ALL ABOUT ME
I AM A GRANDMOTHER OF 10 KIDS. YES, THEY THINK IT IS SWELL TO HAVE A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS A CLOWN. I STARTED DOING THIS ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA, AT THE URGING OF SOME FRIENDS WHO WORKED WITH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WHICH DID CLOWNING.
ONE DAY ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS ASKED ME TO GO WITH HER TO A FUNCTION AND LEARN SOME BALLOON ANIMALS AND HELP HER OUT. THIS WAS AT A BARBEQUE BARN NEAR US. AFTER THAT, MY FRIEND WOULD CALL ME TO FILL IN FOR HER WHEN SHE COULDN'T CLOWN FOR THE MAN AT THE BARBEQUE BARN. THEN ONE OF MY DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS ASKED ME ONE DAY "DO YOU DO BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE?" I SAID, "YOU MEAN THEY PAY PEOPLE TO DO THAT??????" SHE ASSURED ME THAT THEY DID, AND I WENT TO THE MAGIC SHOP AND GOT SOME SUGGESTIONS AND SOME SIMPLE PROPS, LEARNED WHAT A CLOWN DID AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY, BOUGHT SOME BALLOONS AND SOME GOOD FACE PAINT, AND THE REST IS HISTORY. I GO TO EVERY CLOWN SEMINAR I CAN AND TRY TO GET IN AT LEAST ONE TRAINING A YEAR, BECAUSE YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING IN CLOWNING.
I MAY NOT JUMP UP EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AND SAY, "WHOOPEE, I GET TO BE A CLOWN TODAY" BUT ONCE THAT FIRST DAB OF GREASE PAINT GOES ON MY FACE, I AM "HUGGLES" AND NO MATTER HOW BAD I FELT WHEN I GOT UP, ALL THAT HAS DISAPPEARED.
I THINK MY HUSBAND GOT INTO CLOWNING WITH ME SO HE COULD SPEND TIME WITH ME, CAUSE ONCE I STARTED ADVERTISING I WAS NEVER HOME. SO I ENLISTED HIM IN CLOWNING, AND HE LOVES IT. AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS AND EVEN SOME OF THE GRANDCHILDREN, HAVE GOTTEN "INTO THE ACT". RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST MY HUSBAND AND ME THAT DO THE CLOWNING, SOMETIMES ASKING FRIENDS TO HELP. I FOUND IT SO VERY INTERESTING THAT A LADY CALLED ME A FEW WEEKS AGO TO BOOK A PARTY FOR HER SECOND CHILD, AND SHE REMINDED ME THAT MY SON-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER DID A PARTY FOR HER OLDEST CHILD 10 YEARS AGO! PEOPLE DO REMEMBER CLOWNS THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN!
IF YOU WANT A CLOWN WHO IS EXPERIENCED AT WHAT SHE DOES, TRULY LOVES HER WORK ,AND TRULY LOVES KIDS AND IS INTERESTED IN WHAT KIDS HAVE TO SAY, LISTENS TO THEM, MAKES THEM FEEL IMPORTANT, THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT WEB SITE.
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