Clowns - Oasis Shriners

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Clowns - Oasis Shriners
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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 rickbean@windstream.net. 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.