Grey Seal's Three Ring Circus
Last week found me wearing a lot of different hats and that's one of the reasons I love doing what I do so much. Each day presents a different template and it's fantastic. As puppeteers, we're involved...
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Seemore Goodstuff
We had a fun, two-day shoot last week over at WTVI, the local PBS affiliate here in the QC. I have puppeteered a character named Seemore Goodstuff there for years. Seemore is a 6-year old (perpetually)...
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A little Jimmy B, Macy's and Father Time!
The weather took a downturn here in the Carolinas last week; a rare stretch of cold, rainy days. A rough patch like that always reminds me of a song by Jimmy Buffett called "Savannah Fare You Well."...
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A Singing Christmas Tree Weekend
We just came off a great weekend of performances with Carolina Voices and their annual production of The Singing Christmas Tree!Fellow puppeteer Christy Pleasant and I had a blast performing with a...
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Happy Holidays
I finished up my last performance of 2008 on Saturday. It wasn't a big tadoo. Just a small, quiet holiday party at a swim club of all places. I did a production of ours called Christmas Cabaret. It's a...
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A T-Shirt in Lumberton
Last week I performed our show called Bathtub Pirates at Tanglewood Elementary School in Lumberton, North Carolina. Two back to back performances left my throat feeling raspy but my heart was happy....
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Junior League of Charlotte has Passion for Puppetry!
We've had a great time working with the Junior League of Charlotte to produce a puppet performance on healthy eating habits."You Are What You Eat" premiered last Fall. The show is a pastiche of every...
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Drew's Day Falls Apart
So, there I was; jauntily rolling down 1-440 in Raleigh at 7:15am on my way to St. Raphael's Catholic School for two performances of A Show of Virtues. A crisp, cold, DRY day stretched out before me...
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Quick Philly Trip
Last weekend I made a quick trip up to Philadelphia for two performances of The Emperor's New Clothes. I drove up from Charlotte on Saturday, spent the night in the heart of the City of Brotherly Love,...
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There's Somebody Doing That
I had a swell time in Greenville, South Carolina recently. Librarian Eva Putnam brought Grey Seal in for a performance as part of their Family Fun Series. The library in downtown Greenville is gorgeous...
View ArticleDay Trip to Aiken, SC
I love days like yesterday, which found me on the road at a reasonable hour for a mid-day performance and then back home, also at a reasonable hour! Added bonus? The destination was an ultra-cool...
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A Place I Go
When I have a few days free of performances and obligations here at our studio in Charlotte, there's a place I go in the Low Country of South Carolina. It's a secluded place, the perfect spot to do...
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"Write What You Know" - Mark Twain
I had a great trip down to Orlando last week for performances co-sponsored by the ultra-awesome City of Orlando Puppettroupe and the equally awesome Ibex Puppetry. It was a blast doing "A Show of...
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Breakfast at Denny's
I have a real aversion to the hotel breakfast bar scene while on the road performing. Maybe it's because I constantly find myself in uncomfortable, early morning situations. Like last month, when in...
View ArticleNever Heard That Before
As a traveling performer I've seen and heard and experienced a lot of wacky stuff. But in over 20 years on the road, I'd never heard what was uttered amidst the audience the other day at a performance...
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Chugging Away In the Workshop
I always think it's neat when our dusty old "business plan" seems to be working the way it's suppose to. When we started Grey Seal away back in the roaring '70's, the idea was to have several "irons in...
View ArticleUltra-cool School in Monroe, NC
I had a great couple of days performing in Union County, N.C. last week. I found myself at the swanky Central Academy of Technology and Arts, a magnet high school in Monroe. It was one of those...
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What's In a Name?
People often ask us where our name "Grey Seal Puppets" came from. Sometimes solicitors call on the phone asking for Grace Hill. Sometimes folks wonder why there aren't seals in our performances....
View ArticleDetroit after Christmas
It's not easy changing gears from holiday mode to work mode the day after a great family Christmas. But change gears I did, for a three day run at the super cool Detroit Institute of Arts.The trip...
View ArticleClassic Audience Comments
There's a special time at our studio when we all sit around the conference room table eating lunch. It's here that we take time to read aloud the amazing letters and drawings that children send us...
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