Deep Clown Cabaret

We did it! We completed David MacMurray-Smith's 2015 Deep Clown class. And what a transformitive experience it was again. He has such knowledge, and compassion, and generosity. I feel so luck to know and learn from him. Our final assignment was to perform in the Deep Clown Cabaret. Here are some of those photos...

The venue:

Me in my pre-show costume.

 Andrea's great outfit and face...

 Our game faces...

 Clowns backstage.

 The line-up. We did a musical ensemble to start the show...

...then I did a balloon race, a long-armed clock act, and a long arm of the law quick audience piece.

It was a super fun show, and I was so proud of everyone! So proud!!! On Sunday we had a final class full of gratitude, and tears, and beautiful and meaningful graduation coins from David. It was a sweet, sweet end to an inspiring workshop, and just another addition to the compilation of learning opportunities I intend to absorb, and grow from over my lifetime.

 Wren and I went to Mad Skills in Vancouver this weekend... well, we didn't actually participate in the workshops because they were too expensive, but we did do some juggling in a park, wander the streets, and then see the big Mad Skills show that night. Here's some of the fun things we found out...

Wrens wallet is an ATM!

 

Wren is THE non-alcohol section!

The weekend included good times like this!

Being two cheapies can sometimes maybe be a drag, but by not going to the event, we found some rather interesting, productive, and fun things to do.

Wren and I have been pursuing the happy hour scenes in Bellingham for a while now, and this post is from our adventures-in-eating at the Green Frog. Every day from 4pm - 7pm you get a buck off their grilled cheese sandwiches. Here's Wren, at the ready.

What did he have? A Mac-n-Cheese Grilled Cheese sandwich. Yeah buddy!

 They're big, delicious, cheesy sandwiches. We're going back fo sho!

May Vaudevillingham

The set list. I was Super Cowboy (an act I started from Deep Clown) whose job was fighting toilet-paper nightmares, demons, and monsters under yer bed with her trusty squirt gun.

Deep Clown

About 5 years ago, I had the honor and privilege to meet a man named David MacMurray-Smith. He is a clown instructor from BC. It was then that I took his 2.5 month course titled: Creative character development and personal transformation through clown... baby clown. It changed my life. It is still changing my life.

So now, more than 5 years later, I am taking his secondary level class: Deep Clown. 8-hour classes, 3x a week, for 8 weeks. We are halfway through, and I feel the grand effects stirring again. This time I am learning not only as student, but noting how he is teaching, so I can share some of his valuable instruction in my classes. I have so much respect for this man. He is outrageously knowledgeable, hugely inspiring, and supportively dedicated and kind. I really cannot thank him enough.

 From top left: David, Andrea, Melissa, Suna, Avian, Kate, Raj, Nadine, Anwar.

From bottom left: Karim, Allie, Tyrel, Anjela, Me.

I love this work!