Central States Shrine Clown Association Competition |
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The Merri-Makers have won the traveling trophy at the Central States Shrine Association convention Eight (8) years in a row. At the convention, the clowns compete for trophies in One Man, Two Man, 3 to 5 Man, and Unit skits. Trophies are also given in the Makeup & Costume competition, the Balloon competition, and the Paradeability competition. For every first place a unit wins, they get 5 points The unit with the most points wins the coveted Traveling Trophy and gets to keept it until the convention being held next year.
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Kansas City, Missouri-ARARAT Temple |
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2007 |
Two Man Skit-Ron Leaverton& Ed Ott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 3-5 Man Skit-Bruce Long, Newell Barker, Ron Davis, Ed Ott. . . . . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloons-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloons-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloons-John Hilyard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Whiteface-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Auguste-Ed Ott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Character-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Tramp-Ron Leaverton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Tramp-John Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Ron Davis Traveling Trophy #8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
3rd |
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St Charles, Missouri-MOOLAH Temple |
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2006 |
One Man Skit-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1st |
| Overland Park, Kansas-ABDALLAH Temple |
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2005 |
One Man Skit-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two Man Skit-Ron Leaverton &. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Dave May. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloon-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloon-Dave May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Auguste-Dave May. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Sr Character-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Tramp-Ron Leaverton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr Whiteface-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rookie-Randy McDivitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rookie-Jim Mullins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Hobo-Vernon Emerald. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long AKDAR is Best Parade Unit Traveling Trophy #6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 53 Points |
| Des Moines, Iowa-ZI-GA-ZIG Temple |
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2004 |
One Man Skit-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 33 Points |
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Branson, Missouri-ABOU BEN ADHEM Temple |
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2003 |
One Man Skit-Rick Grubb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One Man Skit-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two Man Skit-Ron Leaverton & Carl Gowin. . . . . . . . . Two Man Skit-Bruce Long & Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . 3 to 5 Man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . Sr Tramp Makeup & Costume-Ron Leaverton. . . . . . . . . Sr Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker . . . . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long AKDAR is Best Unit in Parade Traveling Trophy #4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 48 Points |
| Omaha, Nebraska-TANGIER Temple |
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2002 |
One Man Skit-Ron Leaverton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Skit-Rick Grubb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two Man Skit-Bruce Long & Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . 3 to 5 Man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Newell Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . . Sr Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . Sr Tramp Makeup & Costume- Ron Leaverton. . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long Best Clown in Parade-Bruce Long Traveling Trophy #3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 39 Points |
| Kansas City, Missouri-ARARAT Temple |
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2001 |
Two Man Skit-Bruce Long & Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . 3 to 5 Man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit Skit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker . . . . Jr Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long AKDAR is Best Unit in Parade Traveling Trophy #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 28 Points |
| Wichita, Kansas-MIDIAN Temple |
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2000 |
3 to 5 Man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Newell Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloon-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Balloon-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker . . . . . Jr Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long Best Clown in Parade-Bruce Long Traveling Trophy #1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 37 Points |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma-AKDAR Temple |
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1999 |
Akdar is host temple-Bruce Long is president of CSSCA Newell Barker is Competition Chairman |
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| Branson, Missouri-ABOU BEN ADHEM Temple |
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1998 |
Jr Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . |
1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-INDIA Temple |
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1997 |
Jr Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . Sr Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . Balloon Sculpture-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Ron Adams |
1st 1st 2nd |
| Overland Park, Kansas-ABDALLAH Temple |
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1996 |
Balloon Sculpture-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long |
1st 3rd |
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Omaha, Nebraska-TANGIER Temple |
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1995 |
Balloon Sculpture-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker Overall Parade Clown-Newell Barker |
3rd |
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Little Rock, Arkansas |
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1994 |
3 to 5 Man Skit-B Long, N Barker, R Adams. . . . . . . . Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . Balloon Sculpture-Bruce Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long |
2nd 3rd 2nd |
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Denver, Colorado |
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1993
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Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker
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1992 |
Akdar is Host Temple-Newell Barker is President of CSSCA Bruce Long is Competition Chairman |
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St Louis, Missouri |
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1991 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . |
1st 1st 2nd |
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Des Moines, Iowa |
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1990 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . Single Skit-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker Overall Parade Clown-Newell Barker |
2nd 2nd |
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Overland Park, Kansas |
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1989 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . Balloon Sculpture-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5 man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long |
1st 3rd 1st 3rd |
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Wichita, Kansas |
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1988 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . 3 to 5 Man Skit-N Barker, Ken Duncan, & B Long. . . . Unit Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long Best Clown in Parade-Bruce Long |
2nd 3rd 3rd |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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1987 |
Akdar is Host Temple-Max Leaverton is President of CSSCA | |
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Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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1986 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . | 3rd |
| Kansas City, Missouri |
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1984 |
Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker | |
| Des Moines, Iowa |
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1983 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . Balloon Sculpture-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker |
3rd |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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1982 |
Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker | |
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Omaha, Nebraska |
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1981 |
Best Parade Clown in Unit-Newell Barker | |
Kansas City, Missouri |
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1980 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . Single Skit-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st 3rd |
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Denver, Colorado |
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1979 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5 Man Skit-Newell Barker, Bruce Long, & Steve Long . . . 2 Man Skit-Bruce Long & Steve Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Parade Clown in Unit-Bruce Long |
1st 3rd 1st 1st |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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1978 |
3 to 5 Man Skit-Newell Barker, Bruce Long, & Steve Long . . . | 1st |
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1999 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . .
. . . . One Man Skit-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
2nd 2nd |
1997 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . |
1st |
1996
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Newell Barker Carries Olympic Torch
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1995
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker
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1st
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1993 |
2 to 4 Man Skit-Newell Barker, Bruce Long, & Ron Adams
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2nd
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ISCA AWARDS (Mid-Winter) |
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2004
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Sr Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. .
. . . . . Character Paradeability-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single Balloon-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Character One Man Skit-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st 1st 3rd 1st |
1997
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2 to 4 Man Skit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . Whiteface Makeup & Costume-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . |
2nd 1st 3rd |
1979
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Single Skit-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Whiteface w/Stunt-Bruce Long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paradeability-Bruce Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Character w/Gimmick-Newell Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
1st
1st 3rd 3rd |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma |
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2003
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker Lake Charles, Louisiana |
1st 1st 1st |
2002 |
Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker
Little Rock, Arkansas |
1st
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2000
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker Bossier City, Louisiana |
1st 2nd 1st 2nd |
1999
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker Hot Springs, Arkansas |
1st 1st |
1998
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker Monroe, Louisiana |
1st 1st 1st |
1996
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
2nd 1st |
1995
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker Lake Charles, Louisiana |
2nd 2nd |
1993
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One Man Skit-Newell Barker Little Rock, AR |
1st
3rd |
1991
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Overall Parade Clown-Newell Barker Shreveport, Louisiana |
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1990
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Character Makeup & Costume-Newell Barker |
1st |