Harvest Festival Community Puppet Parade – Join the fun!
Wednesday, August 23rd from 5:30-7:30pm
at the Little Theatre Auditorium

Celebrate the first day of fall! A larger than life puppet parade is coming to New London!
You can be part of the parade! All ages and abilities welcome.
Email hello@littletheatreauditorium.org for more information or read below to find out how you can participate:

PARADE SECTION SIGNUP!
*5:30PM-7:30 AUGUST 23 at Little Theatre Auditorium
Today you’ll learn about each parade section and enjoy a potluck dinner with the New London Art Alliance!
You can sign up to:
>> MAKE PUPPETS!
Learn to build puppets with professional puppet artists from Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre!
>> MAKE MUSIC!
Musicians & Singers! Play & sing in a parade section! For all levels!
>> BE IN THE PARADE! Join a section of the parade! Help carry a puppet through the streets of New London to Neer Park! Walk the puppets, be a character, be section support!
Be a Harvest Star VENDOR!
>> VOLUNTEER! Assist with route and parade and vendor setup!

🛠 BUILD PUPPETS! September 9-22
Learn to build puppets with professional puppet artists from Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre!

🥰 ATTEND! September 23 at 11am
Come watch our stories come alive with life-size puppets & music parading thru New London (look for parade route updates!)

ABOUT HARVESTFEST
The autumn equinox, when the sun sits directly above the equator, halfway between the summer and winter solstice, we celebrate our season’s work, give thanks for a bountiful harvest and prepare for the future together.

🙏 ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HARVESTFEST PUPPET PARADE
This event is brought to you by Little Theatre Auditorium and the New London Art & Culture Alliance with support from the City of New London, Minnesota State Arts Board, Blandin Foundation & the McKnight Foundation. Collaborators and participants Steve Ackerman (Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre), Crow River Ski Team, PWELC, Novak Creative LLC & more!