Meet the ventriloquists

Monday, June 19, 2000 | 9:04 a.m.

Participants in the Vegas Ventriloquist Festival 2000 pictured on page 1E are:

Upper left: Carla Rhodes of Charlestown, Ind., with her dummy named Keith Richards. Upper right, clockwise from left: Ruth Means of Tucson, Ariz., with Helen of Troy; Spencer Horsman of Baltimore, Md., with Dexter; Winnie Blake of New York City with Dottie Lee; and Kandice Marie of Los Angeles with Lollipop. Middle, from left: Sarah Jackson of Boise, Idaho, with Serena; Peter Riley of Atlanta with Sean McCool; Eyvonne Carter of Wickenburg, Ariz., with Twyla; Lewellyn Bowen of Newark, Del., with Velma. Lynn Trimble of San Diego with a still-to-be-named puppet; and De Hai Tran of Vietnam with another unnamed puppet. Bottom, from left: Kirstin Peterson of Littleton, Colo., with an unnamed puppet; Christine Marie of Los Angeles with Goober, left, and Gumdrop.

Participants pictured on this page are:

Above, from left: Alma Beisel of Virginia Beach, Va., with Isebel; Mike Pesce of Crosville, Tenn., with Artie West; "Chilly Willy" of New York City with Roscoe; and Mary Caron of Sierra Vista, Ariz., with Dulcinea.

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