Homeland Security vs. the SF Puppeteers Guild
I kid you not. My beloved San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild is under investigation by Homeland Security. According to their latest newsletter, its assets have been frozen ever since my friend and Treasurer Pam Brown resigned after 20 years and passed the miniscule nestegg to a new bank account a few months ago. The bank apologizes but legally can't do anything until Homeland Security determines this group of puppet fans and professionals is not planning to attack our country.
This is the Guild whose parent organization, the Puppeteers of America, hosted a puppetry Festival where Jim Henson met Frank Oz and Jerry Juhl back in the 1960's.
Not long ago, I was President, and before that, Secretary.
But now our government thinks it's harboring terrorists. (An ironic exaggeration perhaps, but its policies may be impacting in ways unintended).
They are in the Bay Area, which is of course the land of Hippies and Anarchists, and Beatniks, and don't forget, lots of puppetry!
Fortunately, despite all this controversy, the Guild seems to be alive and well with its new President, Tim Giugni, whom I've seen perform at PuppetLove! a few years back
This is the Guild whose parent organization, the Puppeteers of America, hosted a puppetry Festival where Jim Henson met Frank Oz and Jerry Juhl back in the 1960's.
Not long ago, I was President, and before that, Secretary.
But now our government thinks it's harboring terrorists. (An ironic exaggeration perhaps, but its policies may be impacting in ways unintended).
They are in the Bay Area, which is of course the land of Hippies and Anarchists, and Beatniks, and don't forget, lots of puppetry!
Fortunately, despite all this controversy, the Guild seems to be alive and well with its new President, Tim Giugni, whom I've seen perform at PuppetLove! a few years back
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