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A Membership For Everyone? – You Bet!

Mark Nelles & Helen Karpel, ○ Annual Golf – unlimited golf year-round with specific ○ How about a game of tennis or golf with family or
Board of Governors Chairman & dining and lounge privileges friends – right here
General Manager, ○ Sports and Fitness annual membership- unlimited use ○ Feel like some music and dancing – Soirees are just up
The Club at Boca Pointe, of gym, pool and specific tennis and dining availability your alley
561-864-8500, ○ Annual Tennis membership with or without league ○ Don’t forget a ladies’ or men’s card room open all week
www.theclubatbocapointe.com involvement during the day and evening with beverages and snacks
○ Share a Membership – ½ price full social, golf or tennis All this with no upfront financial commitment, open to
The Club at Boca Pointe has a membership to suit membership with $500 gift homeowners, seasonal residents or the rental community AND
everyone’s needs, time and wallet. We have introduced a Think about what membership can offer you- you don’t have to live in Boca Pointe to play in Boca Pointe. And
complete menu of memberships designed for all ages, full ○ Dining in upscale settings with award winning cuisine maybe the most important of all- the convenience and safety
or empty nesters, working folks, retirees, married, with by our executive chef that membership offers. All this right in your own backyard
significant others or single. Dine indoor or outdoor under the stars with complete safety precautions in these difficult times.
You name it, we’ve got it! Add to that whether you want Don’t feel like cooking or dining out- order from our full We have “specials” going on right now- inquire about free
an annual membership, as few as a 3-month membership, or To-Go lunch or dinner menu and pick up curb side months or no joining fees. Find out about how you can develop
a summer membership - FLEXIBILITY is our middle name. ○ Boca Pointe Marketplace- shop for groceries, meals your own time table to suit your own schedule. Join hundreds
And for a limited time, SHARE a full social or golf and supplies from home and placed right in your vehicle at of your neighbors who have continued to enjoy Club benefits
membership at ½ price with a $500 gift from the Club. curb side and the many who continue to join right now.
Just look at some of the options awaiting your choice: ○ Want to relax at the end of the day- Come into the Call our Membership Office at 561-864-8539 to get all
○ Annual Social membership with optional golf and/or lounge for Happy Hour hors d’oeuvre and Happy Hour the information and have a membership information kit sent
tennis beverage pricing six (6) nights a week to you. No high pressure or obligation, only the satisfaction
○ Pointe membership – annual with dining, holiday ○ Let’s go to the gym to work out or take some classes- of finding out how you too can begin to enjoy the wonderful
celebrations and sports & fitness open 7 days a week Club at Boca Pointe Lifestyle. 
Would You Like To Become A Boca Pointe Clown???

By Harriet Rubin, aka
Florabelle the Clown

Hi Everybody! Well, like
the rest of you, we are still
“retired” from clowning.
I know eventually we will
be resuming our activities,
but for now I have nothing
to write about. So – I dug
up an article from October,
2014 and am re-submitting it. Many of you are new to
Boca Pointe and I’m sure no one will remember what I
wrote, so please think of it as new! Florabelle The Clown
In October, 2014, Boca Pointe “Clowns on Call” was
born! We can’t believe it’s been 6 years! Here are some Clowns on call.com- You will see a pretty complete list
excerpts from that Oct. 2014 issue. of events, gigs, sites etc. that we have appeared at over
Classes will begin on Oct. 28th from 6:30-8:30 at the the years. It really is impressive, and if I tried to total up
Boca Pointe Community Center. Class will be limited to all the adults and kids who have seen and enjoyed us, it
15 participants. I will be training the new clowns. Initially would be in the thousands!!!!
the classes were offered for 6 weeks, but we continued (New comment)- We have been very fortunate over
to train for about 3 months. face-painters or circus the years to have been invited to perform (usually our
There is no fee for the classes and no initial outlay clowns. Clowning has to “Wiggles and Giggles” show) at several private clubs,
of money. I have sufficient materials to provide those be fun for us clowns as organizations, and for profit events. We request a modest
attending- including makeup, balloon pumps, balloons well as for our audience. fee and this has allowed us to purchase items needed
and other necessary initial supplies. Ne wbi e s, c a l l e d without requiring our clown members to “share the
The training will be to teach you to be what we refer to “Joeys” often say- “I’m expense”.
as “Volunteer Caring Clowns”. My purpose is to organize not sure I can do this If the event is for non-profit groups, (schools,
Boca Pointe Clowns into a viable group of clowns who by myself”. You won’t churches, synagogues, libraries, hospitals special needs
can contribute to our community as clowns. have to! We are a troupe groups, etc.) we are strictly Volunteers!
What will you learn? of clowns, so there Another very common comment- “I’m not a funny
Designing a clown face using clown grease paint will always be group person. I’m not good at telling jokes. I’m more serious.
makeup and learning how to put it on and take it off. activities. How could I be a clown?”.
Choosing a clown name and putting together some Another common I’ve met hundreds of professional and non-professional
sort of funny costume. concern- “Am I going clowns in my 26 years of clowning, and I can honestly
Developing (over time) the persona you want to to have to buy a lot of Twinkle Toes applying makeup say, the percentage of clowns out of make-up who are
become when you are “in clown”. supplies?.” If you enjoy naturally funny is probably 5%. Clowning is not stand-
Learning to use large gestures, body movements and clowning, you will have to purchase your own makeup, up comedy! Clowns rely on the change in their looks,
facial expressions to enhance your make-up and persona. costume, including some kind of shoes (colorful sneakers and persona to bring out that “special funny part of
Skills are fine) & some small props or tricks to use in walk-a their personality that perhaps they never thought they
You will all learn to twist balloons into simple animals, -round events. (New comment- Since we have funds from had. Some people might think it’s acting, and if you are
hats, swords, etc. profit making events, we supply all balloons, stickers, doing a performance and reciting the exact lines required,
Simple magic tricks etc. We even have lots of magic products we lend to each that might be partially true, but if you don’t have the
Puppetry other). clown body movements, facial expressions, and voice
Use of walk-a-round props (shticks) Another common question- “What kind of places will characteristics to convince the audience that you are
Performing in clown skits we go?”. indeed “a clown”, your performance will suffer.
If this sounds like too many skills to learn- fear not! Here in Florida we have charity fund raisers almost Unfortunately I have observed many clowns over the
As a clown, even when experienced, you don’t have to all year round. years, some who have been clowning for years, who never
do anything “right”, in fact we often deliberately make (New comment) - Now that we are an established
dumb mistakes because as clowns we can do that. We are clown group, my response is very different from 6 years Would You Like To Become A Boca Pointe Clown
not balloon artists, professional magicians, puppeteers, ago. If you check out our beautiful web site -Boca Pointe on page 22