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The Club At Boca Pointe: A Great Place For Kids

A country club can be a great
place for children to thrive when
an emphasis is placed on quality
children’s programming. General
Manager Jeff DeFranco has
assembled a team of leaders that
have had success not only developing adult programming
in their field of expertise but carrying it down to the littlest
of Club Members. Club life is best when enjoyed by the
whole family. Our goal at the Club at Boca Pointe is to
create a special place the whole family can enjoy and make
memories for a lifetime.
KID’S CLUB
Creative play, arts and crafts, and games are enjoyed
by the Club at Boca Pointe kids. The Kid’s Club is a
safe, fun environment for kids to have fun while parents’ coordination in an engaging manner. Tennis lessons are MEMBER SPONSOR INCENTIVE
workout, play tennis or pickleball, enjoy a round of golf, offered for children of different levels up to 18 years of age. It’s indeed a great time to be at Member at the Club at
or a much needed date night. FITNESS FOR KIDS Boca Pointe and to sponsor a new Member! When a Member
KIDS SUMMER CAMP Beginning in March, the Club at Boca Pointe is now sponsors a new enrollment to the Club, the Members will
It’s not too early to begin thinking about summer camps for offering fitness classes for kids. Zumba and Yoga are offered receive an exclusive incentive! Contact the Membership
kids. The Club at Boca Pointe is offering an action-packed day in a fun, child engaging manner. Now the whole family can Team to schedule your tour today, 561.864.8538.
camp with activities galore! Tennis, Golf, Pool Time, Fitness have a place to get fit together. Roxanne Domer, rdomer@heritagegolfgroup.com,
Fun, Arts & Crafts, and Fun Fridays. Follow this link https:// GOLF LESSONS Director of Membership Sales
www.bocapointecc.com/lifestyle/youth-programs or contact The Club at Boca Pointe offers golf lessons for kids Alexis Robertson, arobertson@heritagegolfgroup.com,
Ashley Rozo, arozo@heritagegolfgroup.com for details. as young as five. We have some of the best industry Membership Sales Manager
SWIM LESSONS professionals in teaching golf fundamentals. Children have Friends become family here at the Club at Boca Pointe!
It’s always swim season in Florida. The Club at Boca fun while learning this great game for a lifetime. Visit our new website for more Club details and information,
Pointe now offers swim lessons for all ages. JOINING INCENTIVE FOR BOCA POINTE bocapointecc.com. Follow the fun through Boca Pointe social
TENNIS LESSONS HOMEOWNERS media: https://www.facebook.com/theclubatbocapointe/ and
Did you know that the Club at Boca Pointe offers Did you know that Boca Pointe homeowners receive a https://www.instagram.com/bocapointecc/.
tennis lessons to children as early as three years old? The preferred membership offer? Contact the Membership Team
professionals are creative and fun while teaching hand-eye for all the details. See contact information at right.
Greetings From The Clown World!

By Harriet Rubin,
aka Florabelle the Clown

World Clown Ass. (WCA)
is having a live convention in
March in Orlando, and how I
wish I could attend! Four of
us went about 5 years ago and
we had a great time. When
clowns get together we all
just want to have fun, laugh,
and forget all that goes on in the outside world for just a
little while, so it’s not like other professional conventions.
People often wear make-up and costumes every day, just
to show what they look like in clown. You can’t help but
smile when you see them, and of course many of the pros YMCA class watching Red Nose performance
do little tricks or shticks so they are constantly entertaining!
One highlight of a clown convention is the “Vendors closing performance by all who want to take part. So
Room”. Now I’m sure many conventions that have anyone out there who really wants to “become a clown”,
companies or stores or on line merchants have similar in a concentrated time frame, there are opportunities—
setups, but just imagine a large area filled with clown or— come and let us train you right here at Boca Pointe!
costumes hanging on hangers, magic tricks all ready to be All People’s Day 2022 No glamour, just fun! and it’s free!
taught, great big, almost life size puppets hanging from We have started our program for Red Nose Readers
stands, tables filled with make-up, clown noses, hats of all There is also competition -from makeup and costume, again at the YMCA with their preschool classes. Cutie Pie
shapes and styles, large displays of face painting equipment, to skits, to balloon creations and face painting! Everyone and Twinkle Toes did the first presentation and Twinkle
balloons of all sizes, and every conceivable prop a clown is encouraged to participate and sometimes the skits are Toes and I are doing the second group of kids. All told
or magician might use. I can’t tell you how much money absolutely hysterical! we will be performing for 70 - 3,4, and 5 year olds, who
I have spent buying stuff at conventions, especially magic During the day there are all kinds of classes, given by are adorable and make a great audience. I am again trying
products, that looked so easy to do, and have never been “senior” clowns, covering every aspect of clowning and to get to do the program at our local library, and I hope
out of their original wrappings! We all do this and it’s just that’s how clowns learn their art. The clown conventions we are successful. It is such a great learning experience
part of attending a convention, especially when you are charge a registration fee which covers all expenses except and the kids just love meeting a clown and having them
relatively new to clowning! of course housing and food. However, if you have to read a story, do some magic, and put our make-up on in
Another tradition- there is always dealer’s night, when travel by air, the cost can be much higher. It’s a wonderful front of them so they see “how anybody can become a
the vendors put on a little show to display their wares. experience and as I said, I would love to go to this next clown”!
There were times when the dealer would toss hundreds of one, but for many practical reasons I have to decline. A wonderful event, “All Peoples Day” is coming up in
little “shticks” out to the audience, with everybody trying Another way of getting a clown education is at clown Delray on March 18th and we are looking forward to this
to catch these “precious” items. Of course there is a major camps in the summer months. There are at least 4 of them successful annual event. This is our 6th year supporting
entertainer for one night and I have seen some wonderful that have been around for years, and they last a week. Of an international gathering of various cultures and I’m
clowns perform over my almost 30 years of participating. course the fees are very high as they include food and sure it is going to be an inspiring experience.
Clown audiences are the best, not critical, and happy to lodging as well as the classes and instruction and events That’s it for now. Don’t forget to wave when you see
appreciate anyone who is there to entertain us. that generally include an off campus visit, as well as a a clown on campus! 