From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-verizon.net>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:27:11 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Funding


Sounds like what you hear at my school.......

Mary
On Mar 15, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Arthur H. Poore wrote:

> My Father impressed upon me early that if I expected to live a life at
> the speed of ART, I better have a reliable sideline.
>
> Firefighting was the sideline to puppetry. Tough balance. paycheck vs
> creativity.
>
> If there were no volunteer firefighters, there would certainly be paid
> firefighters.
>
> When there is a fire or a leaky pipe or a sagging floor, the need is
> obvious.
>
> The solution requires a specific talent.
>
> How would a group who does not see puppetry regularly know that they
> are missing anything.
>
> Seeing All of "your'' works, in their infinite variety and style is
> what makes me want to see and learn more.
>
> At a recent Showcase for schools, A representative of a school for the
> "gifted" alpha-sapiens
>
> walked quickly past the puppetry table. I challenged her good-
> humoredly asking
>
> If she thought that her group might enjoy one of our puppet shows, and
> the response was this.
>
> "We don't do puppets!" as she turned away,
>
> My gasp made her hesitate momentarily and I said,
>
> "We don't do puppets is like, We don't do singing, or we don't do
> Acting, or we don't do writing,"
>
> A shrug and a humph, and she was off to talk to Abraham Lincoln, and
> then a Harlem Globetrotter,
>
> I realized my jaw still hung slightly open, and I composed myself.
>
> Others, obviously enlightened, came by and booked some shows.
>
> Does anything about this business make sense?
>
>
>
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Mary
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