To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:40:32 +0000 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet shows & weddings Just a little note in support of the wedding/special event puppet performance. :) I performed a ten-minute show at my wedding a few years ago based on the story of how my husband and I met. It was well-timed in the evening--after dinner and all the guests had a crack or two (or three) at the open bar. ;) We met online, and the script was an adaptation of our first conversation: filled with revelations, common interests, and just the excited banter of two people putting their best typing forward. We prerecorded the music--a Vegas-style chasing-lighted New Jersey state puppet and a scrolling Instant Message box were two of the crowd's favorite puppets. However, the puppet that stole the show was a hand and rod puppet created in the likeness of my husband by David Stephens. When the puppet appeared, my husband's friends and family roared with laughter--they're still talking about the puppet! What's most impressive to me, is that David created the puppet with only a few pictures to work from. There are two pics online under the "Custom Puppets" link on his website, at the bottom of the page: http://www.mojono.com/allhandsproductions/custom_puppets/index.html Thanks again, Dave! Puppet shows at special events are memorable and definitely a welcome artistic addition/change to current trends in party planning. I hope to see an update as well! Take care! Sue >From: "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com> >Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Subject: [Puptcrit] Puppet shows & weddings >Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:01:55 GMT > >Our family invited friends to a world premiere and only performance of >"Goldilocks and Prince Charming" back in the 1950s which was actually an >announcement of my sister's engagement and impending wedding. > >Laurie and Fred are still together ffty years after the Prince (Fred) >rescued Goldilocks (Laurie)from the Recreation Department Tower where she >then worked. The Prince drove a cardboard Austin-Healey sportscar. In the >final scene, The King proclaimed the happy news to all the land as the >Goldberg Variations by Bach (LP record) provided a joyful sound background. > >The big surprise for me was that only one person in the audience figured >out the direction of the plot halfway through. (My high school art teacher, >Hester Laumann, who had made a marionette devil in the 1930s which she gave >me in 1949) The rest of the audience got the message with the King's royal >proclamation. Another surprise, a few people claimed they had never seen a >puppet show before. > >So I am a fan of puppet shows for special events like engagements, weddings >bat/bar Mitzvas. In fact, at my funeral, I'd like a puppet show, but I'd >like it to be a good show. > >In the 1980s, I saw Susan Bass do a show for a group Bat/Bar Mitzvah in San >Pedro CA where Susan's brother was rabbi. She had a duck puppet and asked >the kids in the audience what sound a duck makes. Some little smartass >yelled. "oink, oink". > >Susan, fast thinking, said "Hmmmn, must be somebody here from a Reform >Congregation". (yah, I know, I've told this story beore-it is one of my >favorites). > >I hope next year we will get an update on a puppet show for a wedding at >Longwood Gardens. > >ALAN COOK > > >-----Original Message----- >From: puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org >Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2007 9:00 AM >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Subject: puptcrit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5 > >Send puptcrit mailing list submissions to > puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > puptcrit-owner-AT-puptcrit.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of puptcrit digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Alan Cook (GAzPuppets-AT-aol.com) > 2. Re: "cook" your paper question in Vol 32, Issue 57 (Tina Farmilo) > 3. wedding ideas (tozuss-AT-aol.com) > 4. Re: wedding ideas (B. Shur) > 5. Re: wedding ideas (Tim Giugni) > 6. Re: wedding ideas (HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com) > 7. Re: wedding ideas (tozuss-AT-aol.com) > 8. Re: wedding ideas (Fred Greenspan) > 9. Re: wedding ideas (biersblackwood-AT-aol.com) > 10. Re: wedding ideas (Freshwater Pearls Puppetry) > 11. Re: wedding ideas (Fred Greenspan) > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:57:19 EDT >From: tozuss-AT-aol.com >Subject: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <d55.caa8e88.33bd0f4f-AT-aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >I would like to have a puppet show at my wedding. There will only be adults >attending. Does anyone know of shows that satire marriage? Thanks for any >suggestions. >Suzanne > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:25:02 -0400 >From: "B. Shur" <mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <BAY139-F27D14D59C0AABA40ABE562FE020-AT-phx.gbl> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >I don't know what your budget is, but Big Nazo does a rock n roll stage >show >with costume puppets that can take on almost any theme. The bonus is that >they'll be the band and the puppet show. > >www.bignazo.com > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------> >B Shur >Little Bee Puppets > > > > >I would like to have a puppet show at my wedding. There will only be adults >attending. Does anyone know of shows that satire marriage? Thanks for any >suggestions. >Suzanne > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > >_________________________________________________________________ >Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! >http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_hotmailtextlink2 > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:02:25 -0700 >From: "Tim Giugni" <octorilla-AT-gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: > <36468f8c0707050002s701cbe5bub42c71b5433ed544-AT-mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >And the location would be? > >On 7/4/07, tozuss-AT-aol.com <tozuss-AT-aol.com> wrote: > > > > I would like to have a puppet show at my wedding. There will only be > > adults > > attending. Does anyone know of shows that satire marriage? Thanks for >any > > suggestions. > > Suzanne > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > > http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 07:42:30 EDT >From: HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <d48.bdd9d2c.33be3326-AT-aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Punch and Judy, of course. >Alice > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:55:19 EDT >From: tozuss-AT-aol.com >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <bde.171d7088.33be4437-AT-aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >The wedding is April of next year, at Longwood Gardens in PA. > > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:43:38 -0400 >From: Fred Greenspan <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <d10d23f5a52632bba7fd69e7f55ed7e9-AT-earthlink.