A Sad Romance

Last week, we performed our clowning routines and it went great! We had tricks, sound effects, and a plot twist that made our audience laugh and enjoy the show. I especially loved the humorous parts, like when I threw an armload of toys at Chris and he was nervous about approaching the girl (Hannah Chang) so he kind of threw them at her and ran back.
During rehearsal, I was worried that something might go wrong, or that we might forget a part. But as much as a clear performance is necessary, I also learned that it doesn't have to be perfect down to each second. Not all our sound cues were on time or on place, some of the transitions were not good at all, and we may have skipped over a trick but the point was that we exaggerated and acted and gave a performance in the parts we showed.
Because our clowning performance was purely of original devising, the audience had no idea what to expect only had our actions to go off of. What makes the audience laugh and enjoy a good clowning around is not the missing part of the performance, but how well the performance is given.
I especially liked that our routine had so much diversity in character: Chris, a sensitive, sad clown; Kayla, a boisterous, light hearted clown; Shari, a cool, chic dancing clown; and me, a silly, crazy minion. All the different dimensions of our clowns contributed toward the greater performance and worked in harmony together.
Watching the other group's clown performance, I found it so enjoyable and fun to see what kind of ideas they came up with and how each of their characters contributed to the clowning. We all assumed different identities and aliases for the performance; it was neat and fascinating to see that side of us coming out.