Jim “Happy Heart” and Bonnie “Merry Heart” Blank have been clowning since 1989, but their #1 love are their many little friends (sometimes called puppets). These two have traveled extensively in the US teaching at conventions and workshops. Their Christian roots bring a joyful spirit to their classes and performances. Bonnie and Jim make many of their puppets, which can be adopted in the dealer room.

Classes:
Clowning Around with Puppets - A lecture on basics with muppet-like big mouth puppets. Hands on time too! Come prepared to participate and have fun. You do not have to be a ventriloquist to be a clown with a puppet. Please bring a puppet if you have one.

Puppet Stages, Props, Scenery & Special Effects - Whack, Bamm, Ouch! If you love building things and you love Pizzazz this is the class for you. The lecture will help you to add things to your puppet routines to make you more desirable to your customers and clients.