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David John Perry (9 April 1942),〔Norwich Evening News Monday, 1 September 2008, p. 2. For a PDF of the article, see (here )〕 commonly known as the Norwich Puppet Man, is a street entertainer from Norwich, Norfolk, England, who now resides in Great Yarmouth, whose performance consists of dancing with a range of puppets while singing along to pop songs played on a portable karaoke machine.〔 Attracting fans and hatred alike, he has been repeatedly featured in the local news media of East Anglia such as the ''Eastern Daily Press'' and the ''Norwich Evening News''. Lately he has also found fans on internet sites such as the video-sharing platform YouTube〔(Results for "Norwich Puppet Man" ) on (www.youtube.com ), access date 30 November 2010〕 or the social network website Facebook〔(Results for "Norwich Puppet Man" ) on Facebook via Google, access date 30 November 2010〕''. ==Style== Using a karaoke machine, the puppets dance while David Perry sings his own interpretations over songs by Elvis Presley and The Beatles.〔Norwich Evening News Monday, 2 July 2007 p.3. For a PDF of the article, see (here )〕 He first started performing as the Norwich Puppet Man in the mid-1990s,〔Norwich Evening News Friday, 29 August 2008, p.18. For a PDF of the article, see (here )〕 but in 1997 was forced to quit when his incapacity benefit was stopped because he was earning money through busking. He returned to busking on Gentleman's Walk in late 2005〔 or early 2006,〔(www.norwichpuppetman.co.uk ) An online tribute to the Puppet Man, access date 30 November 2010〕 by which time internet sites had begun to spread his fame.〔 He does not hold, nor does he require a buskers licence to busk in either Norwich or Great Yarmouth. He usually performs in pedestrian zones located in the city centres of Norwich and Great Yarmouth, typically two or three times a week and mainly in the afternoons and on weekends. In Norwich, the Puppet Man can mostly be found on Gentleman's Walk off St Peter Mancroft and the old Haymarket around the bottom of Hay Hill.〔 In Great Yarmouth he is usually found on Regent Boulevard.〔(www.norwichpuppetman.co.uk ) An online tribute to the Puppet Man, access date 30 November 2010〕 Over the years, Perry's eccentric style of “''dancing in the city centre behind his ghetto blaster and waving his puppets in time to an eclectic range of music''”〔Norwich Evening News Friday, 16 February 2007 p.3. For a PDF of the article, see (here )〕 has made the Puppet Man a cult figure in Norwich and Great Yarmouth. In a competition organised by Castle Mall shopping centre in June 2007 titled “The faces that sum up why Norwich is such a fine city”, he was named as one of the “25 Faces of Norwich”.〔〔Norwich Evening News Monday, 18 June 2007, p. 19. For a PDF of the article, see (here )〕 In summer 2008, Perry was hired by a nightclub in Norwich to perform some live action in front of 2,000 people for a student based event.〔 In August 2008,〔Norwich Evening News Friday, 29 August 2008, p.18. For a PDF of the article, see ()〕 the Puppet Man publicly announced that he was going to stop busking in Norwich and move his activities to Great Yarmouth,〔 but has since continued to appear in Norwich on a regular basis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norwich Puppet Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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