World on a string

+ World on a string
The exchange of goods and chatter are the usual soundtrack for the Saturday morning Downtown Farmers Market on Orange Avenue. On Saturday, a crowd gathered around a cart that has a marionette elephant filling the air with classical melodies such as “Music of the Night” from “The Phantom of the Opera.” William Pearson, known as Dr. Nik Gapeto, is the man behind the strings. The entertaining elephant is named Uncle Howie and is one of the characters from Dr. Nik’s Lions, Tigers, and Bears productions.