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SO WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM SIGNING UP RIGHT NOW?
We have heard it all over the years. I couldn't make it because:
- The time is not right for me
- I can't justify the time off from work
- People will think I'm nuts...
- I'm not sure if I want to be a clown...
- It's too expensive to go to camp
- I don't have time.
Let me take a minute and address them all for you. If you prefer, you can click on your particular concern and zip right down to the answer.
Number 1 - The time is not right for me
When is the time ever right for something like this. I can only tell you that in the last 10 years I have never had a student that regretted the time spent here. Generally they leave relaxed, and renewed by their time with us.
They have acquired new skills in clowning, of course. But they have also relaxed, laughed their butts off, and made friends. They have learned that they are not alone in how they look at the world. Sure, they gave up a week in the real world. But the real world was right there when they got back.
It was that time they could not spare that changed. It became a life changing week instead of "just another week".
Number 2 - I can't justify the time off from work
Let us help you. If you have a normal clown or entertaining type business, the week you spend will pay for itself over and over. If you pick up just one tip that helps you book yourself more parties, or adds to the kinds of events you can book, you can't afford not to take a week off. What you learn here will bring more profit to your business, and you will more than make up the lost income.
If you are in any other business, and you are reading this, you must be spending a portion of your work time wondering "what would it be like to really be a clown...", or "I really love being a clown, but what can I do about it". Just think how happy you and/or your employer will be when you stop wondering. You will come home relaxed and no longer wondering. You will deal with stress differently. You will laugh more. They will love you at work even more than they do now...
You will be more effective!
Number 3 - People will think I'm nuts...
We love this one. We all go through this one. We have walked around our whole life feeling more than a little different. We see the world differently. We crack jokes when most would not. We entertain kids out of habit, and make faces at the kid in the pew ahead of us because...
WE CAN'T HELP IT!
So if that's you, and you think people think you are nuts because you believe in playing and love and laughter and fooling around and making people laugh, then you have to come to a caravan. It's time you met the people who are just like you.
We don't sell that. You can't put it in a program. But it happens every time. We are stopped dozens of times every camp by people who say, "Thank you! I thought I was the only person like this. No one understands me. But everyone here is just like me! I feel like I belong!" So come join the rest of "the nuts".
Number 4 - I'm not sure if I want to be a clown...
This is the easy one. Come try it and find out. If you never clown again, you will still have tools that you will use the rest of your life. We have had bankers, senators, plumbers, writers, college kids, Seniors in retirement, State Department employees, FBI agents, Web heads, everything you can think of. They all go home with new tools. They learn to do a little something funny. They learn how to talk in front of people a little. They learn to laugh at themselves. They learn how to look at things differently.
So try it. Find out. Then you will know, and you can move ahead.
You won't spend the rest of your life wondering...
Number 5 - It's too expensive to go to a caravan
Well, this is a "is it the chicken that came first, or the egg?" kind of thing.
The value is increased in that when you go to a convention, even our Great Clown Adventure in Las Vegas, you spend time on things beside education. In Vegas, we have classes, but we also play a lot. We do competition, special events, a banquet and all kinds of stuff. It is designed to be a convention. It's designed for fun.
So you don't get as much education in you day. The time goes to other things. At Moosecamp caravan, your value is increased by the fact that we spend our time and our focus all weekend on education. period.
You get more value for your buck that way.
There is also the question "what does it cost you not to come to camp?"
Will you miss clown jobs or new business opportunities or become something other than a clown if you don't come? So I guess I wonder "Is it too expensive to stay home..."
This one is personal for all of us. We could all write volumes on the statement. If you give us a week, one week of your life, we promise not waste it. We will treasure and fill the time with you to the best of our ability. We will fill it with coaxing the clown inside of you out. It will change you. Could be a small change, or a big one, but it will be powerful time.
When you finish the week, We promise you will have had the time, really lived in time. The time at Mooseburger Camp very often becomes for people "the time of their life!"
After 10 years of doing it, it is still the best part of the year.
If you have a "Number 7", Click here and send us an email.
We will answer if we can.