Summer 2009 Volume 60, No. 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2 The 2009 National Festival in Atlanta, GA

ARTICLES

13 Awards presented/announced in Atlanta:  Puppeteers of America Awards,  UNIMA-USA Citations, and 2009 Endowment Fund Grant Recipients 

14 God’s Lost Revolver, by Rich Baiocco

16 When Yancy Woodchuck Played the Banjo, by David Stephens

17 Making David, by Peter Boulanger

20 Walking With Dinosaurs, from an interview with Amanda Maddock

22 Celebrating 60 Years:  Party for a Puppet Stage, by Paul Eide

AT LARGE

• Awards:  Jim Gamble, Puppetmongers, Michael Sommers
• Urbano Puppets on EBay
• Updated Information needed for “Places” listing on POA website

24 The Mudgarden Experience, by Annet Mateo

26 YouTube, A Survey and Overview, by Steve Abrams

32 Bob Baker Marionette theater is Officially a Historic-Cultural Monument, by Christine Papalexis

COLUMNS

28 A Bob’s Eye View–A Return to a Return to Reality, by Bob Nathanson

29 Scene East, by Steve Abrams

30 Scene West, by Beth Fernadez

31 Scene Between, by Monica Leo

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Inside front cover:  University of Maryland;

Inside back cover:  The Puppetry Store

13 – Critical Coatings

25 – Coad Canada

25 – Ken’s Color Cards