Calvin Lester

Calvin Lester is a puppeteer, writer, and show creator who is perhaps best known for creating, writing, and performing on Bird Call. With years of experience in the puppetry industry, he got to perform on a number of theme park-based puppet shows by the Walt Disney Company. Some of the shows Calvin did with Disney include Bear in the Big Blue House Live, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, and Festival of the Lion King. Later, Lester became Puppet Specialist for the company, teaching both puppetry and shows to new performers for shows like The Muppets Present Great Moments in History. His LinkedIn profile states that he also worked with the Muppets on other projects outside of the parks, but it's unknown on which ones he did. Other projects include Jane Henson's Nativity, as well as teaching puppetry for the Disney Cruise Line in Canada, which I must say is pretty impressive for one guy to do. Calvin Lester is very talented at doing so much for Disney, but everyone currently knows him as the creator of Bird Call which span out to both a radio show and a live show. Other performers he worked with include Kelsey Ann Brady, Scott Huhn, Tyler Campbell, and many others. I hope he'll get his own page on the Muppet Wiki in the future because if he's worked with the Muppets on projects, then there should be proof on his social media accounts. Calvin is still doing Bird Call today and has also performed in the upcoming series 9 Minutes to Neptune for BYUTV. Lester should consider meeting up with one of the Muppet performers in his free time so he could tell them all about Bird Call and catch up on things. You never know when that will happen, but no matter what, Disney and Bird Call will be the two well-known stuff he did in his career. This guy is a master now. Calvin Lester, from doing shows by Walt Disney, to doing Bird Call, you've really earned yourself the name of a professional puppeteer. Keep on performing so that everyone will love you and maybe follow in your footsteps. You've really done so much throughout your career, even perform with the Muppet performers, which must have been a dream come true. You are a bird's best friend Calvin. Keep up the fantastic shows and projects you do Lester!

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