Les 24 heures de la Dentelle
Sponsor:  Dentellières du Marais, La Municipalité de Courçon
Date: Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, 2013
Time:  The challenge runs 15 hours on both Saturday and Sunday.
Exhibitions open on Saturday 14:00 to 19:00, Sunday 9:00 to 18:00
Place:la salle des fêtes socioculturelle
17170 Courçon, France
Websites: http://tinyurl.com/mrxjj2v, http://tinyurl.com/ltnt34b

The Lacemakers of Marais are a group of about thirty who meet every two weeks in Courçon, and participate in meetings all over France. This is their first event called ’24 Hours of Lace’, and is actually a challenge. Ten teams of six lacemakers will make one lace band 4″ wide with 24 pairs of bobbins for 24 hours. The finished product will be measured and judged by lace teacher Michèle Andraux.  In addition fourteen lacemaking clubs from the Grand-Ouest will be present, along with specialist vendors.

Contacts: Bernadette Gunster : 05 46 55 05 52
Jocelyne Girard : 02 51 69 37 20
Admission:  Free