THE FUNNIES

Hello you wonderful Smile Seekers, I hope the end of summer is finding you joyful and busy clowning around! Well, our meeting in August was All about the Entertainment Biz, we had quite a few people share some ideas on marketing and some ins and outs of the being in the Funny Biz. Thank you to everyone that participated.

September’s Meeting

Balloon Twisting and Face Painting
Anyone can share and participate. We will give the opportunity for everyone to show their talent from beginning to advanced; bring it on! Please if you have instructions or a picture on what you are showing, feel free to bring hand outs. You can show more than one balloon or face painting. I personally have been going to a few jams lately and have learned a lot I believe this class will bring something to everyone! Also don’t forget your camera take a picture it last longer, way longer if you have a memory like mine (hahaheehee). We will try to combine photos and make a picture CD for every one!

KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE ?

KNOCK KNOCK

WHO’S THERE? Sadie

Sadie Who?      
Sadie magic words and I'll tell you.

New Location

We are growing be leaps and bonds and I have been getting phone calls from former members that they heard through the grape vine that we at funny business have it going on. So we are looking at more members joining and our location we have now is not going to accommodate to many more people so We are asking for members who live in the area of where we meet to help

look for a new location. It most have good lighting And wheel chair accessible and close to the freeway . Please call or an officer email us with locations.

Song of the Month

By our beautiful song bird duet
Klinco and Princess Pipsqueak

Balloon Of the Month
BooBoo is doing a balloon again this time I will really

remember how to do it! Cross your fingers!

Riddle of the Month

What do lazy dogs do for fun?

First one to tell me the answer

after 7:00 pm wins a prize at Meeting “

Every last Monday of the month Balloon Jam

At Denny’s in Colton Ca. If any one wants information ask Boo Boo

Our Milk Carton Section

Princess Pipsqueak

Sneak Peek for October 08

New Clown faces class on how to apply

your make -up and explore new faces!

Butterscotch - Johnny- and Skippy

will be teaching this class

-Proud and Fun To Be Your Prez Boo Boo

 

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How many of you love puppetry, new, old and antique?  Well, we have something for you!  In Pasadena there is the INTERNATIONAL PUPPETRY MUSEUM.   It is located at 1062 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA  90254.  And how many of you have ever touched and held many of the famous and antique puppets of yesteryear?  Now here is your chance.  Volunteers are needed to help catalogue the hundreds and hundreds of puppets that they have housed there.  The people are there cataloguing on Wednesdays during the day.  Call ahead to let them know you will be coming there to assist.  Their telephone number is (626) 296-1536.  FUN! FUN! FUN

 

Wow!  It’s September and it’s almost time to turn in your International Clown Week Books if you put them together.  It would be nice to see a lot of Southwest members turning in what they did for our clown week celebration!  The deadline is October 1st so don’t forget!  Just a reminder that the next convention will be in Clarksville Indiana and if you plan on coming please let me know and I’ll give you all the information you need to attend.  It makes me feel proud when we do roll call at the convention general meeting and I see Southwest alleys present!  Looking forward to seeing you at the September meeting!
Candy-

Butterscotch

COAI Southwest Region Vice President

Our Remember Our Heroes event will be on September 7, 2008 at Fairmount Park, located at 2501 Fairmount Blvd., Riverside Ca 92501.
     if any of you would like to come out and do walk around or balloons call Stacey, this is volunteer these are group of Mothers that have sons or daughters that have servred or are serving or have passed on serving that get together in honor of those that have served and not made it back its not a big group but their hearts are big

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 Walk Like MADD
As a non-profit organization, it is a priority for MADD to be stewards of our resources and efforts.  With that said, during this transition of changing walk names, you may hear MADD’s walk be referred to as either Strides for Change or Walk Like MADD.  Both names refer to the walk to eliminate drunk driving.  Strides for Change is our history, and Walk Like MADD is our future. Together we will stop drunk driving.  Walk with us.
 Mark your calendars for 2008 Walk Like MADD, Saturday, September 27th!  

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The 3rd Annual Clown Cruise will take place January 10-17, 2009 Clown Cruise 2008 was a weeklong clown cruise extravaganza chocked full of education, hilarious clown shenanigans, fun people, new friends and warm, exotic ports of call. What more could a shipload of clowns ask for?
Cruises Cruises Cruises, Inc – 1-800-745-7545 – 818-346-7003 - (CST# 1013661-40) cruises3@pacbell.net – www.tickettocruise.com

 

Red Nose Response (RNR) is three years old and nearly 500 members.  The accomplishments since the early days following Hurricane Katrina have been numerous.  All clown volunteers are extraordinary and whether under the banner of RNR, or not, they have touched lives across the country.  RNR was originally founded with one main goal – to give members of the clown community the opportunity to bring comic relief to those impacted by large-scale disasters.  RNR has encouraged their volunteers to take classes through the American Red Cross (many have) but RNR has come to realize that it is unrealistic to expect all of them to do so.  And the process of certification and subsequently getting hands-on experience has not been as effortless as we would have liked and the range of activities available has been fairly limited.

Long story short, RNR is thinking of ways to make it easier for all of those currently involved in RNR, and those to come, to not only make a difference, but to do so in a number of ways.  One way they are talking about is the development of a disaster preparedness class that incorporates the clown arts.  It will be initially launched in Maryland and then branch out across the country.  It will be an engaging lecture that our responders and their alleys can easily embrace, learn to teach and subsequently use to educate their communities about important measures that can be taken before and after a disaster.  In addition, RNR is examining relationships with other relief organizations besides the American Red Cross to give the volunteers a wider range of activities and new fundraising opportunities.  I will keep you informed on the progress of this for those who want to get involved.   
– Pam House – Red Nose Response State Coordinator -

 

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