Birthdays « Jusby

Surprise 40th

November 19, 2011

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1st client to have repeat business the same calendar year! Daughter’s party in March, Mom’s in November!!

I debuted the mini flaming pie with 151 at this gig. Still a few kinks to work out.

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Busy Sunday [SITC & 2kid/2clown Party]

August 28, 2011

I was flattered when Ned Hayes asked me to provide some professional face painting to support Kids at Play during Sunday’s Sand in the City. It also provided another opportunity for intern “Crystal” to shine.

In email exchanges before the event, I quickly found out that an emergency comedy consultation was in order. They let me know they were providing two palettes of Diamond FX 12 Essentials with four #2 & four #4 brushes. It’s the same palette I use. However, the Hands On Children’s Museum (who sponsors the event) had suggested that painters be prepared for 2500 faces over the course of 7 hours! [uh... six faces a minute?!]

I advised:
I would get way more brushes of varying sizes and shapes. And sponges. And baby-wipes. Just saying.
Especially if you let kids say ‘Tiger’ you need to get a square foot of orange (for example) up in a hurry.
Sidebar: if the paints are not depleted I might suggest you trade those for (a portion of?) the labor of my assistants. Those clowns have been using my paint!

Luckily, it made sense to them, and we had enough paints AND brushes to cover many many faces. Of course, we didn’t serve anywhere near the estimate. In the end, I was able to bequeath my used palette to Crystal and accept a brand new & unopened one as a perk.

“Justin is the consummate professional clown. He loves his work — and it shows! He knows his way around kids, makeup, crowd control, and parents. What I love most about working with Justin is that he strives to create a complete atmosphere of fun — with pies, music, professional props, and all the accouterments. Justin is great to work with — and I highly recommend him to anyone who wants to have a GOOD TIME !!!” Ned Hayes

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Then I rushed home to get into clown and gather supplies [pies, Coke & Mentos, and water balloons]. I had a previously booked party for that evening. The client had called Marie from Sustainable South Sound asking whether I would extend my coupon from last year. She was especially excited when I further offered to bring Crystal as a Buy One Get One special.

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‘Adult’ Singing Telegram + Pie Delivery

August 27, 2011

Right after I started work on my Adult material for the Vaudeville audition, I got a call regarding a party for two amigos turning 40 & 48. I directed the caller to check out my services page, and she asked about the Adult Themes! However, she said that kids would be present, so I suggested a second clown. No dice. Of course, as soon as I arrived, the kids were all over me and the adult material was kept under wraps as I tried to convince them I was a REAL CLOWN! One expected scarves to come out of my mouth.

Nevertheless, I sang and delivered pies… even busted out the flaming pies. Client satisfied.

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Rochester Princess Party

August 20, 2011

I invited Juliette to assist during a Party Extraordinaire in Rochester for a 4 y/o girl’s princess party. We had a blast! They had a professional photographer/ videographer, pony rides, croquet, trampoline, pinata, and swimming pool! We came to twist balloons (Juliette’s area of expertise) and paint faces. I also delivered a few pies, of course. The total went up to ~536

Since it was the hottest day of the summer… we jumped in the pool at the end!

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A little backstory

The clients first inquired about the party through a facebook message on August 5th, confirmed through facebook on the 8th! We had lots of positive facebook interactions, including using the pic of Juliette w/ the birthday girl as a profile pic! I definitely recommend using your facebook profile vs. your page.

Would you rather ‘friend’ or ‘like’ your child’s birthday clown?

[you can do both with Jusby]

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Mini-Clown Camp Party Extraordinaire [w/Vlog]

June 12, 2011

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For Kai’s 11th birthday at the Circle Hawk Farm house on the 11th with approximately 11 guests…

a highly interactive mini-clown camp from 1 – 3 PM, a microcosm of the week-long camp in July: juggling/ object manipulation lesson, balloon twisting lesson, joke telling lesson, laughter yoga session w/ Trish & Orion, & pies in the faces… in the theme of Lego Star Wars meets Old MacDonald.

For this party, I realized where the advice of other clowns was leading me astray from my natural instinct. It’s been ‘common knowledge’ among party clowns that the clown’s role is over when the cake arrives. No one wants to compete with the cake and presents. I’ve been making my exit as mom takes over and everyone gets their sugar buzz on.

During the discussions with Kai’s mom, however, I followed my own inclination and offered:

Presenting the cake by Clowns!
Lighting the candles by Clowns!
Singing the birthday song by Clowns!
Slicing and serving the cake by Clowns!
Delivering the presents by Clowns!
Thanking the gift-givers by Clowns!

