Night time clown for Chervona

I'm a day clown for work and a night clown for fun and for balance. Some folks don't like seeing clowns working in nightclubs but that's just silly. Humanity is bawdy and adults deserve a chance to let the hair down and have a good time. There is nothing wrong with adult humor and i make sure our stuff is always positive, never exploitative and no matter how dark the stunt we are doing we are always grinning.
 My favorite singer is the guy from Chervona Mr. Andre Temkin.
His Russian background has him using sounds we don't normally hear in U.S.A. music. This makes the music I want to hear. I love an ass shaking band that is dedicated to joy and goodwill, I'm happy to see them anytime. Boy was I delighted when we struck up a years long friendship. We are also very fond of his "wife to be" Alma, she is a real sharp dream boat box a firecrackers, Andre is very fortunate to have her fancy. She doesn't play an instrument in the band but she out hustles all of them when it comes to keeping Chervona alive. Alma ROCKS! All the Chervonas rock. I have seen them do all weather and venues over the years and I'm proud of the steadfastness they always displayed. I like winners who try and score. They made my year when they asked me to do this show with them at my favorite night venue Dante's Inferno Room.!Chervonas facebook

I love how Russian Chervona is but I also love how American they have become.
Andre and Alma wanted to do up April Fools day right so they asked Rootbeer and I to clown it up proper. That was a dream come true for this clown.
 I don't think he expected us to round up a fantastic Team Jester to join them and the band "All The Apparatus". It was a crunch to get us all on stage and I'm so grateful to them for having patience with us and good happy communication.
 The great dream became a wet dream when I noticed Janaka Jayawardena and co. walking into Dante's with huge camera gear attached. I knew that whatever they taped and edited was gonna rock. I think they did not disappoint. At the planning meeting it was decided that I would create an all star team of positive, interesting, sexy, good clean fun fools to be my gang. I looked around and consulted friends about what archetypes compose the perfect fools.
 I took a long walk in the shower to come up with a storyline. I know what a lot of the life speed bumps are... so I kind of proceeded with that in mind. Making fun of stuff that confounds me.
Also my Russian partners asked that there  be a wedding so I had that in mind too.
 I went out looking for people who the public would be ready to be proud of . Folks who I wouldn't mind engaging in a years long project. People who consistently make touchdowns in their field. Some i have been doing this a long time with, some i always wanted to, someone new to the biz, someone who has never done it before,  it was cool to see the bright attitudes and willingness to work hard.
At the end we got the bonus of a guest appearance by Latisha Strickland a woman I have been a fan of from the gate! So much thanks Chervona bambino Y Alma.

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Backstage!!!!!

Olive had to work overtime making garbage bag choir gowns and balloon bikinis.

Bethan and Mish

Practice!

We love working at Dante's Downtown

I'm allergic to this but more allergic to turning down a meal!~
My facepaint looks weird in bright lighting because it's designed for the lights on stage.Also since my golden age began I grew out of the angry angsty unhappy face and moved on to a happier critter by far.

Painting a bi-racial couple's chests for the amusment of many. They are bi-racial because he just got here from Canada.

J-Peace shows her chest impression...

And her boyfriend's...

Tampons and clown noses ...cannon ammo of course.

A very attractive cigarette girl who was even more attractive because she wasn't actually selling cigs .

Brat and Beer

Clown Rock starin it up for the Circus Project.

Great turn out for Cirque du Stiffy.

I was asked to be on the panel to judge the Portland Fire entertainer of the year.

Jaime Leona gave me a call and asked if i would judge and I jumped at the chance. She runs a tight ship and thats a good indicator that the show will go off well.

I took a bus to Dante's Inferno in Downtown Portland OR.

I got there to find that the MC was the lovely and very funny Curtis Carlyle. I have appreciated this man's presence on the planet for a long time.

The prize was a thousand bucks!!!Those folks cared a great deal. I tried to make it a point to do a good job judging and be fair and honest.

It was great to see 10 acts of varying prowess and originality.

Curtis told the audience that the judges will be paying attention to style, skill, execution and over all performance. This was a tough job but Noah Mickens was there, Leapin Louie and the winner from last year. Between us I'm sure the number of fire acts we have seen is in the thousands.

The question I pondered was "Would I have them in my show?" Unfortunatly most of the time the answer is no. This is a tough game and if you look like every fire spinner under the bridge then I am not gonna give it much weight. I liked the first act because he had lots of heart. It looked like he practiced his act at a construction job when the others were at lunch.

Downstairs (in the dressing room)they all collect for the competition. It's friendly but they are surly sizing each other up. Some are old friends, some strangers all are in the belly of the beast.

What a pleasure and an honor to be a part of this. And I'm also amazed that so many Portland folks turned out on a Sunday night.Trust me...they were glad they did.

It was great to have last years winner Hannah Robin) next to me so I could ask "Is that difficult?"

And the winner was the artist formally known as Andi Lou!!! Thats what ya get for having style, skill, production value, timing and of course pizazz!