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Guild Meeting

Don’t miss this Fun-filled Guild Get-together! This Sunday, Oct 22, 12:30 – 3:30 pm Western Korean Church, 1595 Edgeworth Ave, Daly City   Guild Meeting includes… Meet, Greet/Show & Tell If you’d like, bring a puppet or project you’re working on to share with others. If you can, bring a snack or […]


Guild meeting minutes 4/6/13

GUILD MEETING MINUTES of April 6, 2013, at Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, San Jose, California. President Art Gruenberger reported that we are working hard to have meetings all around the Bay Area (per our name).  Board elections are due in May.  Some board members rotate off this year.  If […]


SFBAPG Member Meeting of 2/18/12

Zocalo’s Coffee Shop, San Leandro Meeting called to order by Art Gruneberger (SP) at 7:45 PM after a celebratory Holiday Pot Luck Lee announced that we have an opportunity to get group tickets at a discount price for the play War Horse, coming to San Francisco in August and September. […]


SFBAPG Meeting – Aug. 20, 2011

SFBAPG Meeting of 20 Aug. 2011 Location: Fairyland Prior to meeting, Michael Nelson announced membership dues are now payable and forms are available.  He also stated that he has Gala tickets as well. Meeting called to order by Jesse at 5:35 PM. Randal talked about the Fairyland event for tonight […]


Guild Meeting 1/29/11

The January Meeting of the SFBAPG was held on Jan. 29th at Christ Presbyterian Church in Terra Linda, CA. Meeting called to order by Conrad at 6:35 PM Announcements: Regarding Scholarships from P of A  for the upcoming National Festival:  Applications are available online. Guild Web site:  If members offer […]


SFBAPG Guild Meet 8/5/08

Location: Oakland Fairyland – Puppet Workshop Meeting called to order by Michael Nelson at 1:07 PM. Present: Michael Nelson, Lee Armstrong, Valerie Nelson, Randal Metz, Barbara Grillo Talib Huff, Conrad Bishop, Sharon Clay. Absent. Mary Decker. Treasurer’s Report: Income: 2007-2008 2360.70 Expenses: 1375.06 (Newsletter $714.26) Balance: 6501.86 Election of Officers: […]


SBAPG Guild Meet 8/25/07

Held at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. The meeting was called to order by President Michael Nelson at 4:48 PM.  Members present: 20 Minutes of previous meeting – not available Treasurer’s report by Valerie Nelson: Current Balance: $5526.22 as of 8/25/07 This is the time to renew our membership and pay […]


SFBAPG Guild Meet 3/25/07

The meeting, held at the Sonoma Community Center, was preceded by a performance by Paul Mesner, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf.” The business meeting began at 4:32. President Michael Nelson introduced the board members: Mike Wick, Co-Vice President, Treasurer Valerie Nelson, Newsletter Editor: Michael […]


SFBAPG Guild Meet 8/26/06

SFBAPG meeting of August 26th was held at Oakland’s Fairyland, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Fairyland and the “Grand Opening” of the remodeled puppet workshop and stage.. The meeting was preceded by a viewing of a video taken by Lee Armstrong at the 26th Annual Puppet Faire -in 1988. On […]


Stolen Puppets! Keep An Eye Open!

Yesterday, during the first day of our fall rehearsal, we found that 8 puppets had been stolen out of our van. These are puppets that took us months to create for our show, “Little One Inch.” I don’t have to tell you how devastating this kind of loss is, and […]