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By DEBORAH FLINCHUM
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Missing — one tiger’s tail. Help wanted — children of all ages to help the tiger find his tail. Place — Rappahannock County Library. Time — Wednesday, August 13, at 7 p.m.
The Tiger's Tale is a rollicking puppet adventure from Puppets by Pizzaz to tie in with the summer reading program. The audience will follow the foolish tiger and his jungle friends as they search for his mysteriously misplaced tail.
Former Roanoke County librarians Jim Tucker and Mimi Butler, founders of Puppets by Pizzaz, believe that children belong in libraries, and started the puppet enterprise to entice young readers. Mr. Tucker and Ms. Butler are now professional puppeteers and partners in the business. The third member of the outfit is Helen Hunter, a former Roanoke City School art teacher, who now makes the troupe’s puppets and designs the graphics for its promotional materials.
Ms. Butler operates the puppets and supplies the voices from behind the stage. Mr. Tucker is the front man and liaison between the audience and the puppets.
“I enjoy it because I get to see the reactions of the kids close up,” Mr. Tucker said. “I get to see the glow in their eyes.”
Much of what the puppeteers do is educational. In one of their programs they teach handicapped children to put on shows and the children take their show to high schools.
Clients include schools, parents who are giving birthday parties, libraries, corporations, social service agencies, shopping malls, fraternal orders, country clubs and church groups.
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