Helloooo there and welcome to my web page.
This is the part where I get to tell you about myself and how I became involved in clowning.
Let’s go back to the beginning, when I was twelve years old. I was very interested in magic and would volunteer at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital by doing magic shows for the kids. After I finished performing one day, the nurses asked if I could do a private show for a seven-year-old boy with Leukemia who was not able to get out of bed. I was happy to oblige and gave him a private magic show. I dropped in to visit with him the following week and it turned out that after my show, his parents had bought him a magic set. This made a big impact on me and I continued to visit and teach him magic up until his death a couple of months later.
As the years passed, I became less and less involved with magic until I was in the Navy. I read a book about clowns and realized how much I missed performing, along with the impact it had on both children and adults. I looked up the local clown group of Oklahoma City, and found a few wonderful clowns who gave me a crash course on makeup, balloon animals, and basic clowning. They let me join them in the 4th of July parade and church events twisting balloons. Who would have thought I would join the Navy and come out a clown?
After I got out of the Navy, I did some traveling and met amazing jugglers, unicyclists, and fire dancers. When I returned home to Arizona, I went to a weeklong intensive clown camp in Minnesota and learned from some of the finest and most professional clowns in the country.
I continue my education of balloon art, juggling, magic and the wonders of clowning. I have done many birthday parties, art festivals, school open houses and some theater performances. What continues to amaze me is that clowning is not just silly makeup and knock-knock jokes, but a truly organic performance that mystifies and humors people of all ages, races and creeds.
I look forward to meeting you and providing an enjoyable experience you will not soon forget.
Thank you,
Hermee the Clown