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Today wed like to introduce you to Carmen Tellez. Carmen, lets start with your story. Wed love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. As a teen, a youth group I attended asked me to wear a Ninja Turtle costume for a big children event. I agreed since I was pretty involved and really wanted to see the kids have a good time.... We had a bunch of family & cousins at parties growing up, so I knew how kids Loved fun stuff. That started a whole new level of appreciation of patience, kindness, controlling situations and water. A few years later after completing a printing course in high school and in a regional occupational program (the then R.O.P.) in PRINTING, a friend whom doubled as a clown asked that I face paint as a clown at his next gig with him for his clown business. I kindly declined, explaining that I do not like clowns. He was surprised and explained that since I already know him and since I like kids and know some art appreciation that hed buy me the paints and that he already promised the client hed have a face painter side kick there to help him. I couldnt say no after that. Boy did those kids have a great time. But I still did NOT like the clown Eggo. I did want to help though so I went to the library to learn what a clown is supposed to look like, dress like, act like. My friend is far from what I was learning as I suspected. Frosty Little was the featured Ringling Clown in the How-to VHS from RBBB circus. I continued with clowning and shortly after a few months, the other clown quit (hed been clowning previously for 2 years). I let go my Eggo. One day, I was invited to a new clown club Latin Clowny Town. I was encouraged to go out and find other clowns to join. I did, I attended, I learned, I was hooked. My friend Bubulina introduced me to a couple of clown magazines Clowning Around and the New Calliope. What? There are so many more clowns in the state? country? world? Wow!!!!! There are clown conventions?! Clown supplies?! I was on a roll now. In 1998 I quit my full-time ...Read More