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Vaudevilian performer Jon Darnel brings smiles to his audiences as a member of Clowns Without Borders.
Laughter
for all
AgeS
Benefit to support
performance ambassadors
The Portland community is invited to a special
evening o f extremely funny, physical theatre to ben­
efit an organization that offers laughter to relieve the
suffering o f all persons, especially children who live
in areas o f crisis around the world.
The I Ith-annual Portland Clowns Without Bor­
ders benefit show is scheduled Saturday. May 3, at
7:30 p.m. at the Da Vinci Middle School Auditorium.
2508 N.E. Everett St.
The show has always been a great event, with
Portland's finest vaudcvillean performers coming
out to support the cause o f spreading laughter around
the world.
This year'seven! promises to be a raucous evening
o f laughter for all ages. Live music w ill accompany
clowns, jugglers, comic ninjas, acrobats and more.
Some o f Portland's finest and funniest vaudevil-
lian performers have come together in support o f this
great cause, including the Shoe Horn VonTap Quar­
tet, Nanda. Fist o f Dishonor, members and affiliates
o f DoJump!, Nomadic Theatre and Michael O'Neill ol
The Other Brothers.
To reserve your tickets, v is it the website
brownpapertickets.com/event/33371 or buy them at
the door. Admission is $10-25 for adults. $5-10 tor
youth 12 and under.
Clowns Without Borders is an international orga­
nization whose performers visit places like refugee
camps, conflict zones and territories in situations o f
emergency. They bring levity and contemporary
clown/circus oriented performances and workshops
into communities so that they can celebrate together
and forget fora moment the tensions that darken their
daily lives.
The group is currently fundraising to send a group
o f Portland performers to refugee camps in Liberia.
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