http://www.independent.co.uk/news/we...g-9135575.html
Glen Kohlberger, the president of Clowns of America International, told the New York Daily News that his organisation’s membership had dropped like a perfectly executed pratfall since the middle of the last decade. “What’s happening is attrition,” Mr Kohlberger said. “The older clowns are passing away.” Meanwhile, he explained, younger potential clowns are being put off taking it up professionally. “They go on to high school and college and clowning isn’t cool anymore,” he said. “Clowning is put on the back burner until their late 40s and early 50s.”
The largest clown organisation in the US is the World Clown Association, which has seen membership fall from about 3,500 in 2004 to 2,500 today. Its president Deanna Hartmier explained most of the Association’s members are over 40. “The challenge is getting younger people involved in clowning,” she said.
#Justice4Clownsoftheworld
Not someone reporting Gatsby though.
