Some raves and reviews about Charles...
Best wishes to you in your own creative ways of helping children and
their families enjoy party times. We are happy to have your book in our library
here at the office. I feel that we are all working together to help
children grow in a healthy way.
- Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
I just wanted to send a special "thank you" your way for the wonderful
entertainment you provided during our company event on Friday. I received
nothing but praise for Charles and his magic and humor by the staff and
management.
-Tracy Wolfe, Vulcan Northwest
Charles The Clown knows how to entertain children. He's gentle
and funny and when I showed his tape to my child, she loved it over and over
again!
- Leonard Maltin, Entertainment Tonight
We were so delighted to have you perform at our PTA Father/Son and
Mother/Daughter celebrations. We have been overwhelmed with the response
from the students and parents who attended the events. Your performances
were exactly what we had hoped for. Thank you for your willingness to work
with such large audiences with a wide range of ages. We thank you for your
exceptional act, your promptness and professionalism, and the pleasure we had
working with Linda on the details to meet our PTA's needs.
- JoAnn Horner, Co-1st Vice President, Echo Lake Elementary PTA
Charles has that rare ability to truly reach the concerns of children
and not merely make them laugh at silly pranks. I see many children's
performers who are full of razzle dazzle, yet are totally out of touch with the
needs of children. Charles speaks the language of children, he manages to
be quite entertaining while offering something more than flash and gimmicks.
He is a warm, kind, funny human being, and these qualities transcend into his
performance. After seeing Charles The Clown, children will have learned a
subtle little lesson about becoming kinder, more considerate people.
- Susan Jayson, Founding Director, Children's Playce Museum, North Hollywood, CA.
Many thanks for the performance. While all of the children
enjoyed it, I want to tell you that Henry, who was the phobic one, told his mom
that he might ask you to his birthday party.
- Janie Lou Hirsch, Director Westland School, Los Angeles, CA
Wow!! Where did you find him?!! was the response we kept getting
from parents of children who attended Connor's 5th birthday party. Your
style, your stage presence, your professionalism, and your way of engaging the
children have impressed all the parents and captured the hearts of all the
children at the party.
- Juli J. W., parent, Redmond, WA
It was so exciting to see the children light up with happiness as you
entertained with your magic tricks and rhymes. Even the young boy who
vomited just before your show was smiling and interacting with you during your
show! Isn't that what you are all about... bringing smiles to sick
children? I also appreciate the professionalism that you and your support
staff exhibited throughout the planning and organization of this event. It
is so good to work with people who understand the unique needs of children in
the hospital.
- Doug Leffin, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA
Just a note to thank you, Charles, for another extraordinary
performance. It takes a very special person to make people laugh.
Knowing the circumstances of many of our children, the love you share with them
is extra special
- Sharron R. Marsh, Chairperson, Board of Directors, Mariposas Foundation, for children with cancer and catastrophic diseases
We wish to thank you for being such an important part of our
alcohol/drug prevention programs for Mariposa's young students. Our
feedback is that you were hilariously funny and that the teachers and principals
as well as the children found your performances fascinating and had a great
time. We hope that you will participate with us again next year.
-Cathleen McNamara, Kings View Alcohol and Drug Services for Mariposa County, CA
Charles is a Renaissance man author, clown, magician, political
writer. What I find fascinating about him is his unique ability to work
with children. He is very aware of the psychological implications of
clowns and the dynamics of performing for children. He is warm,
intelligent a Mister Rogers in a clown wig!
- Elaine Fleming Director, Kidspace, a participatory museum, Pasadena, CA
I am delighted to be able to introduce Charles The Clown to parents and
fellow educators. At last, a magician and clown who is charming,
intuitive, wholesome, sweet and non-threatening to the most timid child.
Charles is a class act and a very special clown. He has the children
captivated and in stitches.
- Bridgit Smith, Paddington House School
Thank you for responding to our call for celebrities attend the holiday
party at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, for visiting the besides of the patients
and making them laugh while often holding back your own heartfelt tears...
