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"I took the course simply to be doing it. It got to be the joy of my life." In 26 years of being Poppy the clown, Betsy Lyons Terry spread the joy around. The former high school drama student took one of the first courses in clowning in the area in the early 1970s, when she was in her 50s. "Poppy" was born -- and blossomed.

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WHEN A THEN-SHY Marge Strasburger entered clown school more than 30 years ago, she craved the anonymity that the garish makeup and frizzy yellow wig would provide. Now, at the tender age of 89, she is inextricably wedded to her colorful alter-ego. "When I'm in my clown costume, I'm no longer the little old gray-haired lady who lives at the Heritage Pointe retirement community," she says. "I'm an ageless performer having a lot of fun."

Ever dream about running away to join the circus? No need to - we have a National Circus School right here in Montreal. And it's recruiting new students.