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JR - a iin and _ ai EE |} ¢ . ea iad Ca 8 About 45 children enjoyed the puppet play "Time Travel ler" at the library last Thursday. Tickets for the one-hour performance were $1 and children were Invited to particl- pate In the production. . 3g be J x Justin, a volunteer from the crowd, helps Pawn put the fin- ishing touches on her time machine. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 15, 1989 -- 29 Kera Lynas and Kereth Collard show off some of their hand-made puppets. The girs use marionettes, hand puppets, stick puppets and soft puppets In their production. Local youngsters enjoy puppet show at library Kereth Collard and Kera Ly- nas have a real hand in their business. The two Toronto-area per- formers brought their puppe- teering company, Kids Kapers, to the Scugog Memorial Public Library on Thursday. About 45 local children en- joyed the hour-long perfor- mance of Time Traveller. The play was about a young Indian girl named Pawn who builds a time machine. She in- vites a couple of other children to come and explore the past and future with her, but they laugh at her idea so she heads outon herown. ) In her travels she meets cave- men and prehistoric animals, as well as futuristic humans and Owen LeCraw, 4, plays with talking trees. Pawn often asked for advice from the audience, who were more than willing to tell her what to do. The young audience also screamed warnings to Pawn when unsuspecting crea- tures approached her. Halfway through their per- formance, Kereth and Kera paused for a short intermission. During the break, the girls showed their audience some of the warm-up techniques they do before each performance. They then invited the kids to try .the exercises with them. After the show the kids were invited to ask questions about the performance and given a short lesson on how to make the different puppets. Kids Kapers is now in its third season, but Kereth and Kera just began to tuke their show on the road full time. The girls travel all over Onta- rio with their stage, puppets and other props stored in their Hyundai. Although they started the company with money from their own pockets, the girls are now trying to get a grant from the province so they can purchase a better sound system and a larg- er vehicle. "It's going to be hard (to get a ~ grant)," Kereth said. "Usually people get the grants when they first start their business -- not three years into it."