What A Wonderful Time we had at Autumwood at Deckerville Hospital in Deckerville!!! Even the Hospital Administrator was clowning around!!!! But at home didn't start wonderful. Here is the story- You see my Mother was a Clown, in parades at my Elementary School (I went to Zion Lutheran in Harbor Beach) and just for fun she loved to clown my Dad too, but that is a whole other story. In 1942 she made her wonderful clown costume. It stayed well preserved at my Cousin Jan's for years. 2 years ago she said "Susan I have your Mothers Clown Costume, would you like it??" I didn't even know where it had went and here Jan had been caring for it for a number of years!!! Well, now to the reluctant Raymond the Clown Story. Autumwood wanted to do a fun program to encourage and uplift its residents in January since it was after Christmas and snowy and they had to mostly stay in soooo Thus a fun Clown program staring Raymond The Clown!!!! Well, my husband wasn't real fond of my Mothers Clown Costume, she worked soooo hard on it tooo!!! Everyone say ahhh,
:<( Additional information: 3 years ago Raymond bought us Clown Shoes for Christmas wouldn't he think I would want to use them??? (Note: Again-I didn't even know where the costume was and if it hadn't been for my adorable cousin Jan well, I don't know when I would of got around to making a clown costume!!!)Going back to Raymond not being thrilled about the costume, I think he thought I was going to stuff it and make it very big and HOT but I wouldn't do that to my husband . (Though I made him a HUGE CHICKEN SUIT with a HUGE BIG FATTTT TAIL and me a itsy bitsy little chicken suit with a tiny little tail for the Depner Farm Chicken Maze in Caseville 2006 check it out The Depner Farm Corn Maze for someting wonderful to do!!!!!!!!!!) At---http://www.depnerfarms.com/index.html Well, Raymond wore the suit and we had a blast!!! What a legacy!! Hopefully the legacy carries on, our Son Eric sings and plays guitar and asked if he and his girlfriend Emilee could have Christmas Songs and the Cords for his guitar to go Christmas caroling. We gave Eric and Emilee Wonderful Christmas hats to wear for their Caroling. (they tried to go but plans change but maybe next year--but they wanted to but it was a start to give them a teaser to do what we do, always a hopefull MaMa I am) Eric is not at the Clown stage yet but maybe when he is older and has grandchildren he will see the importance of wearing his Grand Mothers Clown suit!!! To get you in the mood for Clowning around in a Facility on your own here are some Photos and some trivia . (ans.= Answer)
In clowning, there is a hierarchy, with the White Face clown at the high end and the _________ at the low end. A) hobo ans. B) class clown C) Auguste clown
Would-be clowns can imitate another clown in everything except the A) clothes B) act C) hairdo D) face ans.
To trademark a clown face, a clown sends a photo of his/her face into the Clown Registry, where the face is then painted on a _____________ and kept in the registry. A) wall B) goose egg ans. C) glass
In order to join the Moscow State Circus, clowns must go to the Moscow State Circus College for Circus and Variety Arts for-
A) 7 years ans. B) 8 months C) 4 years
What famous clown was originally created by Capitol Records in the 1940s as a character featured in a series of children's records? A) Bozo ans. B) Weepy Willie C) Clarabelle
Santa Claus is the most widely recognized face in the world. Who comes in second? A) Bozo B) Emmett Kelly C) Ronald McDonald ans.
Emmett Kelly was a famous clown with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. What was the name of his classic clown character? A) Lonely Louie B) Sad Sam C) Weary Willie ans.
Red Skelton’s characters included all the following except: A) Clem Kadiddlehopper B) Freddy the Freeloader C) Paddy McPugg ans.
Known as “America’s Favorite Clown”, Red Skelton signed of from his shows with A) “Now it’s time to say good-bye” B) “Good night, and God bless”ans. C) “Thanks for sharing a laugh or two”
Now as we say goodbye we would like to close with the Clown Prayer and hope it a special prayer to you and we pray it continues to be special to us!!! Good Night and God Bless.
A Clown’s Prayer---- As I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more cheer than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so indifferent, that I will fail to see the wonders in the eyes of a child, or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged. Never let me forget that my total effort is to cheer people, make them happy, and forget momentarily, all the unpleasantness in their lives. And in my final moment, may I hear You whisper: “When you made My people smile, you made Me smile. -Anonymous- Good Night and God Bless.
