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Am
I a fool? Just ask your 7th
grade gym teacher or your ex-spouse for an informed
answer. Why
do fools fall in love? To get to the other
side. What really is the point of the Fools Guild? I'm glad you asked. If I
could only stop the sound of one hand clapping long enough
to concentrate I'd give you an answer. Folks who resonate
with the image and notion of the fool often like to cavort
and revel with like mimes...uh...minds. Through themed
costume parties and other creative events, the Fools Guild
provides opportunities for spontaneous theatre, dancing,
inhibition removal, professional variety performer
networking and general foolishness. What
happens at the Fools Guild parties? A little song a
little dance a little seltzer in your pants. But
not usually seltzer. People wear costumes, shmooze,
interact, improvize, spontaneously engage in social
intercourse and have fun. We often have short live
variety performances or some humorous theatricals
and then folks get back to dancin' and playin'.
We want interested folks to
receive the Joker regardless of their ability to operate a
checkbook. That said, there is an expense associated with
producing the Joker, so we do need funds. $10 a year is the
basic suggested donation, but larger donations are
gratefully accepted and much needed. We figure, those who
can pay, will support those who can't
pay. Do
I have to be a bad speller to be a member?
No, but it helps.
But lets look at this member thing. Many of our ilk
eschew the term member for the term......ilk.....or
....whatever. Ours is a (dis)organization and many
of our "policies" are in flux and more traditions
than rules. We are formally informal. You're a Fool even if you don't think you are -- no, ESPECIALLY if you don't think you are. Come to an event, and you're one of us. But
what is the Fools Guild? Go to the website
and check it out. Oh, dagnabit, you already did
that. Ummmm...well....ask a different fool get a
different answer...but a bunch of folks, mostly in
LA area who mostly used to work the Renaissance
Faire who like to get together at least 3 times a
year, have big costumed parties and have fun...
Most identify with the archetype of the Fool as a
nonconformist, truth through play, wisdom through
silliness, kind of thing. Many of us are
performers, jugglers, actors, musicians,
improvisers, clowns, artists.....and just plain old
eccentrics. Easy. Write some material (it must be written by you) and send it by email to Williamqfool@aol.[nospam]com, removing the [nospam] from the address when you do, or by snail mail to The Fools Guild/Joker Editors, P.O. Box 1890 Burbank, CA 91507. Publication is not guaranteed, but highly likely. Please, no recycled materials from the Internet. We want original, fool-written materials only. Artwork is also acceptable.
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