BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.somersethistoricalcenter.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreat or 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:de04e973-36c4-49d0-a417-e6239f6b611e X-WR-CALDESC:*The 2025 Annual School of Coopering is currently full. If you are interested in taking the class at any point\, please sign up for the waitlist. If a spot opens up for 2025\, you will be the first contacte d. Those signed up on the waitlist will be given first option to sign up f or the 2026 Annual School of Coopering.\n\nThe Annual School of Coope ring at the Somerset Historical Center is a three-day workshop where parti cipants will construct a keeler\, or maple sap collecting bucket\, from st art to finish using traditional tools and materials. Taught by experienced instructor\, Mark Ware\, and several assistants\, the class provides a re laxed atmosphere where even the novice woodworker can complete the project . Participants work at their own pace and all tools and materials are prov ided. Along with instruction\, participants will learn some of the history surrounding coopering and will be able to view original examples of this historical trade. \n\nThe fee for the three-day class is $200.00. HGSSC Members get a reduced fee of $185.00. **P lease contact us at (814)445-6077 or info@somersethistoricalcenter.org to ask about the member rate.**\n\n*Must be 18 years old to participate. All tools and materials are provided\, but participants are welcome to bring t heir own if you feel more comfortable using them. We also have a variety o f coopering tools available for purchase. Coffee and light refreshments pr ovided throughout the weekend as well as lunch on Saturday. If you are pla nning to attend from out of town\, there is a number of options for lodgin g in Somerset and arrangements can be made to camp on our grounds if desir ed. Please call the Somerset Historical Center at (814)445-6077 for more i nformation.\n\nThe cottage craft coopering tradition taught at the Somerse t Historical Center stems from continual passing down of the craft within Somerset County from the 1800s to the present day. James Johnson and Jubal Werner\, whose family were Somerset County coopers\, shared their knowled ge in the 1970’s with Mark Ware who in turn shared the techniques and know ledge with numerous other persons throughout the years as a Museum Educato r with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission at the Somerset H istorical Center.\n\nCoopering was an important cottage craft industry thr oughout the Somerset County Maple Sugar Region. Wooden buckets\, tubs\, su gar keelers (buckets to collect maple sugar water as it dripped from the t ree) and other wooden vessels were needed throughout the county for the bu rgeoning maple sugar industry. Many farmers in the region were ‘Jacks of a ll Trade” and were able to make the needed items as a sideline to farming. These skilled artisans fashioned thousands of maple sugar keelers from wh ite pine and bound them with hoops made of white oak.\n\nGeneral Schedule of Work:\nFriday\, 4/25/2025 from 6pm to about 9:00 or 10:00pm\nSaturday\, 4/26/2025 from 9am to about 7pm\nSunday\, 4/27/2025 from 9am to about 12p m\n\nAbout the Instructor: Mark Ware has been cooperi ng since 1974\, he learned from Somerset County descendants\, and has docu mented and preserved Somerset County coopering techniques throughout the y ears. He also studied coopering through a Pennsylvania Historical and Muse um Commission Professional Enhancement Grant with Master Cooper George Pet tingill at Colonial Williamsburg\, a PA Council on the Arts grant with Jam es R. Johnson\, and at Peters Valley\, a New Jersey Craft School. Numerous volunteers who have previously taken the coopering workshop come back to assist participants. The Somerset Historical Center’s Coopering School is dedicated to teaching these traditional Somerset County coopering techniqu es for future generations. To date more than 150 persons have participated in the coopering school classes. X-WR-RELCALID:043f8c3146b0157b2ffca19087739a29 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20251102T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20260308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5c4675b5-7054-411b-9b16-36a95dec91a1 DTSTAMP:20260414T222316Z DESCRIPTION:*The 2025 Annual School of Coopering is currently full. If you are interested in taking the class at any point\, please sign up for t he waitlist. If a spot opens up for 2025\, you will be the first contacted . Those signed up on the waitlist will be given first option to sign up fo r the 2026 Annual School of Coopering.\n\nThe Annual School of Cooper ing at the Somerset Historical Center is a three-day workshop where partic ipants will construct a keeler\, or maple sap collecting bucket\, from sta rt to finish using traditional tools and materials. Taught by experienced instructor\, Mark Ware\, and several assistants\, the class provides a rel axed atmosphere where even the novice woodworker can complete the project. Participants work at their own pace and all tools and materials are provi ded. Along with instruction\, participants will learn some of the history surrounding coopering and will be able to view original examples of this h istorical trade. \n\nThe fee for the three-day class is $200.00.< /strong> HGSSC Members get a reduced fee of $185.00. **Pl ease contact us at (814)445-6077 or info@somersethistoricalcenter.org to a sk about the member rate.**\n\n*Must be 18 years old to participate. All t ools and materials are provided\, but participants are welcome to bring th eir own if you feel more comfortable using them. We also have a variety of coopering tools available for purchase. Coffee and light refreshments pro vided throughout the weekend as well as lunch on Saturday. If you are plan ning to attend from out of town\, there is a number of options for lodging in Somerset and arrangements can be made to camp on our grounds if desire d. Please call the Somerset Historical Center at (814)445-6077 for more in formation.\n\nThe cottage craft coopering tradition taught at the Somerset Historical Center stems from continual passing down of the craft within S omerset County from the 1800s to the present day. James Johnson and Jubal Werner\, whose family were Somerset County coopers\, shared their knowledg e in the 1970’s with Mark Ware who in turn shared the techniques and knowl edge with numerous other persons throughout the years as a Museum Educator with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission at the Somerset Hi storical Center.\n\nCoopering was an important cottage craft industry thro ughout the Somerset County Maple Sugar Region. Wooden buckets\, tubs\, sug ar keelers (buckets to collect maple sugar water as it dripped from the tr ee) and other wooden vessels were needed throughout the county for the bur geoning maple sugar industry. Many farmers in the region were ‘Jacks of al l Trade” and were able to make the needed items as a sideline to farming. These skilled artisans fashioned thousands of maple sugar keelers from whi te pine and bound them with hoops made of white oak.\n\nGeneral Schedule o f Work:\nFriday\, 4/25/2025 from 6pm to about 9:00 or 10:00pm\nSaturday\, 4/26/2025 from 9am to about 7pm\nSunday\, 4/27/2025 from 9am to about 12pm \n\nAbout the Instructor: Mark Ware has been cooperin g since 1974\, he learned from Somerset County descendants\, and has docum ented and preserved Somerset County coopering techniques throughout the ye ars. He also studied coopering through a Pennsylvania Historical and Museu m Commission Professional Enhancement Grant with Master Cooper George Pett ingill at Colonial Williamsburg\, a PA Council on the Arts grant with Jame s R. Johnson\, and at Peters Valley\, a New Jersey Craft School. Numerous volunteers who have previously taken the coopering workshop come back to a ssist participants. The Somerset Historical Center’s Coopering School is d edicated to teaching these traditional Somerset County coopering technique s for future generations. To date more than 150 persons have participated in the coopering school classes. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T120000 LOCATION:Haupt Education Complex at the Somerset Historical Center SUMMARY:Annual School of Coopering END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR