1999 Puppeteers of America
Vice President's Award
for Innovation in the Field of Puppetry

Thank you to

the Puppeteers of America Board of Trustees, for awarding me the Vice-President's award for Innovation in Puppetry at the 1999 National Puppetry Festival in Seattle. The award came as a surprise, since Board member and good friend Lynne Jennings and my fiance Nick Barone discussed telling me about it before hand and decided that I would be a nervous wreck the whole festival if I knew about it. (I also think Nick didn't want to hear me rehearsing an acceptance speech 20 times a day!) On the last night of the Festival, I was stunned to hear my name being called by Lynne. I gave some blithering, incoherent thank you about how the art of puppetry had given me so much, including the man I love, and I was happy to give something back. (I think the audience was divided into people who rolled their eyes at the sappiness of that and others who thought it was sweet. What can I say, I'm a woman in love with a puppeteer whom I never would have met if it hadn't been for a Regional Festival.) I was genuinely overwhelmed by the applause and the congratulations afterwards. And overwhelmed to be in the company of artists like Lewis Mahlmann, who also accepted an award that night. It was an extraordinary experience for me. Plus, I got this spiffy medal that I threatened to wear around the house for weeks afterwards. Thank you to the Board for the recognition. It means a lot to me.

Rose Sage, Puppetry Home Page editor

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