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The Villages Clown Alley 179
at WCA Convention
AnnMarie Priorello
Recently, approximately 25 clowns included chips, drinks and cookies! That
from The Villages Clown Alley 179 in was 13 crockpots worth of BBQ! And, they
The Villages, Florida attended the WCA cleaned up afterward as well! Rumor has
Convention in Orlando, Florida. They not it that the leftovers provided more meals
only were able to attend the informative for the next couple of days! In addition to
classes that were presented, but they all the volunteering and classes attended,
showed their true spirit by helping in they also had several clowns competing in
many different ways. When the clowns all of the competition events, and three of
arrive at the convention, they first go to their clowns medaled! Diane “Deenie” Jett,
the registration table to register and sign medaled in ALL six areas of competition!
in. There they were greeted and helped And who can forget the cat pirates at the
by three clowns from 179. Throughout the theme party leading the crowd in the conga
week, many more clowns from the alley line, and other dances.
worked as runners, timers and tabulators
for the judges of the competitions. Several The Villages Clown Alley 179 is a Lifetime
more were found putting together racks and Alley of WCA and we were so pleased to take
helping to sort things for the scholarship advantage of the wonderful opportunities
auction. And on Wednesday of the week, presented by the World Clown Association
they cooked crockpots full of pulled Convention in Orlando. Just to add to the
pork and chicken and served everyone fantastic week, we were also named WCA
at the convention a lunch! Not only did Alley of the Year for 2023! What a wonderful
they provide BBQ sandwiches, but also experience, all around! We can’t wait for
WCA in Dallas, Texas May 3-7, 2025!
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