June 11th - A Lettie Schubert Memorial Tribute

A Memorial Tribute to Lettie Connell Schubert -- A Celebration of Her Life
Friends and family of Lettie are all welcome.

Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:00 to 8:30 p.m. (set-up is 2:00 to 3:00)

Golden Gate Room Building A Fort Mason Center (This is the same place the Guild had its 40th Anniversary Celebration)

Members of the SFBAPG and its allies are preparing a wonderful celebration of Lettie's life!

Lewis Mahlmann and Randal Metz will perform the puppet production "Mrs. Witherspoon's Busy Day" with Lettie's recorded voice as Mrs. Witherspoon. The show was written and designed by Lettie and she started performing it in 1963. Thirty eight years later, in 2001, Lettie oversaw the revival of the show for Children's Fairyland.

Lynne Jennings is enlisting her high-tech enlarging equipment to create a Memorial Wall featuring photos, written stories and
thoughts. The Wall will travel to this summer's puppet festivals in Washington and Missouri, as well as the 2007 national festival in Minnesota.

Luman Coad is scouring his collection of past Puppetry Journals to capture more information on Lettie's career as a puppeteer.

Alan Cook is writing about Lettie's life as a puppeteer and has been passing information to the Los Angeles Guild and various newspapers. The L.A. Times interviewed Alan today. Several members of the Los Angeles Guild will be traveling north to attend the Celebration.

Lee Armstrong (Images in Motion) is preparing a big-screen video montage which will incorporate video excerpts of Lettie's life, including her 70th birthday party; an interview of Lettie done by Anita Coulter and Sam Hale; and Lettie's work on the 1950s "Brother Buzz" TV show.

The foundation that sponsored the "Brother Buzz" show has promised to supply video footage featuring Brother Buzz and Miss Busy Bee, puppeteered by Ralph Chesse and Lettie Connell.

An employee at the Oakland Parks and Rec Department has dug up a veritable gold mine of slides depicting the Vagabond Puppeteers which Lettie directed for several years.

There will be an open mike time for us to tell our stories, and there will be wonderful food, generously provided by Lettie's husband, Gage Schubert.

Each SF Guild member is kindly requested to bring A DESSERT PLATE which will feed at least 10 people.

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Would you like to be part of the Memorial Wall? If you have written thoughts or stories of Lettie's life, please contact Mary Decker: marydeck@earthlink.net

Do you have any quality photos? Please contact Lynne Jennings: LynneJenn@aol.com