tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75581686994433962762024-02-06T19:31:44.137-08:00Puppets and BanjosPuppetsandbanjoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590021444438698632noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558168699443396276.post-55867769247618963372021-09-27T16:54:00.004-07:002021-09-28T08:12:48.375-07:00The Mystery Muppet Man!<p> “Nobody reads those names anyway, do they?” Fozzie Bear asks Kermit the Frog as the pair, along with Gonzo the Great, glide in a hot air balloon across our movie screens while the opening credits for “The Great Muppet Caper” appear and fade. As Jim Henson's own credit appears Kermit answers, “Sure, they all have families.” </p><p>Being a vast receptacle for Muppet trivia has never really come in useful. Sure, it's a neat parlor trick I can use to settle an argument two friends may be having about whether or not certain Sesame Street characters are gay, correcting someone when they wrongly believe Jim's son, Brian took over performing Kermit or setting them straight when they believe all “The Muppet Show” episodes are now on Disney+. (For the record, Bert and Ernie have never been gay, Steve Whitmire took over Kermit in 1990 after Jim's death and Disney+ has an edited 118 out of 120 “Muppet Show” episodes. </p><p>Several years ago, my knowledge (if you can call it that?) would have come in useful when the Center for Puppetry Arts was refurbishing a number of donated Henson puppets that spanned the history of the company. Vito Leanza and Russ Vick had the daunting task of conserving hundreds of puppets, many of which they couldn't easily identify. On the few trips I made to visit them, I just looked around the room and without even thinking about it, named each character and identified the production they were used in (multiple in some cases) as well as their respective performers. Vito and Russ had been combing Muppet Wiki, a sort of search engine for all things Henson related, and had managed to get a lot of information that way. But after my nifty little identification presentation, they all wished I could have come in and saved them a lot of time doing that research. </p><p>Fast forward to 2021. Going about a normal (or whatever passes for normal now) July day, I got a message from Bill Jones at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Bill just celebrated his 20th year there, though now he works in the collections division after moving over from production. “Any idea what Sesame Street character this is?” Attached was a faded photograph of a lavender live-hand Anything Muppet that was used in a sketch about “Upside Down.” I immediately knew what it was and attached a YouTube link for the sketch. </p><p>This photo was part of a collection donated by Muppet builder, Caroly Wilcox, after her death in 2020. Contained in the pages of photo albums and scrapbooks was a retrospective of her entire career at The Jim Henson Company that began in the late 1960's with “Sesame Street” and involved virtually every production until her retirement. And there were a lot of them. Of course, there were the big projects like “The Muppet Show” and “The Great Muppet Caper,” for which she was the Muppet Workshop coordinator. But there were also smaller projects like “The Muppet Musicians of Bremen,” for which she created puppets and also did some performing. Few know that she also performed on “Sesame Street” in the early days before Fran Brill joined the team as the first female Muppet performer hired by Jim. And there were numerous reference photos of puppets for all these productions and none of them were labeled. </p><p>Charged with cataloging this massive resource was the Center's museum intern, Ted, who (poor boy) had his work cut out for him. I think Bill Jones had taken pity on him and wanted to reach out to see if I could be used as a resource to help him. After I passed that initial test from Bill, Ted reached out to ask if I could come in and give him a hand. Naturally, I jumped at the chance to see some rare Muppet artifacts. Peeking behind the Muppet curtain is a lot like peeking behind the Wizard of Oz's curtain, except instead of revealing a layer of disillusionment, you discover more magical layers of wonder and enchantment, at least as far as the Workshop is concerned. Caroly's scrapbooks did not disappoint. </p><p>Ted could hardly keep up. He could not type fast enough as I moved from one photo to the next identifying one seemingly random puppet after another. In some cases I started singing the musical numbers they were associated with. Ted must have been terrified or surely thought he was in the presence of a whole other level of crazy person. We whittled his list of about 100 unidentified photos down to about 4 that just stumped me. I even reached out to some Henson veterans and they were equally stumped. But Ted was happy with all we had accomplished and I was thrilled to have gotten a peek into Caroly's worklife. </p><p>Fast-forward a few months. Ted reached out again, this time needing help identifying some people in Caroly's photos. Most of these were folks who worked in the Muppet Workshop at various times throughout the years. These were a bit harder for me and I knew I was going to have call in some help of my own. For those I didn't know, I took photos of the photos with my phone and contacted the same veteran Henson folks I had before, who were very helpful in some cases. </p><p>But there was one guy. He seemed familiar to them but they couldn't name him. </p><p>(Side note: Since I don't have usage rights to share the images of this mystery man, I can't post one to this story, but I made an artist's rendering of one)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqDV7WbK9zAt9XlZoZRGNfdCgsikXBppw5cSyQRttccqJccwq4VLP_ZLzgqEhRbv4DT9MeGyZisYxEH99KzP06slwpwiGivDCzD_LFKp6yOm6Nrsy8MezDmqR89l_m7qYkwI6kJsmFoU/s2048/LouisGraydon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqDV7WbK9zAt9XlZoZRGNfdCgsikXBppw5cSyQRttccqJccwq4VLP_ZLzgqEhRbv4DT9MeGyZisYxEH99KzP06slwpwiGivDCzD_LFKp6yOm6Nrsy8MezDmqR89l_m7qYkwI6kJsmFoU/w494-h640/LouisGraydon.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p>This one guy. </p><p>He was tall with wild silver hair and a goatee. He looked like a natural fit for the Henson staff in those days. He was in a photo from 1972 on the set of “The Muppet Musicians of Bremen,” helping Caroly, who was in the costume for Mean Floyd, one of the bad guys. </p><p>He popped up again in photos for “Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas,” making some adjustments to the set of Gretchen Fox's dock. If you know the special, you know the significance of that dock. </p><p>Both specials were shot in Canada, so it seemed likely he was part of the regular Canadian team Jim used when he filmed up there, which was frequently since production costs were cheaper. Jim was also the sort that when he found people he liked to work with, he hired them over and over again. He was also known to be incredibly good to those people. </p><p>It was time to call in the heavy-hitters, which prompted an email thread among Henson Archivist, Karen Falk, Henson Legacy trustee and veteran Muppet designer and builder, Bonnie Erickson, and Fraggle Rock producer, Larry Mirkin. They all looked at the photos of this man and he looked familiar or he resembled this person or that but no one seemed to know exactly who he was. Finally, Larry said he was going to contact puppet wrangler Jane Graydon, who had told him once that her father had worked on Emmet but wasn't on the credit list. So, we waited to hear back from Larry.</p><p>The man's name was Louis Graydon, Jane Graydon's father. She said he had worked on a number of Henson projects eventually becoming a Key Grip. In her message to Larry, she revealed that he was also on the team that was responsible for one of the greatest Muppet outtake reels: The rolling drum from “Emmet Otter.” </p><p>If you don't know this bit, well, it seems pretty insignificant in the context of the whole special. Ma and Emmet Otter pass by a music store that's being pillaged by The Riverbottom Nightmare Gang and a bass drum rolls out the door past Ma and Emmet and lands on the curb. In rehearsal, the drum had rolled out and done a nifty end-on-end teeter before landing on the curb. But that was just the rehearsal and the cameras weren't rolling. However, Jim wanted that exact movement, became fixated on it and would not give up on lightning striking twice. The crew valiantly tried over 200 takes to recreate what had happened purely by accident. All the while, Jerry Nelson and Frank Oz were trapped underneath the set performing Emmet and Ma above their heads for those over 200 takes. You can see the outtake reel here: (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduZhqftUn8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduZhqftUn8</a>) Louis peeks through the door of Mrs. Mink's Music Shop at around the 4:00 mark. </p><p>The mystery was solved! Jane was so grateful to Larry for being in touch and allowing her the opportunity to remember and share her memories of her dad. Now he'll be properly credited in the Henson Archives as well as in Caroly's material at the Center for Puppetry Arts. I was so glad to play a little role in solving this mystery and connecting those dots. As the years roll by the number of folks who were directly involved in these productions dwindles. I think we were really lucky to catch this one when we did. I also feel really honored to know some of that old guard who are still around like Ed Christie, Rollie Krewson, and Bonnie Erickson, all who helped so much on this excavation trip. </p><p>All this also puts me in mind of the current fight the members of IATSE (The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) are undertaking. There are so many people that work behind the scenes of all the content we have been gorging on since the start of the pandemic. Production companies have attempted to turn up the rate of production, mostly at the expense of the teams of people who work incredibly hard to make it all happen on schedule and on or under budget. This has lead to cut corners on safety in some cases or just a blatant disregard for the general well-being and welfare of crew members. It has all finally reached a breaking point and negotiations with union leadership has stalled and a worker strike is likely forthcoming (and justified). </p><p>So think about all the work it takes to make a movie or a show that you watch. </p><p>Think about all those names you see scroll on your screen. </p><p>Think of their families. </p><p>And think about Louis Graydon. </p><p><br /></p>Puppetsandbanjoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590021444438698632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558168699443396276.post-26017517788101145082019-06-24T04:42:00.002-07:002019-06-24T04:42:47.498-07:00"The Muppet Movie" Turns 40<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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40 years ago movie audiences and Muppet fans were treated to "The Muppet Movie" and the world was introduced to Kermit's big-screen anthem, "Rainbow Connection."<br />
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I've sung this song a few times in my years as a puppeteer, Muppet fan and banjo player, although it wasn't this song that sent me down the banjo path. The song is tied to many personal memories; some sad and some sweet, which seems appropriate for a Paul Williams song.<br />
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I started playing the song at gigs with my band, Banjolicious. I played it for IBEX's first trial run of their popular "Muppet Movie Sing-A-Long." I played it at an Amphibious Alumni event flanked by 3 generations of Muppet performers. I played it to Jane Henson in her living room on the "Muppet Show" banjo, which is now on display at the American Banjo Musem. I played it to a room of puppeteers at the O'Neill Puppetry Conference when I proposed. I played it (recorded it) for the first dance at my wedding. I sang it as Mr. The Frog when I auditioned for the role. And I played it to a room full of banjo players (including Bela Fleck) when Jim Henson was inducted into the American Banjo Museum's Hall of Fame.<br />
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Much like the Frog in the film who left the Mississippi swamp with a bindle stick, a banjo and a dream, I left rural Alabama (by way of Atlanta) with 2 suitcases, a banjo and a little money in my bank account seeking that "rich and famous" contract. My story turned out more like Emmet Otter's than Kermit the Frog's, which is still better than selling snake oil. Both characters have Paul Williams songs in common, too, and you can't go wrong there.<br />
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I'm grateful for the man behind the Frog and the man behind the song and the all the dreams they inspired 40 years ago, including mine.<br />
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Oklahoma City is home to the American
Banjo Museum where visitors can view displays of hundreds of banjos
of various styles: 4-string tenors, 5-string open backs, 5-string
resonator bluegrass, long-neck Seeger style, and on and on. For any
banjo enthusiast, it is a must-visit. The only thing that would make
the experience even better for a banjo player would be getting to
play some of these incredible instruments!
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I had a specific reason for visiting
the Museum this past weekend. As part of their annual Banjo Fest, the
American Banjo Museum was honoring the 2018 inductees into the Banjo
Hall of Fame. For his role in promoting the banjo in American pop
culture, Jim Henson was being honored and I had been asked by the
Henson family to play and sing Kermit's iconic song, “Rainbow
Connection,” written for “The Muppet Movie” by Paul Williams
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Added to this honor, was the knowledge
that Bela Fleck, perhaps the world's top banjoist was also being
inducted and would be in attendance as well as banjo legends Tony
Trischka and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen. To say I felt
some intimidation would be an understatement.
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But I needn't have been worried. The
community of players and enthusiasts was so warm and welcoming.
Everyone felt like family. There was even ANOTHER David Stephens! Can
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At the awards ceremony, I had a plan in
the event I should feel too nervous, which I did. I took the stage
and saw all the banjo luminaries (including Deering Banjo founders,
Janet and Greg Deering) at the front table, mere inches away from me.
Tony Trischka had even emerged from the green room where he had been
warming up to watch my performance. Add to this Heather Henson, Jim's
youngest daughter, and members of the extended Henson family were
also in attendance. They had jokingly told me before the ceremony,
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I started that famous banjo riff that
we all know and love and then sang the first line of the song in
Kermit's voice. Then I stopped, coughed and cleared my throat. I then
apologized to the audience and said “I had a frog in my throat..”
The joke brought the house down and took all the pressure off and I
started the song again in my own voice. It all seemed to go quite
well and Heather Henson gave a lovely acceptance speech and received
the award.
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The next day, at the American Banjo
Museum, Heather cut the ribbon and officially opened a year-long
exhibit featuring a “photo” Kermit holding a prop banjo that was
used by the Muppet version of Jim Henson in the Country Trio and also
used in the “Muppet Musicians of Bremen.” Additionally, the banjo
that was used on a large number of musical tracks on seasons 2
through 5 of “The Muppet Show” was on display.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry Jameson's design for Kermit's banjo as seen in "The Muppet Movie."</td></tr>
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The musician who had played this tenor
banjo during those “Muppet Show” sessions had managed to get
autographs from many of the guest stars who appeared on the show.
There were signatures from Julie Andrews, Peter Sellers, Johnny Cash,
Petula Clark, Leo Sayer and even Jim Henson and Kermit.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Muppet Show" banjo signatures</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More signatures on the "Muppet Show" banjo.</td></tr>
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A few years ago, the banjo came up for
auction. The owner had been dealing with some health issues and in an
effort to ease some medical expenses, was selling off some of his
instruments, including this banjo. I saw the auction listing and
notified Heather Henson that this was an important piece of Muppet
history that did not need to get lost. The Henson Legacy managed to
acquire the banjo and now it will be on display at the American Banjo
Museum through 2019.
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It was an incredible weekend honoring
two of my life's passions: the work of Jim Henson and the banjo. I
never could have imagined those two worlds colliding in such a
specific way, but I was privileged and grateful to have been asked by
Jim's family to honor his legacy. And for making me feel like an
extended family member.
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Many, many thanks to fellow Muppet and
banjo enthusiast, Lucas Ross who was instrumental (pun intended) in
coordinating the exhibit and making my visit possible. Lucas even had
Chubbly on his morning news spot!<br />
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While in a bit of a creative slump, I decided to engage in the Inktober Challenge for 2017. Haven't heard of Inktober? Well, here's what it's all about:</div>
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So, here are my 31 drawings for the 31 days of Inktober!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Tub. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">(This a Jonathan Swift joke using the title form one of his works)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Sword</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. Shy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. Crooked</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. Screech</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Gigantic</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. Run</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">12. Shatter</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">13. Teeming</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">14. Fierce</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">15. Mysterious</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">16. Fat</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">18. Filthy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">19. Cloud</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">20.Deep</span></td></tr>
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I had a lot of fun with this challenge. So much so I wish there was an Inkvember challenge so I could keep going!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scrudlums are one of my favorite plush creations! Furry, grumpy, Muppet-y, they are truly my spirit animal (monster). Here's a look at how they are made!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, I create a textured fur by boiling it (see my <a href="http://puppetsandbanjos.blogspot.com/2016/10/tutorial-how-to-boil-fur.html" target="_blank">previous blog post </a>for that tutorial!) Once the fur dries completely, I lay it out with the backing facing up and trace out the various fur pattern pieces. The body, top head, bottom and tail are all made out of fur fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using a razor blade, I cut the the pattern pieces making sure to only cut the backing of the fur and not the actual fur fibers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The hands/arms and legs/feet are made of polar fleece, preferably the anti-pill variety. I trace out the pattern pieces using a Sharpie and cut them out using a rotary cutter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, I use quilter's pins to pin the the two fabric sides together to prepare for machine stitching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Following the outline, I straight stitch the hand pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After stitching, I trim away the excess fabric, making sure not to cut too deeply between the fingers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using a long, thin screwdriver, I stuff the fingers and palm with polyester fiber-fill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After I've stitched and stuffed the hands, I repeat the process for the legs/feet. Once the feet are stuffed, I use strips of batting to fill out the legs and arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut the batting double the width of the arm and leg and fold the batting over. Using the same screwdriver, I gently guide the batting down the arms and legs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once stitched, I turn the fail right-side out and then trim away the fur at the base of the tail to making stitching to the body section easier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The nose is made from a different color polar fleece. It is traced out, pinned and stitched, turned and stuff with fiber-fill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The nose and arms are guided through corresponding holes in the fur body section. They are pinned in place and ready to be stitched.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the arms and nose are stitched in place, I pin and stitch the back seam, leaving a section in the middle open. This open section will allow the Scrudlum to be turned right side out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I pull the arms through the opening in the back and prepare to stitch the bottom, including the legs and tail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bottom pinned in place, ready to be stitched. The tail and legs have been fed through the opening in the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like the nose, the horns are made from a different color polar fleece. They are traced, cut, stitched along the outline and excess fleeced trimmed away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The top of the head is pinned in place with the horns in position.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once stitching on the top is complete, I turn the Scrudlum right side out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To create the definition of toes, I use a long needle and button thread to stitch through the feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the body stuffed and the toes stitched, I close up the back seam using a curved needle and a ladder stitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the eyes, I use plastic soup spoons. I cut off the ends on a band saw and round off the edges on a belt sander.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cover the eyes with a white spandex fabric. This gets hot glued on the concave side of the spoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I use another color of polar fleece for the eye bags. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because the eyes should be glue as close to the backing of the fur as possible, I use embroidery scissors to trim away the fur fibers where the eyes will be placed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the fur trimmed, the eyes are hot glued in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pupils are made from flocked black-out paper. This is normally used by photographers, but it's great for puppet eyes! I have circle punches in a variety of sizes. For Scrudlums, I use a 5/8" circle punch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I trace and cut the uni-brow from a long pile black fur fabric. Again, trace and use a razor blade to cut the backing, not the fur fibers. I use a white color pencil to trace pattern pieces on darker fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ta-DA!! All done and in need of a hug! Or an ice cream cone! Or a balloon! Or just a word of encouragement! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this tutorial, you'll see my method for boiling fake fur which gives it a really nappy and crinkled texture. The fur I'll be using is a medium pile which some fabric stores label as "Punky Muppet." I should note that I have found this technique most effective for this particular fur fabric only. It is certainly worth experimenting boiling furs of varying pile lengths/weights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because, when boiled, the fur fabric will shrink a bit, I don't cut out my pattern pieces prior to boiling. Instead, I boil a whole piece of fabric and then trace/cut out my pattern pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, I cut a section of fur fabric. I find it better to work with smaller to medium size pieces so the fabric has enough room to move around in the boiling water for a more even result. Always cut fur fabric on the backing side with a razor blade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, I run the fur through the delicate rinse cycle in my washing machine. This will wring out any excess water. Finally, I stick the fur in the dryer and run it on "air dry" for 30 minutes. (Do NOT run fake fur through the dryer on a heat setting. Doing so will melt the fur!)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> If it is still damp, I'll set it on a drying rack until it is completely dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once dried, your boiled fur should look like this! Now it's ready for your next creation!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I received some wonderful news from <a href="http://www.hensonfoundation.org/" target="_blank">The Jim Henson Foundation</a> over the weekend: "<a href="http://puppetsandbanjos.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-pied-picker-process-creating-new.html" target="_blank">The Pied Picker</a>" has been accepted for a full grant submission. This means, the project has made it through the first round and now I must create and submit a full proposal. </span></div>
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Puppetsandbanjoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590021444438698632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558168699443396276.post-64225799549895343252016-05-21T23:15:00.000-07:002016-05-21T23:15:32.570-07:00Remembering Allelu Kurten<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">My
friend and fellow musician, Mark Rubin posted a Facebook status
update this past week which has hit very close to home. It read:
“Confused?
Upset? Maybe start talking to old people more often. You'd be
surprised what you'll learn and how much better you'll feel
generally.” There was definitely one “old” person whom I
relished seeking counsel from and that was Allelu Kurten. I say “old”
with quotation marks because if you knew or even met Allelu, you knew
that despite her biological age, the word “old” did not apply to
her. She was exuberance incarnate, even until the last. </span>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Whenever
I faced a big decision or transition in my life, she was always there
with her light and wisdom and gave me perspective and a listening
ear. She was there when I had to make big decisions regarding some
work with the Muppets. She saw me through a number of heartbreaks.
And she sat next to me at Jane Henson's memorial service. But she was
also there to delight in all the good things in life, too: playing
music, making albums, creative projects and, of course, puppet shows!
She taught me the value of having a “chosen” family: the family
that you may not necessarily be born into, but those you choose to
surround yourself with. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">I
had a lovely last visit with her when I was in Brookline, MA last
month. She revealed to me that her time was short and so I took
advantage of having as much time with her as I could. She came to see
“Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stuff” at the Puppet Showplace and I
offered to give her a ride back up to her apartment in Concord. She
showed me around her place, her lovely flower boxes on her deck, but
it was soon time for me to go. We looked at each other and I said “I
don't want to do this. I had to say goodbye to Jane and now I have to
say goodbye to you.” We hugged each other and I made my way out.
She waved to me from her balcony as I walked to my car, a gesture she
made to anyone who came to visit her. </span></span>
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will miss her human presence here, but know that her light is
shinning all around us now, anytime we need. She left behind a legacy
of love, hope, encouragement and enthusiasm. All of which are our
inheritance. Truly, we are wealthier in those respects for knowing
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While digging through some old photo files, I came across these and thought I'd post them. I got hired by the good folks at Cartoon Network to construct two puppets for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The two characters, Zuccotti Manicotti and his Minion, were both animated characters on a TV show watched by Meatwad, one of ATHF's main characters. The show's producers wanted actual puppets of the characters to appear on an episode. They sent me the designs and I set about creating these two in three-dimensions out of foam and fleece. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With series producer, Nick Ingkatanuwat</td></tr>
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<br />Puppetsandbanjoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590021444438698632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558168699443396276.post-90795046849860162882016-01-26T17:23:00.000-08:002016-01-26T17:23:00.037-08:00"The Pied Picker" Process: Creating a New Show. Part 1. STORY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial artwork for "The Pied Picker."</td></tr>
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Since I began creating puppet shows as
a teenager, I have always enjoyed tinkering with classic fairy tales
in much the same way that Rocky and Bullwinkle and the Muppets
treated these time-tested stories. With each story, I try to find
it's core: the central idea and then take extreme liberties to tell
my own version of that story in a humorous fashion.
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One story that I have always wanted to
adapt but which seemed to present perplexing challenges was that of
“The Pied Piper of Hamlin.” In this tale, the town of Hamlin is
riddled with rats. At his wits end, the town's mayor accepts the
offer and price of a wandering Pied Pier to rid the town of its
vermin. Following the trail of music stemming from the Piper's pipe,
all but one of the rats is drowned a nearby river. When he returns
for his payment, the Piper is unceremoniously dismissed by the mayor.
The Piper then seeks his vengeance on the mayor and the town by
playing his pipe and leading all the town's children up and into a
tall mountain on the edge of town. Once the last child is inside, the
mountain seals shut. Only one frail, crippled boy is left behind.
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Part of what draws me to this story,
especially in my role as a family entertainer, is the idea of “paying
the piper his due.” I think all freelancers have experienced having
a contract altered or having payment withheld after fulfilling their
part of the agreement. Quite often we'd like to seek retribution but
realize doing so might jeopardize our reputations. Therefore we tend
to stew about it and hope to be all the wiser on the next project. In
this story, the artist takes matters into his own hands.
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Certainly one of the big problems with
telling this story is it's ending. When I first attempted to tackle
“The Pied Piper” while a Puppet Arts graduate student at the
University of Connecticut, my professor, Bart Roccoberton asked how I
planned to deal with the overtones of pedophilia. Modern
interpretations and literary critics have proposed that leading the
children out of town into a mountainside insinuates that the Piper is
a child molester. It was as if a blemish had been pointed out on a
perfectly white shirt: suddenly I couldn't see anything else. While I
did develop the story into a finished script along with puppet
designs, I filed all that work away and worked on other ideas. But
the Piper always lingered.
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Years passed. Then one day in the
spring of 2015, it hit me. I figured out how I wanted to tell this
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One of my favorite springboards for
starting work on a new show is utilizing a Stanislavsky idea I
learned as an undergraduate theater student at Troy University: the
“magic if.” This theatrical principle asks the all important
question of “what if...” in the course of a scene as it relates
to story, action and character. Suddenly the world opens up when you
can ask, “What if the big, bad wolf is allergic to blueberries?”
“What if instead of trying to eat the three billy goats gruff, the
greedy troll tries to charge them a dollar to cross his bridge?”
“What if the Gingerbread Man gets combined with Pinocchio?” All
at once the possibilities for imaginative storytelling are endless.
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In that vein of fractured fairy tale
mash-ups, I found my answer for “The Pied Piper.” Basically, I
realized that it's the mayor, the crooked authority figure, who is
the bad guy in this story. HE'S the one who should get what's coming
to him! The original story does seem like the Piper punishes the
whole town when the town residents had nothing to do with the mayor's
decision not to pay the Piper. So, the “what if” became “What
if I combined 'The Pied Piper' with 'The Emperor's New Clothes?”
