Well, it's just a few days until the opening of the Midwest Traditional and Primitive Archery Expo at Waterloo, Iowa. It will be held at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center/Ramada Inn starting at 2 p.m. Friday, March 9. Friday's hours are 2-8 p.m. Saturday's show starts at 9 a.m. and runs til 6 p.m. with a door prize drawing for a Pine Hollow custom sinew-backed longbow. Seminar speakers for Saturday are Gene Winter (selfbows), Tim Strickland (shooting) and Dennis Harper (Compton scoring method). Sunday's show starts at 9 a.m. and runs til 2 p.m. Some of the vendors at this show include Black Widow Bows (Roger Fulton), Pine Hollow Longbows (Mike Yancey), Hunter's Image (G.Fred Asbell), Ace Archery Tackle (Bob Mayo), St. Joe River Bows (David and Tracey Balowski), Dwyer Longbows (Dave and Sue Dwyer), Great Plains Bows (Bill Forman), Lost Nation Archery (Larry Murray), RER bows (Kevin and Sue TerMaat), The Footed Shaft, Holm-Made Bows, Prairie Longbows (Joe Blake), Mule Creek Outfitting, Best Friend Longbows (Scott Rentschler), New Wood Longbows (Chris Hartwig), Bearfoot Traditions (Tom Norris), JerryCo (Jerry Coulter), Ricke Custom Knives (Dave Ricke), Compton Traditional Bowhunters (Marv Cochran), Rapids Archery Club, Da Wool Lady (Mary Deppe), Winter Bow Shoppe (Gene Winter), Iowa Traditional Bowhunters Society, Strickland Archery (Tim Strickland), Tortorelli Traditions (Nick Tortorelli), TradArchers' World magazine (Tom Colstad) and Klug's Country Gold (Dale Klug).There will be a bow try-out area, concessions and an opportunity to purchase a banquet ticket for Saturday's Iowa Traditional Bowhunters Society banquet starting at 6-7 p.m.
I encourage everyone to come to this second annual event. There is easy access to the building via free ramp parking across the street. Hope to see you there. Tom Colstad
Topic: On to Waterloo... Trad&Primitive Archery Expo (Read 941 times)
