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Status Update #1: Elly Leaverton is on the bus pondering what to call her puppet group
Comments:
Jon Boley
Leaverton's Puppet Meanagerie
Elly Leaverton
A good one...I'll put it on my list. Thanks.
Dylan Greene
How about "Puppets for Poppets"?
Elly Leaverton
Wes came up with that one too. I think it's limiting...sounds like I'm aiming for a very young audience. I do perform Punch and Judy you know.

Status Update #2: Elly Leaverton is thinking maybe she should go with a compound word...Puppet______or ______Puppet.
Comments:
Rob H. D'Arc
You're on the bus... How about "The Puppet Bus" or "Bus Full of Puppets" or think about who your ideal audience is and skew the phrase to that... For example, if you wanted to do home birthdays, you could call it "Puppet Party" or "Party Puppets"... or "Party Puppets Presents..." which sounds like presents(gifts)... Basically, an effective name is the one the audience "gets." Good Luck!
Elly Leaverton
This has been one of the hardest things I have ever done. I've asked a ton of people. Blogged on it...went through several name styles and languages...

Status Update #3: Elly Leaverton is still pondering names...too many names...now, if I were trying to name an engineering firm, that would be much easier. Puppetry Consulting Northwest or Puppetry Solutions, Inc. or Puppet Tech or Cascade Puppeteering & Design, Inc. No Problem.
Comments:
Sandra Hould
Is the name for a puppet?
Elly Leaverton
No, the name for my group
Rob H. D'Arc
Go the opposite of engineering...think random, fun, silly...."Pile O'Puppets" "PuppetPlop" or some word, then puppets... Roger did that... "Snapdragon Puppets" It just needs to be fun to say!
Elly Leaverton
Ambilarious Puppeteers is one the group came up with last time we met. Hilarious with both hands.
Sandra Hould
Interresting name, hwat other names have you guys come up with?
Elly Leaverton
One that's high on the list is "West Cascade Puppet Theater" because it's regional, practical and sounds professional...it's also rather reserved--not random, fun or silly.
Sandra Hould
I agree, it does sound more professionnal and it is a name that is more inviting.
Elly Leaverton
Yeah...but so does Cascade Puppeteering & Design, Inc. :)
Dylan Greene
Pacific Professional Puppetry?
Elly Leaverton
is there a Pacific Professional Photography some where? ;)

Status Update #4: Elly Leaverton is thinking, "How about Paper Lantern Puppet Theater?"
Comments:
Sandra Hould
Reminds me of a asian type of puppetry, because of the paper lantern. Is it the case? Are you specialising in asian types of puppets like bunraku?
Rob H. D'Arc
You need to ask, will the sort of people I want to book these shows think, "Hey, that sounds fun..." Paper Lantern Theater sounds like paper lanterns doing Macbeth... At the very least, it sounds like all the shows will be asian-based, do you want to limit your audience? Think whimsically!
Elly Leaverton
Pom-pom Puppet Theater?
Wes Thompson
Puppet Nation Theater. Although I still think "Puppet Proctology" is the best puppet group name ever.

Status Update #5: Elly Leaverton is thinking too hard. Now she understands why it took Jennifer so long to name her baby...
Comments:
Sandra Hould
Exactly, a name is a long term commitment, one that will reflect what you do as long as your company will exist.
Frank Reinart
No pressure...