Hands 2 Grow is offering its new summer show at the Little Chute Public Library tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10:30 and 1:30.  Tall tale fun to match the theme:  Dream Big: READ!

Looking for a great kids book to read? Try Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. Tells the story of Tony Sarg - the puppeteer who created the annual parade that delights so many people Thanksgiving!  Good stuff!

Important News!!

  

Kickstart 

Hang onto your dowel rods. Zip up your Velcro.  Ratchet up your wingnuts!

We’re tweaking the creaking controls of the Wisconsin Puppetry Guild.

The executive committee of WPG held a planning meeting Saturday, June 23, 2012, at the Middleton home of Joan McCarthy.

This is an update of officers and a SAVE-THE-DATE for the coming puppet year: Sept. 2012 to summer 2013. A fullsome newsletter will be coming later this summer.

OFFICERS

We haven’t had new officers in a long, long, looooooooooonnnnnggggg time.

Since our bylaws call for official elections to be in May, we decided to retool the slate on a temp basis until May 2013. As Pam said, it’s along the lines of “Good news, prisoners! You get to change clothes today. The bad news: Joe, you change with Hank. Hank, you change with Bart….” Etc.

President: Pam Corcoran – corcoran@wi-net.com

Treasurer/membership: Zona Platzek – zplatzek@aol.com

Secretary: Jill Frederickson – handfullofstars@gmail.com

Historian: Joan McCarthy – joan.mccarthy@madcap.org

Newsletter editor: Sandye Voight – voight@mhtc.net

Webmaster: Chuck Voight – voight@mhtc.net

Pam will be in charge of programming as part of her presidential duties. Zona figured it made sense to link membership with the treasury. Chuck and Sandye will work on keeping the blog up to date. The old website will be used only to refer to the blog. Joan is organizing and keeping up scrapbooks about the guild.

SAVE-THE-DATES 

We are planning four regular meeting/events, with a workshop and performance at each, as well as time for updates on Puppeteers of America, festivals, etc. as well as sharing what we are all working on individually.

Saturday, Sept. 29 – St. Joseph School, Ft. Atkinson

Saturday, Oct. 13 – Kenosha -- an evening puppet slam!

Saturday, April 13 – Wild Rose (note that Friday evening, April 12, Brian Henson will be performing in Wausau)

Saturday, May 18 – Pup-a-Foo-Glee (Day of Puppetry) Hazel Green

I expect to have all the details in a nice newsletter to be mailed in August. I will be hounding everyone for pictures in the form of jpgs.

Also, note that the touring production of “War Horse” will be in Appleton on June 25-27, 2013. If you know of other puppet performances or tours coming to Wisconsin, please let us know. It’s always nice to meet for lunch or supper and go to a show together.

Have a great summer! Keep cool.