The Magical Moonshine Theatre

We have the first gallery of photos from the parade up on the website.  See them at http://magicalmoonshine.org/giantliberty.htm

Marc Garman put together this video interview about the Lady Liberty Giant Puppet 
http://vimeo.com/12897060

Photos and more to follow, but, thanks to approximately 30 wonderful volunteers who operated puppets and sailed around the statue of Liberty in little boats, and brought food and good cheer and a great sense of celebration, and a joyous willingness to jump in and do things they maybe had never done before, we had a great parade.  Beautiful weather and good crowd reaction to the puppets and ensemble completed the scene.
We should have pictures from the photographer later today.
Happy Independence Day to All!

Yesterday we had some great help from Sue Brinton and Nancy Gilman.  Sue did some fine detail painting on the Lady, and worked on the torch flame (no real flames for this Lady.)  Nancy helped spruce up the Vallejos and did the final detail painting on the tablet the Lady carries.  
In the meanwhile, more and more "boat people" are signing on, meaning a flotilla of boats must be constructed and fast!  Including boats for baby carriages!  Busy, busy.

Sue paints the Lady's helmet.

Torch painting detail.  Flames are next.

Nancy gives Mariano Vallejo a manicure so he will look his best in the parade.

"Give me your tired..."   Big Thanks to Nancy and Sue.

With Valerie, Nancy, and Sue working on the "human" puppets, Michael headed off to the Mare Island Preserve Visitor Center to work on the currently headless horse, fine tuning the walking mechanism and discovering all kinds of stress points and trying to strengthen them with not enough time, and no electricity.  Today the horse gets moved to the parade route where it will wait in its "stable" until parade day.