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| Next meeting: Tuesday, September 19 7:00pm  151 Main Street Epping, NH 03042 |
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LAST MONTH: Meeting held at McDonald's. Attendance smaller than usual. We miss you when you don't come. Business meeting only, chaired by "Delight" in Dave's absence. See Notes from Meeting for details. |
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| Notes from the meeting Regular Business: Reminders about upcoming events: 9/6 Gospel Clowns and Magicians will hold a workshop in Methuen 9/23 Mr. Rainbow will conduct an all day workshop at the Sheraton at Exit 1 in Nashua. Note to members: the club will pay for your registration. Following the Rainbow workshop, a benefit for Charlie "Cecil B. De Clown" Sable will be held in Leominster, MA. 12/3 Commander's Call will be held at Pease for members of military families. Members are encouraged to participate. Old Business "Delight" reported that three clowns from our alley and one from Granite State Clowns were at Operation Thank You at Pease. Thanks to all who contributed to the success of the event. New Business Cheezo mentioned that Dave has been considering changing the format of our monthly meetings. The new format would include the business meeting as usual followed by 20 minutes on each of the following topics: magic, face painting and balloons. Dave will discuss this at the September meeting. Please come to share your thoughts on this suggestion Show & Tell None -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As promised in last month's newsletter, here are the notes from the July meeting: There was a larger than usual turnout and faces that we have not seen in a while were present. It was nice to see everyone. A new secretary was nominated and elected: Joan "Princess Tool-ip" Gillis. Awards were presented for Clown Day: President's Choice for ongoing contribution to clowning: Rie Best All Around: Topper Best Costume: Alley-oop Best New Member: Flora Best Balloons: Choo Choo Charley Congratulations to all |
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Hi All, Another month has gone and we are at the end of summer. Fall is my favorite season; the leaves change, the days shorten and the nights get cool. But the best of all are the fall shows and venues. Many towns have their harvest fairs and old home days. The Halloween shows are some of my favorites.
This past weekend I had the privilege of working one such old home day with Alley-oop (sometimes known as Alan Flagg). What a great performer!. It was a pleasure to watch him work. What amazed me the most is the number of balloon creations he can make and his absolute commitment to quality.
Next month is October and Halloween which
means it is a good time to talk about Halloween routines and balloons. So bring
along some balloons, Halloween puppets, gags, or whatever, and let's have some fun.
In addition to the sharing of everyone's Halloween ideas, I will give a quick demo on
caricature drawing, a new skill I have been working on. It's a lot of fun and may be
useful to some. In closing, I must apologize to everyone for
last month's library mix up. Thanks to Cheezo for fixing things up for this month. Bump a NoseDave “Topper” Anderson |
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| Did you know
about these meetings? (click on underline for info) Alley 54 2nd Tuesday First Baptist Church Salem MA 7:30 pm Hap’s Alley 1st Monday Bagnall School Groveland, MA 7:00 pm Granite State Clowns 4th Monday Salvation Army Nashua NH 7:00 pm The Society of American Magicians 1st Wed. First Baptist Church Salem MA 7:30 pm South Shore Joeys 1st and 3rd Mondays Abington First Baptist Church 7:30 pm |
If you missed last month, If you're interested in magic, balloons, juggling, or clowning in general, come on down to Epping.We'd love to see you there! |
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Topper's Thought for the Month