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So You Want To Be A Clown?

You don’t have to run away to join the circus – this week a camp kicks off in Seattle where kids between the ages of eight and 21 can go and train to learn how to juggle, tumble, walk a tight rope and more. But not everyone can pull off a clown nose. Would-be clown Ben Sherrill recounts the story of how he tried – and failed – to become a clown.

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