This was soon followed with “What if, instead of rats, the town is
plagued by roaches?” Then, “What if, instead of a pipe, the Pied
Piper plays the banjo?!” Suddenly, “The Pied Picker was hatched
and I gave myself the gold star for genius.</div>
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THE PIED PICKER SYNOPSIS:</div>
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While the town of Hamlin, Georgia
prepares for it's centennial celebration, a convention of roaches has
simultaneously chosen the town for it's annual meeting. Members of
the city council insist the town mayor do something about the rampant
roaches reeking havoc. Just when all ideas had been exhausted, a
wandering banjo player comes into town and takes note of the town's
bug problem. He tells the mayor he can get rid of the roaches for a
fee. Desperate for any solution at this point, the mayor agrees. The
Pied Picker begins to play some hot banjo licks and, as if possessed,
all the roaches, in mass exodus, leave the town in a hurry. With one
exception, who happens to be a banjo lover. The mayor discovers he is
in a budgetary fix: all of the town's funds had been blown on the
decorations for the centennial celebration, leaving noting with which
to pay the Picker. However, instead of explaining this to him, the
Mayor dismisses the Picker and goes about his business writing a
speech which he will present to the town during the celebration. The
Picker then gets an idea. Claiming no hard feelings, he offers to
make the mayor a fine new suit of clothes in the latest fashion which
he can wear when he address the town later that afternoon. The mayor
eagerly agrees. The Picker takes measurements and begins working on
the suit of clothes, except the mayor claims he cannot see the Picker
using any fabric. It is explained that only those who are important
enough can see the fine fabric being sewn. Of course, there is no
fabric, but the mayor claims that he, of course, can see it. Later
that afternoon when he takes the stage to give his speech, the Mayor,
thinking he is sporting the latest fashion in men's apparel, it is
made clear that he is wearing not much at all save his underwear. And
the Picker, as mysteriously as he arrived, is nowhere to be found.
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Next up, CHARACTERS! Stay tuned!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original synopsis notes for "The Pied Picker."</td></tr>
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It's that time of year again when woodchucks bring out their banjos, tune up the strings and pray to the good Lord above they will win the Waterville talent contest. </div>
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In 2008 and 2009, I had the privilege to participate in a musical stage adaptation of "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," co-produced by the Jim Henson Company and Goodspeed Musicals. I puppeteered Yancey Woodchuck, who played the banjo live for every performance (no small feat for the puppeteers!); Skippy Squirrel, one of a quartet of squirrels created for the musical version; and Pa Otter, who appears to Ma as a ghost. Paul Williams wrote some wonderful new songs for the musical in addition to the original songs he wrote for the 1979 television adaptation, produced by Jim Henson.</div>
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The story of Emmet and Ma started as a children's book by Russell and Lillian Hobban and was a retelling of O.Henry's "The Gift of the Magi." Jim Henson and his talented team of builders and performers lifted the world of woodland creatures out of their watercolored illustrations and realized them in three-dimensions for television. Christopher Gatelli, noted Broadway director and choreographer, had in his mind the possibility of bringing that world to life on the stage. </div>
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The colorful cast combined actors in elaborate animal costumes alongside puppets, all masterfully and meticulously created by the Henson Workshop in NY (shout out to Jason Webber, Rollie Krewson, Connie Peterson, Matt Brooks, Anney Fresh, Heather Asch and Tom Newby!) Audinces loved the show and it ran for two Christmas seasons at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT, a theater that seemed to be designed specifically for Emmet and the gang. </div>
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After it's second year, it was uncertain if I'd get to revisit that wonderful world we all created. There was an intense amount of joy and love poured into every aspect of that show. Such attention to detail and dedication to remaining faithful to the visions of both the Hobbans and Jim Henson. It was a wonderful experience to have been a part of that project but I'd assumed it's time had come and gone.</div>
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Then in November of this year, I received an email from a fellow Emmet puppeteer, James Silson, informing me that Christopher was attempting to stage a reunion concert with the cast at 54 Below in Manhattan in December. I did a little research into flights and prepared to clinch my teeth at what would surely be an impossible ticket price. I was amazed to find a cheap flight on American Airlines: a Christmas miracle! I booked the flight faster than you could say "ain't no hole in the washtub."</div>
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Honestly, I wasn't looking forward to Christmas. I've started referring to 2015 as my "3-D" year: Divorce from a very brief marriage; the Death of one of my best friends and mentor of 20 years, Terry Snyder; and Depression from a general feeling of powerlessness over these and some other circumstances that presented themselves this year. I was bracing myself to just get through the holidays, hopefully unscathed, and pray for a better year in 2016. </div>
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But because of this overnight adventure in New York and reuniting with my "Emmet Otter" family, I experienced a Christmas miracle. This is the true power of any good Muppet Christmas special. I know it sounds hokey, but being around those exceptionally talented people, those characters and puppets and their heartwarming story and songs were exactly what I needed. </div>
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For the musical, Paul Williams wrote a beautiful ballad for Pa Otter, appearing as a ghost, to sing to Ma when she is experiencing a moment of self-doubt and defeat. In the song, "Alice, Keep Dreaming," he tells her, "There's hope in the power of love." As I sang them, those lyrics felt like Paul's words to me. The song developed such a tremendously deeper meaning for me. I needed those words and that encouragement. </div>
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Paul also wrote a song for a quartet of squirrel puppets that also contained a special message for me. "Trust the Branch" has a chorus that goes:</div>
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trust it to bend but not break. </div>
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but it's gotta be told from the start.</div>
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Trust that you'll find some peace of mind </div>
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and you'll be home when you follow your heart.</div>
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It was also a joy to reconnect with a few friends that I had a short time to see. It made me realize that I'm overdue for a longer visit to NYC. </div>
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Thank you, Emmet Otter gang for the best Christmas gift I could have ever asked for. </div>
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When I returned to Atlanta, I received a message from my friend Rebecca, who is a children's librarian. On a recent trip to Asheville, NC, she saw a gingerbread house contest and just had to share the second place winner's entry with me. It's pretty incredible. I'm glad whomever made it fared better than Ma and Emmet at the Waterville talent contest!</div>
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Puppetsandbanjoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590021444438698632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558168699443396276.post-89277208674126653202015-10-23T07:07:00.000-07:002015-10-23T07:07:24.344-07:00"Saying Goodbye."<br />Terry Snyder, my friend and mentor for over 20 years would have been 67 today. Recently, I delivered his eulogy at a memorial celebration in Richmond, Virginia, where he lived and worked for most of his life. What follows is that eulogy. <div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">What
is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by
side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room.
“Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out
handle?” </span>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Real
isn't how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It's a thing that
happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not
just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Does
it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes,”
said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real
you don't mind being hurt.”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Does
it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by
bit?”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">It
doesn't happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It
takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who
break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved
off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very
shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are
Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">I
suppose <i>you </i>are Real?” said
the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the
Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">The Boy's Uncle made me Real,” he said. “That was
a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal
again. It lasts for always.”</span></div>
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- (excerpt from "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams)
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
1991, my parents and I traveled to Atlanta from Alabama to visit the
Center for Puppetry Arts, mostly so I could see the Muppets in their
museum collection up close. I was 14 and the Muppets held a place of
reverence for me, to the point of obsession. When asked by the box
office staff person if we'd like to also see a performance, we looked
at each other and thought “why not?” </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As
the show began, a tall, lanky, bearded man came out on stage. At
first, I thought Jim Henson, who had died only the year before, had
been reincarnated. We saw Terry's “Velveteen Rabbit” that day. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A
year later, after joining the Puppeteers of America, I saw Terry
perform “The Tales of Beatrix Potter.” While he was being rushed
by puppeteers from the audience after his show, I meekly asked him
for his autograph. He thought I was being silly, but obliged me and
posed for a photo. He flippantly said, “If you're ever in Richmond,
you should come by the studio!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Two
years later, he and Christopher Hudert were performing “Peter and
the Wolf” at a Puppeteers of America Regional festival in Ashville,
NC. Terry was generous enough to allow me to watch their rehearsal.
After the show, I approached Terry. “You said I should come visit
your studio in Richmond. Would that still be ok?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Two
weeks later, I boarded a plane on my first solo flight to spend a
week in Richmond that would change my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Years
later, Terry and I would talk about that trip. He was amazed that my
parents, who knew nothing about him would allow me to just go stay
with him for a week. But my parents and I knew all we needed to know
about Terry that first time we saw him perform in Atlanta, four years
earlier. I'll never forget that experience, mostly because of how
Terry's performance affected all three of us, for by the end of the
show, my father, mother and I were all wiping back tears. Truly, if
you saw one of Terry's shows, you became aware instantly of the kind
of human being he was and the magic he possessed. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">William
Terry Snyder discovered a love of puppetry at a very early age and,
once he made that discovery, he set a course that would span the
rest of his life. At age 10, he saw his first puppet show performed
by the Suzari Marionettes. Between shows, Terry inquisitively went
backstage to find out how everything worked. For the second show, he
was allowed to open and close the curtain, but his fascination often
caused him to miss his cue. A book by Les and Mabel Beaton called
<i>Marionettes: A Hobby for Everyone</i>,
and Marjorie Batcheldor's <i>Puppet Theater Handbook </i>were
his early guides for creating his own puppets and shows. Proceeds
from his early performances fueled his interest in raising pigeons. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As
an adolescent, he discovered a passion for music and played the flute
throughout high school. Then as a student at Virginia Commonweath
University, he discovered visual art. At this time in his life Terry
began to understand that his love of puppetry, music and visual art
could work in a unified fashion, though he was hard pressed to
convince those around him of this. He took a job with the Baptist
Foreign Mission Board as a graphic artist to satisfy pressures to
make a living. But the repetitive themes and the work environment
drove Terry crazy. He wanted to be a puppeteer and set about to be
just that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And
what a puppeteer he became. Over the course of his career, he was
awarded a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation, was the only American
performer selected for the 5<sup>th</sup>
annual Festival of Puppet Theater in Jerusalem, received 3 Citations
of Excellence from UNIMA-USA and was presented the Presidents Award
from the Puppeteers of America. He was one of the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It
wasn't long after Terry left the graphic arts world behind that he
met Linda Radabaugh while they were working at Adventure Theatre in
Maryland. From that meeting, a bond was formed that would last the
next 33 years. A friendship that became a partnership which became a
marriage and a life together.</span></div>
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Just
as Terry wondered about my parents' attitudes regarding my first trip
to visit him, so have I wondered what Linda must have thought when
he told her that a teenage kid would be invading their house for a
week. But because of that visit and subsequent visits throughout the
years, I was able to witness first hand what anyone who knew Terry
and Linda knew: they loved each other wholeheartedly. Their home and
their lives fascinated me because all were filled with whimsy,
wonder, humor, color, art, conversation, politics, books, puppets,
music, and adventure. Theirs was a kind of love, and a kind of life,
you wanted to be around as much as possible.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During
the same 20 years we were friends, Terry battled numerous and
seemingly insurmountable health problems. Multiple organ transplants,
dialysis, cancer, countless doctor visits and an incredible amount of
medications that had to constantly be monitored and tinkered with to
find the right balance. But it did not stop Terry's desire or ability
to create. He knew this compulsion was also his salvation. As long as
he was able to do what he loved and be with the woman he loved, he
could get through another round of doctors. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Knowing
that Terry's conditions would never be cured, and one condition would
systematically cause another, we always sort of understood that Terry
was on borrowed time. But he would constantly surprise us all by
bouncing back. I started thinking of him as Teflon Terry. He was
truly a walking miracle. But because he'd spent 20 years bouncing
back from one malady after another, it made it all the more difficult
to accept that his last battle would, indeed, be his last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But
even at the end of his life, he was remarkably blessed to die as he
had lived: in the home that he loved with the woman he loved,
surrounded the friends and family he loved and who loved him so much.</span></div>
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is his spirit we celebrate today. A gentle giant of man who could
achieve such strength and power by being so quiet and who gave us all
so much with his talent and ability to infuse his humor, love and
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and the Skin Horse. I had lots of questions about the world and Terry
had a lot of answers. And, as his fictitious counterpart foretold, by
the end, Terry had become “loose in the joints and very shabby.”
He also didn't have very many of his original parts left. But what
made him real to me and to all of us here, was the love that we had
for him and the love he had for each and every one of us. </div>
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2015 marks my third year teaching puppet making at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. I love teaching at the Folk School because it gives me an opportunity to share the knowledge and techniques that I have been using and developing as a puppet builder with people who may have never tried to create a puppet character. This year, 6 exceedingly talented students, covering a broad age range, created 6 very dynamic characters. Over the course of 5 days, my class worked very hard learning the fundamentals of foam rubber and fleece puppet construction. Gradually, as the week went on, these wonderful characters began to emerge. </div>
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Puppetsandbanjoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590021444438698632noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558168699443396276.post-91429833119911224172015-03-01T16:35:00.001-08:002015-03-01T16:35:12.537-08:00The Pirate Stanley Show - Making a Pirate Spyglass!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZhPPjDb2ktE" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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Here's a custom monster I just finished for my friend, Zachary. He gave me some ideas of the monster he wanted, including an eyebrow mechanism! He was a lot of fun to work on!</div>
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Here's a look inside the head. The eyebrow mech is a simple one: a piece of welding rod that curves around each eye and loops inside the head to form a lever. When pushed up, the lids go down. When pushed down, the lids move up. This is controlled by the middle finger of the performers' hand. </div>
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To create the gnarly texture for the monsters' fur, I used an old Muppet trick of boiling the fur fabric first.</div>
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These eyes are made from large sized Easter eggs!</div>
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Whips of feathers were added into the fur to give some added texture.</div>
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Every now and then I get a request to build portrait puppets for a client. Recently, I was contacted by a fellow named Joel in California who wanted to have two portrait puppets constructed for he and his girlfriend. His plan is to use these puppets to pop "the big question" to her over Valentine's Day! Of course, we were happy to fill his order. Joel is thrilled with them (we're pretty proud of them, too!) and wish him the best of luck next week! Hope these do the trick and she says "YES!" Fingers crossed, Joel!</div>
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For a puppeteer, there are a lot of
fears that can keep you up nights. For instance, there are physical
calamities which might prevent the required dexterity of movement,
thus ending or limiting one's performance capabilities. Then there
are acts of Mother Nature that can have tragic effects: fire (think
of the Scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz”), flooding and so on.
