Something Silly Clowns

Hey, all Cupcake and Dizzy here. Today we thought we would talk about some of the questions that you likely never even thought to ask before you became a clown. When we became clowns there were many questions swarming our heads, but after awhile we learned that there were EVEN more questions that never would have even dawned on us to ask, that maybe we should have asked. (We are not trying to scare anyone away from clowning, we think that it is a wonderful experience! We just want others to know what we might have wanted to know when we first started Am I willing to change into costume in a nonhome setting? This is a weird one, but you will likely want to put some thought into it. When you change at your event then you can get the advantages of not having to dress ahead of time, or risk anyone seeing you getting out of your car, or walking in with someone if they drove you (therefore there is less of a risk of being recognized,) and instead can just “appear”. Howeve...

You might ask us who we are. Well, we are going to tell you.   We are Dizzy and Cupcake. I’m Dizzy and I have made Dizzy a crazy ‘dizzy’ clown who loves to spin with her pinwheels. And I’m Cupcake and I have made Cupcake a ‘sweet’ clown who loves to play with her bunny frosting. We, Dizzy and Cupcake, are the two clowns that make up Something Silly. Something Silly Clowns is our small Christian clown troop where our main mission is to spread God’s love. We mainly minister to kids ages 2-7 and the elderly. About six months ago we were looking for a name for our troupe and we ran across this, incredible poem by Shel Silverstein called “Put something in.” "Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-grumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before. At that point we became Something Silly, where we were going to “put somethi...