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For the past month or so my daughter has been in Prague attending a puppet making workshop. The workshop consisted of designing, carving, painting and constructing a marionette. It wrapped up with several performances at a local theater festival

Here's some pictures of Dorothy's marionette during the building process:









A group photo of the marionettes built at the workshop


Yesterday Dorothy and some of the others from the workshop took their puppets to the famous Karlove Moste bridge and walked them across. She said so many pictures were taken of them they started to have them interact with people. It was going so well they did a couple of impromptu performances. She said they were pretty bad but the people loved them so they put out a hat and everyone gave them money. They didn't make a lot but there was enough to buy a round of beers for themselves.

Here's a link to video of the performances and of Dorothy's puppet making a friend:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10101500069450919&set=vb.32806819&type=3&permPage=1


You can see more of her puppetry at her website http://www.dorothy-james.com/ by clicking on the photos and video tabs

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Dave Loechel
66/67 roadster


"How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?" - Jacques Plante

"I always shot at the goalie and let my inaccuracy score for me." - Mike Bossy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-09-07 01:38 PM by dcdci.

That's neat Dave. Congrats to your daughter. As far as it being a bad performance, except for the singing, I thought it was pretty good. How often do you see something like that in your day-to-day life? Thanks for posting.

She sure has a ton of talent with a great smile. I bet if she went to Hollywood High School she would be a STAR by now. Always enjoy your post.

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Here's video of their show, Pozoor Vllk ( Watch Out For the Wolf).

Kind of long but the best parts for me:

1:35 - 1:41 Dorothy's puppet wakes up.

3:32 - 4:22 The puppets all say good morning to the audience. Dorothy's puppet plays leap frog with another puppet and gets launched off the see-saw.

8:29 - 9:12 Three of the puppets embark on a long journey. The scenery is passed by them as they walk in place to give the illusion of forward movement.

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Dave Loechel
66/67 roadster


"How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?" - Jacques Plante

"I always shot at the goalie and let my inaccuracy score for me." - Mike Bossy