From:                                             Ludwig, Jay [JLudwig@ci.bloomington.mn.us]

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Working with Horn                                

Sunday, June 3, Drop-in program, 2–4 pm

Meet David Vavreck, one of America's few remaining horn workers, see a wide variety of horn products, and try using a horner’s hand tools including a pump drill.  Until the invention of synthetics in the later 19th century, animal horn was used as a raw material in the manufacture of thousands of products such as combs, spoons, powder horns, and more.  House tours 1:30 – 4 pm. Suggested donation $2, youth through high school and Pond Dakota Heritage Society members are free.

 

The historic Pond house is located in Pond Dakota Mission Park, 401 East 104th St., Bloomington, between Portland and Nicollet Aves. For more information call Jay Ludwig at 952-563-8738 or visit www.ci.bloomington.mn.us.

 

Hope you can join us for this fascinating event!  And while you have your calendar out, jot down these dates, too:

 

Upcoming Events

 

Book Release Party: A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity                                    

Sunday June 24, 2 pm

Celebrate the release of the book that won PDHS’s first Legacy Grant, A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches from the Dakota War by Mary Butler Renville. The book is a unique collaboration of its non-Dakota editors, Carrie Reber Zeman and Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola, with Dakota scholars Glenn Wasicuna and Gwen Westerman, who translated the letters written by John Baptiste Renville. The four members of the book team will be joined by special guest Alan R. Woolworth.  The book will be available for purchase and signing.  Refreshments will be served.

 

John Philip Sousa Memorial Band Outdoor Concert – FREE!

Sunday, June 24, 7 pm

Directed by the multi-talented Mr. Scott Crosby, the band has been entertaining local audiences for 40 years, providing great crowd-pleasing music.  Volunteer musicians in period costume from all over the Twin Cities recapture the spirit of bands at the turn of the twentieth century.  Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Delicious ice cream will be for sale.  

 

Jay Ludwig

Publicity Director, Pond Dakota Heritage Society

Cultural Arts Coordinator

Bloomington Parks and Recreation

1800 W. Old Shakopee Road

Bloomington, MN 55431

952-563-8693