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Gracias Thanks to everyone who participated in the Women's Auziliary to Children's Medical Center Family Night at Six Flags. We all had a great time and hopefully the extra cash we made, $100.58, will buy a few toys for the playrooms at the hospital. We had a wonderful giggle of clowns present:
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President's Corner ENTHUSIASM, Where in the world would we be without it? With enthusiasm, a person with little talent, skill or training can accomplish great things! Enthusiasm can, and will make up for a lack of aptitude for many tasks, it can also trick someone into believing they can do anything. Most often, enthusiasm is the only factor between success and failure. First-of-May Clowns seem to have an abundance of enthusiasm. I believe it’s because everything is new and exciting for them, very few things in routine adult life are remotely related to the life of a clown. I don’t believe in my non-clown life that I have ever been asked to put on make-up, dress in miss-matched clothes, go out in public to make people smile and hopefully laugh out loud. When someone enters new and unfamiliar territory, enthusiasm for the endeavor will be all they need to get through. Seasoned clowns don’t have the luxury of “new and exciting” experiences. We experienced clowns ( I hesitate to say old) think we have seen and done it all. It may be harder for us to muster up adequate enthusiasm for the task we are faced with. Now is when our training helps us, when we were new-be clowns we learned how to deal with unexpected problems. We learned how to handle unruly kids (no matter how old they were). We learned through experience, how to make people laugh, how to entertain with no props, how to be a professional in our appearance and attitude. I have been a clown for a lot of years. I have been both, a no talent all enthusiastic clown and a skilled sometimes unenthusiastic clown. I can honestly say clowning is easier if you do it with enthusiasm. The public can smell unenthusiastic. They can tell if you are just going through the motions, or if you are genuinely excited about what you are doing. So if you want to have more fun in your clowning, make the times you are a clown go faster, and have more pleasant memories of the event or party you attend, the last thing you should put on as you walk out your door is your ENTHUSIASM! Have fun out there, Buckle Upcoming Events April 21 Children’s Cancer Fund Fashion Show, 9 am Reunion Hyatt, downtown Dallas. April 30 Baylor Transplant Reunion Party, Sunday 12-6, Tom Landry Center. Contact Ana Banana 214-563-4461. May 5-6 TnT Road Show, Ft. Worth, www.clowning4christ.com May 6 National Alliance of Mental Illness. Need 2 balloon 8:30-10 am artist & 2 face painters. Contact Sharon Hodges June 12-Aug 7 UTA Clowning 101, beginning clowning, No class 7/3. Contact Susan Keys or www.clowns.freeservers.com for clown class info. July 4 Irving 4th of July Parade, shows & park event. Alley Fundraiser. Need 4 facepainters & 4 balloonists for park event. Aug 1-7 International Clown Week Sept 27-Oct 1 Texas Clown Association Convention, Irving, www.tca2006.8m.com Unfortunately, our alley was not selected to sing the National Anthem for the Texas Rangers Meeting Programs April UTA Clowning 101 graduation May Mike Goldberg will bring us a program on self defense. June Birthday Business How to Book a birthday party from a parents perspective & How to book that party once you get that call. July Birthday Business I’ve got the job!!! Now what? August A Salute to Hubba Hubba! Hubba believed that it was important that we perform for each other. We’ll honor his memory during this meeting by clowning up and sharing our favorite bits. September Dan Cutchen Music, Motion & Other Bits of Insanity October Elizabeth Ellis A versatile and riveting story teller of Appalachian and Texas tales and stories of heroic American women November Carl Jones Comedy Mind Reader, Magician, & Clown December Christmas Party Happy Birthday to: Marcia Griffith “Ruthie Mae” 4/01 Sonya Durden “Puddin Head” 4/20 Diane Willis “Doowat” 4/20 Hal Hudgins “Hopalong” 4/23 Donna Thomason "Marsha Mellow" 5/16 Margaret Clauder “Maggie” 5/19 Ginger Collier “Nutt-Megg” 5/26 Debbie Fisher “Hilly Beans” 5/27 March Meeting Minutes Meeting March 21, 2006 opens with Buckle and the gavel trying to get everyone’s attention. Most people were in the back of the room looking at all the intriguing items Francisco "Tako" Juarez