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Bo Dino Scholarship
Kynisha “Daisy” Ducre
I’m most grateful to have received the Bo Dino hands-on approach to ensure we gain confidence by
award after leaving my term of office. I chose the doing. Many lecture notes were given out too! There
distinguished Clown Camp! It was my first camp and were a variety of vendors that had amazing prices
the timing worked best for my fun-filled schedule. and to have THE best clown historian present was a
da girl moment for sure.
We checked into a dorm in an amazing college with
lots of smiles. It’s nice to finally meet people I have In the evenings we hung, laughed, reminisced and
seen on social media for years and hug tight, all the looked forward to what was next. We even went on
long time friends. I was assigned a roommate who I a group trip to Circus World, another bucket-list, full
adored on Instagram and we had a blast daily! day of memories. Besides the five extensive buildings
of museums, including the old circus wagons barn,
The schedule was packed with the most eclectic there were three full shows, fair food trailer, an
range of performers, lecturers and special guests. outdoor motorcycle high wire act and the last year
My favorites were the bubbles class, both indoor of elephant rides. The historian, Bruce Johnson, even
and outdoor, hat tricks, social media, circus arts, gained access for us all to experience behind the
magic, puppet making, beginner yo-yo, and even face scenes access to the Circus World Library and unique
painting. archives, which is its own separate building!
There were no competitions which made the All in all, I am still beaming over this partial
learning and class participation high. In this camp scholarship to attend Clown Camp 2023!
style setting, classmates and teachers encourage a
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