Since our last update, we’ve had two more performances of Stand Firm. On Saturday, March 14, we performed for a third time at River Bluff Apartments (home of Vi Frees). The very next morning, March 15, we were at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Henning for their children and adult Sunday School hour. Both performances went extremely well!
A huge thank you needs to go out to Chris Beighley. As this is being written, Chris is working on the puppet for our “finale song” (the song we’re going to use in the competition). We are building a human-size, bunraku-style (“Japanese-style”) puppet out of foam and fiberglass, among other things. Originally, Chris was only going to lend us some advice on the airbrushing, but he was gracious enough to volunteer many hours and his incredible artistic talent, and we’re sure this puppet will be an amazing part of this song. After the competition, we plan to add this song to the end of Stand Firm so that we can perform it everywhere we go. Thank you, Chris!
Some people have been wondering when WAASUP is going to perform the new show at Trinity. It looks like the date has been set for Sunday, May 17. That Sunday is Friendship Sunday, so there will only be one worship service, and WAASUP will perform for the Sunday School/adult Bible class hour. We hope to see you all there!
We’d write more, but we’re too busy getting this song ready for the MN regional puppetry festival March 20-21! We’re having practices every day this week to get ready and we’re burning the midnight oil to finish the puppet and all the props. We can’t wait for you all to see it!
In Him,
-The WAASUP Team