community opportunities & internship fair & circus club
February 1, 2012
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1st of May’s 1st Parade
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typical Monday
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Pie Fail
August 30, 2011How many times does this have to happen? If I’m sitting around without a gig lined up and I get the sudden urge to give away a pie-in-the-face to a former classmate who’s passing through town… Not if… WHEN that happens next, please STOP ME!
Last time I hung out a the corner of Olympia & Washington waiting for Puck.
All thanks to FACEBOOK… instead of relying on instant messages, I’ve got to pick up the phone to confirm the time and place the pieing will happen!
“Aloha, Agent Mousetrap?”
This time, I noticed that Shannon, a former classmate, was updating her status while riding a train between Portland and Seattle. At least, I thought, we would have to meet at one particular spot: the Centennial Train Station in Lacey.
However, trains don’t always run on time.
At 1PM I proposed the pie-in-the-face. She said she’d put her face up to the window. I said that she’d have to step to the open door. I checked the Amtrak website and saw that the estimated arrival was at 2:20.
However, a branch fell on the tracks and the train was stopped outside of Kelso.
At 1:52 the ETA was 3 O’clock.
At 2:17 I had done the fastest make-up job ever. And wore my new Tiger God T-shirt from Dr. Sy Bantam of the Healing Journey Radio.
At 2:30 the ETA was 3:35. I had one of Orion’s classmates over for a playdate, so I figured that I’d let them play at the house as long as possible and keep checking the ETA.
At 2:53 the ETA was 4:05 Then I lay down for a short nap.
At 3:07 @swianecki tweeted Surreal: I’m on a stalled train + old friends are plotting to pie me in the face when I pass through O-lympia! #hijackedbywoodlandcreatures
And the train started moving.
I checked and saw that the ETA was 4:45.
At 4:14 I departed for the station.
At 4:35 She wrote: I was there, camera in hand, waiting for you! The conductor even let me get off the train! Where were you?
At 4:40 I arrived at the station and greeted THE WRONG TRAIN!
“I think you wanted the 506… that was the 516. The 506 came through about 10 minutes ago.”
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Busy Sunday [SITC & 2kid/2clown Party]
August 28, 2011I 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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First of May Clown Internship
August 21, 2011
This is Melanie Beth “Crystal” Curran, my First of May Clown intern. Because I first discovered my clown at Evergreen, it has long seemed a natural move to become a clowning mentor for other greeners. So I decided to offer to sponsor either an internship or (as in my experience) an individual learning contract.
http://www.evergreen.edu/individualstudy/internshipinformation.htm < Find or List an Internship Here
I posted a position on Wednesday, August 9th. On Friday, August 12 I got a response:
This is your future employette, Melanie Beth Curran.I have a deep respect for clowning and particularly the history of clowning, as archival research and humorous entertainment are my most developed passions. I live in Olympia Washington and I am ready and willing to work to help you ensure the success of your clowning empire. I am attending a second year at Evergreen starting in late September.I will gladly send you a resume once I am on a computer that contain’s that coveted file. Please let me know if this position is already filled so that I may devise a plan to usurp the throne. I have studied clowning for three years at Wavy Gravy’s summertime circus Camp Winnarainbow in Laytonville California.
We met on the 16th and she worked her first gig on the 21st. We did a five hour face painting gig for the Love Our Local Fest: Northeast Neighborhood Block Party, and I soon found that she possesses mad skillz with paint and brushes.
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By the 29th of August I had a 2nd potential intern contacting me. However, we soon discovered that unless the position was a full-time paid position she couldn’t pursue it.
I look forward to the day when I have more than enough work to cover all my expenses and can afford that kind of intern!
I immediately rewrote the internship description to clarify:
Assist the clown at parties and other events. Support the clown archives: written/ photo/ video documentation.
Position is on-call. No guaranteed monthly wages. Each meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune.
This is a hands-on, work-related learning experience. It is not a job-job. Opportunities for compensation will be handled with a fair mix of Show & Business.
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Brad & John of KISM Bellingham
August 3, 2011
I got a message on my phone that some DJ’s on 92.9 KISM Classic Rock saw the Seattle Times feed about clown camp and would like to talk to me…
I was otherwise engaged during their 5:30 – 10 AM show [working at Juvie]. They went ahead during their “I Can’t Believe It’s News 8/3 early” segment and had a little fun with the idea of it.
“It’s time to get serious about college. My dad told me I need to buckle up!”
“Son, have you finally figured out… four years at college… have you finally figured out where you’re going?”
“Yes, father, my career track is taking me into clowning.”
“I knew we never should have sent him to Evergreen!”
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Block Party! YEF Stage
July 30, 2011I recently jointed the Youth Enrichment Foundation as a Platinum Participating Merchant > You can now buy $100 gift checks through them toward my services. They invited me out to their annual Block Party at the Hawk’s Prairie Home Depot Parking lot. They had 60 vendors and shows every hour on the hour. I took the 2 o’clock spot and also offered to improvise during set changes with some witty banter. Since I was so close to breaking the 500th pie mark I played that up.
