All about Go-Go
To
improve her shows and stay current with the latest, she attends continuing
professional education events for clowns all across the country. Go-Go
took 5th place in the world in Costume and Makeup Competition at WCA in
Mesa, AZ in 2003. In 2006, she entered 9 areas at the Clowns of
American International (COAI) competition and won top 10 in 8 of those.
(She placed #11 in the 9th area.) Of those, she placed first in cheek
art face painting and third in skit competition. She also took "Best All Around Clown" at the
Williamsburg Circus Magic Clown Convention. Go-Go has won other
international and regional awards for her clowning as well, in makeup and
costume, ballooning, and paradability. She has attended clown camp at
the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, Comedy Magic Workshop
(formerly Comedy College), KIDABRA, as well as other clown conventions across the
US.
Arla was both an instructor and a judge at the World Clown Association (WCA). She has also taught at the International Face Painting Convention in Orlando, FL and has been one of the instructors who have been asked back for multiple years. She also instructed at local clown alleys in her area and at the Circus Magic Convention in Williamsburg , at Comedy Magic Workshop , at the Balloons and Magic Mania convention ., at Kapitol Klowns workshop, at Kentucky Clown Derby , in Springfield, MASS, and at Clowns for Christ (multiple conventions in multiple states.) She also is the coordinator of the face painting track at the Fellowship of Christian Magicians International Convention in Indiana.
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