to the world of Hilly the Clown
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A Merry Heart Does Good
Like a Medicine!
Hilly the Clown has entertained
children of all ages for over 20 years.
She began her career in Seattle,
Washington, and later brought her
skills to Colorado and Alaska.
Hilly the Clown enjoys performing for
schools, libraries, birthdays, business
functions, and is especially known for
her personalized singing telegrams.
Hilly has been trained as a
Kindermusik teacher as well as the
Music Together curriculum. She plays
guitar, piano, violin, Native American
flute, pennywhistle and folk harp.
She has added storytelling to her
repertoire with her involvement in the
Spellbinder's organization. She has
been a teller in the Headstart program,
elementary schools, and the Ronald
McDonald House. Her puppet friends
frequently appear in her stories as she
entertains at birthday parties and other
functions.
In addition to performing as a clown,
she is an actress and singer, and has
enjoyed operating her own singing
telegram business for the past 19
years.
She writes personalized singing
telegrams for all ages, and has played
many characters for a multitude of
occasions.
Hilly has been the Easter Bunny, a
cheerleader, French maid, Marilyn
Monroe, flapper, fairy princess, angel,
and space alien character as well as
having donned her top hat and tails.
Her audiences have been delighted
and charmed by being presented with a
personalized singing telegram of their
very own!
Her passion is music - her children's
CD "An Afternoon With Hilly the Clown,"
is a popular gift item for children and
parents, and is often given as a gift at
baby showers. It contains several
original songs and other traditional
numbers.
To hire Hilly or to purchase the Hilly the
Clown CD please call:
907-707-7556 or 303-810-8748
Booking information: 907-707-7556 hillytheclown@hillarysaffran.com 303-810-8748
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Hilly also has experience as a trainer
for the Child Care Connection in
Anchorage, AK. She created several
workshops for childcare workers in the
process of obtaining their early
childhood development associate
certification.
The topics Hilly taught on were "Music
for Infants and Toddlers", "Building the
Brain with Music", "Music and
Movement" ,"Circle Time","Math for the
Very Young", "Adult Active Listening
Skills" and "Dramatic Play." Hilly has
had experience as a preschool teacher
and has been trained as a certified
Kinderdance Early Childhood
Education Movement Specialist and
Junior Jazzercise Instructor.
One of Hilly's favorite activities is
performing with improvisational theatre
groups, such as Denver Theatre
Sports. If you feel the need to laugh
and loved the show "Whose Line Is It
Anyway" you'll really enjoy having fun
with improv!
Hilly the Clown has been trained as a
Certified Laughter Leader through the
World Laughter Tour. She is a member
of the Association for Applied and
Therapeutic Humor as well as The
World Clown Association. She is
currently a member of Colorado
Clowns.
What does Hilly do at birthday parties?
Whether she's dressed as a clown,
fairy princess, or cheerful children's
entertainer, Hilly does the following
activities, depending on the number of
children and location:
- face painting
- music
- balloon animals
- puppetry
- children's magic show
- storytelling
- games
- children even dance the limbo!
- A vacation for mom and dad for
the hour!
- the birthday child is the star of
the show!