Sunday, October twenty seventh, from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
Free for Guild members; non-members should buy tickets ($19 for adults).Members want to enroll in tickets by October twenty fourth at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A44ACAE2AA7F49-51892280-free. Click on on Signal Up, then Save & Proceed to enter your identify and electronic mail. Extra tickets for non-members could be bought on-line or on the gate. Attendees should arrive between 12:40-12:55 PM to examine in and obtain nametags for the group entry at 1 PM. It’s essential to be on time.
Performances:
- 1:30 PM “Rumplestiltskin” (Dia de los Muertos model) by The Puppet Firm
- 4:00 PM “Tips & Treats – A Halloween Spooktacular” by Nick Barone & carried out by the Storybook puppeteers
Extra Actions:
- 2:20 PM Puppet Parade & Meet & Greet
- 2:30 PM. in-person Present ‘N Inform that includes puppet initiatives
- Guild Social time with treats and library entry after the Present ‘N Inform.
Arrival & Parking Directions
Parking on Bellevue Avenue is $10 per automobile; think about carpooling or public transit. As a result of particular occasions parking could also be difficult.
Keep in mind, all of us enter collectively at 1 PM!
Extra Particulars
Admission: Fairyland has graciously supplied to host our Oct Guild assembly. We worth their long-term relationship with our Guild and the numerous years they’ve hosted Day of Puppetry at Fairyland. Admission to Fairyland (usually $19 for an grownup ticket) will likely be free to Guild members, however we hope that you’ll think about volunteering throughout their Halloween Jam. There are volunteer alternatives Oct. 19-20 and 25-27. For more information, please learn “Volunteers Wanted at Fairyland.”
Necessary Data
- We’ll all be coming into Fairyland as a bunch at 1 pm. Don’t be late! Arrive on the entrance entrance between 12:40-12:55 to get your nametag.
- Signup for a free (members solely) fairyland ticket at (signup hyperlink) on or earlier than Thurs. Oct 24. In case your membership just isn’t present, please renew your membership earlier than Oct 20 so you might be on the Guild Roster. In case you are not a Guild member, however want to be, signup now and get the final months of 2024 free along with your 2025 membership.
- Members who need to deliver a pal, partner, or youngster might want to purchase tickets for them.Tickets can be found on-line at: https://brushfire.com/childrensfairyland/fairyland/583935 in the event that they’d wish to have their ticket upfront. In any other case, tickets could be bought on the gate. Please come early to do that, so that you’ll be able to enter at 1 pm.
- Getting there & Parking: Carpooling or public transit are great choices. Bart & AC Transit bus can take you to Fairyland. Additional information on instructions, parking, and so on. is at https://www.fairyland.org/visit-us/instructions/ Fairyland is having a particular occasion that day and parking could also be further difficult. The town of Oakland expenses $10 per automobile to park on Bellevue Ave.
- Permit sufficient time to park, and so on. Please don’t be late, because it requires 2 individuals to get you in. In case you are late due to an emergency, you’ll be able to name or textual content Lee at 707-738-5906, and ask any of the entrance gate workers to name Maria on the radio. We’ll come out to get you. However please be aware, nobody will reply whereas a puppet present is in progress
IMPORTANT: That is an out of doors occasion. Please put on layers and examine the climate. In case of rain, this assembly will likely be canceled.
HALLOWEEN GUILD PROGRAM
Whereas ready for the present, or at any break, you might be welcome to walk round Fairyland. When you or your puppet need to put on a non-scary costume, you might be welcome to take action.
- 1:30 Present on the Emerald Stage
- “Rumplestiltskin” the Dia de los Muertos model by The Puppet Firm
- That is the story of somewhat spirit that doesn’t want to be remembered. The basic Grimms Brothers story involves life with a Mexican twist. Isabella’s father has informed the King that his daughter can spin straw into gold.! And if she doesn’t, her father will endure. Alongside comes somewhat sugar skeleton that does the job for her…if she provides him her little child woman. However, to be truthful, he provides her three days to guess his identify. Will she reach time for the Day of the Lifeless celebration? Stuffed with colourful surroundings and genuine Mexican music.
