 The group (on left)"The Kings Klowns" was started in March of 1995 with six members. Bob-O is the only original member still clowning. The group has bounced between 2 and 4 members for several years only to start to grow and take form in 2001. We have done many programs and events this year and now have 7 members. Standing from left to right is Willey Bill, Bob-O, Zippy, Geegles, Rasinette and sitting is GG and Goober. It's not  often that we are all at one gig but it does happen now and then. On the (right) we are at a "Kids for Christ" Christmas gift give-a-way in inner city Harrisburg. What a joy it is to give to others. This year Bob-o started to write some training manuals to teach from. It has been a growing desire to start putting on paper what Bob-O has learned over the years and share it with others. One thing he has discovered from writing is that he still has a lot to learn himself. It has gotten him to thinking about all that he has learned and not yet applied in his own life. Bob-O started to  have classes this summer and GG was the first new clown to go through them. On the (left) is GG's debut at a "Toys for Tots" project in Carlisle. Bob-O would like to think that his classes are what has made GG so good but she would have gotten there anyway with a little more time. Zippy and Rasinette went through the classes also but they both have been clowning for a while.  They learned some things as well and Bob-O can see improvement in them too. (On right)The high light for Bob-O was "Clownfest" in being able to take Zippy to his first real Clown Convention. What a time it was Zippy took in everything that happen around him. He got to talk to some really great clowns and to see tons of clown stuff, make-up, props and best of all he was right in the mist of hundreds of clowns both in clown and out of clown. He saw clowning in a whole new light. What a opportunity for a nine year old to talk with real live circus clowns and to see that they are real people too. This last picture (on right) was two days before my heart attack and the first picture (on left) was one month and one day after. God has been very good to Bob-O and he knows it. With 2001 behind us and 2002 just starting let us look forward and up, to what is before us and have a Terriffical year.
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