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Our undying gratitude and a thank-you by name on our facebook page.

A jolly, frameable hand-printed man-in-the-moon postcard from the Viroqua Harvest Celebration & Parade.

All of the above, plus your choice: a hand-printed cloth pennant featuring artwork from the parade or a frameable photo card featuring an image from a past parade.

A pennant and postcard, plus a hand-made, hand-printed, limited edition Man-In-The-Moon canvas tote bag. We're sewing these up on a vintage Singer and printing them from a home-made stencil.

Our parade has both large and small puppets designed by the artistic directors and built collectively by volunteers. For a pledge of $100, we will ship you one of the smaller hand-made puppets or masks from the 2012 parade, suitable for display in your home, office, or apartment--or surprise your family and friends by WEARING it the next time you go out on the town.

Pledge at this level and you will get the postcard, pennant, a canvas tote AND a special VIP package for two for the Harvest Parade after-party in Viroqua's Viking Inn, including free admission and 4 free drink tickets.

The postcard... the pennant... the tote bag... the VIP package... AND a private dinner with the creative directors of the parade and up to 7 other supporters. We will regale you with food and libations, relate humorous anecdotes of the life of a puppeteer, and we will even perform some of our fabulous puppetry repertoire.

Pledge at this level and you'll get the postcard... the pennant... the tote bag... the VIP package... the private dinner... PLUS free admission to ALL performances for a one-year period. Puppet shows, musical entertainments, vaudeville, burlesque, dance parties... dust off your morphsuit and/or tuxedo, cuz you'll be on the guest list for everything that we do!

I bet you know some kids (or grownups) who would like to have a puppetry workshop. Pledge 2,000, and we will come to your school, organization--or your own home--to provide hands-on demo appropriate to your group. Could be a simple cardboard construction for younger kids, or maybe our fabulous bike constructions for teenagers. You decide. If you're outside of the region, we're probably gonna need some help with the transportation costs.

Pledge at this level and you will receive a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind full-size quilt, hand-stitched by a team of volunteers for the 2012 parade. Pictures can be found on our facebook page.

Perhaps you're planning a wedding or anniversary party. Junior needs a bash for his fifth birthday. Roger's retiring from the dental fabrication lab. But what can you do for entertainment? Pledge at this level, and we will promise exquisite performance customized to your event. A puppet show? A square dance? A string band? Belly dancers? A cabaret? An old-time circus peep-show? All of the above? The possibilities are limited only by our collective imagination. Which means they're unlimited. Again, if you're outside the region, we may need help with transportation costs.

Pledge at this level and we will anoint you the GRAND VINEGAR MARSHAL-PLAN POTENTATE of the 2012 Viroqua Harvest Celebration & Parade. What does this mean? You will be outfitted in luxurious and remarkable handmade finery encrusted with lively jewels and insignia. You will ride at the head of the parade in a customized human-powered conveyance. You will enjoy the celebration in the park with your own private comfort station stocked with delicacies. And you will light the ceremonial match to commence the 2012 fire circus.