- Betty White, Honorary Chairperson, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Thank you for the needed information on how to entertain children in
the hospital. ... I was asked to do a puppet show at a hospital.
I got cold feet because this is very, very new to me, and I needed
desperately to find some information on every topic that you covered! It
is truly a God sent blessing and I just wanted to share that with you and let
you know that I really appreciate your precious gift to me and the children in
the hospital. I will now have the confidence I need to go forth with this
privilege of giving to someone else who is in need.
- Diane Kiel, an email to Charles
No wonder you're appearing everywhere this summer.. our children's room
was packed with close to 300 children and parents... I was warned by my staff
about the parents who could be less attentive than their youngsters, but your
entertaining program kept everyone captivated throughout.
- S. Park, LA Public Library
Charles has performed almost 10,000 shows.
Here are some of his clients...
FAMILY SHOWS: Fred Hutchinson Institute School (Parent Night), The Bellevue Club, The Lake Hills Club, North Shore Golf Club,
Inglewood Golf Club, Portage Bay Yacht Club, Cottage Lake Beach Club, Newport Yacht Club, Seattle Tennis Club, Pro Sports Club,
Viewridge Swim & Tennis Club, City of Lake Forest Park, Third Place Books, The College Club, Stroum Jewish Community Center,
East Madison YMCA, University of Washington graduate student housing, Seattle Professional Photographers Association, Pied Piper Productions,
University of Washington Department of Pediatrics, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Crossroads Community Center, U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mariposa,
The Hawthorne Inn, Montlake Community Center, Kids Space (LA), Los Angeles Children's Museum,
Children's Playce
(LA), UCLA employees .....CORPORATE: Microsoft, Vulcan Northwest, LMN Architects, Luminous Technology Corp, Mutual of Omaha, Concur Technologies, Delta Airlines, Host International, South Capital Partners, Com. Group, Best Foods, AirTouch Cellular, IBM, Excell Data Corporation, Ceptyr Corporation, Icon Office Solutions, Exxon, Preferred Chemical & Equipment Company, Readapt Systems & Peripherals, Inc., Hartung Glass Industries, General Foods, Kraft Foods, URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, Costco, Capitol Records, Safelite Auto Glass, Security Contractor Services, Ramada Inn, Action Events, Albertsons, Holiday Inn SeaTac, Dicks Drive-In Corporate, Woodenville Water District, Charlie's Produce, Mechanic Inc., Seacast Company, The Boeing Corporation, Howard & Frost Advertising, Botanical Design, Crown Hill Chiropractic, Attachmate .....
SPECIAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS, THEME PARKS: Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Bumbershoot, U.S. Olympic Arts Festival, Theatre Arts Festival For Youth,
Des Moines Waterland Festival, Meeker Mansion & Safe Streets, Salmon Days, Shoreline Arts Festival, Heritage Festival, Nibble of Northshore,
Real Time Productions, Mercer Island Rotary Run Day - Half Marathon, Madison Park annual picnic, Children's Miracle Network, Campfire Girls Jammin' Jamboree,
ALS Walk, Mill Creek Festival, AIDS Walk, Alburn Good Old Days, Lake Forest Park Farmers Market grand opening, Des Moines Parks & Recreation Family Fun Day,
Snoqualmie Valley Railroad Days, Lake Forest Park Children's Parade, American Diabetes Association, Candlewood/Carriagewood
picnic, Tacoma Rainiers Stadium, Tillicum Village .....
