4Elementary School News

The Last Dragon Comes to F-F Elementary

The elementary students were thoroughly entertained by The Puppet People's remarkable performance of "The Last Dragon". The puppet play, which explores the themes of discrimination, stereotypes, greed, and friendship, is based on a fairytale by E. Nesbitt. The performance included a 7 ft. purple sequined dragon and a life-sized knight on horseback who joust to a ticklish end. Good triumphs over evil as the princess is saved from the evil wizard. Following the performance, Michelle and Mark spent ten minutes answering student questions and demonstrating how the puppets worked. The performance was sponsored by the Character Education Committee.

The Puppet People, who have visited our school before to perform the "Bully Busters," are the husband and wife team of Mark Carrigan and Michelle Smith-Carrigan. The duo creates all of the puppets and sets. Future performances that are open to the public and great for families include: "A Christmas Carol" on 12/14 at 5:00 PM at the City Center in Schenectady and 12/27/06 at 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:00 PM at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. For further information, visit their website www.thepuppetpeople.org .




The Dragon waves to the crowd.

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