Mike Becvar is a professional children's entertainer, balloon twister and face painter located in Northern Virginia. He enjoys entertaining kids of all ages and is available to come to your event. Mike Becvar is insured through the World Clown Association. He is also a member of Clowns of America, International, the Mid-Atlantic Clown Association, and KIDabra.
Mike got his start making balloons after he decided to become a clown. Many years ago decorating his house for Halloween. It eventually gave him the inspiration to go to Mooseburger Clown Arts camp in 2008 to learn how to be a clown. He has continued his education by attending Circus Magic, ClownFest, the Kapitol Klowns convention, and other regional/national conventions. When clowning around, he goes by his clown name, Sir Toony Van Dukes.
Mike is very active with other Washington DC Metro area clowns and children's entertainers. He is a member of Just Clowning Around of Northern Virginia (JCA), and Kapitol Klowns. He also participates in area face painting and balloon twisting jams. He hosts a monthly balloon and face painting jam at Cici's Pizza in Chantilly.
In 2011, Mike started a new blog for professional face painters and balloon twisters that he calls the Face Painting and Balloon Twisting Blog. He hopes to use the blog and website to promote the art behind face painting and balloon twisting.
Mike started doing balloons and face painting at Moe's Southwest Grill in South Riding, VA in June 2010. He is there every other Tuesday night from 6:00 - 8:00pm for Kids Night.
Mike won two awards for his balloon creations at the Circus Magic Convention in Williamsburg, VA in February 2011. He came in first place with a baby hippo balloon in the single balloon competition and third place for a dragon in the multiple balloon competition. He won additional awards for his face painting at Clownfest in September 2011 and for clown makeup, face painting, and balloons at the Mid-Atlantic Clown Association convention in November 2011.
Mike Becvar is also a senior multimedia, website and eLearning applications developer. In his free time, he likes taking pictures, acting, and working on the computer.
Mike has been a background extra in a number of training videos, small films, TV shows, and movies. He is also taking acting classes. In August 2007, he attended the New York Film Academy (NYFA) One-Week Acting Workshop at their Universal Studio California location. In February 2008, he started taking acting classes at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. He has taken classes in Improv, Actors Process, and Voice.
Mike is starting to learn how to ride the unicycle. He is taking lessons with the UniStars Unicycling Showtroupe in Fauquier County Virginia.
Mike is learning how to perform magic and is taking lessons from Barry Taylor at Barry's Magic Shop.
Halloween is Mike's favorite holiday. He has been decorating his driveway and dressing up for the neighborhood children for many years. He has twice won the Best Costume award at the South Riding Halloween Parade. His interested in Halloween and entertaining eventually led him towards becoming a clown.