The making of a Clown

When people find out what he does for a living and after I've got the obligatory shocked look or laugh i am always asked "Why a Clown"?
I have just one answer "its in his blood".
From the age of 3 after his Mum took him to see his first Circus, he knew he wanted to be a Clown.
Throughout our school years he would spend his spare time (and school lesson time) working on tricks, gags, clown make up, logos, costumes and props.
Attending Clown Conventions, Circuses and starting to Clown at childrens party's, he was getting himself established at an early age!
I will also hasten to add he was indeed the class clown, you could always guarantee that where the laughter was........... my clown was!! (in fact he often caused the laughter with his jokes or tricks).
We grew up ( and still reside) in a small seaside town on the south coast, which has a small funfair at the seafront.

Luckily for Mr C the funfair is owned by a world famous circus family, in our school years he got some work with them clowning and such and then when he old enough they literally let him "Run away with the Circus"!