Summerville Journal Scene
Dortch, the man behind the magic of “The Puppet Farm: Raising Puppets since 1985,” has become a much anticipated favorite for kids of all ages at festivals all over the country.
Dortch, who hails from Ila, Georgia, has been making and selling his puppets for many years but what he does goes far beyond merely displaying his wares. He used to set them up on a table and just show them to passers-by; he now has the Puppet Farm where they all live in all their furry, fuzzy glory, waiting to be adopted by just the right family.
Apparently, there are a lot of good families looking for just the right fuzzy addition; Dortch manages to find thousands of them new homes every year.
He calls what he does a demonstration rather than a puppet show – it’s a session during which he shows the children how the puppets work – but it lasts some three and a half minutes, and has a beginning, middle, and end.
And the end of the show is always highlighted by the delighted faces of the children who stopped by.
But one does not have to take the newspaper’s – or anyone else’s -- word for that. Just listen to the children giggle, watch them laugh and smile, as Dortch introduces them to his friends.
Chances are, your inner kid will be smiling, too.
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