This is Herbert, your new meeting organizer.
Proud that I was given the assignment.

This can only work if I get help and lots of feedback from you.
Here comes a long e-mail.
Future e-mail are going to be much shorter.
At least, that is the plan.

April is set, and so is May.
I've just e-mailed Les, the director of the Homestead Valley
Community Center in Mill Valley. Depending on the availability of the
place (which is sooo beautiful!), we are either shooting for Sunday,
May 20 (3:00 to 6:00 p.m.) or Saturday, May 19 (3:00 to 6:00 p.m.).

Program:

1.) "How to make puppets come alive" -
first part of a five-part-workshop series on puppet manipulation.

Mike Vick and I are going to stick our heads together to create and
present really fun and helpful exercises. Basic training for
performances/performers. Can't wait to get started. The book we are
going to use is just awesome!

2.) "RUMPELSTILTSKIN" - my 40 minute hand puppet version of the famous
classic by the Brothers Grimm
3.) Guild Meeting

Future meetings need to be scheduled.
There is going to be one in June with the second part of the workshop
series and hopefully another performance or another interesting
workshop.
I will ask Liebe Wetzel whether she is interested/available to do a
workshop for us.

No meeting in July (summer break).
SUN SUN SUN - Relax...

Meeting in August tied into the Day of Puppetry at Children's
Fairyland in Oakland (with part 3 of our workshop series).
For September or October I will ask Ellen Schulze from Long Beach to
teach us how to make foam puppets.

Request:

Please e-mail me the answer(s) to the following questions:

a) your preference with regard to Saturdays or Sundays for upcoming meetings

b) any ideas for good locations - core idea is to maybe have two
permanent meeting points and go there alternatively. One of them
could be the Homestead Valley Community Center.

c) your ideas for workshops, puppetry related activities, guests we
could invite to talk to us/teach us in the areas of dramatic art,
music, writing,
lighting, painting, etc.

Activities could including watching and talking about puppetry videos,
introducing books/media to other members, etc. This could be a good
way to make the library really interesting to people.

Anyway, look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Herbert
(in Germany from March 30 to April 8, but will do my very best to
collect your thoughts)