Our Seventh Annual Celebrate Puppetry Festival was a huge success!  Over 750 children and adults came to watch our stellar line-up of professional puppeteers.  The audience enjoyed our headliner, Mr. Fabulous, the showman of sock-puppets, with his dazzling cabaret of song, dance, and costumes.  Bob Baker shared with us his magnificent marionette collection, including life-size puppets that interacted with the audience.  Johanna Smith took our audience around the world with her "Oh So Silly Animal Stories" from India, Puerto Rico, and the Seneca tribe. 

Between puppetry performances, our guests were treated to live marimba music, poetry readings, free activities, and tasty food.  Our guests got to make their own puppets, try tongue-twisters, and get their faces painted.  We also had vendors who sold unique marionettes, finger-puppets, wooden toys, hand-made jewelry, photo frames, and imported gifts.

This event truly felt like a celebration of puppetry.  It was a showcase of the many forms that puppetry can take, and an invitation to enjoy and explore puppetry.  This free event brought puppetry to children who might not have otherwise had the opportunity to enjoy it up-close.  One guest who stopped by the information booth said that he had to park more than a block away, but he said it was well worth it, "We need more events like this around here."