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	2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

2011: spring is on its way already in the garden here in S. TX., there are daffodils, narcissi, and pansies blooming, and a few rosebuds are showing. We’ve had ample rain so the wildflowers should be plentiful this spring. During our nuclear summers I have wished more times than I can say that San Antonio was more like the southwest of Ireland: balmy, breezy, and cool at night, but when our early spring arrives here in S. TX. it is pure enjoyment. Soon, the bluebonnets will be out in the Hill Country; then I’ll take the back roads. For now, I’m planning the spring and summer shows, and planning on doing a lot of storytelling this year. My creative board here in my workroom has some new ideas which I am presently trying out – one new product which you will definitely see is the new, multicolored Teddy Bear, and a new Irish lap quilt.

So come see me at one or more of the shows listed below – make me happy!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2011, SATURDAY 9am – 4 pm

19th ANNUAL HILL COUNTRY DOLL SHOW
New Braunfels, TX

New Braunfels Civic Center, 375 S. Castell Avenue

The biggest doll show in Texas - I thought I'd take my Lizzies, PJs, Topsy-Turvys and Teddy Bears and enjoy being surrounded - for once - by enormously talented doll-makers. With 60 - 70 vendors exhibiting, there will be antique dolls as well as modern collectibles, also dolls clothes, repair kits, accessories, vintage fabrics, books ...just about everything that makes a doll collector's heart beat.

I've heard from the organizer that there are no other dolls like mine - now that could be either a god or a bad thing. We'll see. See you there!

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011 SUNDAY 3 – 5 pm

IRISH CULTURAL SOCIETY MONTHLY AND IRISH TEA
St. Gregory’s Church Hall on Beryl Street near Crossroads Mall, San Antonio Entrance free

Jane will regale with a couple of ancient Celtic stories from her 2011 repertoire.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011 SUNDAY NOON – 5 pm

IRISH HERITAGE DAY San Antonio College, Loftin Student Center, San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio Entrance free

An Irish High Tea, Soda Bread baking workshop, Irish dancers, the Bexar Pipe Band, harp music, storytelling, the Jim and Maggie Fox Irish music.

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MARCH 4, 2011 FRIDAY – MARCH 6, 2011, SUNDAY

NORTH TEXAS IRISH FESITVAL
Fair Park Dallas (Centennial and Automobile Buildings) Fee to Enter

In addition to storytelling in the Story Glen (5.15 pm - 6 pm on Saturday, and 1.30 pm – 2.15 pm on Sunday) Jane will be giving a presentation titled Emigrants between the US and Ireland in the 19th and 20th Centuries, with illustration by letters written by those emigrants.

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MARCH 19, 2011 SATURDAY 12.30pm – 1.30pm

Jane will tell stories for children at the Children’s Museum in downtown San Antonio. Suitable for children 4 – 10 years old.

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MARCH 24, 2011 THURSDAY – MARCH 27, 2011 SUNDAY

COMHALTAS CEOLTEORI EIREANN 2011 Convention
At the San Antonio Airport Hilton Hotel 611 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX. Fee to enter or participate.

A feast of Irish and Celtic culture: dance, music, storytelling and language. Sessions and workshops in all themes and areas. For full information, check out the website www.cceconvention2011.org We are expecting 2500 attendees from the US, Canada and Ireland to this event staged by the venerable and respected CCE organization.

Friday: Storytelling 2 – 4 pm, Storytelling workshop: Friday, 2-4 pm Saturday: Storytelling 10 am – noon, and 2pm – 4pm CCE 2011 Storytelling Championships 4 – 6 pm (do YOU have an Irish or Celtic tale to tell and have you always harbored a wish for the title of Best Irish Teller or Best Irish Liar??? Enter and have some fun – there is no cost to take part in this lively event.)

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APRIL 9, 2011 SATURDAY – APRIL 10, 2011 SUNDAY, 10am – 5pm EACH DAY

BLUEBONNET FEST in Chappel Hill, Texas Entrance free. Get there early for parking close by.

The venerable and varied family fest in old Chappel Hill – come and see the biggest variety of handmade crafts in South or Central Texas. I’ll be there!

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APRIL 16, 2011 SATURDAY

KING WILLIAM FAIR
King William Area in downtown San Antonio

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APRIL 30, 2011 SATURDAY – MAY 1, 2011 SUNDAY 10am – 5pm

BUDA WIENER DOG DAYS AND WIENER DOG RACES
(Buda County Fair) at the Buda City Park, Buda, TX

Ohhhh – having lived in Germany for 29 years, I just couldn’t resist this. Gotta see those Wiener dogs racing. I’ll be there, in the arts and crafts area, rooting for Clausi, and WienerHans, and Teddy the Champ. For more info: www.budalions.com or (512) 295 3158. Oh yeah!!!

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MAY 15, 2011 SUNDAY 5pm – 7 pm

STORIES GALORE
San Antonio, TX

Jane is the featured teller and has some rollicking Irish and Celtic stories to tell.

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MAY 29 and 30, 2011 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10am – 4pm

MARKET DAY IN KERRVILLE
On the Courthouse Square in downtown Kerrville, TX Entrance free

The best quality show in all the Hill Country. This is where you go to meet the real artists and crafters. –See you there!