A comprehensive multi-hour, multi-clown party package that everyone would be sure to remember!

“I hired Justin to manage the entertainment at my son’s 11th birthday party. The entire class was invited, and I wasn’t sure how to keep a dozen pre-teenagers (boys and girls) adequately and appropriately entertained. The results were nothing short of spectacular. “Jusby” and his team of clowns engaged the kids by first leading them in an icebreaker Laughter Yoga session. He came prepared with lots of different activities, but the two that the kids went absolutely ga-ga over were the face painting and the pies. I’ve never seen kids line up so enthusiastically to get a pie in the face. Additionally, several of the parents opted to be pied as well. Everyone was laughing hysterically and very happy. As an added bonus, Jusby and his team handled the cake presentation and serving (clowns serving cake!) and the unwrapping of gifts (hilarious). BUT THAT’S NOT ALL – Jusby also provided me with beautiful online photos of the event (he’s a terrific photographer). Would I hire him again? In a New York minute. He will give you every dime’s worth of your money and then some. He’s also great with all ages, from little kids to adults. Highly recommend -

- Jennifer Waldref, Communications Specialist at Democratic Caucus/Washington State House of Representatives

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Protected: Soccer Pal Post Party Vlog

March 26, 2011

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Lego Themed Party for 7 y/o Son of Mine

March 19, 2011

Here’s the artwork for Orion’s Birthday invitation. Those are Lego 1xs (One By’s). The bottom of the seven is a piece that represents scoops of ice cream.

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Lego Brick Cake from Cakeitecture. She also makes Cake Pops (Frosted Doughnut Hole on a Stick) in the form of minifig heads.

Have to order these next time.

Parachute Fun

Birthday Boy gets the first pie in the face!

A Five Clown Party: Ridiculah, Honey, Sage, Jusby & Elliot!

Thank You created by Uncle Nick.

Guests also received a custom Lego Party Mix CD

Artist – Song [Relevant Lego Theme]

Daft Punk – Superheroes [Batman/ Spiderman]

Bryce Panic – Hidden Track (Can I Kick It?) [Mystery Minifigs]

Talking Heads – Papa Legba (Pops Staples Vocal) [Agents]

Talking Heads – Stay Up Late [Classic]

The Police – Demolition Man [Police]

Cryoshell – Creeping In My Soul [Bionicle]

John Williams – The Temple of Doom [Indiana Jones]

Weird Al Yankovich – Star Wars – The Saga Begins [Star Wars]

SWSFX – Ship – Flyby_17 [Star Wars]

Andrew Zilch – Ewok Gospel [Star Wars]

SWSFX – Force Lightning [Star Wars]

Star Wars the Musical – May the Force be with you [Star Wars]

Jason Traeger – Love Faeries [Star Wars]

SWSFX – Radio Chatter_1 [Star Wars]

Mad Tea Party – Mad Watch [Belville]

Harry Gregson – Williams – Ostrich Race [Prince of Persia]

Sandman (the Rappin Cowboy) – Crazy Animals [Duplo]

Gipsy Kings – You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Par Espagnol) [Toy Story]

Chuck Berry – Route 66 [Cars]

Pink Martini – The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley [Town]

Jethro Tull – Orion [Space]

Klaus Badelt – He’s A Pirate [Pirates of the Caribbean]

Ministry of Magic – Marauder’s Map [Harry Potter]

Ministry of Magic – Accio Love [Harry Potter]

The Boyz Who Lived – Wizard Rock [Harry Potter]

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GI JOE Themed Party (~378 Total faces pied)

March 5, 2011

A client recently had me come for a 6 y/o boy’s GI Joe themed birthday party.

I went with the basic black topped with Grampa Del’s garrison cap, accented with a camouflaged belt from a long gone bathrobe. For extra fancy, I added the spats that came from Puck F.

On the way, I noticed someone had pranked a car in the OHS parking lot. I left them my card in case they wanted to get even.

Afterwards, I pied a bonus face back home. AJ had been visiting and took a large pie to the face.

The videos tell about the Magic Kombucha grenade fail.

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Folkshine 2

February 19, 2011

Got a call one morning from author-educator Steve Eggleston. He had dreamed that he was doing another interview with me and found my number in the nightstand drawer. He called so he could make the dream come real. Technology has advanced enough in two years that he figured he could get the interview sorted in a day instead of several weeks.

