Friday, April 15, 2011


The Lone Star Puppet Guild
and
The Fort Worth Public Library

Present
the
13th Annual
National Day of Puppetry

Sunday, April 17, 2011
at the
Fort Worth Central Library
500 West 3rd
(corner of 3rd and Lamar)

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the Public
Tell your friends!

Schedule
(subject to change)

1 to 4:30 p.m.

Puppet-Making Workshop

Professional puppeteer Sandy Shrout will teach you how to make your own glove puppet.

In the Discovery Theatre of the Youth Center.

1:30 p.m.

Performance: Dallas Puppet Theater's String Variety!

Or

“Lisa the Wise, a Shadow Tale.” Based on a classic Russian Folk Tale, this performance features the charm, beauty and elegance of shadow puppets. (if they are back from France !) Tandy Lecture Hall.

2:30 p.m.

Performance: “The Gingerbread Man.”

Presented by Sandy Shrout.

Tandy Lecture Hall.

3:30 p.m.

Performance: “Hip to Be Fit.”

Featuring Janice Fowler, Janice, Babette, Curlie Mae, Arthur Mac and others.

Tandy Lecture Hall.


Also enjoy a variety of exhibits
from members of the Lone Star Puppet Guild
on the upper level of the library from 1 to 4 p.m.


About the National Day of Puppetry:

Puppetry in America is older than the country itself, but until the beginning of the 20th century, puppet shows were rare. Puppeteers kept their art a closely guarded secret, certainly not shared with the public. In the first half of the 20th century, some puppeteers (most notably Tony Sarg) helped to lift the veil of secrecy, sharing information about their work, which lead to the formation of the Puppeteers of America in 1937.

Today, almost three quarters of a century onward, puppets hold a place in the public's heart that is rivaled by few other arts. They appear on stage, in movies, on television, and now, on the Internet. The Puppeteers of America is proud to present this National Day of Puppetry taking place all over North America and brought to you by the local Puppeteers of America guild in your area. (from The Puppeteers of America website- www.puppeteers.org)


Friday, March 26, 2010


The Lone Star Puppet Guild
Presents
the
12th Annual
National Day of Puppetry

Sunday, April 25, 2010
at the
Fort Worth Central Library
500 West 3rd
(corner of 3rd and Lamar)

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the Public
Tell your friends!

Schedule
(subject to change)

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Make and Take Puppet Workshop for Kids

2:00 p.m.
Puppet Performance
Sandy Shrout

3:00 p.m.
Puppet Performance
Dallas Puppet Theater

4:00 p.m.
Puppetry Performance Workshop for Kids
Lynn Baskind

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also featuring

Beau the Crow

Puppet Displays

Show and Tell Tables

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The folks at the Fort Worth Central Library will be introducing their new Kids Puppet Club this summer so they are very excited to be co-hosting the 12th Annual National Day of Puppetry with the Lone Star Puppet Guild. They have made their Rotunda and Discovery Theater available for this event.

LSPG members:
Please let Sandra McLean know if you would like to:
Help the kids make puppets in the workshop, bring puppets to display, help decorate the exhibit space a few weeks before April 25, or if you have a puppet show you would like to perform.
Contact Sandra McLean at 972-771-5876 or beaucrow@att.net

About the National Day of Puppetry:

Puppetry in America is older than the country itself, but until the beginning of the 20th century, puppet shows were rare. Puppeteers kept their art a closely guarded secret, certainly not shared with the public. In the first half of the 20th century, some puppeteers (most notably Tony Sarg) helped to lift the veil of secrecy, sharing information about their work, which lead to the formation of the Puppeteers of America in 1937.

Today, almost three quarters of a century onward, puppets hold a place in the public's heart that is rivaled by few other arts. They appear on stage, in movies, on television, and now, on the Internet. The Puppeteers of America is proud to present this National Day of Puppetry taking place all over North America and brought to you by the local Puppeteers of America guild in your area. (from The Puppeteers of America website- www.puppeteers.org)


Monday, April 27, 2009

NDOP 2009 - Earth Friendly Puppet Party


The ever-changing Texas weather threatened our NDOP but despite the brisk winds and ominous gray clouds the rain respectfully stayed away all Sunday. We had a very nice turnout of kids, parents and grandparents for our 11th Annual National Day of Puppetry event. We had not anticipated sharing the auditorium with voting machines, but since early voting starts today, the room was lined with blue voting booths both large and small.

Jesse & Elizabeth from the Southlake Library introduced the audience to the wonders of shadow puppetry plus tips for making shadow puppets from recycled cardboard. Some of the kids got to try their hands at manipulating the shadow puppets to the tune of Old MacDonald. Then the kids got to choose their own selection of pre-cut shadow puppets to take home.

Next everyone got busy crafting their own puppets from recycled boxes. Who knew that learning to curl paper strips would be so magical? As soon as everyone had finished his or her new puppet creation - the rehearsal began of our green fairy tale - "Rapunzel's Folly." Our dear Molly would have appreciated this as we carried on in the tradition of her "Champion Messer-Upper". The Plastic Bag Princess, the Clatter Man and the oh so messy Rapunzel were put on notice that we have had it with their slovenly ways. We all want a clean planet and we pledge to do our part to "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, our planet we will not Abuse!"

A special thanks to Jim for the great recycled set decoration pieces. Jesse & Elizabeth, thank you so much for being a part of our puppet party!
Thanks also to Carol and the Audelia library staff - we are grateful for all your help in making our event run smoothly.
And a Texas sized thank you to all LSPG members and friends - what a wonderful team effort!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth Day 2009


Happy Earth Day 2009
See you Sunday at the NDOP!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Boxes for workshop


LSPG Members: Remember to save your cardboard food boxes for the NDOP workshop - just flatten them because we will be turning them inside out for the workshop. Smaller boxes such as mac & cheese size, snack cracker boxes are good. What we don't use we will recycle. Bring them to the NDOP.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Audelia Library Display Case


The puppets from recycled materials and found objects are on display in the lobby of the Audelia Library for the month of April. Thank you Grace and Sue for your assistance!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Puppets for Display

Guild Members - if you have puppets that you have made for the display case for the Audelia Library - please let me know. We will be putting up the display next Monday, March 30th at 10:00 a.m.