WP Puppet Theatre News June 2012 + Call for Volunteers

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June 2012 Newsletter

E: wppuppet@telus.net

P: 403 228 3373 MST
www.wppuppet.com

@WPPuppetTheatre

WP Puppet Theatre

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE!

July 1st Canada Day Celebrations

Join us to celebrate Canada Day as we host a puppet making tent for the City of Calgary. Potentially 2,000 young people will make their own folded paper bird! We'll encourage real bird observation by showing pictures of Alberta birds, we'll suggest dramatization with jokes and songs. In the evening we'll switch up the activity to glowing idea paper bag puppets. It'll be lots of fun.

(Special thanks to Teresa Ryan for managing this project)

Where: Riverfront Ave - exact location TBA

Volunteers shifts: 10:30 - 2 pm OR 2 pm - 6 pm OR 6 - 9:30 pm

How many: We need 8 volunteers per shift.
Training: Yes
Parking: free on nearby streets

Please contact: tdryan@shaw.ca OR wppuppet@telus.net

or 403 228 3373

Calgary culture!

What a celebration of Calgary's multicultural milieu! CJSW 90.9, a local radio station located at the University of Calgary has these programs!

Sunday 8:30 am Eritrean Radio

Sunday 9:00 am Hrvatski Radio (Croatian)

Sunday 10:00 am Radyo Pilipino (Filipino)

Sunday 11:00 am Buscando America (Latin & South American)

Sunday 12:30 pm Radio GB

Sunday 1:30 pm Deztination Worldwide

Monday 6:00 pm French Transe En Danse

Tuesday 12:00 pm The Via Lactea Caboose

Tuesday 6:00 pm Desi Vibes

Wednesday 6:00 pm Carnival Mix

Saturday 8:00 am Bunte Welle

Saturday 10:00 am Calgary Vietnamese Radio

Saturday 11:00 am Hellenic Melodies

Saturday 12:00 pm Speaking in Tongues

Saturday 4:00 pm Level The Vibes

Saturday 6:00 pm Voice Of Ethiopia

Saturday 6:30 pm Radio Oromia

Saturday 7:00 pm Oh Africa!

PUPPET NEWS

Puppets Up Festival - August 11 and 12 2012

http://puppetsup.ca/

This two-day festival of wonder celebrates its 8th season with a Magic theme. Ten professional puppet troupes perform in family-friendly tented theatres on August 11 and 12. Street entertainment, daily parade of puppets! and lots of fun right at the heart of the Town of Mississippi Mills.

SAVE THE DATE: UNIMA Congress 2016

Tolosa, Spain was the city chosen to host the next UNIMA Congress.

AND Check out...

The Digital Review "Putxinel·li - Titeresante - Puppetring" a digital revue in 3 languages directed by Toni Rumbau

in Catalan: http://www.putxinelli.cat

in Spanish: http://www.titeresante.es

in English: http://www.puppetring.com

YEH Summer!

Call for proposals

GET SOME PUPPET POWER WORKING FOR YOU!

A significant component of the Puppet Power 2013 conference will use the expertise of our visiting speakers to create a "Rapid Idea Generation" panel. The panel will brainstorm a pre-selected organization's proposal in order to demonstrate how artists and a community organization can create an exciting puppet project.

If you represent a Calgary based Not-for-Profit or Non-Governmental Organization that could benefit from being the demonstration case for this exercise, then click on Call for Proposals for more information about this exciting opportunity or click on Submit RIG Proposal to fill out an on-line project submission form.

Where we've been and what we heard!

"We really enjoyed the crate and it was a wonderful experience for all!"

Kindergarten teacher, Calgary school

"It was refreshing to witness a performance (Pigs in a Canoe) that was rich in poetry, history and storytelling."

Teacher - Calgary School

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WPTS is at Calgary's Timeraiser event. June 14

The Timeraiser is part volunteer fair, part silent art auction and part night on the town. The big twist is rather than bid money, you bid volunteer hours.
Check out http://www.timeraiser.ca/calgary.html
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What a fun event! Pigs in a Canoe and other Watery stories performed at the Northeast Children's Festival in Saskatchewan in early June. Pigs... requires a child to step forward to tell a joke. What kind of jokes do they tell in Tisdale?

How does a cat ask to go out? Meout, Meout!
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Wendy attended the TEDx event in late May at TELUS Spark presented by TEDx YYC. An inspiring time - my favourite speakers?

Dr. Arpad Vass, Research Scientist with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Spoke about Forensic science and human decomposition. The haunting sound of decomposition, is there a puppet show application?

Moeed Ahmad, Head of New Media at Al Jazeera,his video footage of Arab Spring. Again haunting but also reminding me of my time in Egypt.

Dr. Charlene Elliott, Canada Research Chair of Food Marketing, Policy and Health, University of Calgary, spoke on her research on the complex nature of children's food marketing, I will never go down the cereal aisle with the same innocence.

http://tedxyyc.com/

Additional volunteer opportunities:

Please contact Wendy at wppuppet@telus.net or 403 228 3373 for further information.

Puppets on the Go: We're looking for volunteers to help prepare construction materials for this program and the more hands we have the faster it'll get done! This involves cutting fabric, measuring buttons, counting cardstock, drilling tubes and more. Snacks provided. Location: WPTS home office. Drop in basis on Thursday, July 12th from 10 am - 9pm.

Treasurer - WPTS Board of Directors: This position oversees our annual notice to reader and internal board review, they review and report on our finances quarterly and assist with budgets and contracts. A broad network of business and community connections would be an asset. We have an excellent bookkeeper for our statement and reporting preparation. Meetings: every two months, 2-year commitment please, training provided but financial knowledge is necessary.

Exhibit Coordinator Puppet Power 2013 conference: This volunteer would be in charge of inviting and then coordinating Calgary based Not for Profit and Non Governmental Organizations to provide an exhibit at our March 8- 10th 2013 conference. In this way conference participants can easily access more and local information on a cause they have been inspired to support. Self directed position, with monthly reports to the conference committee. September 2012 - March 2013.

Silent Auction Coordinator Puppet Power 2013 conference: Locate puppet themed items, (including puppets created at WPTS puppet creation sessions) and organize this fundraising component of our March 8- 10th 2013 conference. Self directed position, with monthly reports to the conference committee. September 2012 - March 2013.

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