The Paperhand Puppet Intervention is an inspiration to all who see it. Saturday, at the Summer Solstice Festival in the Greensboro Arboretum, was no exception. The above photo gives you an idea of the craftsmanship that goes into making the larger-than-life puppets. There were at least 25 of them at the solstice event, and many of the people handling the puppets were volunteers, bystanders at the festival.
The Saxapahaw group was founded 26 years ago in 1998 by Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger. Zimmerman was inspired after having seen the Bread and Hand puppet performance in Vermont. Bread and Puppet was established in the early 1960s in New York City by Peter Schulman. The name derived from the fact that great and oil were served at the puppet shows. Fast forward 60 plus years and Bread and Puppet is still going strong and so is Paperhand Puppet Intervention. This latter group is always a special feature of the solstice event. A but thank you to all involved in bring them to the festival. Imagine the eyes of the little children when these larger-than-life puppets come walking by. The person navigating the stilts and monarch butterfly is likely trained, as she navigated those stilts beautifully.
We completely in awe of all involved in the Summer Solstice event.
Happy Tuesday!
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