Next Maine Event: A chance to run away and join the circus
By SHANNON BRYAN Staff Writer
from The Maine Sunday Telegram
from The Maine Sunday Telegram
May 9, 2010
CIRCUS ARTS FAMILY FESTIVAL
WHEN: 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15
WHERE: Yarmouth High School Performing Arts Center, 215 W. Elm St.
HOW MUCH: $5 child/$10 adult
FOOD OPTIONS: Snacks available for purchase
PARKING: Plenty in the adjacent lot
DON'T MISS: The chance to learn some circus arts!
KID-FRIENDLY FACTOR: This event is kid-centric, and the young ones will love getting to learn how to juggle and chin balance.
BENEFIT: Yarmouth Clipper Daycampers and Maine's Smirkus Troupers
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER: The show goes on
MORE INFO: Call Joyce Mongeau at 899-5640
CIRCUS ARTS FAMILY FESTIVAL
WHEN: 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15
WHERE: Yarmouth High School Performing Arts Center, 215 W. Elm St.
HOW MUCH: $5 child/$10 adult
FOOD OPTIONS: Snacks available for purchase
PARKING: Plenty in the adjacent lot
DON'T MISS: The chance to learn some circus arts!
KID-FRIENDLY FACTOR: This event is kid-centric, and the young ones will love getting to learn how to juggle and chin balance.
BENEFIT: Yarmouth Clipper Daycampers and Maine's Smirkus Troupers
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER: The show goes on
MORE INFO: Call Joyce Mongeau at 899-5640
Given a choice between homework and juggling, most kids will lean toward the latter, tossing one, two, then three napkins into the air before Mom can even finish her question.
Then again, most kids aren't given such offers. But that doesn't stop them from daydreaming about an eventual escape to circus life, where they'll wear big shoes and red noses and play fetch with their pet elephant.
They'll need skills, of course, if they plan to knock on the Big Top door, asking for a job in the center ring. Saturday's Circus Arts Family Festival might be just the ticket to a long and successful clowning career -- or at least an entertaining afternoon.
Taking place at Yarmouth High School's Performing Arts Center, the circus-centric festival gives aspiring performers a chance to try their hand at juggling, clowning, chin balancing and mime during the one-hour session of workshops.
The workshops are hosted by Maine's own Circus Smirkus 2010 Big Top Tour Troupers: Jared Mongeau of Cumberland and Aaron DeWitt, Shane Miclon and Collin Miclon of Buckfield, as well as local clown Michael Trautman and variety artist Mike Miclon.
Then again, most kids aren't given such offers. But that doesn't stop them from daydreaming about an eventual escape to circus life, where they'll wear big shoes and red noses and play fetch with their pet elephant.
They'll need skills, of course, if they plan to knock on the Big Top door, asking for a job in the center ring. Saturday's Circus Arts Family Festival might be just the ticket to a long and successful clowning career -- or at least an entertaining afternoon.
Taking place at Yarmouth High School's Performing Arts Center, the circus-centric festival gives aspiring performers a chance to try their hand at juggling, clowning, chin balancing and mime during the one-hour session of workshops.
The workshops are hosted by Maine's own Circus Smirkus 2010 Big Top Tour Troupers: Jared Mongeau of Cumberland and Aaron DeWitt, Shane Miclon and Collin Miclon of Buckfield, as well as local clown Michael Trautman and variety artist Mike Miclon.
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