He’d iphone it.

So I arranged to meet him after a mercy pieing… went to a party w/o a contract and essentially busked. Total noble cause tho: peace activist.

We met at the parking lot of the Olympian. I wore my Elvis shades. He had six questions typed on the iphone. I chose three and he took some snaps and a little video.

Can a clown be political?
When will we see a wikipedia entry for Jusby?
Is there anyone you would discourage from clowning?

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Treypacs BDAY

January 8, 2011

Before going to Treypac’s party, I consented to an interview with Reid. He’s an Evergreen student doing a documentary on humor. I also referred him to comedian, Jeff Black.

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Another opportunity for the clown’s son to demonstrate proper pie-getting form.
Hey, what happened to the money shot?!
Pied party goer.
The Brand New Jay Leno Sized Pie (Costco 12″ diameter) about to be inaugurated.
That’s the one! Held 4 regular tubs of whipped cream.
The Birthday Boy!

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Another Singing Telegram Delivered

November 15, 2010

Just returned from JFK HS in Burien where I delivered a special Happy Fiftieth Birthday Telegram to a teacher on behalf of his brothers. They also wanted him to know “Bears Suck, Packers Rule“.

The “Mr. Birthday” Look AKA Jusby the Plain Faced Fool

Is that the Pope on the wall behind me?! We’re in a Catholic High School!

This is a long way from my gig in MTV’s High School Stories!

For He’s a Jolly Good 5-0!

Mrs. Martin, Did You Let this Clown In?

Yes! No one knew all your students would be gone!

It’s All Good! Thanks, American Singing Telegrams!

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Pieing Sarah Bear

September 27, 2010

Sarah Bear had a birthday and housewarming potluck.

I brought pie-in-the-face on behalf of a mysterious benefactor who arrived too late to actually witness it. The battery on the camera flashed low, so I didn’t get pics of all the kids [perhaps a participant will send them].

Here are the adults getting pied>

Imagine her surprise. She had previously been the mysterious benefactor of over a dozen pies-in-the-face to her high school classmates, but oddly never been on the receiving end.

About Time!

“That was so much fun, I loved it! Thank You, everyone loved it, that was awesome!!!” Sarah Bear

Here’s Dabney.

And Kai! I got a lot of personal satisfaction from this one. He and I used to trade witticisms in 2nd grade (Last year).

This fellow celebrated returning to his Mother Country… which happens to be New Zealand. (I think he’s lost)

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Protected: Jusby and Miss Kate take the Eastside AGAIN

September 9, 2010

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Pie-ing Patch while Designing a Society

May 28, 2010

We arrived at the Fremont Studios for Patch Adam’s birthday party celebration at about 9 PM and found him strolling outside for a break of some sort. I sprung into action, and he graciously stood still for it while I waived the usual speechifying and simply presented the pie-in-the-face.

Inside, we rocked out until past midnight!

Miss Kate accepted her pie-in-the-face, and reciprocated in kind.

The evening concluded with a twofer and I broke the 300 pied faces mark!

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Pirate (Clown) Party for 6 y/o Boy

May 23, 2010

Captain Jusby, First Mate Miss Kate and their Pirate crew

Dear Jusby,

I am in need of a clown quickly, my son is having his 6th birthday party in Lacey WA. at Rainier Vista park on Sunday May 23rd, the party is from 3:30 to 6:30, but we need a clown for an hour or so. I know it’s short notice but he wanted a pirate party and well no pirates around here I guess, now he wants a clown. Is there anything you can do? What is your cost?

Thank You! A Mom

Dear Mom,

I am totally willing to tweak my costume and routine toward a Pirate themed party.
As you have noticed from the website, the pie-in-the-face is my specialty, and I find it best if parents have advance warning so they can be prepared with 1) spare clothes & 2) their own camera!

I’m thinking I’ll include:
Pirate Transformations (Scars, mustaches, temp tattoos)
Treasure Hunt (wild goose chase)
Balloon Swords

Of course, I’ll bring “Snowball” the pie-rat and plenty of pies.

***

I found an assistant who is available on Sunday: (“First Mate”) Miss Kate! She also attended The Silly Fool School of Top Secret Esoteric Clowning AND has clowned abroad with Patch Adams, AND she is a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader.
Her services are included in my rates. We will paint faces twice as fast. We will PIE faces twice as fast.
We can split guests into two teams for pirate games.
We can engage adults AND children simultaneously.

Oh, I love it when an assistant is available!

Jusby