HERE WE GO!!! Getting ready to start the NY GOOFS WINTER INTENSIVE. an entire weekend of clowning and clown character development class. More later.....

I am testing my new mobile phone link to the blog so we can blog on the go!

Convention Results

Wow what a weekend (the week after was really bad but I'm sure it will get better over time)
We came home with lots of awards from the Clown City Jamboree.
Jessica (Pupperdoodle) came out with a 3rd place for single skit (against 6 Adults!) 3rd place in the junior makeup competition and 3rd place in the Talent Contest with a routine with Matthew (Phineas).
Matthew (Phineas) came in 1st for his Juggling Routine in the Talent Contest, 2nd place in Junior makeup, and 2nd place in the Magic competition.
I took 1st place in Magic with a great new Giant cups and Balls routine, and the family took home a 3rd place medal in the group skit competition.
Aside from that it was great to see all the clowns we meet at this convention each year. We reconnected with some old friends and made a bunch of new ones. And the best news of all....although the folks from Clown City have closed the store and are no longer running this convention, it has been taken over by Steve Kissell with a 5 year contract with the hotel! Doug and Sue from Clown City will be there to help keep things running.

Circus Bicuspid heads back to Brookdale this Monday for clown rounds....more later

And we're off!

Here we are at the Clown City January Jamboree (in February !?) Last night Phineas performed his newest Juggling routine for the crowd.....score! The crowd loved it!
Later in the show Phineas and Pupperdoodle performed their new routine "Seeing Double" and again, another score!
Both Kids have been rehearsing for these debuts and it paid off.
Today we head to lectures on Hospital Clowning,

Clown City Here we Come...

Its that time again.....the annual Clown City January Jamboree (Held in February for the last 2 years) Anyway this is sadly the last year of the convention. We have been going to this convention for 8 years in a row! Phineas and Pupperdoodle have grown up around these folks and gotten a lot of their clown skills from the many lectures and events at this small family oriented convention.
This year is going to be great, Our family group skit is ready, Jessica's single skit is ready and Matthew's newest juggling routine is all set to go.
We'll post the videos on youtube and link them here as soon as we get them.....
Off to clown city we go........

The Kids Loved it....

Another slam dunk at Clown Rounds on Martin Luther King Day! A full pediatric unit (that's not good too many sick kids) -but the ICU was empty. We broke out a new bag for this trip- a fully modified gold bag that holds so much more stuff and is more portable than our janitor's cart. We juggled and magished for everyone.
The pediatric resident covering for the day didn't expect us and was happily surprised to see us. She followed us to a few rooms to watch us entertain.
We arrived just before lunch so the bad hospital food jokes were flying
"whats the difference between hospital meatloaf and a brick.....nothing"
Hey, we even got a teenager to stop texting to watch some magic..now that was impressive.
We came across one young girl who was from another country and her father didn't know what to make of us and asked us in broken English to please go away, we complied with a smile.
Overall the patients and staff had a good time.

Reality Sets in....

Its been a rough week......it seems Hospital Administrators do not like sarcasm.
Not verbal, not written, even sarcastic thoughts don't seem to fly.
The further away they get from direct patient contact the more "unknowing" they get.
But we march on.
Can the smile and laugh win over the protocol and policy?
Time will tell