THE FUNNIES

This Month

The topic is healing with love and laughter. Lou Gordon is 81 years young and a retired registered nurse who keeps her RN license current. She has been in the field since 1941. She has been in entertainment 20 plus plus plus years and her clown name is "Lu-C-Luv". She has a wealth of information and as she always says, "words of wisdom for the clown".

Be prepared to learn, learn, learn. She will be interacting with whomever wants to participate and be sure to bring paper and pencils for note taking.

How many of you can really still do the splits? Or can you still do somersaults? Lou still can. And have you won awards with your baton twirling? Lou has!

Be prepared to come with your brain in full operation, as she will teach you lots!

Last Month

Pam House our esteemed president told us about her trip to the Circus Museum in Wisconsin. Its collections are owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, but privately managed by the not-for-profit circus world museum foundation. Most fascinating was the stories of how they are restoring the antique wagons from the great circus parades. Circus World Museum is home to more than 200 priceless circus parade wagons. Pam also went to the State Fair Grounds in Milwaukee to see the National Clown Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, they had moved it from Grand Avenue Mall and did not have everything out for the public.

This N' That From President Pam

This will be to the point! You asked for demonstrators that will teach - you got it! Lou will be teaching us in august. In September it will be Skippy Dee Clown and in October Nancy Grey, both teaching you. So you must come to the meeting with your brain ready to learn and pen and paper to take "lot's o' notes". More about the next two months at the meeting. And another hard to answer question from Steve Taylor and David ginn -"if ham comes from pigs, why do hamburgers come from cows?" And think about where we want to hold our December holiday party? Any ideas, volunteers?

Those of us who went to the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus at the Staples Center on July 20th LOVED IT! And ask Skippy Dee Clown about Ronald and Food! And we had three members of the Joy Clowns from Seal Beach Leisure World who took the Blue Line with us. Esther Luskin is 92 year young and she was faster than all of us. WAY TO GO ESTHER! She is a can can dancer and a new clown.

Another Unanswerable Question

"If ham comes from pigs, why do hamburgers come from cows?

(200 questions that are hard to answer! / Steve Taylor & David Ginn.)

COAI NEWS by Candy

Charlie Award, Clown of the Year, these are two areas of COAI that any COAI member can be involved in. The Charlie Award is given to COAI Alleys OR individual members for records kept about what was done during clown week. An album of pictures and articles with possible City Declarations are what should be inside. They need to be finished and turned in before October 1st to the Director Of Membership, Bonnie Love. Check your New Calliope in the front for her contact information.
Clown of the Year is bestowed upon one special COAI member (the board is NOT included) from a list of members sent in by their COAI peers. A total of at least five but no more than ten letters should be submitted with a biography of the nominee and two pictures, one in clown and one in civilian clothing. I know there are many great COAI clown members right here in our region that should be considered for this prestigious award. Please take a little bit out of your time to contact the necessary nominators for the clown you feel deserves this award. The Southwest can to be more involved with COAI and I know all of you are very active. I am not allowed to nominate anyone anymore, so please take the initiative. If anyone needs help with this, I will gladly be there for any questions and/or assistance. Happy summer clowning and please STAY COOL!
Butterscotch

The Art Of Trade Shows

PACING

After learning what the client expects you to do in relation to the customers and product, you need to determine your pacing for your act. In general, trade shows want to move traffic, so your act will be shorter than a stage act. How much shorter is usujally determined by the client's need. It may be better a three-minute act with two tricks that you repeat over and over all day, or a 12-minute act that you do once each half hour.

In some cases, you will have customers who will move on quickly and others who will stay around and linger. The ones who move on are probably deciding quickly whether this booth /; product/demonstration is worth their time. If you don't catch their attention very early in the act, you'll loose them altogether. The lingerers will be easier to hold but they fall into two categories: those with a true interest in the clients booth/product (eg. Likely customer) and stallers (the ones who came to the affair and are out to get all the magic shows and coctail shrimp they can get while spending as little money as possible). Your show should be long enough to entice real potential customers and not so long as to clog up the booth with non-customers.

(Laugh Makers Magazine - Vol. 16 - No. 1 - Fall 1998)

Your Funny Business Board and Associates:

Pam "Twinkles d'Clown" House, President
562-431-6955 twinklesdclown@yahoo.com

Candy "Butterscotch" Will, Vice President and COAI Regional Vice President
949-489-9971 Btrsctch4h@cox.net

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

Jackie McDoniel "Sweetheart" Co-secretary
714-636-7966 jmcdoniel@socal.rr.com


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