THE FUNNIES

Funny Business Newsletter

April 2007 Volume 17 Number 11

Meeting Place: American Legion Hall, 143 S. Lemon, Orange,
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Next meetingMonday, April 9, 2007, 7:00 PM,

Last months artist was Phillip Briggs, and he was informative and interactive with everyone. He is a man of many talents and has a heart to go with it. His unicycling was funny and his antics to telling a story had us in stitches. He is one funny guy. Visit him on Jumboshrimpcircus.com to see where they'll be next. Thanks Phillip

We are having a creative artist this month. Be prepared to be in an interactive and entertaining workshop; we all need more movement, don’t we? I do anyway. His show will make you laugh and tap your feet and get you creative with things around the house. Everyone just needs to find what they like and are good at (practice) He teaches classes in LA. too; and they in turn become the clown/entertainer that’s already inside waiting to come out; to give a child a smile... Street Beat provides a high impact percussion show that will have the entire audience laughing and dancing. He interacts with the crowd throughout the show. He plays on found percussion and gets people of all ages to listen in on same wave length, finding music and pleasure in what is normally related to noise and confusion. His message: When everything becomes percussive, that can carry over into the way we live our lives- everything has possibilities beyond its limits. Ben Hansen-Street Beat Producer

If anyone can help me with Egg-Splosion in Brea April 7th, please come. We need some to blow up helium balloons from 8am-9:30; no later; has to be up. Help gets breakfast. You can clown around helping the Brea community and The Cause. If you can’t help, come and enjoy from 10-1. Let it shine, Wendy

Street Beat

Medical Clowning

I love being a clown, but have realized for a long time that to be a medical clown takes special training. When I visited Israel three years ago, I had the opportunity to meet one of the special clowns at Laniado Hospital in Netanya. She told me about the Patch Adams School that took quite a long time to give training.

Today, I read more. Medical clowns have become a common sight in Israeli hospitals over the past decade, adding a dose of laughter to patients facing difficult times. Now, some of the country’s 36 medical clowns who call themselves “Dream Doctors” have decided that they want their antics to be taken more seriously by the medical establishment. To that end, they have helped establish the world’s first BA degree in Medical Clowning in the theater department at the University of Haifa. There, the first 19 students are providing that laughter is indeed among the best medicines.

I say “Kol Hakavod”—Hebrew for “more power to you.”

Princess Laff-A-Lot

Hello again fellow COAI members!

Are you getting ready to go to Springfield, MO? It’s getting really close now….April 24tht through the 29th and I have so much to do myself! Besides being on the board as the South West Regional Vice President, I am also the Junior Joey Chair, and I am putting together classes for the great teachers who have signed up to teach! If you are going, please make sure to come by and say HI whenever you get a chance, I would love to chat with you!

One of the wonderful things about being the Junior Joey Chair for the COAI convention is working with the Junior Joeys, setting up their classes with the other teachers and myself, and preparing them for the Showcase which now includes the “Red Nose” Competition. Last year as the juniors were doing their showcase on Saturday afternoon, they were also being critiqued by the Red Nose coaches. It was a very hot day in Louisiana and even though it was hot, the juniors did a wonderful job! It makes me proud to see these young clowns perform with such enthusiasm!

If any of you haven’t thought about going to convention, please take the time to come to Springfield, MO. The Alley President of MOStuff, Jay, has so many surprises in store and over 78 classes with a truck load of vendors to make your clown convention experience complete.

Hope to see you there and see you down the road!

Candy Will

SW Regional Vice President

AND Junior Joey Chair

March 11-15 WCA is having a conference in Fairbanks AK. call Myron Jackson 801-967-0075

April 7th Egg-Splosion anyone who wants to bring their child to a free event The Cause is putting this on. Bunny and games will be there. Will be held at the Downtown Brea at 123 W.Ash St. Brea, Ca.92821 714-225-0930

April 24-29, 2007 COAI Conv. in Springfield, MO.-, Clarion Hotel- will talk more at club.

April 27-28 Fellowship of Christian Magicians/Orange County Gospel Arts Studio Conventionat at Faith Community in W. Covina gospelarts.org

May 4-5th 2007 Glass Convention in Pasadena, Ca. www.cmtaconvention.org

July 10-15, 2007 Mooseburger Camp, Buffalo, Minnesota
mooseburger.com

Red Nose Relief Logo

WITH MORE & MORE DISASTERS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, RED NOSE RELIEF IS NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.

The east coast is gearing up for winter and so is Red Nose Response. Clowns are being trained in how to handle disasters, “just in case”. Then they are ready for emergencies when they arrive. “Corporate” Red Nose Response is working with the American Red Cross and they are now a team. Contact your local Red Cross and take their classes to BE PREPARED and know what to do.

Your Funny Business Board and Associates:

Wendy Olson "Wendy" President/Treasurer
714/524-2897 dolson970@sbcglobal.net

Stacey Anderson "BooBoo" Vice President
(909)496-8393 clowns4ministry@yahoo.com

Jackie McDoniel "Sweetheart" Secretary
714-636-7966 jackiemc@socal.rr.com

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