We've added a new workshop to the lineup for this year's
PuppetFest MidWest.

HANDS UP! with Luman Coad, Coad Canada Puppets
Participants will create a comfortable, durable, and
performable hand puppet with a papier-mache head. Design elements
will be emphasized. Part of the workshop will be devoted to
manipulating your new puppet.
Participants will be able to take their modeling stand and
plasticine clay home with them so that they can continue to build
their cast of puppets.
More details at our website at http://puppetfestival.org/.
Don't forget that we offer up to four scholarships every year
to PuppetFest MidWest. The deadline for applying for a scholarship is
Monday, May 1st, 2006. You can find that information on the website
as well.
We hope to see you at this year's PuppetFest MidWest. Please
let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks, Debbie

p.s. If you would like to share information about this festival with
others, here is a brief description. Please help us to spread the
word!

PUPPETFEST MIDWEST
Every year, for one week in July, a group of puppeteers get
together to share their expertise and their passion for live puppet
theatre. PuppetFest MidWest (July 11 - 16, 2006 in Trenton, Missouri)
is an independent annual puppetry festival that is presented,
organized and financially supported by puppeteers as a gift to other
puppeteers in the hope that it will inspire, strengthen and renew our
commitment to Puppet Theatre. Wouldn't you like to join us? We have
workshops every day and performances every night. Everyone spends a
total of twenty hours (during the week) studying one aspect of live
puppet theatre. At the end of the week, we have a "show and tell"
recital where everyone performs or displays what they have created
during these intensive sessions.
PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS
The performers/workshop leaders include:
* Drew Allison of Grey Seal Puppets, North Carolina
* Nick Barone of Nick Barone Puppets, California
* Luman Coad of Coad Canada Puppets, BC, Canada
* Pam Corcoran, Wisconsin
* Phillip Huber & The Huber Marionettes, Tennessee
* Lynne Jennings of the Puppetry Center of San Diego , California
* Jim Napolitano of Nappy's Puppets, Connecticut
* Paul Mesner of Mesner Puppets, Missouri
Contact Information:
PuppetFest MidWest
Festival Directors,
Peter Allen & Debbie Lutzky Allen
P.O. Box 14
Jamesport MO 64648
Phone: (660) 684-68two5
email: dlpallen http://puppetfestival.org/