Puppets

Puppets

When I was a girl, I loved the muppet show and dreamed of singing with Kermit. Here is a glimpse of how I fulfilled my Puppet Dreams.

It all started with Lychee Martini……

When I wrote this song I knew… this is my chance to SING WITH PUPPETS!!!
It was an awesome TEAM Effort! What a thrill to be surrounded by puppets and to dance TANGO with Alvaro Puppet.
The lead puppet Alvaro and trickster Pumpkin-Head Pete were built by Helen O’Connor using wool from a local Mt Lorne friend’s farm. Most other puppets were hand-made by Gepetto’s Junkyard puppet troupe from Haines, Alaska

See photos below of Nicole Edwards and the Puppet Affair…. featuring puppet “Manager” Rob Pelletier (puppeteer & puppet builder) and Andrea McColeman on keys. Scroll down further to see some live puppet duet music videos. Scroll down more to see “Look at My Book” – a short video series for pre-readers. Then MORE puppet photos!

Nicole Edwards and the Puppet Affair at Arts in the Park
  • Stu
  • Frostbite Music Festival, Whitehorse YT
  • Fox Foxworthy
  • Bluey Armstrong
Nicole and the Puppet Affair at Southeast Alaska State Fair. Photos by Tom Ganner
Solstice at the Lorne Mountain Community Centre
  • Nicole & the Puppet Affair – Santa Claus Parade CONCERT
    Featuring: Andrea McColeman -keys; Rob Pelletier – puppet manager; Nicole – singer-producer; Claire Ness -clown MC

VIDEOS

Happy Birthday from Nicole, Fox Foxworthy (Rob Pelletier) and Andrea McColeman (1 minute)
“Chocolate & a Bubble Bath” from the album Genre Bender
LIVE at the Yukon Arts Centre, a special duet
LIVE at the MacBride Museum- duet with Bluey Armstrong
LIVE at the MacBride Museum- duet with Fox Foxworthy

LOOK At My Book! (L.A.M.B.) 

Michael Brooks created the Alphabet Bears books and songs and wanted to make a TV show for pre-readers. Michael asked me (Nicole Edwards), Bluey & Stu (Rob Pelletier) to join him and Fiona in this fun project. We all love books and music and had a blast making this up. It’s called: Look at my Book (L.A.M.B.)

I recommend that the series of videos be played in the order shown below. Total playing time 20 minutes.

Look at my Book: Theme song (1 minute)

L.A.M.B. Belly Button Song: (3 mins & 20 secs) I wrote this song inspired by my niece Hanna, who is now a grown-up!

L.A.M.B. Bear of the Day and Rhyme Time story (2 mins 30 secs)

L.A.M.B. Speaking French (1 minute 20 secs)

L.A.M.B. Story time: Harry the Hippo  (5 mins 30 secs)

L.A.M.B. Talking about living with Scleroderma (2 minutes)

L.A.M.B. Three New Words – Finale (2 minutes)

Filmed and edited by Marten Berkman. We’re grateful to live and create within the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün and Carcross-Tagish First Nations and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.

LIVE Duet with Alvaro (1 minute 20 secs)- Two Kinds of Pie from the album ‘Genre Bender”
LIVE duet with Bluey Armstrong (2.5 mins) – Grumpy Pants from the album ‘Genre Bender’ – part one
LIVE duet with Bluey Armstrong at Epic (50 secs) – part two
LIVE duet with Alvaro at Epic (30 secs)

More photos of PUPPETS

  • Nicole & Bluey Armstrong
  • Michael Brooks, Stu, Bluey, Nicole
  • Stu & Nicole at Hidden Valley School
  • Fox FoxWorthy with Cary & Burt BearWorthy
    (built by Rob Pelletier)
  • McBride Museum concert
  • Art by Bianka Walcher
  • Fox Foxworthy
  • Princess Bluey Armstrong
  • Batman Alvaro
  • Wizard Lyn
  • Witch Nicole & Vampire Rob
What puppets do for Halloween at Lorne Mt Community Centre
  • Alvaro
  • LYN (Little Young Neil)
  • Fox, Andrea, Rob
  • Bluey Armstrong
Nicole & the Puppet Affair at the Signpost Forest, Watson Lake, Yukon
  • Photos by Michelle Peters
After meeting Fox Foxworthy (and his “manager” Rob) at the Lychee Martini video shoot, I invited him to improvise some carols with me at the Gold Rush Inn. It was so FUN that it led to the creation of: “Nicole Edwards & the Puppet Affair”