Live Nutcracker Puppet Show-Glen Echo

Julia is so taken by the 'Sugar Flum Pairy' that I had to find a show post-Christmas to take her to...lo and behold, the Puppet Theater at Glen Echo had a "Live Pupppet Performance" -- a cross between a puppet show and adults wearing enormous head 'masks' and costumes.

Here are some pictures...at the end of the performance, Julia cried because she wanted/missed Clara (Called "Clarice by Julia and Graham, ala Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer's girlfriend!)...
so I took her up on stage, where the actors were posing sans masks...here are some pics. This puppeteer was amazing, he did the dance of the flowers with a 'tulip' mask on his head--minimal visibility--while manipulating numerous tulip puppets.

Clara, without her mask. Julia felt better (I think) after meeting her and 'talking' to her.

The Nutcracker!