| Hi! Here are some details about myself: |
| My name is: |
Jelle Horjus |
| I have a home page at: |
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| My occupation (when I'm not doing puppets!) is: |
Preaching and parenting |
| My approximate age is: |
25 - 35 |
| I live in the state of: |
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| ... in the country of: |
Netherlands |
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| Here's some information about my church or puppetry organisation: |
| My organisation's name is: |
Ede De Kei Baptist Church |
| My organisation's website is at: |
www.baptisten-ede.nl
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| Some of My Puppetry Background |
| Q: Why do you write puppet scripts? What motivates you? |
| I translate them into Dutch since there are not enough good christian puppet scripts in my language. |
| Q: Tell us about your church or puppet organisation. |
| Our church is just starting with christian puppetry. It is a small baptist church with limited resources, so we are creating our own puppets from 'papier marche'. I intend to set up a team of puppeteers, but for the moment I am doing it only by myself. |
| Q: How did you get started in puppets and what attracted you to this area? |
| In my previous church there was a long standing puppet tradition, and there is where I fell in love with this great form of christian ministry |
| Q: Where does your inspiration come from to write puppet scripts? |
| From working with children, and especially from the humour in children's books. I especially like to use the traditional Dutch Mr. Punch, 'Jan Klaassen', because the children love him so much |
| Q: What advice would you give to someone just starting out in puppetry? |
| Being a beginner myself, I would say: just start. Even on a low-budget you can do marvellous things for children. |
| Q: Who are your favourite puppet characters and what do you like about them? |
| Jan Klaassen and Katrijn, the Dutch Punch and Judy, because they represent human archetypes with whom children can identify easily. |
| Q: What are the most important qualities in great puppet scripts? |
Humour, action, surprise and interaction!
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| Q: What would you do if you were a puppet? |
| I would take a giant supersoaker... and all of a sudden make all the children soaking wet! |
