Live from iFest 2007

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As I write this I am at One Way Street‘s iFest Conference. (International Festival of Puppetry & Ventriloquism) I’m here for just two days of the week long conference to report on this event for Kidology. I will be publishing a full report on Kidology.org soon in the Kidology Reports Zone, but here are a few teaser pictures and an EXCITING VIDEO at the end!

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iFest is a great place to meet other people who love puppets!

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And BUY cool new puppets!
(I will be posting my favorites!)

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And bring your puppet team (these teens are from Texas!)

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And eat great food!
(Chicken Sandwhich and fries, TWO pieces of pizza and TWO cups of Dew…. Oh Yeah, I love this conference!)

 

The highlight of the evening was getting to see the Black Light Competition in the evening. (There will be highlights via video in the Kidology Report on iFest)

But then I got a big surprise! I was invited to compete in the Sport Stacking competition in the dark by Norm Hewitt, and won the first stack meet with four contestants, and then later, there was a second “semi-final” with four more, who all turned out to be kids. The average scores were 20-30 seconds and I average 12 and under, so I was getting nervous. As much as I like to compete with Speed Stacks, and prefer to win (come on, its ok to admit that!) I was not looking forward to beating a little kid in the “Finals” in front of some 600 plus people. I had images of being booed off the stage and having puppets thrown at me if I beat a kid on stage… but letting him win too obviously wouldn’t give him dignity either… so what to do?

Watch the video and see what happened:

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Karl Bastian is the founder of Kidology.org, the creator of ToyboxTales.com, and the author of OrderoftheAncient.com. His personal website is Kidologist.com He is Big Kid with a passion for equipping and encouraging those who minister to children.

2 Comments:

  1. Wow, you are still faster in the dark than i am with all the lights on in the middle of the day under perfect wind conditions. Thye kids was fast to?

    How much did you do with your iPhone on this?

    KARL: Just the picture of the teens from taken with iPhone, but I’m using a better camea and laptop to post. But the iPhone is helping me monitor and respond to e-mail while away from the computer and Internet. Oh, and this was posted from the iPhone. :)

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