Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:30:19 -0500
From: Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] High School puppet shows


Animalia is my nature show.  You can see a clip at
www.hobeyford.com
and a longer clip at www.loydartists.com
Thanks Mary

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-verizon.net> wrote:
> Well, ok.......how about the nature show, the one with the eagle? How
> long is it? The Firehouse Theatre is located in Richmond VA. Not much
> happens during the summer months. It is smallish, seats 100 people and
> ideal for puppet theatre. I think I could book some good shows there.
> Let me know what you have....
>
>
> Mary Horsley
> mphorsley-AT-verizon.net
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Hobey Ford wrote:
>
>> No sory Geometry of Nature was retired as my collaborator moved away
>> and we split up the puppets. =A0I may rebuild it one day but not any
>> time soon.
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Mary Horsley
>> <mphorsley-AT-verizon.net> wrote:
>>> I would think all ages would enjoy this one! =A0Would you still perform
>>> it? I would love to contract you for the Firehouse Theatre here in
>>> Richmond. And it gets very dark......perfect for a puppetry arts
>>> show!
>>> Let me know, Hobey.....
>>>
>>>
>>> Mary Horsley
>>> mphorsley-AT-verizon.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Hobey Ford wrote:
>>>
>>>> It was a fun show to perform but as with black light shows we'd ask
>>>> for darkeness and not always get it. =A0One time they actually were
>>>> ready for us and as I introduced the show out front, they hit the
>>>> lights and it was so dark it took me several minutes to find my way
>>>> into my stage and find the lights. =A0From then on I have always
>>>> carried
>>>> a flashlight in my pocket. We had several geodesic spheres which
>>>> when
>>>> we spun would strobe off the 60 cycle black lights. =A0We also had
>>>> something like those toy hoberman spheres, but ours was 4 ft in
>>>> diameter and it looked like =A0a sea urchin until we threw it into the
>>>> air and it expanded into a beautiful sphere. =A0We used Bucky Fuller's
>>>> method of surgical tubing vertice joints. =A0He used them to join
>>>> dowells into polyhedron to feel the dynamics of different
>>>> shapes. =A0I
>>>> still use the method to gather rods on some foamies with multiple
>>>> rods
>>>> and make them easy to grab. =A0I can share the technicque if there is
>>>> interest. =A0It invoves threading the tubing crosswise through a
>>>> second
>>>> section of tubing. Some vertice had as many a 6 ends to joint at one
>>>> joint. =A0At any rate Teachers loved the show because it turned a
>>>> rather
>>>> dry subject like geometry into an art spectacle.
>>>> Unfortunately wecouldn't get Highschools to bite. =A0When they did
>>>> they loved it.
>>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM, =A0<puppetpro-AT-aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> Marvelous!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
>>>>> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
>>>>> Sent: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:37 am
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] High School puppet shows
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a picture of my eight foot wing spanned pteradactal
>>>>> blacklight
>>>>> rod puppet. =A0It flew like my eagle and had great movement. =A0It is
>>>>> an
>>>>> attachment so will follow shortly in the next e-mail below. =A0I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> have any decent video.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/4/17 Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>:
>>>>>> =A0 Hobey, do you have photos or footage of this show, that we could
>>>>>> see?
>>>>>> =A0 Sounds fun!
>>>>>>
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