From: Monica Leo <goodfolk-AT-avalon.net> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:14:26 -0600 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Its Finished! A gorgeous, heartfelt job of writing, Hobey, and a beautiful job of editing, Mary! Thank you! Monica On Apr 1, 2009, at 4:16 AM, Hobey Ford wrote: > Mary Robinette Kowal kindly edited the letter and it is ready to go. > It is yours now. > > An open letter to our President, and all Americans > > > Our business sector probably hasn't come to your attention in the > recent economic downturn, but we are a vital part of life in America. > We bring wonder and magic, teach children to read, teach adults to > think and play to the child in all of us. > > > We are American puppeteers. > > > Sasha and Malia know us. Perhaps you met our brothers and sisters as > a child in Indonesia. While Americans pinch their pennies and AIG > executives take their bonuses, we are the affordable entertainment in > the American community. > > > We are the free programs at your public library. We are teaching > through the arts where other means fail. We teach tolerance through > the story of Harriet Tubman or the folktales of the Native American. > > > Puppetry spans the ages, teaching the 21st century skill of creative > thinking with one of the oldest traditions on earth. > > > Our ancestors rode the Silk Road with Marco Polo, entertained the > royalty of the old world and allowed the oppressed to laugh at their > oppressors. We lived in concentration camps and made our puppets from > rags. We speak truth to power in the streets on Mayday and demonstrate > the horror of war. > > > We live on Sesame Street and Broadway and in children's cancer wards. > We are the animating soul of Howdy Doody, Kookla Fran and Ollie, E.T. > and Kermit the Frog. We are the balloon characters at the Macy's > Thanksgiving Day Parade. We are the stars of the Olympic opening > ceremonies. > > So when someone asks you why you're funding the arts, point to us. > This is our job. > > > We are American puppeteers. > > > Visit the broad world of American puppetry this summer at our National > Puppetry Festival in Atlanta. from July 14-19 2009. Let us help you > teach America to re-imagine itself. > > > Yours Truly, > The Family of American Puppeteers > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre 319 N. Calhoun, POB 330 West Liberty, IA. 52776 http://www.puppetspuppets.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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