We checked out the Barebones puppetry extravaganza again this year and I felt like it was one of the best yet. It is in the vein of the Mayday festival put on by Heart of the Beast, yet completely different.
"As Muck Would Have It
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Oct 27, 2007 - Oct 31, 2007
Barebones Productions presents the 14th Annual Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza ....the HALLOWEEN SHOW you've come to know and love.
This year's show begins with on the banks of the river where revelers and charlatans mistakenly conjure the spirits of the Mississippi River. Audiences are guided down a ghostly trail to an old river town. The arrival of Huck and Jim (from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) causes a town controversy from which the two have to flee. From there we follow their adventures down the river encountering wildlife, spirits, tourists and river history."
I enjoy the themes of these giant puppet shows, they always seem to resonate with a deep mythopetical vein of nonconsumer reality that lies deep within. Maybe I will help nect year, but more likely I will volunteer at HOBT for MAyday. I love puppets.
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My co-worker, Kate, was there too and was telling me all about it! It sounded so COOL! When the kids get a little bit bigger, I totally want to take them. HOW COOL!
I had planned to go on Halloween, but the doorbell kept ringing and I did not escape the house before the ghoulish children of the neighborhood had staked a claim to the candy on my front porch.
I enjoyed the show last year and I look forward to it next year.
Long live puppets!
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