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Funny Business Newsletter |
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October 2005 Volume 16 Number 5 |
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Next meeting Monday, October 10th 2005, 7:00 PM |
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Our October demonstrator is a "must see". Her name is Nancy Grey and two of her many many talents are puppets & character voices. She hails from Texas (yes, her family is safe from hurricane Rita) where she won the "Tom Bradley award". She also won an "award from Congress" for her Mother Goose Show (another one of our meetings perhaps?). She has been in the entertainment industry for 35+ years as is a performing member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. What she will be teaching us is puppet manipulation and how to do character voices. I guarantee you that you will be learning quite a bit from her. If you want to actually do "hands on" as she is teaching, bring a hand puppet and your voice. Come refreshed with your "brain in gear" as you learn all that you can from a "pro". I guarantee you; this is something you will "not want to miss". As a club, you did request more demonstrations
with physical teaching and less "reading/hand outs" teaching.
Nancy "fits the bill" perfectly, we do listen to you! |
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At our September meeting the demonstration
was done by our own "Skippy Dee Clown". A huge "thank
you" to him! Everyone really did participate and it was fun! Those
who were not there did miss a creative learning experience. I went home
thinking of all sorts of ideas on how to use "props around the
house". We each brought three props. We formed a circle and put
the props in the center. We each picked a prop and had to do three things
with that prop. And it was fun! The one that I will be using is the
tooth brush. It was used as mascara and under arm deodorant. That one
just hit me! What this got you to do was to get you thinking on how
to use anything around your house as a prop. Or, when you are at a party,
use the "props" around the house that you are at. I went home
and have been practicing with things around the house. Every day, I
pick up one thing around the house and think of three things I can use
it for as a "prop". Using "props" that are actually
at the home or place of the event will make you a "hero" in
the eyes of the person that hired you. It tells them that you can adapt
to any situation. And doesn't that mean that you will get more recommendations
and more gigs out of it. Skippy Dee Clown's purpose in all of this was
to get us thinking about "props" that we already have at home.
Well, my mind is now in the "everything I look at, I see a prop"
mode. So thank you Skippy Dee Clown! See - a fork could be used as a
comb or pick for your hair styling & you could make a whole skit
out of it. I have been making that skit! |
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It is now getting close to the end of the year. Have you accomplished all that you wanted to do as a clown? If you have, then good for you! If not, assess why and plan to do better next year. And what can our club do to make you better? Your club is only as good as you make it. Remember, this month we will be raffling off "the center ring collection's" porcelain doll donated to us from mamma clown". It is $5 per ticket & a fundraiser for the club. And as most of you know, I have been named the regional/state red nose relief coordinator (see article). And the club decided at our last meeting not to have a full meal but just snacks. This came about since we do not have zillions signing up to do the monthly food. I will do it this month since there was no sign-ups for last month. Your club is only as good as you make it! One month we can have our own "workshop",
so to speak. You come to the meeting and show us something in your performance
that you are not sure of or want to "spiff up" a wee bit!
Here is your chance to have the club members help you improve. We have
done that in the magic club that I belong to and it really does help
you. Members brought tricks they wanted to improve on and did their
"performance" of that trick. They got constructive ideas for
that trick. This was the whole meting. It was so well received that
it has been done again and they now plan to devote at least one meeting
per year to this. Give us your thoughts on this at the meeting. And.
. . . . ."What do you get when you step on a grape? A little wine".
See you at the next meeting!
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Hi COAI Members! |
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Just a quick note regarding Red Nose Relief,
it was formed a week or two after Hurricane Katrina struck by Jeremy
"Krispy" Cohen in Georgia. They have a lawyer who has made
it a "legal" organization, now have bylaws & have applied
for a non-profit tax i.d. # in Georgia. This week Red Nose Relief has
officially been chartered as a non-profit charity service foundation
by the Secretary Of State in Georgia. We now have over 40 state and
regional coordinators serving in the untied states, Canada, Latin America,
the Pacific Rim and New Zealand.
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This year we are holding our clubs annual holiday party at the home of Jackie "Sweetheart" Mc Doniel. More information will be at our October meeting. Jackie will have maps to hand out as we will not be having a November meeting due to the WRCA Clown Convention being held in Laughlin, Nevada on November 6 - 11th.
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Pam "Twinkles d'Clown" House, President will be bringing a snack this month. Thank you, Sherry Newberg and Rich Willis for the pizza last month and thank you Pam for the dessert.
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Your Funny Business Board and Associates: Pam "Twinkles d'Clown" House,
President Candy "Butterscotch" Will, Vice
President and COAI Regional Vice President Wendy Olson "Wendy" Secretary/Treasurer Jackie McDoniel "Sweetheart" Co-secretary
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