[Darrell]

I did a birthday party for a 5 year boy this Saturday. When I arrived, he was so scared that he wouldn't come out of his room. There were 2 other kids crying and the rest of the kids were running late. I thought to myself, "this is going to be fun", lol. Since the weather was nice, I suggested that we get everyone outside. I sat up my table near the front deck. As everyone was coming out, the birthday boy and the other kids slowly came out, mainly because the adults were there as well. I acted as though I didn't see them and began doing a little juggling. They seemed to like that OK. After a few more kids arrived, I began the show by doing more juggling and mixing magic tricks, jumbo props, and other silly things. At the end I gave out stickers and made balloons for all the kids. And At the end, the kids weren't afraid of me. It was a real joy to get the kids to think clowns are cool (which they are BTW, lol).

Darrell "Hayseed" 8)