Then there are human actions. And this is where my story begins.</div>
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Several years ago, while selling
memberships at an Atlanta arts organization, I started incorporating
one of my stock puppet characters, Norbert, as part of my pitch. I
discovered a puppet could lure the attention of a child to my sales
table with the parents soon to follow. Norbert was really the bait to
hook a sale. It worked beautifully. In the weeks and months that
followed, through the conversations he had with children and parents,
Norbert's character began to emerge. He soon became my go-to puppet
when called upon to interact with the public and even found his way
into a role in my Christmas show, “Santa's Missing Mail.” He
also was the star puppet on a music video collaboration with
singer/songwriter, Kelly McFarling when they performed a duet of “I
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It was no surprise that when I decided to present All Hands Productions in the exhibitors gallery
of the Atlanta Parent Magazine Block Party at Mercer University that
Norbert was along with me to attract the attention of attendees. I printed out coloring sheets and certificates with discounted
performances, all of which Norbert hawked in his usually silly,
puppety fashion. We manned the table from 7:30am until 3pm when I had
to dash off to play banjo at a wedding in Kirkwood, on the edge of
Little Five Points in Atlanta. Kirkwood is what some might call still
a “developing” neighborhood. There are parts where you can
absolutely feel safe and others where you don't want to leave
anything in your car. As it turned out, I shouldn't have left
Norbert in my car.
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I left the wedding around 10pm and
headed up the street and around the corner on College Ave where my
car and several others were parked in a business' parking lot
designated for our use during the wedding. I opened my back hatch,
placed my banjo inside and then got in the drivers side. A quick look
to the right showed that the widow on the passenger side door had
been busted out. I got out and walked around and found my denim
jacket (covered with Muppet patches) lying on the ground. I looked in
the back of the van where all my sound equipment was still in place
from where I had packed it from a gig the previous Thursday.
Untouched. The glove compartment was hanging wide open, where, I
guess, they had searched for a hand gun. I didn't notice anything
right off that was missing.
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NORBERT! THEY HAD STOLEN NORBERT!</div>
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My heart sank to my shoes as I dialed
911. Some folks were milling about across the street and I walked
over to ask if they had seen anything. The thieves had not only
broken into my van, but also into an SUV parked next to mine. The
officer arrived and I knew I'd have to go into the details of what
had been stolen. You look perfectly normal when you have electronics
or CDs stolen, but how was I going to tell this guy that my purple,
shaggy, Muppet-y looking puppet was stolen. The officer was quite
understanding, however, and asked “Was it a string puppet
or...like..a Jeff Dunham..” He instantly had my respect. The
officer gave me a copy of the report paperwork and I proceeded to
worry and fret through the whole ride home and on into the night.
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Puppeteers know there are two dominant
types of attitudes towards puppets in our field: those who have a
respect for the puppet and handle them carefully as tools of
expression. Then there are those who are “precious” about them;
who treat them as living, breathing entities. I liked to think of
myself leaning more towards the first, but after this experience, I
found that I was really closer to the latter.
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When friends, attempting to be
consoling, said that I could simply make a new puppet and perhaps
improve on the construction and, despite the inconvenience, end up
with a much better puppet. This is something I've done as the puppet
has worn out. The stolen puppet was actually the 3<sup>rd</sup>
Norbert I've constructed. But, to my thinking, this go-round, I
would simply be creating an impostor. Though I might have a puppet
that looked just like Norbert, I could make him sound just like
Norbert, it wouldn't be Norbert because I would know that he was out
there in limbo somewhere, perhaps in somebody's home, or on eBay, or
in a landfill. This episode was now part of this character's story.
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The next morning I played a banjo gig
at Big Tex's Cantina in Decatur with John Mickelson, with whom I'd
played with the night before at the wedding. After the gig, I told
him I was going to drive around and see if I could find
him in any of the dumpsters. John said he had to go back to the
wedding venue and pick up some equipment and would also give a look.
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I hoped that I would peek in and catch a glimpse of
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“I found Norbert.”</div>
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We drove to the parking lot, the scene
of the crime. Behind the parking lot, separating the business from a
residence was a privacy fence and a thin strip of wooded thicket
area. A thicket area just wide enough for a couple of people to hide
in while rummaging through their loot. And that is where Norbert was
found. The thief/thieves must have decided they couldn't use a purple
puppet and just left him there. So, the most Norbert suffered was
being exposed to the elements overnight.
