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0002-02 JUNE 29- JULY 4; JULY 6-9, 2017 LOG SHEET #3 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/ VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Ingeborg Alt RECORDER NUMBER (MAIN): CFCH 9 FILE NAME: Clown 1-0061.wav RECORDER NUMBER (BACKUP): CFCH 2 FILE NAME: Clown 2-0076.wav PRESENTER: JEFF RAZ DATE/TIME: 07/08/2017, 1PM PROGRAM: CIRCUS ART STAGE: CLOWN ALLEY GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Fundamentals of Funny [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Onion head | | CONTENTS/NOTES (continued on back): 1. Routine w/ magic wand and kid audience participant 2. Pictures of clowns- Bozo, James Stewart 3. Tramp town makeup 4. Tramp town costume/Hobo costume, taken from 1930-40s 5. Red nose - sunburn 6. black @ mouth - in soot 7. white @ mouth - a pear eating & wiping mouth 8. How do clowns get away w/ being funny w/ people + here then laugh? how he get started: At age 57 found a magazine about a circus & was fascinated by it. Couldn't find job 7 so became a circus cook first. Then became a tend net person. Finally, he was allowed to be a clown.