From the Editors of The Horn Book (Jan. 2012)
The year 2012 has finally arrived and The Horn Book staff is working to get the Winter Issue out to you by the first week in February. This issue will be a first as there will be no advertisements in it! This was done to accommodate more space for information and articles, but don’t worry, all advertising is being transferred over to the Website.
In addition to the regular articles, the Winter Issue has some interesting features in it. Classic Horn Accouterments will focus on blowing horns and mentions a strange occurrence that will be of interest to you. Pending input, the article on The Lanthorn Award will finally be published and covers its history and recipients. Mark Ewing publishes his third article on North Carolina Banded Horns and discusses some accompanying southern accouterments that are rather unique. Two Guild members, Rick Sheets and Fred Noesner, will be featured and both have interesting stories to tell.
In the Fall Issue of The Horn Book in the “Happenings Around the Guild…” section, we mentioned the following: “One other subject matter that is being considered focuses on a need that contemporary horn makers, collectors, and history buffs use, but like a lot of us, could use some help and guidance. Hopefully, we’ll be able to convince a prospective contributor to write the article. We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, so you’ll have to wait to learn about the subject matter at a later date. As soon as things are coordinated, we’ll give you an update via our website.” Well, the article in question is in and will be published! Here’s a hint: It’s by Russ Young!
In addition to all this we are adding two new sections. One will be on HCH Freeman Recognition, an article on up and coming hornworkers in the Guild, and the other is entitled, One for the Book, which features a unique, original horn item. We have run the one page article for the last two issues and decided to make it a permanent feature.
If there is any subject matter concerning horn working you would like addressed in The Horn Book, please contact Bill Carter at (919) 557-0840, by email at: wmcarter@dishmail.net or Bob Albrecht at (908) 735-6887, by email at: albrechtid@embarqmail.com.
Till the next update…
Members of The Horn Book Staff
Ever think about how The Horn Book gets published? Well the folks listed below are the ones who put it all together volunteering their time and effort to keep you updated on news within our organization and articles of interest on horn related subjects.
Our thanks to all Guild members for your support of The Horn Book. It is indeed our pleasure to serve you and hope you enjoy each and every issue.
| Editor (Articles): | Bill Carter |
| Editor (Layout): | Bob Albrecht |
| Mailings: | Joe Becker |
| Labels: | John Shorb |
| Proof Readers: | Terri Albrecht (Plus Layout Assistant) |
| John Kiselica | |
| Trish Kiselica |
