At NWFC, I really enjoyed Marcella “Mama Clown” Murad’s Birthday Party demo. I even brought Orion. She came originally from Columbia, South America, so imagine her quotes with an espanish accent.
She handed out stickers, and one child said that they already had a sticker.
Mama clown replied, “My sticker is bigger than yours! Neeny neeny nee nee! Oh, you’re gonna be a teenager soon and slam doors. Whoever gives me a hard time, I’m gonna kiss them on the lips!” [Later she advised against this line for the male clowns] “Where is the mother of this child?!”
Then she started the party in earnest with an interactive march to a song with the refrain “The Show is About to Begin!” [What better cue could you want?] She had the kids marching, clapping, snapping and shouting HURRAY.
She did the disappearing handkerchief (with thumb tip) and called out the birthday girl when it disappeared. She yelled, “Abby, give it back!” Then she needed to wave her magic wand and sprinkle magic dust to get it back. Her wand was a groan stick (makes the sound like a cow can). She also later used a glowing thumb tip to represent the magic dust. [Quick put one of those on my wish list!] She told the kids, “Concentrate! That doesn’t mean turn into orange juice!”
She did a bit with a toy frog, telling him, “If you don’t behave you are going on time-out forever!” She followed that with a cell phone gag, supposedly talking to Superman, eventually pulling out some giant underwear. She did the “Family Photos” gag.
At the end she taught a dance in Spanish.
Her main message was:
Pack Small, and Play Big
She can do several variations of each gag featuring silks, sponges, or visuals so that she can keep doing parties for the same family or for the guests who have recently seen a show.
Her secondary message was:
