Audio adjustment for Loop in FCE

Hi - I'm trying to loop a section of live music of about 30 seconds continuously for an extended intro to a personal FCE project. The section starts and ends on the same sustained note, but the start of the section has a bit of louder applause. If I cut the louder applause out, I lose the beginning of the note, but with it in, the transition is jarring. I've attached an example of the clip at http://idisk.mac.com/workman_family//Public/
I've tried decreasing the volume at the beginning of the sequences after the first one to reduce the transition jar, but the results haven't been good. Is there a way to reduce the applause only or disproportionately so that the transition is smooth?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi, Tom - the problem arises when I copy and past that clip 4 times to make a 2 minute loop - the sudden increase in volume of the applause is very noticeable. I'm very new at FCE (like you can't tell) and I don't know how to do a cross fade, but that sounds like it would work in that the increase in applause volume would be gradual instead of sudden.

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