Stevie Kidding and his clowns have entertained our guests at the July Fourth Celebration at the Museum Of Science for each of the last ten years. This family event which attracts a capacity crowd of 3,000 guests each year offers three hours of festivities for children and adults from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. before the Esplanade Concert and the fireworks on the Charles River.
Steve does a very popular magic workshop. He demonstrates magic tricks and teaches young people how to do them. If a child learns a trick, he gives them the necessary equipment so the child can perform the trick for friends and family. Steve has fun with children of all ages and they have fun with him. Steve is a great entertainer and a great teacher. Steve also hires five clowns for this event. Much to the delight of the children, the clowns are dressed like real clowns with bright colorful costumes and appropriate make-up. They don’t look like people; they look like clowns from the circus, and the children are intrigued to be able to watch them close-up and even talk to them. The clowns juggle and make fanciful balloon hats and animals for our guests, young and old, which adds greatly to the festivities.
Steve has become an important member of our entertainment team for the July Fourth Celebration, and I hope that he will continue to be available to entertain and educate our guests in the coming years.
– Martha P. Leape