Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 13:23:27 -0700 (MST)
From: freshdlc-AT-primenet.com (Stu & Diane (aka HDulc & Freshwater))
Subject: Re: Thankyou/fan    mail



We occasionally get thank you notes from school kids who've seen our Punch
& Judy Show.  Here are some of my favorites (quoted verbatim):

"Deer Professor freshwater a Mr. Bottles - you did a vary good job  I
ingoud the voice of the crockadial and the voice of the cop and I like the
way you played that istermot but most of all I liked the way you said
shoushges"

"I hope we can see your shows agone."

"Thank you for the puppet show and I enjoy when Punch hit Judy and I hope
the other call like you and I wish you a joll merry christmas"

"Dear, Professor Fresnwater and Mr Bottles, I enjoy evry minite of Punch
and Judy  It was one of my favorit puppit show  It was grat!  I hop peple
like it.  I hop you can come bake soon.  I tought it was FANTASICE."

"Dear Mr. Bottles  This is the good kid!  That was at the back of the room!
I was the kid who asked a lot of ?<---that    I very much liked your
paly.?"

And my favorite...

"Dear Professor Freshwater and Mr. Bottles.  Thank you for the magnifsnt
show you put on for us.  I am going to be a prefeshenl PUNCH & JUDY
prafomer."

I usually don't write back to every child.  But if one kid in the audience
is seriously thrilled, and hangs around after the show (after the rest of
the audience has left), I sometimes give him or her a photo of the puppets.
One time after a school show, we were mobbed by kids wanting our
autographs.  So we signed a piece of paper and the teacher photocopied it
for all the kids in the class!  (Phew! Saved a lot of writer's cramp on
that one!)

~ Diane (aka Professor Freshwater)
Freshwater Pearls Puppetry
Minnesota, USA

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Ray Cooper wrote:

>How many of you get mail from children after doing a show at a school
>etc...?
>In New Zealand, some teachers get their children to write a thankyou
>letter telling me what they enjoyed about the show. So I can get about
>30 letters in one envelope.
>I like to write back to them because I don't think many performers do.
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