Greetings and salutations, internet pals!
Guess what I did over the weekend?
If you guessed that I went to Sautee Nacoochee, GA then you win a pack of Necco Wafers that I shoplifted from the darling General Store.
I kid, I kid. I could never steal from a place with a grass roof, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
So, like, my good(platonic, thank you very much)friend Sara invited me up to her place in the North Ga mountains and from there we’d go to Sautee Nacoochee to catch a performance by The Bread & Puppet Theater from Vermont for a little music, sourdough, rye bread show.
I gotta admit, I wasn’t too sure how a North Georgia town would react to far left politics, hippies or puppets for that matter. All my fears were assuaged when I saw a full house full of old people, young people and even children (It’s never too early to introduce kiddies to subversive entertainment.) Word on th’street is they all loved the show. Yup. Every last one of ‘em.
I was pretty much floored by the show. The performers (and the volunteers, which Sara can proudly boast, she was one of ‘em) were all naturals and ever so talented. It really had that “old-timey” vaudevillian feel to the show, compounded buy the fact it was held in a turn-of-the century gym.
The props, puppets, music, skits and bits were all top-notch. The art they sold for mere pennies after the show was too, man.
If B&P come through your city, jerkwater-town or commune, by all means go see ‘em.The show is self-substantiating and it keeps good hippies from, ugh… working “real” jobs. No one wants that, now, do they?
Thanks again, Sara! Yer th’ best!