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SEPTEMBER 24 and 25, 2011 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10am – 5pm

PECAN STREET FESTIVAL Austin, TX

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OCTOBER 8 and 9, 2011 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10am – 5pm

SCARECROW FESTIVAL
Chappel Hill, TX

Do NOT miss this one.

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OCTOBER 15 and 16, 2011 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SATURDAY: 9am – 6pm SUNDAY: 11am – 5pm

UVALDE HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW
At the Willie DeLeon Civic Center on HWY 90 E in Uvalde, TX

Indoors, a good selection of crafts, antiques, jewelry, and live plants. No charge, parking free.

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OCTOBER 16, 2011 7pm – 8.45pm

SAN ANTONIO HERB SOCIETY MEETING
San Antonio (Botanical Gardens) Garden Center Corner of Funston and 500 N. New Braunfels Avenue San Antonio, TX Entrance free

I will be showing and selling my new collection of Xmas Tree Skirts, reversible table runners and Lizzy dolls.

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OCTOBER 22 and 23, 2011 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10am – 5pm

HUFFHINES ART TRAILS
In Huffhines Park, on Apollo Road, off Arapaho Road, off HWY 75 N in Dallas/Richardson, TX

What a show!

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NOVEMBER 4 and 5, 2011 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND
Champion Forest Baptist Church, 15555 Stuebner-Airline Road Houston, TX. 77069

Quality at this show is very good. Selection is large, with a large number of well-produced sewn goods, pottery and wood products, and some “homemade” crafts – it’s the variety of talents which makes a show like this. The show is held indoors in a big gym, and outdoors under a large tent, Entrance is free.

Service for customers is very good: there is a lively, well-stocked café which provides lunches at decent prices, free shopping bags, a holding place for purchases, and door prizes awarded twice every hour.

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NOVEMBER 19 and 20, 2011 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
9am – 5pm

SHOWCASE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
At the Coliseum, San Antonio, TX

This is the Big One: crafters from all over Texas and beyond congregate in the Coliseum and in two adjacent buildings, next to San Antonio’s AT&T Center for two days. Put on your walking shoes for this one. Find me on the Coliseum Main Floor, booth H-03 with the most beautiful, the most gorgeous, the most exclusive collection of Christmas Tree Skirts, reversible Table Runners in two lengths, whimsical Pot Pads, new Pot Grabbers, Lizzy Dripping, Little Lizzy and PJ Dolls, new Topsy-Turvy Dolls, Christmas and Irish Green Lap Quilts, luscious Christmas Stockings, Table Mat Sets, Bib Aprons in patterns from the 1950s, and almost anything else that your (Irish) heart desires.

Make me happy – come see me!

And remember – I will refund your entrance ticket if you spend $35+ in my booth.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011 SATURDAY 10am – 5pm

CHRISTMAS IN COMFORT
Comfort, TX

I’ll, most likely, be coming to this one when I’m 99 – it’s such an enjoyable day. Find me at my usual booth space, #1, on Main Street, confluence of Main Street and 7th, next to the stage; right there, where the folk music, hand bell groups, children’s choir, and the singing cowboy entertain all day. There’s a beautiful, magical night parade as soon as it gets dark – start is around 7 pm. Bring deckchairs,, and blankets and the kids if you want to watch that, and get there by 6 to bag a good place if you want to just watch the parade. This makes for a beautiful day out – and a great start to the real Christmas season. At night, the eyes of the little kids are lit up all along the parade route – it’s magic time, and Santa will be here, soon.

Location: Main Street and 7th Street in downtown Comfort.

Entrance free.

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DECEMBER 3, 2011 SATURDAY

OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS FAIRE
Castroville, TX

Crafters come from all over the Castroville, Van Ormy, San Antonio, Uvalde and Lacoste areas for this one – it’s a huge, “local”, variety-filled show, accompanied by Alsatian music and dancers during the midday hours. Santa and his wife will arrive by fire truck at noon, and stay for photos afterwards.

Location: Castroville’s Main Square, in front of the St. Louis Church. Parking close by.

Entrance free. Find me at booth # 74, next to the inner Plaza, on the Madrid Street side of the Square.

Castroville is always worth a day’s trip – if not for the delicious parisa, available at the local supermarket, then for a leisurely walk around its picturesque streets, filled with Alsatian-French houses, built by settlers in the 19th Century, and maybe a meal at any of its excellent, small restaurants.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011 SATURDAY, 10am – 8pm

PFLUGERVILLE CHRISTMAS STROLL AND NIGHT PARADE
Pflugerville, TX No charge, parking close by.

Beautiful Christmas show, with a magical, lit parade after dark. Bring the kids to this one. Come for the strolling street musicians, the mulled cider and the great array of handmade crafts. See you on Main Street, right next to that Hungarian restaurant where the goulash is so good.

And don’t forget – the San Antonio Storytellers meet for story swaps and merriment on the first Wednesday of each month: at the Book Hollow Library on Heimer Road, off Bitters Ave. and IH 281 N. in San Antonio. Meet: 6.30 pm – 8 pm. Come to listen or bring a tale – you’re very welcome!