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Club de Payasos

Preparing to entertain

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

Oscar "Oskarin" Corona, left, puts on his clown shoes while fellow clowns put on makeup. Oskarin says even when he is old and his joints creak like worn stairs from a lifetime of hard work, he still would be a clown. ¿If I could do a party with a walker,¿ says the 41-year-old, who speaks only Spanish, ¿then I would.¿

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The 16 payasos, or clowns, whose weekends have them running and dancing through comedy skits at birthdays, baptisms and other events make up the Club de Payasos. Performances are all in Spanish.