My name is Davis Kirby and I am helping Jeff Cornett and Lee Bryan, the Co-Directors of the 2009 National Puppetry Festival, with some publicity.  I wanted to see if we could get some information in your next regional newsletter  and put a link on your regional website.  Right now, we just want to do a brief introduction of the Festival, and later I will be sending you a little article once a month about the progress of the festival and the accompanying events.

I don’t know if you have a website, but I also wanted to send you a jpg you can post on your regional website and hyperlink to our own website.  The address of our website is www.nationalpuppetryfestival.org and the official launch date is September 1, 2008.   Please feel free to use the moving JPG or the static JPG to link (attached).

Here is our brief news splash:

For Immediate Release:

The 2009 National Puppetry Festival will be held July 14 – 19 on the campus of Georgia Tech University in Atlanta.  The festival organizers are in the process of finalizing performers and workshop presenters.  Anyone wishing to submit a performance or workshop for consideration should do so immediately.

Performance inquiries should be sent to Reay Schloss at reaypuppet at yahoo dot com.

Workshop inquiries should be sent to Michael and Valerie Nelson at mail at magicalmoonshine dot org.

The festival website, www.nationalpuppetryfestival.org, will include full information about registration, performances, and workshops beginning September 1.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.

Davis Kirby
Publicity Director