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Clowns On Call from page 21 These kinds of “patter” can be repeated thousands of
times, but I still enjoy the nonsense and of course it is
positive, and allows the clown to use the tools we have part of my clown persona. My business card says “Let
been taught and developed. Our clowns all take pride in Florabelle bring you a smile, if only for a little while”,
this technique. Most of them don’t even think about it at and that really says it all. I love being a clown and the
this point in their clowning, as it just comes naturally. decision to learn clowning was among the best I have ever
Another sample of using patter- I often comment made in my long life!
on the kid’s shoes. “Oh, I love your shoes. Do you like One new disturbing situation that has just occurred.
my shoes? Could we switch shoes? (Child usually says, Ocean Spray, the juice company, recently released a
“your feet are too big”.) My response is to line one foot commercial showing a mother punching a male clown
up next to the child’s, making sure my foot is behind her 3 times in the nose and knocking him to the ground
little shoe so it appears the child’s is shorter than mine. when he offered a balloon dog to her young daughter.
It always gets a laugh! The premise was she got strength and courage from
taking a swallow from the bottle and therefore was
able to overcome her fear of clowns and attacking him.
Vehicle Information You can imagine the response from the clown world on
FaceBook! I immediately called customer service at
Ocean Spray and conveyed my astonishment to the very
If you have purchased a new vehicle within the sympathetic representative who promised she would pass
past 6 months, please make sure the Boca Pointe my comments onto management along with the dozens
Community Association management office has a copy of calls coming in. This kind of public condemnation
of your current vehicle registration on file. Your gate of clowns is disastrous for the clown community. The
transponder is linked to your vehicle so it is important clown in the commercial was NOT a scary clown and
that we have accurate information in our system. was obviously simply making balloon animals for kids.
Please fax it to (561) 395-5936 or email it to admin@ Since we do this all the time, it really hit home with me!
bocapointe.com. Sorry, but I just had to share this disgraceful happening!
Thank you for your We will be at Temple Bethel for their Family Fun Day
cooperation! on Jan. 28th. They expect 1,000 people to attend, so we
BPCA Management team  should have a busy morning. Don’t forget to wave when 1995 my first Clown convention at Seaside Heights, NJ-
you see a clown on campus!  original clown costume, and make up

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