What a Great Day of Puppetry!

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Dear Guild Members and Friends of Puppetry,
What a great day we had at our annual day of puppetry held Saturday, April 20, at the SCERA Center in Orem (see photos from Nat’s post).  Thanks to everyone who attended this fun event.  We had a great meet-n-greet with old friends and new.  Fun classes were presented and our first ever all-guild performance for the Puppet Follies was really fun and good enough we might try it again.  (That means we have a year to complete our near-completed puppets or create another.)
A special “Thanks” to Lorie Hawley for going the extra mile (actually about 270 miles).  Her wanna-be class was very popular (as usual) and she helped workshop attendees create some amazing puppets from favorite stuffed critters.  Her ever-present enthusiasm and sense of fun is really contagious.  For those who were not able to attend, Lorie has extended a Lorie Hawley “Hi.”
Also, a big “Thanks” to Nat Reed for arranging for the facility and a great big “THANKS” to Joe Flores for spearheading the event.  Joe expressed a strong desire to be the Guild President and was voted in as president for the coming year.  Let’s keep the enthusiasm going and enjoy this next year of puppet events.
DSC_0064  DSC_0065     If you haven’t had quite enough puppet stuff yet, Joe has already arranged with Dalen Blankenship (presenter at the workshop) for an extended class for guild members on sculpting foam puppets.  He will present his workshop at our May meeting on Saturday, May 18, from 1 pm to 3 pm at the SCERA Center, 745 South State, Orem.  As usual, we will meet at 11 am for the puppet show $3 (Mark Pulham), take a quick lunch break, and be back to start at 1 pm.
Interested in this guild member workshop, but not a member yet?  Not too late.  Just complete the attached membership form and send it along with $10/single or $15/Family or Group.  Puppet Membership Form
Thanks to all

National Day of Puppetry Workshop

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Dear Friends of Puppetry,

What do Red Riding Hood Carla phone 149, Goldilocks photo (2), the Big Bad Wolf, Pecos Annie Carla phone 125, Papa BearCarla phone 129, Mama Bear Carla phone 142, and even Baby Bear Carla phone 140, not to mention Fairy Godmother and, yes, even a dragon Carla phone 122, have to do with the workshop this Saturday?  Hope you will all join us at the SCERA Center, 745 South State, Orem, starting at 9 am to find out.  It promises to be a great day of fun classes and our first ever “all guild skit” for the follies.

Current guild members can attend for $4.  The public is only $8/person or $25 for a family (up to 5 members).  The the Puppet Follies is included with your day registration.  However, the featured puppet performance, Super Bunny to the Rescue, by Coralie Leue at 11 am is $3 as always.  Please check the SCERA website for performance information and registration for the workshop.

Hope to see you all there Saturday starting at 9 am.

Final practice Saturday, April 13

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Dear Guild Members,

Just a reminder that we are scheduled to have our final practice for all areas this Saturday, April 13, at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm ish at the SCERA Center, 745 South State Street, Orem.  Bring your completed puppets and all of your cast members for your area skit.  We will go over them and plan the order of skits.

Also, be sure to let Joe know if you would like to do something else as an individual, family, our group for the follies.  We would love to see as many different kinds of puppetry as we can put together.  Just remember that your skit needs to be between 5 and 7 minutes including stage prep.

Looking forward to the workshop on April 20.  You can download a schedule of classes offered this year from this website.  (See the previous post for the link.)  Really looking forward to this Saturday and seeing all the puppets that have been created for this all guild event.

If anyone has created a puppet, but is not part of an area group, please come with your puppet/s Saturday and we will get you a spot.  We want everyone to participate.  If you didn’t get a puppet completed, but would still like to be a part of this event for the follies, please let me know because we could use an extra pair of hands (for our mystery guest puppet) for our skit since Susan will not be able to attend the workshop this year.

Thanks, and see you Saturday.

Puppetry Workshop Classes April 20

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Puppet Festival 2013

Here is the class schedule for the classes offered at this year’s Puppetry Festival, April 20, presented by members of the Puppetry Arts Guild of Utah.  You can print and send the completed form and your check to:

PAGU
C/O Carla Schulz
P.O. Box 115
Paradise, UT 84328-0115

Or you can send it directly to:

SCERA Center Ticket Office
SCERA Center
745 South State Street
Orem, UT 84058

If anyone has puppets they would like to display at the SCERA Center this year, please contact [email protected] to make arrangements to set them up.