Pag SA August 22, 2018
Top, a stage full of clowns of all shapes and sizes dance to
a medley of popular tunes at the Monroe County Fine Arts
Center on Aug. 16. Above, a clown from the American Clown
Academy made Avery Donovan smile in the lobby of the Fine
Arts Center during the hour before their show on stage be-
gan. It was a close call whether the clowns, children or adults
had more fun. (Photos/Diane Glidewell)
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1he Footsteps Through Forsyth, Artisan Walk will be held in the
Historic city of Forsyth, Ga. The show is woven in and around the
downtown area on paved surfaces, sidewalks and courtyards.
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By Diane Glidewell laughter. The American
news@mymcr.net Clown Academy, now
owned by Monroe County
If there was a barometer natives Lee and Rebecca i
to measure feelings of good Andrews, held its firsfan-
will in an area, the reading nual camp locally, utiliz-
in Forsyth would have been ing Georgia Baptist Camp
at high levels the week of Kaleo. The Clown Acad=
Aug. 13-17 as about 132 emy also partnered with
people came to town to Monroe County Schools
learn and share tips about to bring its Big Top Show
how to generate smiles and to the Fine Arts Center on
Saturday, September 8, 2018
8:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Located on the Square Jackson Street
1OxlO Booths Available $5.OO
Shop and/or Sell
For more information,
please contact
Forsyth Main Street at
(.478) 994-7747
www.ma,nstreet'cityofforsyth.net
Thursday and donating the
$5 admission to the school
system.
The downs converged
on Monroe County from
throughout the U.S. and
Canada. They ranged in age
from 18 to almost 90. Some
have been clowns for years;
others are just exploring
downing. There were men
and women and many
different types ofentertain-
a group of Santa Clauses.
What unites them all is a
love of seeing people, espe-
cially children, laugh.
Clowns, many of whom
had previously attended the
American Clown Academy
in Ohio, were delighted
with the facilities at Camp
Kaleo, from the cabins to
the meeting hall/gymna-
sium and the beautiful out-
door sites for pie throwing
and water spitting practice.
Lee and Rebecca said the
management team at Camp
Kaleo was very accommo-
dating and helpful. There
were prestigious instruc-
tors at the camp, several of
whom have decades of
entertainment experience,
even working for Ringling
Brothers and Barnum &
Baile) being inductees of
the International Clown
Hall of Fame, being suc-
cessful authors and having
movie, Broadway and other
media credits.
The community filled the
Fine Arts Center for the
Big Top Show, enjoying
eh,~ p,~rcnnal contact
with
the downs for face paint-
ing, balloon art, selfies and
laughs for an hour before
the show, and then taking
in the well choreographed
performance highlighted
by the first class sound and
lighting of the FAC--and
balloon decorations every-
where.
See more about the
American Clown Academy
in Forsyth, including lots of
pictures, in the Reporters
Welcome Home magazine
coming this
Fall.
MONROE
COUNTY
This will greatly
contribute to the continued
and prosperity of
Monroe County,
BIBB
COUNTY
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