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Clowns - Oasis Shriners
H CLO AV W E N M S O RE R E H S! T F CU O S CIR R TA INE S H S Revised 4/2014 Active Clowns Wayne Alley “Mr. Dimples” Red Nose Award— ’13, Circus Clown of Year—’15 Al Clegg “Poppi” Clown of the Year— ’11/13 Circus Clown of the Year—’07/13 Alex Bass “Sax” Mark Murphy “Shortcake” Red Nose Award—’05 Circus Clown of the Year—’12, Past Captain Jim Beggs “Sunny” Red Nose Award—’13 Ted Shriver “Ted-E” Clown of the Year—’01/’05/’07 Red Nose Award—’08 Active Clowns Joe Neto “Pockets” Red Nose—’15’ Clown of Year -’14/15 Jason Whipple “Hot Wheels” Red Nose-’14, Circus Clown of Year-’14 Veteran Clowns Ron Bach “Papa”/”Arty” Past Captain Robert Bickel “BoBo” Clown of the Year—’99’03 Circus Clown of the Year—’04/’05/’06 Past Captain Rick Bean “Trix”/”Rags” Past Captain Veteran Clowns Steve Chachoff “Squeezebox” Red Nose Award—’99 Bob Dye “Dadu” Circus Clown of the Year—’92 Past Captain John Farris “Farriswheel” Clown of the Year—’09 Red Nose Award—’00 Circus Clown of the Year—’10 Grover Eury “Goliath” Veteran Clowns French Harvey “Couzin Wilbur” / “Patches” Clown of the Year—’06, Circus Clown of the Year—’91/’11 Red Nose Award—’09, President SASCA—’93-’94 Past Captain Charlie Johnson “Gummy” Circus Clown of the Year—01 Lewis James “Louie” Past Captain Ron Lebold “Jazz” Clown of the Year—’08 Veteran Clowns Gerald Loftin “Doodlebug” Circus Clown of the Year—’99/’’08/09 Past Captain Jim Self “T Bear” Virgle McClure “Mac” Circus Clown of the Year—’94/’95 Barry Winecoff “Toyo” Circus Clown of the Year—’98/’00/’03 Past Captain Retired Clowns Dixon Adams “Parson” Bobby Cranor “White” Wray Fraizer “Slow Poke” Ray Hough “Puddles” Joe Killough “Hobeau” James Sikes Ralph Stevenson Jimbo” “Popcorn” Willis Guyton “Zippy” Jim King “Mr. Clean”“ 2015-2117 Officers John Farris Captain Joe Neto 1st Lieutenant Jason Whipple 2nd Lieutenant Rick Bean Secretary Steve Chachoff Treasurer Charlotte International Car Show Mecklenburg Shrine Club Santa Day Shrine Bowl in Spartanburg, SC Social Events Clown Unit Ladies Weekend in 2010, a visit to Charleston, SC. Included a visit to the Citadel and a dinner cruise in the Charleston Harbor. In 2013 our weekend was in Greenville, SC and included visits to the BMW plant and Shriners Hospital. Awards Wayne Alley Circus Clown of the Year—2015 Joe Neto Clown of the Year—2015 Clown of the Year Circus Clown of the Year 1995—French Harvey and Ralph Stevenson 1996—Sam Garrison 1997—Jim Stanner 1998—Fred Bowles 1999—Robert Bickel 2000—Sam Garrison 2001—Ted Shriver 2002—Jim Stanner 2003—Robert Bickel 2004—Ted Kale 2005—Ted Shriver 2006—Joe Killough 2007—Ted Shriver 2008—Ron Lebold 2009—John Farris 2010—Al Clegg 2011—Truett Harrelson 2012—Tom Acklam 2013- Al Clegg 2014—Joe Neto 2015—Joe neto 1991—French Harvey 1992—Bob Dye 1993—Jim King 1994/95—Virgil McClure 1996/97—Ted Kale 1998—Barry Winecoff 1999—Gerald Loftin 2000—Barry Winecoff 2001—Charles Johnson 2002—Same Garrison 2003—Barry Winecoff 2004/05/06—Robert Bickel 2007—Al Clegg 2008/09—Gerald Loftin 2010—John Farris 2011—French Harvey 2012—Mark Murphy 2013—Al Clegg 2014—Jason Whipple 2015—Wayne Alley Red Nose Award 1999—Steve Chachoff 2000—John Farris 2005-Mark Murphy 2007—Joe Killough 2008 –Ted Shriver 2009—French Harvey 2010—Truett Harrelson 2011—Tom Acklam 2012—Jim Beggs 2013—Wayne Alley 2014—Jason Whipple 2015—Joe Neto A Letter to New Nobles: Congratulations on becoming a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and joining the fellowship of Oasis Shrine, You will find that being a Shriner has many personal rewards as you work for the cripple and burn child. One of the best ways to get fulfillment out of being a Shriner is to become a member of a unit and/or club. I would like to bring to your attention one of the most active and colorful units in our shrine center, the Oasis Shrine Clowns. One of the greatest feelings in the world is to bring happiness to others. There is no other vocation that I know of that causes someone to smile automatically when they meet a clown. Even our senior citizens love clowns because it reminds them of the youth. To know how important shrine clowns are to our philanthropy, the next time you are visiting the Greenville, SC Shriners Hospital, notice the wall on the second floor dedicated solely to shrine clowns! You too can enjoy these blessings. Our clown unit is seeking new members. What do we do? Well most of our activities are entertaining the public at parades, both shrine ceremonial parades and public parades throughout the Oasis jurisdiction. Many of our parades are during the holiday season. We also make appearances at various local car shows at which we receive donations for the hospitals. However the most unique activity that we have is to perform at the Oasis Shrine Circus each year. We are the only unit that is actually a part of the circus program each year. The circus producers these days do not employ a group of clowns anymore so they rely on us. We mingle with the audience before the show and during intermission and then during the show perform a skit. We have monthly meetings, generally on the first Friday of each month except July and August. Our wives have formed a wives group that also meets the same night as our group. They also schedule some special functions for themselves throughout the year. In February, we host a big social event in honor of wives. In 2010, we held it in Charleston, SC, in 2011 in Savannah, GA , in 2012 in Myrtle Beach and in 2013 in Greenville, SC and had a great weekend. Each of our clowns has a unique makeup and costume. Don’t worry; we have nobles that have been a clown for many years that share their talents with our new members. Fortunately, there is a local costume shop that has most of the makeup supplies that we use. Some of our clowns make their own costume (with or without their wife’s help) and some purchase professionally made costumes from costume dealers. The cost to belong; believe it on not, we are relatively inexpensive compared with other units. There is no small vehicle, musical instrument or expensive uniform to buy. We do have some modest annual dues. Our unit would encourage you to consider joining us. We have a lot of fun and most importantly, bring a lot of joy and happiness to others. I can tell you from personal experience that you will never forget when one of “our” kids come up to you and gives you a big hug because you brought joy to them. Feel free to call me if you have any questions or call our Secretary, Rick Bean, for a petition at 980-581-0401. Fraternally yours, John “Farris Wheel” Farris Captain 704*604-5024 COME JOIN US FOR “FUN” AND “FELLOWSHIP”! For information on joining the Oasis Shrine Clown Unit, contact Secretary Noble Rick Bean at 980-5810401 or email [email protected]. This web page was crested by Past Captain French Harvey. Photographs were provided by Nobles C. L. Abernathy, Steve Jordan, Mark Murphy, Ted Kale, Barry Winecoff , Al Clegg and French Harvey.
