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Count Antioch’s Nancy Rae among the people who were saddened to hear the recent announcement that the famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus would forever cease operations in May. Like many children, after enjoying the circus, Rae dreamed of growing up to become a circus performer. However, unlike the majority of childhood dreamers, her dream to become a circus clown became a reality. Rae, who was born in 1958, applied to the circus’ Clown College many times over a period of two years until she was finally accepted in the early 1980s. “They would receive about 6,000 applications and only accept about 60 to 80 for the college,” Rae said. “But I didn’t give up.” At one of the tryouts, she was told she would have a better chance if she played a musical instrument, so she quickly took up the coronet. She learned to play one song, but it was enough. She was accepted into the Clown College. In the college there were a lot of skills to learn. Classes included juggling, learning to ride a unicycle, and stilt walking. “I became very good at stilt walk-
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Antioch resident Nancy Rae, holds a formal photograph of her as a clown. Clowns must design their own facial look and design and sew their own costumes.
ing,” Rae said. “Because I was short I was able to use the taller stilts. We would come in as a parade and even though I was on tall stilts, I was still at the front as we went from shortest to tallest.” Falling correctly was an important skill learned to prevent in-
jury. According to Rae, clowns in training would watch old movies to learn how to fall safely. Each prospective clown had to create his or her own persona. They had to design their own face and apply the makeup consistently.
“There weren’t many girl clowns at that time and for the most part they still appeared as the male clowns, Rae said. But this was not an option for her. Rae was determined to be a
See CIRCUS, Page 6
The Antioch Joint Fire Committee continues to meet until a five-member board is elected to replace the current three-member board that is appointed by Antioch Township. The committee met Jan 25 to discuss the transition. Included in the meeting were the First Fire Protection District Board, Protection District Attorney Dan Venturi, Interim Fire Chief Jon Cokefair, Village Trustee Scott Pierce, Village Attorney Bob Long and Village Administrator Jim Keim. Township Trustee Tom Shaughnessey was also present. Cokefair reported on consolidation issues that have been addressed. Village-insured equipment was transferred to the protection district by resolution, insurance verification was completed, an operating license from the Illinois Department of public Health has been obtained and the ambulance licenses will be obtained along with a title transfer. The MABAS agreement, which is a cooperative pact among neighboring fire and rescue groups, has
See FIRE SERVICE, Page 6
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