Latest News
Housing & Scholarship Information Update Info
Posted February 18th, 2009 by Richard Snowberg
Greetings from the Clown Camp office. The application deadline for Mark Anthony Scholarships has now passed. Our review committee will very soon begin the review process of all applications.
We have now exceeded 100 registration participants for this summer’s program. All of the apartment accommodations have now been reserved. If you have a registration in the mail, or otherwise have not registered and want this type accommodation, we will add you to a ‘wait list’. It may be possible to get additional persons into the apartments if either we receive cancellations or are allocated more units by the university.
Clown Camp is not full. We still have a good number of standard residence hall accommodations still remaining.
Clown Camp Ends in 2009
Posted January 5th, 2009 by Richard Snowberg
After finishing our 29th year of providing Clown Camp this June in La Crosse, Wisconsin, we will not be continuing this program. It is our intention to provide periodic programs outside of the United States. Likewise we may produce some shorter programs with specific themes or content throughout the coming years. For example we may be returning to Florida to offer another caring clown focused program in conjunction with Give Kids the World. However we will not continue to offer the wide scope programs with 20 or more staff members so many have come to enjoy.
As a result of our decision to discontinue the program we expect to very quickly have a sold out program in June. Currently we have less than 100 spots left for registrants to be accommodated in university housing. If you wish to participate, don’t wait much longer to register.
We do intend to make some changes in this summer’s program so that we can share highlights, stories and images from the past 29 years. Our plans are to lengthen the evening sessions with more special features. Keep revisiting this website for more exciting developments.
Florida Camp Cancelled, La Crosse Camp Going Strong
Posted December 1st, 2008 by Richard Snowberg
Because of the sad state of the economy in the North America, we have experienced very low registrations for our proposed 2009 Florida program. We are thus canceling this program and removing all of the information on this program from our website. We really regret having to take this action, but we only had four registrants as of December 1st. There just wasn’t the interest in this offering that we had anticipated. Those persons who had registered, have been offered a full refund, or a transfer of fees already paid toward our Wisconsin program.
There is no concern over the hosting of the La Crosse program as we already have around 40 registrants already signed up. We have a signed contract with Viterbo University and are very excited about hosting the program at this new site. The classrooms we will be using are first rate, and every session, including the general sessions provided in a theatre, are all in the same building.
Our new website is now here at www.clowncamp.org. Anyone going to one of our previous sites will automatically be transferred to this new site. Here we have expanded opportunities to offer much more information.
Now is the time to download our scholarship form and start preparing your application. We will be awarding around 20 scholarships, and the extra funding can help you cover a portion of your fees. The submission deadline is February 15th, but you may send in your application at any time.
2009 Brings New Facilities and an Additional Location!
Posted November 11th, 2008 by Richard Snowberg
Since 1980, we’ve trained over 6,000 clowns and in 2009 will provide two programs: one at La Crosse’s Viterbo University and the second at The Villages in Central Florida. Each program will feature the same high-quality professional clown arts instructors and performers thousandsof students have experienced in previous years.
Whether you are new to clowning, or an experienced performer, you will find valuable instructional offerings at our programs. Each session provides multiple class offerings as well as at least twice-daily professional clown performances.