"Wayzgoose was at one time the name for an entertainment given by a master printer to his workmen each year on or about St Bartholomew's Day (24 August). This marked the traditional end of summer and the point at which the season of working by candlelight began. Later, the word came to refer to the annual outing and dinner of the staff of a printing works or the printers on a newspaper"
From September 18-20 I attended the Amalgamated Printer's Association's annual Wayzgoose at Printers' Hall in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Printers' Hall is a working museum, with nearly thirty pieces (if not more) of working printing equipment. They coined this Wayzgoose as a "Play-goose," as everyone was encouraged to "play" with the equipment.
While I was there I got to print on a Uni-I Vandercook, as well as watch and listen to many older printers and some young ones alike. Overall it was not only educational but a great time. And I also came home with a bunch of new type and equipment!
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