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 title and e-mail. Further tickets for non-members will be bought on-line or on the gate. Attendees should arrive between 12:40-12:55 PM to test 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 “Methods & Treats – A Halloween Spooktacular” by Nick Barone & carried out by the Storybook puppeteers
Further 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 consequence of particular occasions parking could also be difficult.
Bear in mind, all of us enter collectively at 1 PM!
Extra Particulars
Admission: Fairyland has graciously provided to host our Oct Guild assembly. We worth their long-term relationship with our Guild and the various 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.”
Essential Info
- We’ll all be getting 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 shouldn’t be present, please renew your membership earlier than Oct 20 so you might be on the Guild Roster. If you’re not a Guild member, however want to be, signup now and get the final months of 2024 free together with your 2025 membership.
- Members who need to deliver a pal, partner, or little one 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 prefer to have their ticket upfront. In any other case, tickets will 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 fantastic 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 prices $10 per automobile to park on Bellevue Ave.
- Enable sufficient time to park, and so on. Please don’t be late, because it requires 2 folks to get you in. If you’re 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 test 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. In the event 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 a bit spirit that doesn’t want to be remembered. The traditional 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 undergo. Alongside comes a bit 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 title. Will she reach time for the Day of the Lifeless celebration? Crammed 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 attraction to all ages. Every story or well-known “puppet traditional” 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 Individual Present & Inform. We have now had many profitable Zoom Present ‘n Tells, the place folks have offered a variety of puppet creations. Nevertheless, folks 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 hold the ball rolling. You possibly can have as much as 5 minutes to point out off something puppet associated. There will likely be one 6” desk out there, if you wish to use it throughout your presentation (setup and removing could be a part of your 5 minutes if we now have a number of signups.) In as much as 5 minutes, you can even ask members for recommendation. Come be part of this expertise and share your work!
- Showcase a puppet that you just’ve made, or one which’s a work-in-progress
- Obtained 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 important device, or cloth, or technique which you can demo?
Listed below are our first two “Present ‘n Inform” individuals.
- 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 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 might even see, study and/or share at Fairyland!
- Any time after the Present ‘n Inform will likely be used for a Guild Social. Meet different puppeteers, study who’s doing what and the place. Carry your personal (non-alcoholic) beverage. There may be additionally a canteen at Fairyland, however strains could also be lengthy. Hospitality will present some Halloween treats. Additionally, the Guild library will likely be out there for checkout.
- Guild Library will likely be at Fairyland
- The Guild library has a whole bunch of books masking a wide range of matters. Books & DVD’s will likely be out there for checkout for folks which were members for at the least 6 months.When you’ve got a ebook checked out, please return it at Fairyland. In the event 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 just permit kids and oldsters to be seated first. When you’ve got mobility points, please e-mail larmstrong@sfbapg.org by 10/24 and he or she’ll have a seat reserved for you. Nevertheless, the present is 20 minutes and if seats are full and you may stand for that period of time, we hope that you’ll let others sit first.
- This can be a particular present, as Nick Barone was a beloved Guild member, the Nick Barone Memorial Scholarship is in his honor, and a few will keep in mind seeing this present carried out by Nick.
- 4 pm present Methods & Treats – A Halloween Spooktacular
- Grasp puppeteer Nick Barone brings his particular model of Halloween magic to the Storybook Puppet Theater. Nick, a preferred Bay Space performer who handed away in 2014, has left this present for the kids of the Bay Space. The Storybook Puppet Theater is pleased 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 range present, after all! Crammed 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. Further surroundings by Warren Moten III.