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >I have performed Punch & Judy at two weddings. One was a Medieval >Wedding with professional costumers outfitting all the guests and the >entertainers were also in appropriate medieval garb and performed like >a dinner theatre in a great hall at the Bear Mountain State Park Inn in >NY. The other wedding was a daytime formal wedding in a park in >Hartsdale, NY. I also performed "Prof. Frederick's Flea Circus" at my >daughter's Bat Mitzvah during the cocktail hour. > >Fred Greenspan - Traditional Puppeteer >Ossining, New York >http://www.traditionalpuppetry.com > >On Jul 5, 2007, at 7:42 AM, HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com wrote: > > > Punch and Judy, of course. > > Alice > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > > http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:23:39 -0400 >From: biersblackwood-AT-aol.com >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <8C98D273736ED48-4D4-8CD8-AT-WEBMAIL-DF11.sysops.aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >This did not seem to make it to the list, so I'm resending it-- sorry >to anyone who does see it twice! This version is a little more detailed >in any event.-- SPK > >Dear Suzanne, > >I myself will be performing a puppet show for my sister's wedding in >November. While satirizing marriage itself may be risky at a wedding... >it could be done! I've done a translation of a 19th century puppet play >about marriage which will be coming out in a book, in both French and >English, next month. It's very violent, and more than a little cynical! > >And I think it's funny as well. (The book, by the way, from Canada's >Charlemagne Press of Mr Luman Coad, with illustrations by The Old >Trouts puppeteer Judd Palmer, and puppets by Petr and Katia Rezac, is >called "The Merchant of Blows-with-a-Stick and Other Plays by Louis >Duranty.") The script I was thinking of is called, "The Marriage of >Reason," and was written for Pierrot and Madame Triffouillon. It's a >French Punch & Judy, though whether I'll stage it at my sister's >wedding, I can't yet say. It may be a little too raw. > >There could, however, be some very positive puppetry elements at a >wedding -- cherubs sailing above the happy couple with a ribbon banner, >etc. Animated flowers and puppet hearts could take part.... I >remember reading that marionette angels could prove distracting in >medieval churches when they appeared to blow out candles the priest or >altar servers had just lit... the puppets were so funny, the Church >ended up putting them out. > >An after service party, later in the evening at the reception, could be >very raucous and naughty. Right now I'm planning to at least do a show >for the children during the reception's open bar cocktail hour, which >might not be naughty in the same way as the evening show, n'est ce pas? > >Sean > > >-----Original Message----- >From: tozuss-AT-aol.com >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Sent: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 8:55 am >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas > > > > > > >The wedding is April of next year, at Longwood Gardens in PA. > > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >from AOL at AOL.com. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 10 >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:43:05 -0500 >From: Freshwater Pearls Puppetry <puppetry-AT-freshwpearls.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <20070705094305451146.f53d6f6d-AT-freshwpearls.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Punch and Judy are the classic dysfunctional married puppet couple. Fred >Greenspan could do a great performance for you. Fred, do you travel as far >as PA? Also, Tuckers Tales does a Punch and Judy Show: >http://members.aol.com/TUCKERMARIANNE/gpapg/gpapgindex.htm . They may also >know about other performers in the area with a Punch show. > >P&J showed up at our wedding and cracked everybody up. I also was once >hired to do a shadow show for mostly adults at a wedding. I introduced the >show with some jokes - a short standup kind of thing. They all hooted like >I was Jay Leno. But then, they may have been drunk. 8-) > >Regards, >Diane >(alias Professor Freshwater) > >http://www.freshwaterpearlspuppetry.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 11 >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:57:55 -0400 >From: Fred Greenspan <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] wedding ideas >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <b633b36bd3769c1274ca45dd16b10a3d-AT-earthlink.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Thanks for the plug Diane. I travel as far as clients are willing to >pay me to travel. As you pointed out, the Tuckers would be closer to a >PA event. > >Fred Greenspan - Traditional Puppeteer >Ossining, New York >http://www.traditionalpuppetry.com > >On Jul 5, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Freshwater Pearls Puppetry wrote: > > > Punch and Judy are the classic dysfunctional married puppet couple. > > Fred Greenspan could do a great performance for you. Fred, do you > > travel as far as PA? Also, Tuckers Tales does a Punch and Judy Show: > > http://members.aol.com/TUCKERMARIANNE/gpapg/gpapgindex.htm . They may > > also know about other performers in the area with a Punch show. > > > > P&J showed up at our wedding and cracked everybody up. I also was once > > hired to do a shadow show for mostly adults at a wedding. I introduced > > the show with some jokes - a short standup kind of thing. They all > > hooted like I was Jay Leno. But then, they may have been drunk. 8-) > > > > Regards, > > Diane > > (alias Professor Freshwater) > > > > http://www.freshwaterpearlspuppetry.com > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > >End of puptcrit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5 >*************************************** > > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org _________________________________________________________________ http://newlivehotmail.com _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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