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June 29-July 4; July 6-9, 2017 Log Sheet #2 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Audio/Video Log Sheet Logger/Videographer: Paul Motsuk John McFarland Recorder Number (Main): CFCG 9 File Name: Open1-0041.wav Presenter: Jeffrey Raz Date/Time: 7-1-17, 11:45 am Program: Circus Arts Stage: Clown Alley Group Name: Healthy Humor Session Title: Humor at [[strikethrough]] as a helpful healing tool, used at hospitals, to help children [[2 Columned Table]] |Participants||Instrument/Occupation/Speaker| |Karen McCarthy| |she created Healthy Humor, a nonprofit org. said Michael is the founder of Healthy Humor it brings humor to children in hospitals| |Michael Christensen| |one of the founders of the Big Apple, is a circus clown, talk about his background, [[?]] an organization called Healthy Humor |Bill Boots (Dr.Boots)| |Bill + Colleen put on their own costumes,| |Colleen Kids (Dr.Pickles)|-> |first year working in clowning, Bill has been doing it for 19 years| Contents/Notes (continue on back): 1. Michael talked about clowning in Europe 2. I talked about Putch Adams, who is a doctor who dresses up an a 4. clawn [[strikethrough]] clown. There was a movie about him. 5. I talked about a conference in Lisbon, Portugal, about professional clowning 6. Karen said that Bill and Colleen put on less make up, because they 8. perform in hospitals. Karen said they always work in teams of two, for dramatic role play and personal support and emotional support Michael said hospital clowns have to be aware of hospital protocol.