The Jackie Newton Show was a brainstorm, an idea, a crazy sweat-soaked dream that Jackie cooked up for some strange reason. Now how could she develop a full-on one-crazy-woman band with a kick? Jackie began entertaining in the music world when she was a young thirty-six year old. She auditioned for a show at the Lodge of Four Seasons (Missouri) using her talents as a country-line dance instructor and "steam-shower," closet singer. She got the job; she was as surprised as the rest of you. There she developed her ROUGH abilities as a vocalist/entertainer. Being the goofy propster she is, Jackie soon became unhappy that she could not expand her efforts as a comic, so she quit for bigger and goofier endeavors. Jackie became a Karaoke DJ and began experimenting with props comedy and some stand-up comedy "small-bits." There she was crowned Queen of Karaoke, a title which still haunts her today since her show is NOT KARAOKE!!!!
Jackie decided to take music medleys, large props, stand-up comedy and her dancing/clowning abilities and wrap the show into one! She has been entertaining audiences, convention centers, organizations and tourists for over fifteen years now. Her show includes music vocals of all time periods (although this little classic rocker has favorites), props comedy, stand-up routines and is the all-time CONGA LINE CHAMPION!
Jackie has performed for clubs, resorts, fine-dining restaurants, private parties and large conventions in St. Louis, Kansas City, Breckinridge, Colorado, Arizona and several cities and towns in the Midwest. She performs predominantly in the Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri.
Jackie has been told that her specialty is spontaneous comedy and interaction with the audience. No faint of heart audience members will survive her show! This year, Jackie will train with comedy coaches from Los Angeles, CA to expand her dream of doing standup comedy circuits. If you are related to jackie or have been a significant other from the past, Jackie is not responsible for any comic information she might divulge. THAT’S YOU MOM... YOU LITTLE TEXAS TORNADO!
Jackie Newton began teaching in a small town in 1979 called Bucklin, Missouri. She was barely twenty years old and taught high school seniors and special readers K-12. Her experiences led her to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri in 1983 where she has instructed K-12 students and college classes in the areas of language arts, English comp, public speaking and special reading classes. From kindergarten self-contained to high school seniors, Jackie has experienced wonderful adventures with students and school activities. She has sponsored drug awareness groups, cheerleading, ambassador groups, gifted organizations, served as president of the National Education Association for five years, served as an officer for the International Reading Association, served as a leader for the CARE group trained by Cox Medical Center in Springfield, MO and completed her public school career in 2004 with retirement. Her teaching included fifteen years of college instruction for State Fair Community College night classes out of Sedalia. In 1987, Jackie obtained her Master of Arts Degree in Remediation and Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties. In 1993, she obtained a Specialist Degree in Curriculum at Central Missouri State University. Her published thesis was a one-year study on the impact of interactive/interdisiplinary strategies in the classroom. At present, she continues to instruct middle school students in the areas of special reading, reading and creative writing.
Jackie Newton has developed a K-12 assembly program for the schools' D.A.R.E., Youth Against Violence, and other Good-Choice assemblies. These assemblies are adjusted to be appropriate for each grade level. They are highly interactive and include audience participation with a great message! Her assembly programs have taken her to many large schools and districts including the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.
Sparkie the Clown was "born" at Windemere Convention Center in beautiful Lake of the Ozarks. This seminar involves hundreds of professional clowns from all over the nation and beyond. Jackie (Sparkie) is a childlike Auguste clown with a small voice and a big heart! Sparkie has had the wonderful pleasure of training at several workshops and camps including the Mooseburger Clown Training Camp in Minnesota under the instruction of professional Ringling Bros. Clowns. Sparkie belongs to the World Clown Association and has been a clown instructor for Windemere clown groups as well as young children in summer training classes.
Sparkie has performed with some of the greatest entertainers in the nation, including Rich the Clown, magician and magical engineer, Mark-Oh the goofiest clown on earth, Rufus D. Dufus, famed Ohio extraordinaire, The Mooseburger gang including Frosty Little (my instructor) and Pricilla, Dolly and Cheri! For the eleventh year, Jackie (Sparkie) will perform as one of the clown troupe members at the Emmett Kelly Jr. Festival in Houston, Missouri with Emmett Kelly Jr. and Joey. Mark-oh, Rufus, Rich and Sparkie will "giggle" audiences with their zany acts and Rich’s FAMOUS FALLS!
In 1999, Rich and Sparkie appeared briefly (acting silly of course) on a PBS special about Emmett Kelly Jr. and Houston, MO.
Sparkie performs for many organizations, especially important charities like the Child Advocacy, COPS (Concerns of Police Survivors), Police Appreciation, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and several local benefits for the community of Lake of the Ozarks. Her favorite fun is parade performance… her favorite saying to “Paraders” sitting on their car is, "Excuse me, but are you a hood ornament?" Her famous saying is "Be Cool, Don't Drool and keep your Top Knot up so you won’t fall over!"
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Jackie Newton is a writer for middle school/adolescent age groups. Her endeavors as a serious writer led to some publications in educational magazines in the early 1990’s. In 1996, Jackie began her first teen novel called, A Friend From the Past, a book about a seventh grader who struggles through his first year of junior high school and experiences all the frustrations and humor of a young teen including a ghostly encounter. Her second book was completed in 2000 called Queen of the Nerds, another fictional story about a girl very much like Jackie when she was young. This high school girl struggles with her own acceptance of herself and her supposed inadequacies. The story includes humor, romance and especially mystery and dangerous intrigue. Jackie completed her third novel in 2004 called The Summer of Roux, about a young girl and her adventurous vacation in southern California. While on the vacation of a lifetime, Kippy begins working for a local rock band and becomes entangled in a ghostly, mystery with twists and turns around every corner! Jackie’s books can be purchased at Amazon.com, Xlibris.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. Jackie's new book, A New York Tumbleweed, will be released in December, 2006!