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.

11th Annual National Day of Puppetry Flyer/Schedule
Click here to download the PDF

Toy theater tutorial

At the meeting today I mentioned a good tutorial on how to build a toy theater. Here is a link from Puppets in Melbourne - click here

I will be posting the schedule for the National Day of Puppetry tomorrow.

NDOP Workshop Materials Needed for our Earth Friendly Puppet Party

For our 2009 National Day of Puppetry workshop we will be making puppets of recycled materials.

At our March 15 meeting we will be in the auditorium of the Audelia library. Half of the meeting will be devoted to building some sample puppets for the library display case which we have for the month of April. Note: the display case shelves are 11" deep, so keep that in mind. The other half of the time will be spent rehearsing the skit that Lynn B., Sandy S. and Sandra McL (Mimi) have written for the event.

If you are inspired to make some puppets for the display case before the March meeting that will be GREAT! just bring them with you. Feel free to use a variety of plastic bottles, boxes, etc. but we are going to concentrate on collecting small to medium size cardboard food boxes for the NDOP workshop. To keep things simple, we will use glue sticks, tape, and staples to put things together.

Please start collecting:

small cardboard food boxes such as boxes for cereal, mac & cheese, cereal bars, etc. You can open them and flatten them, but don't cut any flaps off - just be sure they can ge re-assembled. (Junque Mail Jill - pictured above - is made from a small cereal box approximately 9" x 6" s 2", for example);

bread twist ties;

shiny candy wrappers;

glossy junk mail papers, such as the Coupon Clipper or old magazines are OK, too.

Please contact me if you have any questions -
Thanks!
Pat

Puppetry Links

More from Antiques Road Show's visit to Gary Busk's.

Antiques Road Show has bonus web video featuring Gary in his workshop discussing marionette construction and history. Go Here.

Remember Muffin from the Mr. Peppermint Show?

KLTV from Tyler Longview area featured a report on Vern Dailey - puppeteer on the Mr. Peppermint show. Go Here.

Antiques Roadshow Update:

The three Dallas episodes will begin airing starting Monday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m. on Ch. 13. Gary's puppetry collection portion is due to air on Monday, Feb. 2. Also, Gary informs me that he has been requested to appear that same morning on Good Morning Texas to promote the episode airing that night on KERA.

Good Morning Texas - February 2 at 9:00 a.m., Ch. 8, WFAA
Antiques Roadshow - February 2 at 7:00 p.m., Ch. 13, KERA

The LSPG met at the Audelia Library on Sunday the 18th and were entertained by a performance of "Don't Bug Me" by Sandra McLean of S&D Puppetry with the help of Lynn Baskind. Frieda the Fairy (pictured above) didn't want to go to school and hilarity ensued!

Plans were made for the upcoming National Day of Puppetry. "An Earth Friendly Puppet Party" will be the theme of the day. A puppet making workshop for kids and parents using recycled and found objects will begin the afternoon, followed by rehearsing with the newly created puppets and concluding with a grand performance of an Earth Day play for family and friends. A Puppet Slam/Potpourri is also being planned to take place at the Bath House Cultural Center - details coming soon.

Meetings:

February 15 - TBA - possible location change

March 15 - Audelia Library - conference room - guild members will prepare puppets and props from recycled materials for the April library display case and go over the script for the Earth Day skits.

April 26 - National Day of Puppetry 2009 - Audelia Library - auditorium

Reminder: The Dallas episodes of the Antiques Roadshow will begin airing on January 26 - Gary Busk's puppet collection will be featured during this time, so don't forget to tune in.