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Our Nana Puddin' Fix Photographs may be enlarged. Students at Westwood were treated to a big helping of Nana Puddin' when ventriloquist Dennis Lee and his family drove in on Wednesday. Our students went bananas for this year's show, entitled The Grease Monkey Garage. Their faces reveal the results of a riveting performance; just look at how engaged in its character message they were. A few new puppets came along for the ride, during which five strategies for the road - fill, fuel, fix, follow, find - were taught and reinforced. The formula for a successful road trip, Nana Puddin' said, can be found in a simple traffic light: Red = stop and think, Yellow = consider the consequence, Green = go ahead and make the very best choice. A few students were chosen to come to the stage and help our guest with The Big Red Firetruck song and a teacher from each performance was selected to ask a few questions as Dennis and Nick wrapped up today's program. After thunderous applause, Mr. Lee announced Nana Puddin's show title for next year - Shhhh, It's A Secret! Each teacher took back to the classroom a Nana Puddin' commemorative poster along with a truckload of great memories from an inspirational assembly.

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