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Jo Barkoukis |
"Sunshine" |
"Tew
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"Ditzy" |
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Jo Barkoukis |
"Sunshine" |
"Tew
Bit" |
"Ditzy" |
Synopsis
Entertaining since 1994; Clowning, face painting extraordinaire, advanced balloon sculpting, comedy magic, stage shows, birthday parties, company events, promotional events, nursing & day care centers, hospitals and church ministry.
Mother, with years of day care experience. Also over 30 years of experience working closely with children and children's ministries' programs at many churches.
Community Volunteer; Nursing home visitations, Children's Hospital entertaining & visitations, Special Olympics Volunteer, Children's church ministry, Summer Gospel Fest, Girl Scout leader and trainer, Downs Syndrome Association...
Samples
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Jo - Face painting |
Flowers |
Fired Up Superhero! |
Butterfly & Name |
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Jo - Balloon Sculpting |
Penguin |
Holiday grouping |
The Chief |
Affiliations
C.H.U.M.S. (Clown Harvesters Universal Missionary
Servants) since 1999
Funnel Ministries, Columbus, OH
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World Clown Association (WCA) |
The Fellowship of Christian Magicians |
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The Klown Klub clown alley; member since 1995 |
Joey's For All clown alley |
| 1996 President and Volunteer Coordinator 1997 Newsletter Editor 1998 President 1999 Vice-President and education coordinator 2002 President. |
1999 President and education coordinator 2000 Vice-President and Acting President |
1995, '96, '97, '98, Graduate of ClownTown |
Education
Attending clown continuing-education seminars every year since 1994, advancing the skills of my craft to be able to offer excellence in performance for your event.
I have the privilege of instructing the fine art skills of clowning for continuing-education seminars in face painting, balloon sculpting, clown ministry, business ethics, techniques and skills for;
| * The Klown Klub | * Ohio Fellowship of Christian Magicians | |
| * Joeys-for-all Clown Alley | * Church workshops | |
* ClownTown |
* C.H.U.M.S. Conference |
Events
Averaging over 200 events every year. A sampling of my engagements are; stage shows, 'walkaround',... for Fox 28 Kids Klub, American Diabetes Assoc., Columbus Blue Jackets, Discover Card, WBNS TV10 Operation Feed, 'Friend to Friend' WSFJ TV51 show, Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, Popcorn with the Pops, The Limited and Limited Too!, Colgate Palmolive, Andersen Consulting, The Columbus Clippers Winter Festivals, Columbus Festival of Trees, Wisconsin Cranberry Festival, Westerville, Dublin and Reynoldburg Parks & Rec. Dept. events, and Les Wexner's 'New Albany Classic'...
I've
worked with many different Central Ohio
entertainment companies.
(Letters of recommendation available upon request)
Restaurant Experience
| * Hoggy's, Gahanna | * Damon's Grill, Pickerington | * Rally's Burgers, 5th Ave. |
| * Hoggy's, Grandview | * Damon's Grill, OSU Campus | * Rally's Burgers, High St. |
| * Hoggy's, Linworth | * Don Pablos, Noe-Bixby Rd. | * Rally's Burgers, Hamilton Rd. |
| * Dairy Queen, Heath | * Denny's, Reynoldsburg | * Rally's Burgers, Morse Rd. |
| * O'Charley's, Morse Rd. | * Taranto's Pizza Barn | * Chik-fil-A, 2 locations |
And finally, I've had the extreme pleasure of working with nationally known clowns - Don "Homer" Burda (middle) and Leon "Buttons" McBryde (top) for Sears (Orchard's Convention). That's my friend Marion "Mitzi" Landis on the far left.
Did you read all that? Wow, thanks!
clownmail@imaqtclown.com
