MayJune_2009

The New
C u A u L u L u I u O u P u E
The mission of Clowns of America International is to organize
all members desiring to pursue the honorable profession or art
of clowning and the dedication towards its advancement
and the education of its members.
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May/June 2009 Issue!
ARTICLES
France-Haiti-Russia..................3
Excellence in Clowning.............8
Surviving Line Work...............11
Best of Press..........................44
Convention Thank Yous..........45
A Little Bit of Chaos................53
FEATURES
Last Walk-Arounds.................14
Calendar.................................55
Look Who’s Reading
The New Calliope!..................60
Foto Funnies...........................62
SKILLS/IDEAS/TIPS
Face Painting: Flowers............46
Catch Me If You Can!..............48
Balloons: Princess Crown.......58
COAI NEWS
President’s Comments..............9
Convention Report..................16
Alleys and Members
on the Move.........................17
Junior Joeys...........................22
Competition Report................49
International Ambassadors.....49
Treasurer’s Report..................50
Budget....................................50
International Clown Week.......55
Alley Report............................56
New Members........................56
Editor’s Comments.................63
Ad Directory...........................63
Ad Rates.................................63
2009 Competition Winners
Comedy Whiteface Make-Up..24
Auguste Make-Up...................26
Lite Auguste Make-Up............29
Character Make-Up.................30
Senior Make-Up......................32
Tramp/Hobo Make-Up............34
Balloons: Singe.......................35
Balloons: Multiple...................36
Balloons: Arrangement...........37
Face Painting: Cheek...............38
Face Painting: Full Face..........39
Skits: Single............................40
Skits: Group............................41
Paradeability: Single...............42
Paradeability: Group...............43
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Ambassadors
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success of the show. Francoise
later told us that nearly every
child in the village was at the
show and what a wonderful
thing to bring the community
together.
Our stay was wonderful. It
was so gratifying to give back
to the community in some way.
Thank you to COAI for
making us Ambassadors of
Clowning to France. I am
sure we have served you well.
We have also been named
Ambassadors to Italy and
will be returning to France in
the spring for a week to do a
magic show as magicians for
the International Rotary Club.
Annie “The Clown of
Barbados” visits Haiti to
spread Christmas Cheer
Submitted by Annie
Last December I visited
Haiti. During this year alone
Haiti had been affected by
three hurricanes.
In Barbados there has
been a lot of effort placed
on collecting shoe boxes
with gifts for the children of
Haiti. The brain child of this
shoe box project is a lady in
Barbados, Jenny
Tryhane of
United
Caribbean Trust. Her Website
is www.unitedcaribbeantrust.
org. This is a non-profit
organization.
The gift boxes are
usually decorated and nicely
organized with gifts and a
little note for the child. The
boxes are distributed and
arranged according to the age
and gender of the children.
A number of churches,
businesses and schools have
come together to work on this
project and pack shoes boxes.
This year, because of the three
hurricanes, more items were
taken to Haiti.
It was last October when
I approached Jenny and
expressed interest in going
to Haiti to perform when she
distributes gifts. She tries to
have a party at each location
using her puppets and a few
gospel illustrations which are
translated for her in French
and tell of God's greater gift of
eternal life. This presentation
ties in with the gift. The project
is about more than the gift and
the party. The goal is to have
profiles of children of Haiti,
who are impoverished, posted
on the Website so that they can
be sponsored for education and
after-school programs.
Despite the apprehension
I had of visiting Haiti (one
hears of poverty, poor water
resources, etc), I was
ready to go once Jenny
explained to me
the children
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