I reached the 500th pie by 12:45!
Kai Lyn got pied
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Clown campers, Smoothy, Memo & Checked the clowns showed up and helped with the show. We did 15 minutes of Laughter Yoga and then they handled pieing another dozen faces .
the sprinkler laugh
I stuck around until after the Kids at Play set. They had about 50 youth singing and dancing selections from Honk, the musical (based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “the Ugly Duckling”). I got it into my head that I would try for a new record of faces pied ALL AT ONCE. I figured that I’d get each kid to hold a mini-pie, and I could run down the line pieing them in a wave.
They had other plans…
complete chaos and mass hysteria! They pied each other and then pied me! Oh, well. It guess I had it coming.
Is it more fun to give than receive?
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Clown Camp Day 5 [Finale]
July 29, 2011
The Campers got their turn to be pied… and, of course, to pie Jusby!
Campers also had the chance to do their own make-up or have it done by a counselor. Memo, Smoothy, and Monstro did their own; they’ve been trying different types of make-up each day in the same basic pattern. Mini-Silly had her face done by Miss Kate. Miss Kate did her own and created a new speaking clown, Curley. I recreated Checked’s checker-board face using grease paint instead of water-based face paint.
We reviewed the skills by rotating at 1 minute intervals through 12 stations:
- juggle balls
- juggle rings
- juggle scarves
- balance stick/pole/club/etc.
- unicycle
- stilts
- fans
- balloons
- parachute
- laughter yoga – hula hoop
- baton
- devil sticks/ flower sticks
At 1pm we were joined by an Olympia Parks & Recreation Camp and put on a show for them. We concluded by inviting counselors up to supervise several of the stations (stilts, hula hoop, parachute). We replaced the unicycle with the wagon and miniature bicycle.
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Silliness wasn’t required – but it certainly was encouraged last week at one South Sound day camp.
Technically, there were only three rules at Clown Camp, according to instructor Justin “Jusby the Clown” Wright.
“Just be safe, just be supportive and just be challenged,” he said.
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Clown Camp Day 4 [Slideshow & VLOG]
July 28, 2011Guest counselors: Elliot (gibberish & laughter yoga) & Juliette (brain dance & balloon twisting)
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“Unexpectedly walking up on clown camp made three elderly ladies (91, 83, and 82) thrilled today….and I hope the kids could feel that joy. Thank you for sharing your happy campers!“
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Clown Camp Day 3 [Slideshow & Vlog]
July 27, 2011We looked forward with great anticipation to being overrun by new clowns for the FREE & All-Ages Wednesday.
At least Juliette showed up.
Education reporter, Lisa Pemberton & photographer Tony Overman of the Olympian asked lots of questions and took lots of pictures for the Beyond the Classroom summer series. It’ll be in Monday’s paper and online at http://www.theolympian.com/education/
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packing up camp for the day, 2 girls shouted they were scared of clowns… oh, wait, are you Jusby the Clown? [then did happy clappy dance] @jusbytheclown on Twitter
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Clown Camp Day 2 [Slideshow & VLOG]
July 26, 2011Our five new clowns receive their first HUMONGOUS audience!
TWO other summer camps found out we were willing to give them a show and returned after an hour.
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Monstro, Smoothy, Checked, Memo & Mini-Silly
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Clown Camp Day 1 [slideshow]
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Clown Camp, Day 1: balancing, juggling, impro, parachute games, laughter yoga, nose fittings! Campers were Safe, Supportive, & Challenged!
Meet the campers: Checked (7), Mini-Silly (10), Memo (11), Monstro (11), & Smoothy (11)
Day 3 (Wednesday July 27th) will be FREE & All-Ages!
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Soccer Pal Post Party Vlog
March 26, 2011… waiting for stills from Party Mom cam…
[edit.. tracked down a few on facebook. This mom said her son had taken a big, medium AND mini.
My son has won many a "7 year old one up" conversation with the zinger, "Well, have you ever taken a PIE IN THE FACE?" - Erica Van Lierop, Queen Beef at Van's Burger
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Purim Extraordinaire (~400 Total Pied Faces)
March 22, 2011“My services have undergone expansions, improvements and tweaks. This includes an additional clown retinue,” began the conversation that led to 2011′s Purim Extraordinaire, a few notches above last year’s “Special Visit” which concluded with 10 pied faces. Although I pied a few additional faces this year, I also brought a few additional clowns along, so the energy was significantly higher.
To the Romans it was Cobbler Rasa, the French referred to it as La Tarte Blanche, aboriginal clowns called it Entering the Creamtime, and of course the ancient Qabbalah clowns spoke of soulful and doleful schmaltz by the bowlful
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We are engaging with clowning as our Right Livelihood. We would prefer to provide services to those who can afford the asking rate, but we will not deny the needy and the appreciative.
All reasonable barter and donation exchanges considered.
We are committed to providing safe, appropriate, and profoundly memorable surprises that are customized to your occasion and audience. We want everyone to enjoy a healthy dose of laughter and leave with a deepened sense of their place in the community.
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