Deborah Costine Nature Puppets
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June 25th, 2015

6/25/2015

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Accommodating  a very young audience

A common issue for me as a puppeteer is when I have the opportunity to book a show but the audience has to include children under the age of 3.  (Common in pre-schools)  We KNOW that two year olds will not focus on a story for more that a few minutes.  So here's what I have begun doing that usually makes everyone happy:  

I arrange to invite the ones UNDER the age of 3 for a "pre-show glimpse" of about 10 to 15 minutes. (I play this by ear) They toddle in and sit down with their grown ups and I put on my mic and speak slowly in a near-whisper. I do a sort of quiet "show and tell" of the characters and a few main points of the story and then announce that they all live happily ever after.  I am usually visible for this so I can look at them. They clap and I bow.  "Quiet and gentle" holds their attention way better than loud and fast. (REALLY!!)  I usually don't charge extra for this.  It is worth it to me because I'd rather not have two year olds in my audience for 45 minutes!
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    Deborah Costine

    Thanks for stopping in! 
    Since I am as interested in nature as I am in puppetry, my thoughts here will be about both.  My old house in a little neighborhood along the river provide me with daily opportunities for enjoying nature. I have a garden,two apple trees (which I love to climb and prune) plus a bit more lawn than I'd like.  I plant various shrubs and things to create pathways. From the back of my studio I can look almost directly down at the river. There is almost always someone paddling by; Mr Beaver, Ms Muskrat, The Otter twins- Nellie and MInnie, plus lots of ducks and geese - and the occasional human.

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