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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. $15 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. You can make a donation
electronically to our PayPal accoount. 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 William Q Fool, or by snail mail to The Fools Guild/Joker Editors, 8967 Wonderland Avenue LA, CA 90046-1853. 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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