July 10, 2007 minutes    

"J's" announcements:

 

Next meeting will be at Salem Willows. Royal offered his store because of the parking problem at the Willows on Tuesdays - it’s concert night. Someone suggested moving the meeting to
Monday Night, 8/13/07 at 6:30 , to avoid the parking problem.
We will MEET AT PEPIE'S PIZZA

 

The September meeting will be at the Essex Mall. We will eat at the Essex Deli, and go to Jay’s haunted house. The club will pay the group rate of $4. Non-member guests will pay $4.00.

 

The treasurer’s report was accepted. ---- Last month’s secretary’s report was accepted.-- Old business: None.
New Business:

Don Caldwell Tjam on the Road is coming to the North Reading Masonic Hall, on Wednesday, Aug. 22, sponsored by Twist N Shout 2008.

Jam with Stretch on 8/29/07 at Glenna’s church in Burlington - pot luck supper.
"J" thanked the following for marching in the July 4 parade in Wakefield. Carol, Pam Bridge, The Wolfendales, John TrIx, Cheryl, Petunia and husband, Mary Downing and 11 family members, Dana and John, Milton, Jonathan, and Jonathan’s girlfriend, Chuckie Cheese and 5 characters.

Correspondence:

Perky thanked the club for the fruit basket for his mother’s passing.

Good and Welfare:

Cheezo reported that Charlie is improving. Hap had a mini stroke and is out of the hospital.

Bruce reported that he read that a former member died. He could not remember who, but he later reported it to be Norman Cheney, Co-Co the Clown.

Clown Day will be on Saturday, August 4, at Salem Willows, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Balloons and facepainting will be from 10 to 2:00 PM/ The show will be from 2:30 to 3:30. We will break down, and go to lunch at 4:00 PM.

Jim Luscotoff from Andover was a guest.

Show & Tell: Jim Brier showed how to use snow powder to make a snowman, and how to pass a piece of metal thru a beer bottle using a magnetic ring. "J" demonstrated a fast Elmo on a stick. Under inflate a white 6” heart or 5” round and divide into two eyeballs. Under inflate a 5” orange and attach to the eyeballs to form a nose. Inflate a red 260 with a 2” tail. Twist a 1” bubble. Loop twist a 7” bubble. Repeat this step. Twist the eyes/nose assembly into the 260, about 1” from the second loop twist. Now thread the 260 through the loops and you’re done. Royal later made this into a hat. He started out with almost a standard hat base. He made the loop around the head, but attached the end of the balloon to a point that was not quite opposite the lock twist. He then twisted Elmo into this off-center peak of the hat, and he twisted Elmo’s tail into the rear of the hat. Change the colors, and you change the character: Blue 260 and red nose = Grover
Green = Kermit. Draw those funny eyeballs. All Blue = Cookie Monster Orange with pink nose = Zoe

Glenna showed a glitter painting technique she learned at convention. She painted glue on an arm, then sprayed glitter on it. She then brushed the excess away. She did it over a box to contain the glitter. She used a kit she bought from Clownstuff.com. The glue applicator seems to be a lip gloss bottle and applicator. The adhesive is like Jim Howle Restickable Adhesive.                                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                                CLOWNDAY 2007
 

     NEXT MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 13 2007

       AT PEPIE'S AT SALEM WILLOWS PARK

                                         6:30 PM