Friday, December 28, 2012
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Librarians John Yingling (left) and Katherina Mutasic pretended to be chipmunks while they dances to the Chipmunk's Christmas song at the Boardman library puppet show Dec. 12.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.The first puppet show that was performed at the Boardman library Dec. 12 was about a tree that wished to have beautiful leaves of gold at glass instead of regual pine needles.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.To make the song more interesting to the children at the show, librarians John Yingling and Katherina Mutasic sang "The Twelve Days of Christmas" using modern items, like pirate ships, cell phones, and bicycles.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Every time Alvin mentioned a hula-hoop in the Chipmunk's Christmas song, librarian John Yingling, who was pretending to be Alvin for the song, danced with his hula-hoop at the Boardman library Dec. 12.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.As a surprise for children that came to watch the puppet show at the Boardman library Dec. 12, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer made an appearance for photos and to hear Christmas wishes.
By NATALIE SCOTT
Boardman librarians John Yingling and Katherina Mutasic put on a holiday puppet show for the children at the Boardman library Dec. 12.
The first show the librarians performed was about a tree that wished first to have leaves of gold so that is could be beautiful, but when someone takes the golden leaves, it then wishes for leave of glass. When those leave do not work for the tree either, it wishes to have its needles back.
The tree is rewarded in the end by being picked by a little girl to become her Christmas tree. The girl decorates the tree with ornaments and nuts, finishing the puppets show on a happy note.
The next activity involved children taking a numbered place in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but used modern objects, like four ringing phones, two teddy bears, and a Furby in a pear tree to make the song more amusing to its participants.
Perhaps the funniest part of the puppet show was when Mutasic and Yingling pretended to be Alvin and the Chipmunks and danced and acted out various parts of the Chipmunk’s Christmas song, such as dancing with a hula-hoop when Alvin mentions it in the song.
The puppet show came to a close with a visit from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Children and parents had the opportunity to take their picture with Rudolph by the library’s Christmas tree and to tell Rudolph what they wanted for Christmas so that he could relay the message to Santa.