✤ KLOWN KLUB
MEETING:
CIRCUS UPDATE
JANUARY 23, 2010
✤ KLOWN KLUB AT
CLOWN COLLEGE
JANUARY 21, 22, 23, 2011
Tom Lorentz
President
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Bob Miller
Vice President
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Martha Schuetz
Treasurer
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Rolf Schuetz
Secretary
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Sunday, January 21st: The Klown
Klub of Mecca once again met at the
home of our gracious hosts, Tom and
Lorraine Lorentz. In attendance, as well
as our hosts Uncle Dippy and Laurie
Lou, were: Ralph (Liʼl Ralphie) and
Marge Edwards; Ted (Profy) Jacobsen;
our Illustrious Potentate, John
McAloon; Bob (Blaze) and Joan (JoJo)
Miller, Rolf (Sloppo) and Martha
Schuetz; and Avery (Nium) and Eva
(Loony Balloony) Toledo.
The ladies met upstairs to discuss upcoming Shrinette business. The guys
were sent downstairs to discuss the
Circus plans for October 14, 15 and 16,
2011. We have more or less determined our final committees for the
event which are:
ADVERTISING:
Journal – Ted Jacobsen to organize
and Rolf Schuetz to produce the journal
art and get price quotes for the banner.
Prices for sponsors of journal ads: back
cover, $200.00 (already sold); inside
front and back covers, $150.00 each;
full page, $100.00; half-page, $65.00;
quarter-page, $35.00.
“Having
Fun
Helping
Kids!”
Telemarketing – Ralph Edwards
FOOD:
Bob Martin, Bob Reynolds & Bruce Bogerd
ENTERTAINMENT:
Water Dunking – Mike Quigley
Clowns from Hamids Circus will entertain
as well as our own Klown Klub members.
MERCHANDISE SALES:
Ralph Edwards and Bob Miller
SECURITY:
Fire and Police Departments
Frank Allegro
TICKETS AND OTHER ESSENTIALS:
Hamids Circus will provide the tickets and
the proposed pricing will be $15.00 for
adults, kids $10.00. They will also supply
the posters.
LEGALITIES:
A lawyer and Meccaʼs Past Postentate, Ill.
Sir Johnathan E. Weinrich, will handle all of
our legal obligations.
Tom Lorentz will be dealing with the circus
people to coordinate the necessities of
running a circus. He will be discussing
contracts with them and the German
Masonic Park president Kurt Ott.
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This is a very big
undertaking and we
will need the help of
all of our Klown Klub
members to produce
this circus. We will
also be asking for
assistance from the
Mecca Shriners, Blue
Lodges and Royal Arch
Lodges, as well as
Kismet and Salaam
Temples for their help. We
will be talking to Jerry Cohen
(editor of The Meccan) for his
expertise in securing sponsors for the journal.
Discussion will be made with Al McConaugh and
Joe Bombace, former members of the earlier
Mecca clowns for their input and ideas regarding
making our circus a success. We will
all need to work dilligently in getting
sponsors for the journal and Ralph
Edwards will need telemarketers to
secure ads and sell tickets.
Some of the suggestions for selling
tickets can be through school
children who can win free
tickets as an incentive. Also
organizations such as ARC,
Camp Venture, Fire and Police departments can win free
tickets. Although some of
the details are still
pending, we need to
start pushing ahead
very rapidly.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January
21st, 22nd and 23rd: (The following information
was supplied by Ted Jacobsen.) Several of our
Klowns went to Plymouth, MA to the Northeast
Clown Institute. They included Ted (Profy) Jacobsen, Avery (Nium) and Eva (Loony Balloony)
Toledo, Adam (Gum Drop) Kurland, his wife, Toni
and son Charlie (Pokie) Kuhles; also John (Silly)
Kelly of Kismet Temple was there as well. Toni
and Charlie entered the first class and Adam, on
occasion, attended the second class with Avery
and Ted. In the contestant critique
contest, Avery received an Honorable
mention. Their makeup was
critiqued by longtime Clowns.
Eva attended the classes and
spent much of her time learning
new designs using single and
multi-balloons. In the Law Class
there was some good advice and
suggestions regarding culpability
regarding using using face
painting and tattoos. It was
emphasized that all exploded balloons must be
collected after the event to prevent the possibility
of a youngster picking up a piece of the balloon
that was overlooked and
choking. Temple insurance
policies should include
sufficient coverage to prevent
personal funds and homes
being impounded should an
accident occur When taking
pictures with kids and/or parents,
both hands of the clown should be seen
at all times. You can guess why. They all
saw the most complex balloon sculptures
created and spent time trying to learn
the intricate process. They received
their certificates and pins for the
2nd class and plan to return next
year to refine their skills and to gain
more knowledge about clowning. All
of them were very pleased with their
experiences this year.