had for sale. Secretary is AWOL Loppo is moving to Huntsville. Her husband got a job as a prison guard. Hopefully he will get transferred here to the Metroplex. Miss Cookie is sitting in, so excuse any errors. She is attention challenged! Buckle opened the meeting introducing new guests..there were a handful: Fluffy brought her grandson, Brent; Squeakers the Clown; Nancy Winkler, Cozy the Clown; Dora, Sparkle the Clown; Sylvia, Snickers the Clown; Doug & Cheryl Lankford from All American Balloon; Estrella; Vanessa, Bubby the Clown; Edna, Tattis the Clown; and Iaasc, Little Light the Clown. Hopefully I didn’t miss anyone, my apologies if so! Buckle asked for a sick call: Ed’s leg is a bummer and he was on crutches, Miss Cookie had footies worked over, both feet no less, if you gotta do it, might as well go all the way, LanaSue is feeling better, and Dubble Bubble had surgery and is also feeling better. And on a more serious note, Ruthie Mae lost her father. Our deepest condolences. Ruthie Mae is asking for spotlighters-----Please clowns come forward and write up a piece about yourselves and let her know. Treasurer report printed and read There was a motion by Juba Lee and was 2nd by Nuttmegg that the treasurer’s report printed and was ok. Old Business DooWat talked about the audition at the Texas Ranger Stadium. There were 10 clowns who attended: DooWat, Dubble Bubble, WT, Miss Cookie, Grandadee, Posie, Miracle, JubaLee, Dusti, and Hanky. Unfortunately Hanky had to leave before our performance started, and she was the only one who could sing!! We all looked good tho! DooWat announced we are waiting for results..no contacts, someone from the stadium will contact her. So we all are in denial, standing by, and waiting for acceptance!! It was brought up that maybe we could sing for Nat’l Clown Week..altho, Rangers aren’t there that week??? Remains to be seen. We all did get 2 tickets to the Ranger game. So it’s being worked out to all go together. St Patrick’s Day Parade was attended by Dubble Bubble, WT, and Brewser, who in fact is WT’s chihuhua. They had a great time. Brewser was a big hit. It was a shorter parade this year. Six Flags Family Fun Nite is Fri night, April 7 from 5-8..looking for clowns to do balloons and walk around. This is benefiting Children’s Hospital and excepting donations for toys. Cindie Sanders says “It is not a good idea to ride the roller coaster with a wig on or have money and a cell phone in your pockets. Yes, she lost it all, but later got her wig back!! A lesson well learned!!! Fashion Show will be Fri, April 21, 9am Fancy luncheon fundraiser for cancer kids with escorts of fancy people. The clowns entertain the kids. New Business Correction to the Joey----Carl (Topper the Clown) won’t be here for the April meeting. But the graduation class will be instead. Stay tone for some great acts!! Buckle received a letter from TCA, they are looking for nominees to run for TCA the next go around. Will publish in newsletter 4X’s a year, Jan, April, July, & Oct. Transplant Reunion Party on April 30th 12-6 at the Baylor in Dallas, Landry Center. Need clowns for walkaround, face painting, and will ck on doing balloons..Ck with Ana Hernandez 214-563-4461 Nat’l Alliance 1717 Gano St at the Old City Park May 6 8:30-10a---- $100 will be donated to the alley. Face painting, and walkaround No more business. There was a motion by Grandadee to adjourn the meeting and 2nd by JubaLee. Everyone broke for snack. Our meeting continued with Tako doing an array of juggling, entertaining and talking about the importance of music in your show. He went into a storyline with questioning and The Music Lady answering a denouncement back with music. Tako’s creativity is outstanding and very enjoyable.
Treasurer's Report Beginning Balance: $1811.95 Deposits: Checks: Dues: CK# 183 Ana Hernendez (new member) 15.00 Dues: CK# 2159 Sonya Durden 20.00 Dues: CK# 3960 Lana Sue Fridge 20.00 Cards: CK# Evelyn Sanders 20.00 Total Deposits: 75.00 Withdrawals: CK# 2260 Cinder Sanders Feb. snacks 55.60 CK# 2261 Marcia Griffith newsletter, postage 23.76 CK# 2262 Fancisco Juarez February speaker 50.00 CK# 2257 Marcia Griffith, copies, postage, labels 71.94 CK# 2258 Marcia Griffith postage, copies, folders 48.73 3/31 check enclosure fee 3.00 3/31 monthly maintenance fee 15.00 Total Withdrawals: (268.03) Ending Balance: $1,618.92 Note: Pending payment to TCA convention acct. Medical City Hospital (300.00) Note: Pending deposit, Penny Eddy dues 15.00
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