2012 HCH Annual Meeting

The Honourable Company of Horners 2012 Annual Meeting will be held in Carlisle, PA at the U.S. Army Heritage Education Center from March 2nd - 3rd, 2012. This display and event is opens to the public at 12:00 noon on Friday, March 2, through 5:00 p.m. on that day.  On Saturday, March 3, the event is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Members are asked to bring their original blowing horns to the meeting.

The main theme will be centered around education, with hands on work stations manned by Master Horners assisted by Journeymen. All phases of work will be covered from the selection of raw horn for your particular project, to the finished item.


Listed are some of the events that will take place:

· Freeman Cheryl Davidson will open ceremonies on Friday morning singing our National Anthem.

· The Guild’s ceremonial blowing horn will be unveiled.

· The blowing horn/drinking vessel contest will be judged.

· The member’s annual horn contest will be held and judged on entries in Contemporary Engraved Horn, Traditional Engraved Horn, Carved Horn, plus Horn and Bag and Horn Objects.

· The Guild’s horn and bag for raffle, donated by GM Elect Jeff Bibb and Publications Chair Billy Griner, will be on display.

· All members registering will have their name placed in a drawing for a special door prize, a beautiful adjustable powder measure turned from horn, donated by Freeman Dave Rase.

· There will be a display table of original blowing horns.

· Our Spring Pole Lathe will be on display and demonstrated.

· Members will have their hornware and related items on display.

There will be displays of members work, demonstrations by several of our Master Horners and a lecture by one of the curators from DuPont's Winterthur Museum relating to characteristics of horn and its working properties.  Time is still "tbd" on this talk. 

We also expect to have David Williams, the current Master of our "sister" organization The Worshipful Company of Horners in England as an honored guest throught the weekend.  The Worshipful Company of Horners is the original horn workers guild formed over 700 years ago in England.  It is still active today, and our organization was patterned after theirs.

The annual business meeting will be held Friday morning. The banquet will be Saturday evening and in addition to the meal there will be an Awards Ceremony with a special guest speaker. The event will conclude with the Passing of the Horn followed by Freeman Davidson singing God Bless America.

All members attending are encouraged to dress in 18th, early 19th Century attire throughout the event including the banquet. 

Copy provided by HCH and Art DeCamp. The Pinetree Carver Horn was photographed at the 2009 HCH Meeting by Jan Riser.