshing with speakers knowledgeable of their craft, a lot of original horn and bag examples gathered together by the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With this year&#8217;s annual meeting behind us, our thoughts turn to the fun and fellowship at Dixon&#8217;s Gunmaker&#8217;s Fair this summer! I am thrilled to be able to share with you, that we have another excellent showing of member&#8217;s work to bring to you this July! We&#8217;ll start with the “Horn and Bag set.” This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is my first &#8220;Message from the Guilmaster.&#8221; Jeff Bibb is a tough act to follow as Guildmaster, but I will do my best. It is indeed an honor to have the opportunity to try to keep up the pace of our previous Guildmasters and their accomplishments in expanding membership and national stature of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hello: I am looking forward to seeing many of you this coming weekend in Carlisle. Our annual meeting is always a special time, and this year promises to be a spectacular event. Right now it is snowing in central Virginia with a forecast of four to six inches by this evening. Temperatures are predicted to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is a reprint from the Summer 2-13 issue of  The Horn Book&#8211;  A Simple Horn Press by Rex Reddick. While it may not be an oldie, it certainly is a goodie! -wec &nbsp;  </p>