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Old 09-15-2007, 06:38 PM
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I just think we need one. One thread where all the resources, books websites, organizations, museums, magazines, and whatever else is out there public that we have used to learn to clown, and other skills, can be seen by all. So post them... if they are not posted already.


Websites: there are definitely many many more good sites out there. Post them, and I will add them too the list here in the first post. I am breaking them up in the broadest of categories to facilitate the wonders of browsing, and me not having to continually make new categories.

Education:
Circus Historical Society
Clown Conservatory
Clown - Wikipedia
ClownEvents.com
The Clown Conservatory
Dell'Arte School
Ecole International de Theatre Jacques Lecoq
The Wright School
performers.net - The Performers' Network - Busking Community
Hickory's Clown Alley
Clown Education Online
http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm..._being_a_clown
Pricilla Mooseburger Originals
Circus Camp
Nose to Nose Workshops
The Simple Fool School

Skills lots of skills:
Balloon HQ presents: Twisting Balloons 101
Cold Reading Resources
All Born Ventriloquists
Card Trick Central
Fire Breathing
Knife Throwing.info
Lightertricks.com
Coin Manipulation
Variety Arts Directory
TricksWithHats.org
Juggling
Magic Tricks
Internet Juggling Database
JuggleThis.net
TeachCircus.com
The Fire Chains Site
Home of Poi
Diabolo Tricks
Diabolo.ca
Professor Wonder's Wonder Factory
Free balloon twisting,model,sculpture instructions
Entertaining with balloon models and sculptures
The Balloon Animals Blog
Bubble Town, soap bubble fun and magic - Home page
The Bubblesphere
Big Bubble Magic
AXTELL EXPRESSIONS Puppets & Magic |Puppets
Ventriloquism 101-Learn How To Be A Ventriloquist.
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/campf...ventriloquism/
The Puppetry Home Page
Ventriloquism - Instructions on How To Talk Without Moving Your Lips
International String Figure Association
WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures
dating services hawaii homes for at darsie.net
Snazaroo USA for face painters
Snazaroo World face paint and body paint
http://www.fbpaa.com
Balloon HQ
How to yoyo
KingsCascade.com
Wildcat Jugglers - Tutorial
Ball Juggling
Juggling with balls
Juggling Instructions : Tricks, tips, videos, how to juggle tutorial
http://balloon.nakayosi.jp/
Fedemelis's alphabetical list of model instructions with links - in English
Juggling Tricks unlimited
Juggle Now


Online publications of various sorts:
http://www.clown-forum.com/
clownalley.net
Reporting on Clowns in the news all over the world
CircusWeb! Circus Present and Past
kidabra.com
CircusNews.com / News.SimplyCircus.com
clownlink.com

groups:
Texas Clown Association
Clowns of America International
Clown Ministry
http://www.cowtownclowns.net/
Mid West Clowns
Red Nose Ranch
clowns without borders-usa
Wise Fool Community Arts
Clowns International
World Clown Association
World Juggling Federation
International Jugglers Association
Cascade Jugglers: The Seattle Juggling club.

Costumes and props:
Mehron
Clown Costumes
Clown Antics Shop
Simplicity Patterns
Pavelka Design
LaRocks Magic
Costumes by Betty
Clown Supplies
Silly Farm Supplies
Dube Juggling Equipment
Jugglingstore.com
Serious Juggling store
Renegade Juggling


Joke sites:
Jokesareawesome.com

Troupes and Personal sites:
Sweet Fanny Adams Theater
Improv Everywhere
Home Page
Charlie the Juggling Clown
Magical Balloon-dude Dale
Lollypop's Site
Chance Marmalade's LinkedIn site
Chance Marmalades fund raising site
Jusby's Wordpress site

Business sort of thing sites
Fundable: A place to raise some money for projects and causes.

Books:

Creative Clowning by Bruce Fife
Why is that so Funny? by John Wright
How to be a Goofy Juggler by Bruce Fife
The Physical Comedy Handbook by Davis Rider Robinson
Clown Alley by Bill Ballantine
Clown Magic by David Ginn
Be A Clown by Mark Stolzenberg
Be a Mime by Mark Stolzenburg
How to be a Compleat Clown by Toby Sanders
The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert
The Mime Book by Claude Kipnis
The Moving Body by Jacques Leqoc
Clown Alley by Bill Ballantine


Movie (more or less) Clowns: Clicking will take you to youtube.

Marx Brothers
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Laurel and Hardy
W.C Feilds
Tim Conway (on the Carol Burnett Show)
Three Stooges
Rowan Atkinson
Harold Lloyd
Peter Sellers
Steve Martin
Zero Mostel
Mel Brooks
Gene Wilder
The Muppets, especially, Fozzy Bear and Gonzo the great.
the Old Warner Brothers cartoons
Animaniacs.
Sid Ceaser

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I'm not at home so I don't have my resources at my fingers, but...

Groups:
www.midwestclowns.net

Movie Clowns:
Harold Lloyd
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I'll throw a quick one in to be added to the magic category:

www.penguinmagic.com

I like it because many of the tricks have videos (both Windows Media and Quicktime) that you can watch before you decide to buy.
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another great group www.rednoseranch.com
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Here are some more I have in my favorites:

Juggling general:
http://www.jugglingdb.com/
http://www.jugglethis.net/
http://www.teachcircus.com/

Poi:
http://www.geocities.com/baja/outback/3100/index.html
http://www.homeofpoi.com/

Diabolo:
http://www.diabolotricks.com/
http://www.diabolo.ca/

General performing/clowning:
http://www.performers.net/
http://www.webclowns.com/index.html
http://www.dufferz.com/ceo/
http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm..._being_a_clown

Balloons:
http://www.mbd2.com/index_IE.html
http://www.professorwonder.com/
http://www.balloondesigns.net/
http://www.magicgeorge.co.uk/entertainer.html
http://www.balloon-animals.com/

Bubbles:
http://www.zurqui.co.cr/crinfocus/bubble/bubble.html
http://www.bubbles.org/
http://www.wetrock.com/BBM/bbm.html

Ventriloquism:
http://www.axtell.com/
http://www.ventriloquism101.com/ventriloquism/index.htm
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/campf...ventriloquism/
http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/
http://www.brownielocks.com/ventriloquism.html

String figures:
http://www.isfa.org/
http://www.alysion.org/string.htm
http://www.darsie.net/string/
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Snugglesnort: You should keep updating your post to add what others have said so you don't have to scroll down to get to the links.
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Dube is a fantastic juggling supplier, their weighted hats are great! I 2nd...or 3rd.... PenguinMagic! That site is terrific! Patrick from ProClownWigs has the best wigs I've probably ever seen. Sillyfarm.com seems like a great place to do business and they have 250 ct of 260Q's for $13 or $14, depending on color variety. Anybody have any good links for facepainting? You clowns are the best! I love this forum! Bravo!
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Face Painting:
www.snazaroo.us (Also www.snazaroo.com links to snaz sites throughout the world.)
www.fbpaa.com (Face and Body Painting Artist Association)

Balloons:
www.balloonhq.net

Education:
www.mooseburger.com

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