How 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.”
I 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.
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.
“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!“
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
I just found out that Sprout made the paper on again on National Train Day!
Sprouts the Clown greets Nancy and Fredrick Gomes of Vancouver, B.C., as they arrive for a family visit at the Olympia-Lacey Centennial Station during National Train Day celebration on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Sprouts, played by Jenni Hatfield of Lacey, is a member of the Red Nose Brigade clown troupe. (Tony Overman/Staff Photographer)
Here’s the two of us getting almost all aboard!
There’s one guy who agreed to a pie!
Olympia Centennial Station
6600 Yelm Highway
Lacey, WA 98513Event Date: SATURDAY 5/7/2011
Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
End Time: 2:00 p.m.
Event Description: Celebrate National Train Day with the Centennial Station Committee! Bring the entire family to the ONLY train station in the Amtrak system staffed completely with volunteers and built with donated funds, materials and labor. Refreshments will be provided by Lacey Costco. Door prizes will be given away. Other activities include face painting and clowns, free stuff for the kids, and entertainment by the Dixieland band, DixieKats and the Olympia Bagpipers.”
[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
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!
Orion dressed up as a magician to accompany me to the RCR Valentine’s photo shoot.
Rusty Cock Ridge… it’s sort of a salon. It’s more than a studio and a boutique. It’s a always cozy adventure.
Jusby’s new hair by Toni of Euphorium.
New fans from Grampa Dave & Grama Julie (via Amazon) to coordinate with the red & black color scheme and keep the Indonesian bamboo fans from further injury.
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!
I was SUPER EXCITED when I saw that Heather Pearl was coming to the Lacey Parks Children’s Entertainment Series…
because She’s a CLOWN!
And as much as I love watching humorists, and humorful jugglers, and comedic magicians, and funny musicians… I am first and foremost, A CLOWN! DUH!
And as an added bonus, she’s from Portland, so maybe I’ll get to visit… do a little coffee talk… perhaps a Pie-in-the-face.
And as an added added bonus-bonus… she’s a movement instructor for the Waldorf school down there. And Orion just completed two years of Waldorf Kindergarten.
On a tip from some pro-clowns, I started thinking about pitching my services to the Temple Beth Hatfiloh for their Purim Carnival. Then an old-school friend, Ozi, asked me if I was going to do more pies at Arts Walk. I told him that I didn’t make any money doing Arts Walk, but what I really wanted was to do pie-in-the-face at Purim and could he talk to the Rabbi. He said, “He’s my dad.”
I know that. That’s why I brought it up.
One thing led to another [#FCBK!], and the next thing I knew I had pied the Rabbi and received a check for “Ritual Expenses”.
Parked beside ‘Pin the Crown on Esther’
Starting off with a Mini. Loved his outfit! A loved one removed his yarmulke in time.
The Rabbi’s Son! His second time! The reason I got the gig!
Rabbi Goldstein is ready for his pie-in-the-face.
Um… he’s got to be praying here, right?
Then quiet reflection and ablutions.
Tibor has some nefarious intentions behind me! Ain’t happening, mensch!
Accept the inevitable.
Like So!
He’s glimpsed the ineffable!
Orion begged for his chance to have another pie-in-the-face.
Uh-Oh! The first kid seems insistent that I get pied too. I usually brush this off right at the beginning when ppl don’t seem to understand the premise, but today I realized what the act had been missing all along. Maybe it will always end this way…
All ready for it… I think Ozi should do the honors.
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