DockRat
02-19-2014, 06:45 AM
National Clown Shortage Has Trade Groups Frowning
Here’s one way to end the unemployment woes in this country – send in the clowns.
It’s no jest: Older clowns are dying and there are fewer and fewer people who want to climb into big floppy shoes and crazy red wigs to do silly stunts that entertain the masses at circuses and big tops across the country.
The clown shortage is no laughing matter, says the World Clown Association, the country’s largest trade group for clowns. Membership has dropped from about 3,500 to 2,500 since 2004.
“The challenge is getting younger people involved in clowning,” association president Deanna (Dee Dee) Hartmier told The (N.Y.) Daily News.
Read more here;
http://news.yahoo.com/national-clown-shortage-trade-groups-161400196.html
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Here’s one way to end the unemployment woes in this country – send in the clowns.
It’s no jest: Older clowns are dying and there are fewer and fewer people who want to climb into big floppy shoes and crazy red wigs to do silly stunts that entertain the masses at circuses and big tops across the country.
The clown shortage is no laughing matter, says the World Clown Association, the country’s largest trade group for clowns. Membership has dropped from about 3,500 to 2,500 since 2004.
“The challenge is getting younger people involved in clowning,” association president Deanna (Dee Dee) Hartmier told The (N.Y.) Daily News.
Read more here;
http://news.yahoo.com/national-clown-shortage-trade-groups-161400196.html
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/edwarddminer/Clowns.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/edwarddminer/media/Clowns.jpg.html)