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Reunited. It was hard not to be
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Here are Lauren, Jens and Louise making their performance debut!</div>
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Last year, I had the good fortune to teach puppet making at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. I taught three students how to create two moving-mouth style, foam puppets. Based on that class and those students, word of mouth and some photos in the Folk School catalog, this year, I had 9 students (and one VERY helpful teacher aid). And unlike last year's full-week class, I had Sunday night through Friday morning, which might not seem like a lot of time until you are in the throws of puppet making. Several students commented they felt like they were on "Project Runway" towards the end. All in all, we ended up with 20 puppets (each participant made two puppets: one fleece, one fur) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan works on tracing out her pattern pieces onto fleece.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jens begins work on his fleece covering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louise also tracing pattern peices.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonita, Lynn, Marty and Joann </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fur creatures begin emerging!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynn working on her two characters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jens hard at work creating a rabbit character.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonita, Marty and Joann all working hard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got to make puppets, too. this pink dog began emerging.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lauren, my teacher's aid, came up with some amazing puppets! This was one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't that nose incredible?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonita with her lovely puppets!</td></tr>
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Jens, Louise and Lauren stuck around for my weekend class of Puppet Manipulation 101. Here's a sample of that!<br />
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Dracon*Con. If you don't know what it is, well, its one of those things you really have to experience to truly understand. I thought I would just cop out and resurrect my Jim Henson outfit from two years ago. However, three days before *Con, I did decide to rebuild my Kermit replica puppet from scratch. </div>
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This year also marked the Dragon*Con Puppetry Track's second anniversary. Spearheaded and lead by Beau Brown, this year was highlighted by the presence of Karen Prell (Red Fraggle) Kathryn Mullen (Mokey Fraggle) and Muppet designer, Michael K. Frith. The three lead their own separate panels besides a joint Fraggle Rock panel in which they talked about their respective experiences working on the classic Henson series for HBO.<br />
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Following their Fraggle Rock discussion panel, the Fraggles had a photo op meet-and-greet. So, we did. As we were waiting in the packed conference room, another attendee asked if I'd stand with Kermit for a photo. As soon as I stood up, there was a collective gasp in the room. After we had our photo made with the Fraggles, it took us about 30 minutes to get out of the room because EVERYBODY wanted photos with Kermit. </div>
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Michael created some limited edition prints just for Dragon*Con attendees.<br />
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One of the panels that Kathy and Michael lead centered around their work with "No Strings International" whose mission is as follows: "No Strings works with some of the masters of the original Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock, reaching children in conflicts, disasters and poverty around the world. Weaving urgent messages in puppet films and puppet play, No Strings captures children's imaginations in ways they enjoy and connect with, supporting their emotional wellbeing, and saving lives." Check out more here: www.nostrings.org.uk<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathryn Mullen with one of the "No Strings" puppets, built by Heather Asch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathy entertains a young panel attendee.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen Prell illustrated this Muppets coloring book, which I had kept from my childhood. She was kind enough to sign it for me!</td></tr>
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Of course, since there were all types of fantastical character recreations, there were quite a few familiar Muppet/Henson characters to be seen. Here are a few of those:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"Jareth" and "Sarah" from Labyrinth. I saw this couple a few times before actually getting a photo. When I finally approached them, "Sarah" yelled "It's YOU! We've been looking for YOU!" They were just as excited to have their picture made with me as I was with them. "Jareth" had even gone to the trouble of learning how to juggle the clear ball a la Micheal Moschen, as seen in "Labyrinth." Quite impressive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BORK! BORK! BORK!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This had to be one of the most beautiful recreations I saw. This is a replica of the Chamberlain Skesis from "The Dark Crystal."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who, Doctor?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Lumpy Space Princess" from "Adventure Time!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wimpy, Olive Oil and Popeye!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kermit inspects the menu.</td></tr>
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Until next year, Dragon*Con! We had a BLAST!!<br />
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This past week, I had the privilege of attending and performing at Puppet (r)Evolution, the 2012 National Festival of the Puppeteers of America. Puppeteers from across the country came to the Swarthmore College campus in Pennsylvania for a week of shows, performances and socializing. For all puppet geeks, it was not to be missed. Aside from performing three of my original songs during the opening ceremonies, I was also reunited with Yancy Woodchuck, a character I puppeteered with Tyler Bunch for "Jim Henon's Emmet Otter," at the Goodspeed Opera House. We brought Yancy out to play a few numbers for the audience of puppeteers and revealed how we were able to get Yancy to actually play the banjo. Dock Bullfrog came out and helped me with "Banana Pudding," a song that was one of Jane Henson's favorites.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tyler Bunch setting up Doc Bullfrog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brandi and I clad in black in preparation to work with Yancy Woodchuck!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bunny on the Swarthmore campus!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wonderful fuzzy monster frames by Marc Dunworth!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This young man had lots of fun with his Little Beastie hand puppet while waiting for the evening performance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brandi and I lip synced to an old Lulu Bell and Scotty song, "When I Yoo-Hoo In the Valley" for the first night of Potpourri, a late-night open mic for puppeteers of all levels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marionette legends, Jim Rose and Fred Thompson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred Thompson with his favorite Beckett quote.</td></tr>
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Festivals have always included an exhibit of puppets and this year was no different. An amazing collection of historical and current puppet creations were on display. Here are some of my favorites!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppet by Rufus and Margo Rose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers by Rufus and Margo Rose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppets by Phillip Huber</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppets by Lyon Hill Puppets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppets by Dick Myers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing control detail of a Dick Myers' puppet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puppet by Bil Baird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Author signing! Mary Robinette Kowal, myself, Bob Nathanson, John Bell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the festival highlights for me was meeting Wayne White, star of the film, "Beauty Is Embarrassing." White was one of the original art directors and puppeteers for "Pee-Wee's Playhouse."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wayne and I bonded over banjos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banjo geeking out with Wayne White. I was in heaven.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drew Allison performing for the National Puppeteers of America Slam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim Rose doing what we did a lot of during the week of the Festival, walking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">belly dancer by Bil Baird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of Bil Baird's belly dancer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traffle prize of a signed Bil Baird's poster!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Queen of Potpourri, Bernice Silver, enjoying her lunch in a nice quiet, sunny spot.</td></tr>
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Dick Myers is a legend in American Puppetry. His performances in the 1960's through the 1980's are the stuff the old guard of puppeteers speak of with great reverence and fondness. Until recently, it seemed those performances were lost in time since Dick never had any of his performances shot on video. All that existed were photographs, his original rod puppets (made of plastic wood) and stage, and the original reel-to-reel tapes of the dialogue and music that Dick used in performance. When Myers died in 2005, his puppets were given to Allelu Kurten who approached Bart Roccoberton at the Unversity of Connecticut with the idea to remount Dick's memorable performances. Seth Shaffer took up the challenge to use oral history from those who had seen Dick's shows and tapes that Dick had made including stage directions to bring his work back to life. I was completely blown away by Seth's recreation of "Cinderella." Incredibly funny and masterfully performed. I can't wait to see the other shows Seth has been working on!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seth Shaffer with one of Dick Myer's puppets from "Cinderella."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backstage at Dick Myers' "Cinderella"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backstage at Dick Myers' "Cinderella"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Characters from Dick Myers' "Cinderella."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite Dick Myers' puppet from "Cinderella:" Fred as a crazy looking horse!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the first time, Festival performances were given awards by a panel of judges and by festival registrants. "The Reluctant Dragon" was chose by the judges to receive the award for best playwriting! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful large crane from Heather Henson's wonderful show.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend and fellow puppeteer, Sarah Frechette. We both puppeteered on "SeeMore's Playhouse" and were students at UConn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Godwin, myself, Tyler Bunch, Pam Arciero</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check-out day at the festival. I could have drunk all that coffee (but not the decaf!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liz Shaffer, Fred Thompson, Phillip Huber, Seth Shaffer</td></tr>
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