Why Marigold?

As some of you may have gathered from the last rather lengthy post about my carnival, I have chosen my clown name to be Marigold. Part of my research two weeks ago was to research how a clown picks their name, because besides their costume, thats how they're remembered. Most sources say pick a name that means something to you. Crossroads also advised this, he got his name from the high school year book he started advertising for as a clown way back in his early clowning years. I looked through long lists of names that clowns have had registered with the clown associations of the world and all of them are pretty goofy, some catchy and some just plain weird. I even typed my name into a clown name generator, which are more common on the web these days than you would think. My results were along the lines of His Highness Maryibo Johnihini and the like. So I decided to ask my family for help and my mom came up with Marigold. How perfect! It combines my name and also incorporates the bright, sunny attitude I am hoping to exude as a clown. The name is now on my shoes and every piece of my costume has a different type of flower on it. When I clowned at the carnival it felt very natural to introduce myself as Marigold and I'm confident that the name will stick.