Mr.Bubbles

Mr.. Bubbles is what the kids at Beverly Park called Bruce. Who would of known Bruce was such a clown. This true Professional Counselor, a clown at heart. He surprised us all during one of his last Assemblies at Beverly Park, he did a silent clown act. It was a hoot! He practiced for weeks. He borrowed the P.E. Field day tug a war rope and hung boxer shorts to it, as he tugged on the rope first you could only see the rope, and we wondered who was on the other end. He would stop and scratch his head looking confused, as he pulled and pulled finally the boxer shorts started coming into sight. He had clipped the shorts on the rope as if it was a giant clothes line. As soon as the kids caught view of the boxer shorts, they were rolling in laughter. At the end of the skit he finished up with Blowing Bubbles, though out the audience. After that he was forever called "Mr. Bubbles". I was convinced after that assembly that Bruce really needed to take his show on the road. I was fortunate to have videoed the whole act. I did give a copy to him, so I am hopeful he saved it for his family. At the end of that assembly he had put a lot of work into our first slide show of pictures of kids through out the year. It was marvelous!

Besides being known for Mr. Bubbles, the kids at Beverly all adored him. He made his responsibility at 3:40 to be posted at the main doors, and giving a high five good night to practically every student in the school . Bruce also played piano for all the school assemblies, back in the days before the WASL, we add time to have a school wide assembly every Wednesday morning. As kids entered the gym, he would play the piano, it calmed kids down so they would be ready for assembly time. He had such a calm nature about him, and it most definitely rubbed off onto others. I will never forget Bruce... OOPS! I mean Mr.. Bubbles.

Heidi Jacobson-Beal
P.E. teacher at Beverly Park.