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(Posted 2-5-04)
Contact: Tiffany Aumann, 336-334-5371

“Blue’s Clues” Visits Carolina Film and Video Festival
Screening will be led by “Joe” and show’s animation director

GREENSBORO — The Carolina Film and Video Festival is proud to present a special screening of the Nickelodeon children's television show “Blue’s Clues” on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 10 a.m. at the Carolina Theatre.

“Blue’s Clues” is a play-along, think-along, half-hour animated series starring a live action host named Joe who invites viewers into his computer-animated storybook to help him and his dog, Blue, solve the day’s riddles.  Nine million children worldwide watch the program weekly.  It is the recipient of a Peabody award and has been nominated for Emmy awards yearly since 1998.

Two special guests to the festival, Dave Palmer, the animation director of the show, and Donovan Patton, the actor who plays the character of Joe, will introduce the program at the Carolina Theatre. The audience will get to experience two favorite “Blue’s Clues” episodes on the Carolina Theatre’s big screen, interact with Joe, and learn from Palmer how Blue and his friends come to life.

Palmer is a graduate of New York University's animation program and has had a critical role in the look and feel of the animation on the program.  His work on the show has been written about in Kit Laybourne's “The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking.”  Patton is an actor in New York City who graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan.  Though Donovan is mostly known for his role as the character Joe on “Blue’s Clues,” he has acted Off Broadway in the Vineyard Theater’s production of “True History,” “Real Adventures” and Lincoln Center Institute’s “Romeo and Juliet” and “Barstool Words.”  He also appears in Ryan Rossell's film “Black Wine.”

The Carolina Theatre is located at 310 South Greene St.  Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for children and seniors.  For more information, visit www.carolinafilmandvideofestival.org. Tickets are available through the Carolina Theatre, (336) 333-2605.

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