| CLaroL The CLown is back in Kidzland in 2007!!! |
CLaroL is a columnist for the Variety Arts magazine The Funny Paper and co-authored (with artist Sherry Campeau) a children's storybook CLaroL Clickity Clacks. She also co-wrote (with singer song writer Kathleen Hughes) CLaroL's Clubhouse, a children's musical. |
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| CLaroL - Carol Crooks - is an award-winning clown who has performed in a circus, on stages and in the streets of Canada, the USA, Mexico & Central America. But, she is no clown off the street. CLaroL holds an Hon. degree in Drama & Communications Studies from the University of Windsor. She is also a student of renowned mime Sigfrido Aguilar. In 2002, CLaroL's shows and workshops became an integral part of the Ontario Science Centre's exhibit, Circus! In this same year, she became a member artist at the Windsor Essex County School Board in the Learning Through the Arts program. In spring of this year, Carol facilitated a week long children's clown workshop and balloon exhibit at the Art Gallery of Windsor. |
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| Her stage show has taken her to North America's oldest amusement park, Lake Compounce (A Kennywood Theme Park, 2000 & 2001), and to Labrador City Newfoundland! CLaroL's media connections span print, television & radio. She has been featured on CBC TV - It's a Living, CKLW, Young Country FM, and CBC Radio 1, Windsor. CLaroL has also stepped into the corporate world with professional workshops and break-out sessions for Pizza Hut, Bayer, Kel-Com. She has also been a guest lecturer of mime/movement, & circus arts at Windsor's Centre for Creative Studies, University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts, and at clown conventions across Canada. A co-producer of SLapstick SiLLies, CLaroL hooked up with Bob - Bobo- Ammon and shared centre ring and centre stage at the Palace of Auburn Hills with the Royal Hanneford Circus, Michigan Children's Theatre, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and at the National Arts Centre with Canada's National Symphony. SLapstick SiLLies was voted one of the top ten acts at the Kingston Busker Rendezvous in 1995. |
CLaroL will be in Kidzland every day for the 2007 Metcalfe Fair. |
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| Many deals are made at the Ontario Association of Agricultural Fairs Convention held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, in February. Here, at the 2006 Convention, CLarol performs at the Childrens' Showcase, a venue where fair and festival officials can see entertainers "strut their stuff" and hire the right entertainers for their event. CLaroL was a big hit at the 2005 Metcalfe Fair, and she is booked to return to Metcalfe in 2007. |
| We dropped by CLaroL's booth to say "Hi", but she wasn't there. We waited around and had a nice chat with her manager, Carol Crooks, but CLarol didn't show up before we had to leave. (You don't suppose??? ..... Naa, CLaroL's a blonde.) |
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