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Just in time to offer seasonal greetings!
Have a peaceful and happy December.
Puppet Power 2007 – Puppets as Agents of Social Change
May 25-27th (this is not the long weekend)
Rozca Centre – University of Calgary
The hard working volunteer committee and our event planning company - Pivotal Events - are pleased to announce that the conference information and online registration is now live at www.wppuppet.com.
Our speakers are confirmed and they are wonderful. The price has been set and it is reasonable. There are some other fun things yet to plan and they are do-able.
The postcards and brochures are being printed as we speak – thanks to Celeste Peters for all her design work.
If you can take some materials to distribute that would be great!
WP Puppet Theatre Board of Directors invites you…
…to a ‘Directional Meeting’ towards the end of January, beginning of February 2007. They are looking for input from all past and present stakeholders, volunteers, staff and general supporters. Stay tuned for date and venue details. Lunch will be served regardless.
Puppets Hanging Around.
The WP puppet collection (retired performers) will be on display in the Artists Space at the Creative Kids Museum at the TELUS World of Science –Calgary, from Dec 15 – January 15. Come by and see an old friend.
Want more puppet stuff to attend?
Check out www.puppetrampage2007.org
This is the next Puppeteers of America National Festival to be held in St Paul Minnesota July 17- 22, 2007.
Performances include the outstanding Cie.Coatimundi from France and Green Ginger from the UK – described as “the deranged product of dangerously sick minds” how can you resist!
Always lots of fun!
Pulling Strings in Calgary
A little closer to home check out The International Festival of Animated Objects, as it celebrates mask, puppetry and all things animated from January 19-28, 2007. Calgary’s wildest ten days includes shows, workshops and screenings from artists Ronnie Burkett, Paul Zaloom (“Beakman’s World”, Bread & Puppet Theatre), Mooky Cornish (Cirque du Soleil), aboriginal mask dance troupe ‘Ksan and more in Vertigo Studio Theatre, (161, 115 - 9th Ave SE), and other downtown Calgary venues.
Tickets range from $10-$27, with some Pay-What-You-Can events.
Tickets: call 221-3708, Info: 266-1503,
email: office@animatedobjects.ca or
consult website: www.animatedobjects.ca.
Something to put on your Christmas list – it’s on mine!
Beautiful films of shadow puppetry from the workshop of Larry Reed. The web site reads:
”Shadowlight Productions has a mission to bring stories of the world to light. We hope to build a world community thought cross cultural storytelling and the magic of shadow theatre” Includes In Xanadu, Coyote’s Journey, The Wild Party and more.
Check out www.shadowlight.org
Something very fun to check out!
Giant Puppet event in France. (Thanks to Suzanne Boss at CADA for this one)