1/21/2024 0 Comments Wild rumpus 2019Special thanks to the Greenbelt Cinema, Greenbelt Arts Center and numerous local merchants and organizations for their participation.Volunteer greeters: Tom LeaMond and Janice Ataiyero.Puppet support team: Adam Campanile (staff) and volunteers Gary Kohn, Niki Kohn, and Meredith Rocha.Volunteer puppet builders and puppeteers: Raven Eyes Cagle, Joey Connor, Aiyana Glover and family, Judy Goldberg-Strassler, Colleen Hommel, Aurenna Komisar, Beth LeaMond, Penny Martin, Jan Morrow, Mary Anne Savercool, and Kristine Smith.Plus support from many additional staff from Greenbelt Recreation and the departments of Public Works, Public Safety, and Public Information.Rachel Ann Cross, leader of musical shaker workshops in the run-up to the event.Lisa Pellittiere, dance captain – concept/choreography/instruction for the flash mob.Nicole DeWald, Wild Rumpus concept/organizer and puppet workshop leader.I’m grateful to everyone who created such a healthy and FUN way for us to come together. Spectators were also curious about the creative minds behind the event, and the impressive organizing that created the happiest event I’ve ever seen in Greenbelt, or maybe in my life! The whole community was there, joyfully experiencing costumes, music, dancing and even jump-roping! Candy was available after all that fun, but it wasn’t the focus like it had been before Wild Rumpus came to town. Terrific! Humans, clockwise from top to bottom: Raven Eyes Cagle and Rachel Ann Cross, Nicole DeWald and Council Member Ric Gordon. And this year the puppets were hand-made by Greenbelt children, who’d attended the pre-Rumpus puppet-making workshop. WELL! As you can tell from the highlights video above, it was TOTALLY new, except for the large puppets, bringing on. 2 of Wild Rumpus, we wondered if it would be a repeat of that wonderful event, or something new. Remember October of 2022, when Greenbelt’s first Wild Rumpus event was brought to us by our very talented Recreation and ARTS Department? Here’s a quick highlights video if you don’t.Īs the community gathered again in Roosevelt Center to see V.
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