Storyteller, Puppeteer and Magician

The wave of a hand, an incantation spoken–poof!–out of thin air objects appears, multiply, grow, reduce and disappear.  Some call it magic, Dayton says it’s illusion. 

Dayton and his puppet friends travel throughout the countryside, sharing the real magic of laughter and story in classrooms, libraries, churches, festivals, fairs, museums, nursing homes, camps and community gatherings.  Homemade and store-bought, puppets provide a performance medium to enrich understanding and stretch imagination by leading us into the brain’s creative right hemisphere. 

Dayton’s grandparents taught him the wisdom and humor of the Hasinai Caddo people (once natives of Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas; who were removed to Oklahoma in the 1830s).  Dayton’s grandfathers were priests of the peyote religion; his father was a Methodist pastor, as well as artist, storyteller, and teacher.  Dayton preserves his people’s ancient traditions as farmers, mound builders, healers, teachers and storytellers by honoring and relating their stories.  His stories help people become aware of and begin to use the right hemisphere of the brain, and reveal things not usually noticed or understood.