MISS FAY'S CENTENNIAL DAY PLAY

Hello Everyone,

My name is Miss Fay Armstrong. I taught school in Chandler Oklahoma from 1911 to 1961. From 1932 on I used marionette shows as a reward for good behavior and to help teach my students manners and morals. Today in Chandler there is a marionette theater named after me which has presented plays about Oklahoma history since 1992. I am here now to answer your questions about puppets, marionettes, Oklahoma history or about my career. The picture you see here shows 2 of the 14 marionettes in MISS FAY'S CENTENNIAL DAY PLAY with puppeteer Joann McMillan which starts with me reading your student reports for our 25th birthday celebration in 1932. Behind Joann you see some of the stick puppets which appear at the end of our play operated by students in the audience. They represent famous Oklahomans from the time between 1932 and today. I hope you recognize all of these characters. I will give you one hint, the Marshal lived in Chandler for many years and was also an Oklahoma State Senator and helped Benny Kent make some of the earliest moving pictures in a series entitled THE PASSING OF THE OKLAHOMA OUTLAW. Any questions? If you need more hints about who these people are I will be happy to help you. Of course, once you have identified all of the puppets in the picture you will receive an A+ as the students standing in the back of our picture have. Raise your hand (or write here) to answer or to ask a question.