Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage

1. Engage 30 youth and 10 adults who, under the guidance of the artistic director of the Pageant, will write the story, create large scale puppet figures, learn to manipulate the puppets, learn to stilt, and learn how to interact with the music to make the puppet theater come to life from August 5-16, 2013. 2. Produce a Puppet Pageant of large scale puppet figures dramatizing an original story connected to the ancient story of the Kalevala, a central part of the folk life of the Finnish People on August 16th, 2013. 3. Produce the Pageant before 400 adults and 220 youth on August 16th, 2013. 4. Demonstrate the importance of the Finnish folk heritage of the region. 5. Produce a high quality art experience- the Puppet Pageant -as a basic element of ordinary summer community life.1. Photographs and video documents of the Pageant were made. 2. Interviews and small group discussions with the Pageant participants were held each day during the two week preparation and rehearsal for the Pageant. 3. Audience surveys were completed by 95 audience members asking them to assess their experience of the event.