VISION
The Quezon City Public Library-Puppeteers envisions to be an extension arm of the Quezon City government in the promotion of credible educational information that enhances learning and upgrades literacy through creative and contemporary puppet shows that effectively transform children into active participant in nation building and social reform in Quezon City and other areas of the country. MISSION
The Quezon City Public Library Puppeteers are committed to use the full potentials of puppetry as an art; to facilitate learning; to enhance creativity and imagination; to persuade positive attitude and character building through educational entertainment. HISTORY
The Quezon City Public Library – Puppeteers Group traces its origin from Lagro Branch Library, one of the most visited branch library in Quezon City. Compelled by the need to maintain and sustain the external users of the library, the Lagro Branch started a weekly storytelling sessions in order to draw crowd specially children inside the library. Later on, the librarians surprised the children with their visual materials as props in their storytelling, these simple materials were transformed into puppet sticks, the first of a kind puppet that can is considered the start of QCPL’s Puppet Show.
“Pamayanan” was the first stick puppet production of QCPL. Its maiden show reverberated in the community of QCPL branch libraries and attracted acceptance and support from within and their outside clientele. Villanueva, the puppeteers group was formally organized with five initial members. As part of its capability program, the members of the puppeteers group was sent for training in 2009 at the Manila City Library. QCPL acquired its first six puppets and one mascot as part of the output of the said training. From simple puppet manipulation, the puppeteers group delved into putting music, sound effects and dubbing and the use of puppet stage and props in their shows. It is to be noted that so far QCPL served only its internal clientele not until in 2010 the puppeteers group performed their first outreach presentation before the day care children of Novaliches Branch Library. At present, QCPL Puppeters group has grown to more than five members and every branch is now enjoying the QCPL puppet image Lib and Rary as they are being used in their regular library orientation program to schools and communities along with Melib the Mascot. QCPL is also accepting invitations from various organizations not only to perform but also to conduct seminar-workshop on storytelling and puppetry. But at the heart of QCPL’s every performances is the gentle, enriched, nurturing and wholistic development of children as they enjoy watching the show.
