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Education and entertainment were the twin themes of the Woodsy
Whimsy puppet show, an event new to Riverboat Days this year.
The drama and puppetry were provided by Dawn Germyn and
Des Bolton from the Nass Valley.

Kids get tea
with puppets at

Woodsy Whims

by Harriett Fjaagesund

Two teachers from the Nass
Valley entertained a roomful of
children last Monday at the Ter-
race Art Gallery with their
Woodsy Whimsy puppet show.
The audience, which ranged from
toddlers up to grandparents,
became very involved with the
puppets.

Des Bolton and Dawn Germyn
have been doing puppet shows for
19 years, mostly for school
children. Germyn, who makes the
puppets, says part of her was never
fulfilled-as a child because she was
raised in logging camps. She never
had the chance to go to puppet

shows when she was a kid, so one .

day she decided to creale her own
puppets. Crunchy the Caterpillar
was her first creation.

Bolton admits that the kid in him
just never grew up, and that when
Germyn decided to create the
puppets he was swept along in her
enthusiasm.

As well as entertaining, ihe pup-
pets also teach children about
naturalism, such as why we need
trees. Germyn says she chose the
name Woodsy Whimsy (and added
live’ trees to the show) because
they wanted to reach the younger
children as well and Woodsy
Whimsy is easy for them so say.

Fhe afternoon was wrapped up

with a taste of Spruce Tea. As can

be guessed, there wasa mixed

scurvy.

Here’s the recipe if you'd like to
try it yourself. You can use any
coniferous tree, such as spruce or
cedar:

«Pick enough branches to fill a pot

(don’t bother stripping needles off
the branch).

«Add just enough water to cover
branches, and bring to a boil.
Boil for half an hour; do not boil
longer or the tea will become
resinous,

*Sirain, and add 2 tbsp. honey
(more or less, depending on per-
sonal taste).

Slingers’ race — the winners

Slingers team winners
Tacky Tourists
(Northern Motor Inn).

Second — Northern Punks
(Northern Motor Inn).

Third — Fanny’s Fox’s (Inn
of the West).
Single slingers winners
Sharon Hoefling

(Northern Motor Inn, third year Keg rolling

in a row). First — The California Dolls
Second — Sandra Pratt (general public).

(Northern Motor Inn). Second — The Wanabees
Third — Lisa Graham (North- (Northern Motor Inn).

ern Motor Inn). , Third — Thunderbirds

Best costume (general public). .

Hanky Panky’s (this covers all
four Hanky’s teams).

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reaction to the drink. But it’s high’ .
in Vitamin C, is casy to make,.and- @

doesn’t taste néarly as bad as it
sounds. Bolton explained that it
was: a favourite drink among
‘natives and settlers in preventing

THE MULTICULTURAL MAKEUP of Terrace often finds expression in cross-cultural dining, and

Riverboat Days is a major opportunity to get acquainted with different lifestyles by taste test.