Making Puppets in your classroom and “What’s not to like about a cute Louisiana marsh creature named Labou?”
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
A couple of years ago, KIDS FIRST! received an incredible movie called “Labou.” What’s not to like about pirate treasure, ghosts and a cute Louisiana marsh creature named Labou and that is what our audience thought.
Our good friends from “Labou” have created a Workshop entitled “Hollywood and the Art of Puppetry”. While not all of us can have Greg and Sheri come to our schools, the complete puppet making video and puppet making kit are available FREE at www.LabouStuff.com
The workshop is now downloadable for free from www.LabouStuff.com under “Free Stuff”. It has a video that teaches kids about the history of puppets in Hollywood, and the accompanying puppet cut-out sheets. The kids love it!
We have completed over 50 of these workshops to much critical success with several non-profit organizations including Easter Seals as well as local schools, museums and libraries across the nation.
You’ve heard of it. You watch it on YouTube, but the ad industry has pooh poohed this advertising medium for a long time. “For most of its brief history, CGA has consisted of shabbily produced, usually pointless and typically self-referential imitations of the very professional advertising it seeks to replace.” This quote is from Bob Garfield’s latest column in Advertising Age. He does go on to admit, “But suddenly we are obliged to re-evaluate, thanks to Etsy.com.” 
This coming weekend in Avon, Colorado, IronKids will hold its next event of the season, drawing youth ranging from 6 to 15 years of age for a full weekend of triathlon and a sports expo.
The 3rd Annual Oxford International Film Festival was held July 24-30th in West Chester, Ohio and three KIDS FIRST! titles came home with awards! Etienne!, directed by Jeff Mizushima won Best Narrative Feature. The Happy Duckling, directed by Gili Dolev won Best Animated Film and La Lune, directed by Kelly Kyung-Hee Shon was runner up for the Audience Award, Best Animated Short. Congratulations to the filmmakers and to Oxford for another great festival. 
KIDS FIRST! is proud to announce “The Drama Kids” took home the Best Student Film Award at the Long Island International Film Expo. Over 170 films screened from all over the world, including Germany, France, Spain, and Dubai. Congrats to all who were involved in the making of this film. 
One of the hits of the KIDS FIRST! Film Festival a year ago was The Bracelet of Bordeaux. Someone is dog-napping the canine citizens of Chem City, TX. Two pre-teen girls overcome danger and conspiracies as they set out to solve the crime and administer justice, with the help of a magical bracelet. Available on order from Amazon.com or register to win a copy in the 
Enter to win award winning DVDs from KIDS FIRST! Select your favorite from the list for a chance to win. Sesame Street: Bedtime With Elmo, Chicka Chicka 123… And More Counting Fun, Coraline, The Bracelet of Bordeaux, Dragon Hunters (Chasseurs de Dragons), Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht Season 4 Vol. 2: The Big Move, or The Lucy Show: The First Season.
This coming weekend at The Pier in St. Petersburg, IronKids will hold its second event of the season, drawing youth ranging from 6 to 15 years of age. Friday night at 7:30 pm at Straub Park, enjoy the free family film from The Henson Company, Tortoise vs. Hare. The IronFlix series, presented by KIDS FIRST! continues on Saturday, 10 am at The Pier.
The Train Master releases to DVD May 12th, immediately following National Train Day May 9th . Moving Pictures Film & Television LLC acquired The Train Master in late 2008 and the film is also available on Starz Pay for View.
GREEN FESTIVAL DEBUTS IN THE MILE HIGH CITY 
