Highlight of Events for 2007 - 2008
Oct. 6-11 Wisconsin Puppet tour
Lifeways Wisconsin Oct. 5,6,7
Viroqua Parent workshops and other fun puppetting Oct. 8,9,10
Oct. 13, 14 Ohio Regional ECE Puppetry Training – the Protection Story
Oct 15, 16, Ohio regional parent workshops
Oct.20, 21 Vermont Regional ECE Puppetry Conference
Oct. 27, 28 Keene NH – Professional Development Weekend – the therapeutic wisdom of the 12 senses for circle and puppetry. Nancy Blanning and Suzanne Down
December 8 Victoria BC Annual Heirloom Nativity Figure workshop – Creating Mary and Child, Joseph, the little Donkey….Needle felted figures for children to touch and use to enliven the Christmas Story.
Feb. 9/10 Sunbridge ECE Conference – will be giving a therapeutic workshop and selling in the vendor’s room
Feb. 15, 16 San Francisco – Therapeutic ECE Conference with Dr Cowan, Nancy Blanning and Suzanne Down
Feb. 21 Sacramento CA – Post teacher week conference – a one day workshop on creating the Puppet Story Apron, and the art of storytelling with it.
Feb. 23 - March 15 San Francisco and region Puppet Workshop tour for teachers and parents
April 1,2,3, Lifeways Sacramento – The Development of Speech in the Young Child and how Story and Puppetry support it.
April 5, 6 Ashland Oregon – Oregon Regional ECE Puppetry Prof Development
April 19, 20 Atlanta regional Puppetry Weekend – The Art and Healing of the Rod Puppet – Mother Earth and the Greening of Story
April 26, 27 Gainesville – Florida Regional Puppetry Weekend – The Protection Story
June 20-22 Sound Circle Seattle WA – Biography and Soul Gesture Puppets
July 9-19 Maui – 10 day intensive on the artistry and therapeutic insights of puppetry
July 23-26 Elements of Therapeutic ECE SUMMER INSTITUTE - Introduction to the art and wisdom of ECE puppetry
July 27-30 Elements of Therapeutic ECE SUMMER INSTITUTE – Advanced class – Therapeutic insights in puppet theater – The eye and the ear –and how puppetry supports them.
August 7-11 following the international conference in NH – Keene NH – Elements of Therapeutic ECE SUMMER INSTITUTE – The Wisdom of the Life Processes and Fairy Tales more TBA
August 15-19 Elements of Therapeutic ECE SUMMER INSTITUTE – Healing the Eye with Color – 5 day intensive on color and light puppetry using Steiner’s indications for a new art to be the remedy for the damage to children caused by media