I have been clowning since 1991. I learn about COAI by attending a conference
about "Students At Risk". Mary Garvey was conducting a workshop on
clowning with Middle School students. She told me about Alley 128 St. Louis
Clowns of America and the rest is history as they say. I have been to Clown Camp
twice. I have attending several national conventions. I am the past president of
Alley 128. As in the "real world" as I call it, I am an assistant
principal at a Elementary School in St. Louis, Mo.