Youth services staff have way too much fun with puppets! There is a husband/wife team in Sandpoint who have been doing puppet shows and trainings for a couple years now, and they just officially named their business Puppet Tales. Dave Nickodemus is the fella, and Beth is his beautiful wife.
Dave came in yesterday (kind of the reason you got some Monday Fun today), and did a Puppetry 101 training for staff from Community Library Network (the network I work for), Coeur d' Alene Public Library, and the Sandpoint Library.
Dave chatted about why, where, and how to use puppets, basic puppet positions and movement, developing voices, and how to utilize puppets in introducing stories and topics. Finally, he mentioned a lot of websites where he got his puppets, and let us play with his puppets.
Why do I mention puppets on Techno Tuesdays? Well I'm going to give you the websites that Dave mentioned, which is kind of techno-y, but ultimately Dave is a local resource for ideas, information on puppets, and actual puppet presentation, and I couldn't resist giving him some props. All twenty-five staff or so were really impressed with his skill, knowledge, enthusiasm, and general awesomeness. If you ever need a puppet guy, I would highly suggest him :)
This post is already getting a little bit long, so I'm going to give you the low-down on the websites next week, but in the meantime, check out Puppet Tales' Facebook page :)
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