EARLY CHILDHOOD & ELEMENTRY: Boeing Family Centers Childcare, County Village School, The French American School of Puget Sound, Country Day School,
Canyon Park Montessori, Mary Pop Ins, Sunset Elementary School, Ravenna Eckstein Recreation Center, Bellevue School District Summer Childcare Program Field Day,
Harbor Square Athletic Club Childcare, Children's World Learning Centers, Countryside Montessori Child Care, Holy Rosary School,
Bothell Daycare Living Hope Christian Fellowship, Ballard First Lutheran Child Care Center, Evergreen Academy, Burien Co-Op, Backstage Dance,
Capitol Hill Co-Op, Pinehurst
Child Care Center, Brown Bear Edu-Care, Paddington House (St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church preschool), Small Faces Child Development Center,
Lake Hills Montessori, Greenwood School, St. Therese School, Issaquah Co-Op Preschool, KinderCare Centers, Nancy's Noah's Ark, all KIDS 'N US Childcare Centers,
Child Development Center of Shoreline Christian Church, Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center Preschool Co-Op, Green Lake School Age Program, Emerald City Gymnastics,
Mukleshoot Tribal School, Emmanuel Day School, Spirit Ridge Child Care Center, Hiawatha Community Center, Hurray For Me, Hazelwood Elementary, Lowell Elementary,
Children's Circle (CA), Beverly Glen Play Group (CA), Los Angeles Family School, Edmonds Athletic Club Child Care Center .....
LIBRARIES: (Over 500 shows) King County Library System, Seattle Public Libraries, Timberland Regional Library System, Pierce County Libraries,
Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Kitsap Regional Library System, Multnomah County (OR), Washington County Library Systems (OR), Santa Barbara Libraries (CA),
MCLS Library System (CA), Pasadena Public Libraries (CA), Burbank Public Libraries (CA), Los Angeles City Library System, Los Angeles County Library System,
Glendale Public Libraries (CA), Mountlake Terrace Library, Burlington Public Library (WA), Sedro Wooley Public Library (WA), La Connor Public Library (WA) Grand openings for Shoreline Library,
Issaquah Library, Bellevue Library and others.
MAGIC SHOWS: National Association of Housing & Redevelopment National Convention, Eye Associates Northwest, Cub Scout Pack 747, Sunrise Assisted Living,
Foss Village, Providence Everett Medical Center, Seattle Police Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honey Farm Inn, Black Diamond King County Fire District #17,
US Postal Employees Union, Administrative Services Employees Association, Camp Kol
Rena, Holiday Inn SeaTac (employees) Ulvanny
G-2 Architecture .....
COLLEGES: Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Western Washington University - Casino Night, University of Washington Computer Sciences & Engineering Graduation,
University of Washington Employee family shows, University of Washington Technology Management & MBA Program, University of Washington Halloween Celebration, Tau Kappa Epislon,
University of Washington Student Activities .....
SPECIAL NEEDS/DIFFERENTLY ABLED: Over 25-years performing for the Starlight
Starbright Foundation, Costco, Ryther Child Center, Sunshine Physically Challenged Foundation, University of Washington Do-It Program, Ronald McDonald House, Jeffrey Model Foundation,
Seattle Parks Special Programs - Camp Long, Northwest REACH, Mariposas, Camp Good Times, Children's Hospital and Medical Center (Seattle and Los Angeles),
MaryBridge Children's Hospital (Tacoma), Valley Medical Center, Swedish
Hospital, Orthopedic Hospital (LA), Mainstay, Muscular Dystrophy Association,
Kaiser Hospital (LA), Rancho Los Amigos Hospital (LA), Los Angeles County
Hospital, Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, CA), Long Beach Hospital (CA),
Millers Children's Hospital (LA), San Diego Children's Hospital and Medical
Center, Entertainers & Athletes for Kids (LA), Julia Ann Singer Center (LA), New
Futures at Windsor Heights, Lucille Salter Packard Children's Hospital (Palo
Alto, CA) .....
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Congregational Church of Mercer Island, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue,
First AME Church, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Shoreline Unitarian Church, Ballard Church, Bellevue Christian Church, Bahai Community of Edmonds, Sephardic Bikur Holim,
Wooden Cross Lutheran Church, St. Marks Church, Overlake Park Presbyterian Church,
Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, Trinity Faith Temple, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
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 Charles The Clown at the Roxy Theatre on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. |
