Clown Rounds Friday April 15th

A good day's work on the Ped's unit. First stop I competed with the video game cart....not easy, but once they saw me drop the juggling clubs, well the rest was cake!
Actually I had a great experience today, I had just finished all the room to room work and was getting ready to leave when the attending of the day came to me and asked me to visit a child in the treatment room. Now this room is on the other side of the unit and rarely used, so I never go there. But I was lucky enough to be there today and spent about 20 minutes speaking with and performing for a 9year old while the Docs prepared to do a spinal tap.
One of those days when being there made that extra difference......

Day 2 at JUGGLE THIS at Pratt University in Brooklyn. We came in yesterday after work and stayed throughout the afternoon juggling, taking workshops, hanging with folks we knew... And today we're back a bit tired and I'm sore but ready to go. We are also manning a vendor table for MITZVAH MANIPULATIVES, Matthew's Bar Mitvah charity project. We have a bunch of sets of juggling balls to sell to raise money for. RED NOSE RESPONSE, and plenty of juggling (and for me dropping ) to do today!

Two weeks until JUGGLE THIS the annual juggling festival at Pratt University....and we are ready to go! This year Phineas will have a table to sell sets of juggling balls for his Mitzvah Manipulatives project to raise money for Red Nose Response. The rest of the team will be there juggling away....see you there!

Diabetes Research Foundation Carnival For A Cure

Sunday March 7th, Phineas and I spent the day clowning at the Carnival For A Cure at the Puck Building in NYC. this annual event helps raise funds for the Diabetes Research Foundation. Every year the DMMF donates our performance to this exciting carnival. This year we were supposed to do our usual clowning, Juggling, and balloon sculpture. When we got there, there were two other balloon twisters who blew us away (good pun there...) so we stuck to clowning and juggling. By the middle of the event it was way crowded. No room for club juggling, so we limited mostly to plate spinning with the kids. By the last hour it was so crowded we just spent the time clowning with people. the walk around gags held up very well and got all the laughs we needed. There was even a kid who dragged their parents across the floor to come see me standing dancing to my own tune. I used the foam rock with headphones wired to it and told them I was listening to rock music....cute gag and it played well in this venue. A great day spent clowning for a great organization!

HAPPY PURIM!
The small clowns and I were the opening act for the Megillah reading at HHJC. What a hoot! Phineas Juggled I did magic and all three of us performed a great song by the Bravo Brothers called "Nothing Like A Bad Joke"
We had a blast and I thing the audience liked it... they were laughing out loud and didn't throw rotten fruit....

Clowning between cases

Treating patients in the operating room can be serious work but between cases, when the room is being turned over it a good time for fun.....sometimes it take a LONG time to turn over the rooms.
Yesterday was no exception. I took it upon myself to start a running gag in the morning and see how long I could keep it going throughout the day.
I "tripped" in front of the main office just outside their window in the hallway. Then looked back to see what I tripped on, shrugged my shoulders and walked on. Every time I walked past that window, and there were people in the office, I "tripped" (Thank you Slap Stick DOJO for teaching me this!). The first time I did it, a nurse came out and looked at the ground to see what I tripped over. The second time nothing happended, but the third time she came out again and looked around with more effort. After the fourth time, I came back around the hall and saw they had called a housekeeper who was mopping the floor where I tripped because there must be something there! I asked what was up and he said that people keep tripping here so they are cleaning the floor!.....my job was done for the day.....

NY Goofs Winter Intensive

WOW what a weekend! The teaching was split between Dick Monday and Avner The Eccentric. I have spent many hours learning from Dick Monday the former Director of Ringling Brother's Clown College and have to come to enjoy the classes. The improv games and lessons really helped me hone my performing and improve it. Since my graduation from the NY Goofs Ultimate Clown School three years ago, I have taken every chance I could to get back and learn more from them.
Now about Avner.....what a different take on things! His teaching and guidance helped me see my performances at a whole other level. All things I can take back to the Dr. Magic Show and clown Dr. rounds and improve my interaction with my audiences.
It was a great weekend, and I learned a lot of new stuff. And best of all I spent time with some clown friends that I hadn't seen for some time, its always great to reconnect.
Overall an incredible weekend!
I highly recommend all these teachers.
www.nygoofs.com
www.avnertheeccentric.com