So lucky me got invited to be a coordinator for the ShadowPlay tent at the Vancouver Children's Festival! It was a blast! I got to hang out around kids, watch them make shows with puppets, be inspired by their beautiful, curious minds and hang out with some great Vancouverites (Noodle, Niana, and Candy).
This is an example of the fun in the ShadowPlay tent!
Here's Noodle and I with the local, children's, rare, wooden zebra!
One of Noodle's project was making a double-headed weaving snake. Kids would come to her tent and get strips of fabric and weave the "skin" onto the shell of the snake.
This is the inside of the snake, where kids were encouraged and excited to run through the colorful, compact, weaving snake belly!
A bonus to the festival was all of the baby geese! Super cute, but you can't get too close or the moms will bite! Somehow I was in the right place at the right time, and they just paraded smack in front of me!
As a coordinator, one of our jobs was to personally add to the festivities by dressing up for theme days. This was superhero day... the majority of kids decided I was a ladybug superhero... and golly did they nail it!
One of the many perks of the job was the ability to see any of the "stage" shows for free. There was Cirque Zuma Zuma (complete with foot juggler!), Baobab (African fable using storytelling, puppetry, masks and live music), Morgan's Journey (sweet clown show), The Queen of Colors (animated picture book coming to life through shadow puppetry, live music, painting, and video projection), The Little Old Man (a story of loneliness and friendship using rod-puppets), Sparrow (interactive toddler show), and maybe my favorite (with the queen a close second) James Hill: Ukulele Magic (just outstanding... brings "ukulele into the classroom"). What an inspiring and delightful adventure! Yay for Children's Festivals!
Della, what a delightful time this must have been! Right up your ally--you forever-kid-you!
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