File puptcrit/puptcrit.0902, message 70


From: HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:25:25 EST
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Heard a story today


I have learned from other church puppetry people that competition is a  
normal part of church puppetry. They have their own world, and their own bible  
puppet suppliers, such as _http://www.thepuppetstore.com_ 
(http://www.thepuppetstore.com) , and _http://www.puppetuniverse.com_ (http://www.puppetuniverse.com) 
 .They are not normally doing it for money-- which to my mind  is where the 
real competition lies. But the competitions make them stay on their  toes. If 
we don't stay on our toes, who wants to hire us? 
 
Much in the same way, I used to belong to the Society for Creative  
Anachronism, which always had competitions in the arts. For a few years,that was  
enough, until I realized that the real world was much more competitive and was  
more than ready to stomp you into oblivion if you did not deliver. Real live  
theater is a tightwire act where at any time something can go wrong.  

Cheers,
Alice
 
 
In a message dated 2/2/2009 5:55:27 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net writes:

We have a student  teacher at school and I was thrilled that he is doing
shadow puppets with  the students. Then he told me how he used to compete
with his church puppet  team. Somehow I believe puppetry is more than
competition. It is theater.  It is storytelling......I guess I just can't see
competition as being a  part of it. Can anyone shed any light on why?

Mary H.  


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