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W hat are you <br />requesting funding <br />for? <br />A specific program or project <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />The Folk Tales Around the W orld Puppet Project prov ides free <br />community based puppetry programs to children. Folk tales deriv ed <br />from oral storytelling cultural traditions are adapted into a puppetry <br />program. The folk tales originate in Africa, Mexico, India and China. <br />After the puppet performance, children create their own puppets to <br />re-enact the folk tale. The folk tale puppetry programs will be offered <br />v irtually and in person (if the OCPL physical space allows for social <br />distancing). <br />The program starts with a storytelling of the folk tale. The storytelling <br />is followed by a puppet show which is an original script adaptation of <br />the folk tale. The puppet performances use the traditional hand <br />puppet form of puppetry where the puppeteer is hidden from v iew. <br />Graphic v isual images (still and mov ing) projected onto a screen <br />serv e as backdrops/backgrounds and music/sound effects are used <br />to enhance the story line and v iewer experience. Puppets are crafted <br />by participants in order to retell the folk tale at home. For the v irtual <br />program, puppets are constructed with materials found at home <br />and/or with a prov ided template. <br />Grant funded community puppetry programs from 2018-2020 hav e <br />been v ery successful with 941 children participating. Parent and site <br />personnel feedback was ov erwhelmingly positiv e with 100% approv al <br />rate recorded on surv eys giv en at the conclusion of each monthly <br />program. <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2020) <br />Sept. 21, 2020 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2021) <br />June 14, 2020 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 41C3320E-65DD-4C33-8801-67C0B2A1E79A