- The Puppet Firm was created by Randal Metz and has been producing imaginative household leisure for near 50 years. It strives to current high quality kids’s productions that enchantment to all ages. Every story or well-known “puppet basic” is informed with humor and delights the eyes with well-crafted puppets and colourful scenic results. Randal has been the Director of the Storybook Puppet Theater since 1991.
- Stroll over to Aesop’s Playhouse (This pavilion is open air with cover)
- 2 PM Welcome by Talib Huff Guild President. Transient Board assembly to maintain you present on Puppet Happenings within the Bay Space
- 2:20 Halloween Parade! When you’ve got a Halloween Puppet or puppet decked out for Halloween, deliver it on as much as the stage.
- 2:30 In Particular person Present & Inform. We’ve got had many profitable Zoom Present ‘n Tells, the place individuals have offered a variety of puppet creations. Nonetheless, individuals have requested for an “in individual” alternative, so right here it’s! Our Grasp of Ceremonies will likely be Talib Huff. He’ll do the introductions and preserve the ball rolling. You possibly can have as much as 5 minutes to indicate off something puppet associated. There will likely be one 6” desk accessible, if you wish to use it throughout your presentation (setup and removing is likely to be a part of your 5 minutes if we have now a number of signups.) In as much as 5 minutes, you can too ask members for recommendation. Come be part of this expertise and share your work!
- Exhibit a puppet that you simply’ve made, or one which’s a work-in-progress
- Bought a puppet design and questioning greatest approaches, or a question about greatest supplies and the place to seek out them?
- Need to share a little bit of dialogue from a present you’re engaged on and get enter.
- Have you ever found an excellent instrument, or material, or technique which you could demo?
Listed below are our first two “Present ‘n Inform” members.
- Lisa Zagone, https://lisazagone.com who did 2 profitable workshops on the Northern CA Puppet Pageant in Aug. will likely be educating at Guild assembly sooner or later. She’ll present two potential workshops, her standard Eyes & Eye Mechanisms and Learn how to Construct a Transportable Shadow Stage. Which one intrigues you most? Come see and vote!
- Lee Armstrong of Pictures in Movement, www.imagesmedia.com will demo some fast ideas and tips in mocking up a fast foam puppet, that will help you, or a consumer visualize the ultimate puppet.
- Solely 10 spots left. Enroll quickly by emailing Talib at president@sfbapg.org!
- The sky’s the restrict on what you may even see, be taught and/or share at Fairyland!
- Any time after the Present ‘n Inform will likely be used for a Guild Social. Meet different puppeteers, be taught who’s doing what and the place. Carry your personal (non-alcoholic) beverage. There’s additionally a canteen at Fairyland, however traces could also be lengthy. Hospitality will present some Halloween treats. Additionally, the Guild library will likely be accessible for checkout.
- Guild Library will likely be at Fairyland
- The Guild library has a whole bunch of books protecting a wide range of subjects. Books & DVD’s will likely be accessible for checkout for individuals which have been members for not less than 6 months.When you’ve got a guide checked out, please return it at Fairyland. When you can’t make Fairyland, please mail it to…Guild Librarian, Lee Armstrong, 720 Ladera Dr., Sonoma, CA 95476.
- 3:45 We’ll stroll over to the Storybook Puppet Theater
- We ask that you simply permit kids and fogeys to be seated first. When you’ve got mobility points, please electronic mail larmstrong@sfbapg.org by 10/24 and she or he’ll have a seat reserved for you. Nonetheless, the present is 20 minutes and if seats are full and you’ll stand for that period of time, we hope that you’ll let others sit first.
- It is a particular present, as Nick Barone was a beloved Guild member, the Nick Barone Memorial Scholarship is in his honor, and a few will bear in mind seeing this present carried out by Nick.
- 4 pm present Tips & Treats – A Halloween Spooktacular
- Grasp puppeteer Nick Barone brings his particular model of Halloween magic to the Storybook Puppet Theater. Nick, a well-liked Bay Space performer who handed away in 2014, has left this reward for the youngsters of the Bay Space. The Storybook Puppet Theater is completely satisfied and proud to recreate this authentic story for our theater’s 68th anniversary. What do you do when a bunch of monsters meet and greet in Fairyland? Placed on a spread present, in fact! Stuffed with lovable and pleasant monsters, this comical present is designed to please. Puppets, story, and songs by Nick Barone, carried out by the Storybook puppeteers. Extra surroundings by Warren Moten III.
