Clowning around at North Las Vegas convention
Bunky the Clown at the clown convention
Attendees watch the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Jesse Recker, also known as Sodacracker the Clown, center, of Mesa, Ariz., waits to compete in the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Iliana Mojica, of Costa Rica, left, Hector Batista, center, and Esthefany Perez, both of the Dominican Republic, compete during the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Iliana Mojica, of Costa Rica, left, Hector Batista, center, and Esthefany Perez, both of the Dominican Republic, compete during the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Jesse Recker, also known as Sodacracker the Clown, of Mesa, Ariz., competes in the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
John Joseph, who goes by Jay Jay, of Arlington Heights, Ill., competes in the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Dianna Hale, of Alabama, left, and Kent Sheets, of Fort Myers, Fla., prepare to compete in the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Dianna Hale, of Alabama, left, and Kent Sheets, of Fort Myers, Fla., compete in the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Dianna Hale, of Alabama, left, and Kent Sheets, of Fort Myers, Fla., compete in the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Julie Varholdt, who goes by Lovely Buttons, of Tempe, Ariz., walks on stilts during the paradeability competition at the Clowns of America International convention at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
The three-day Clowns of America International convention wrapped up at Texas Station in North Las Vegas on Thursday.
Bob “Bunky the Clown” Gretton talked about his life as a clown.
