The opening reception for Dan Thoman's show"Wood and Stone" was held Friday, November 6th at the Monroe Art Guild located in Monroe, Georgia. Approximately 50 people attended the event.  The show, which ran from November 4 through December 29, 2009, received good press and was widely attended. Exhibited were wood turnings, carvings and sculpture in cherry, walnut, elm, oak, cedar, and bass wood, and stone turnings and sculpture in alabaster, honeycomb calcite, Colorado yule marble, Georgia marble and limestone.