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Poll Results – What Shall I do Next?

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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A big THANK-YOU to everyone who voted and shared the poll.  Here are the results below:

So the most popular options with 2 votes each are:

  • Meet the Puppet videos (featuring puppets from our existing shows)
  • Shadow Puppet Shows
  • In the “Other” category I had one voter saying “All of the above!” and another saying “3 or 4 of these, all good ideas. Good Luck” which I am counting as basically the same.

Then with 1 vote each:

  • In the “Other” category: “Videos about you and how we might encourage our kids with some collaboration”
  • Online Puppet Making Tutorials
  • Storytelling/Kamishibai
  • Sales of Puppets custom made by me
  • Sales of Puppet Making Kits
  • Sales of Puppet Theatre Making Kits

 

I would appreciate a bit of clarification from the person who made the comment: “Videos about you and how we might encourage our kids with some collaboration” as I am not 100% sure what is meant by that.  If this is you; please leave a further comment in the reply box at the bottom of this post, thank-you 🙂 or you can contact me by clicking HERE

If anyone has missed out on voting in the poll and would like to contribute please also leave a comment.

 

So this poll seems to suggest that I should be concentrating on doing Shadow Puppet videos and intersperse these with Meet The Puppet videos.  I will also add in some of the other things occasionally and perhaps set up a shop page and put up the things for sale as I get them organised.

New Shadow Screen complete and introducing “Officer Buckle”

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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Officer Buckle & Gloria - "a good team".
Officer Buckle & Gloria – “a good team”.

As time is getting shorter and shorter I am keeping my comments brief, but hopefully the pictures give a clue to what what we’ve been up to.  I have made the new shadow screen for the show and Officer Buckle’s costume is complete bar a few little extras.

I found the transformation of fellow performer Tim Austin into Officer Buckle somewhat bizarre.  Tim looks nothing like “Officer Buckle” in real life and I did wonder how convincing he would look in the role.  The addition of moustache, glasses, wig, costume and some instant weight gain in the form of a cushion transformed him into a surprisingly accurate looking “Officer Buckle”.  We were also amused by “Officer Buckle’s Instant Weight Loss Programme” which simply involves removing the cushion.

CLICK HERE to see previous post, with more details about the show!

OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA ©1995 by Peggy Rathmann.

First published in the United States by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. All rights

reserved. Used with permission