Jennifer Hammer wears tiger body paint while from left to right, Sharon Wallenberg, Jennifer Wiggins, and Jim Rosa hold signs in protest of Ringling Bros. Circus use of animals in their show. Hammer sat in the cage as part of the protest.
From left to right, Jennifer Hammer wears tiger body paint while Jennifer Wiggins, Sharon Wallenberg, and Jim Rosa hold signs in protest of Ringling Bros. Circus use of animals in their show. Hammer sat in the cage as part of the protest.
------------------------------------------------------------- Experience this event with the entire family and celebrate The Fairgrounds' 6th traditional holiday season of the amazing Festival of Lights opening on November 26, 2010. Located just 20 minutes south of Buffalo, NY in Hamburg.
Take pleasure in a leaisurely drive through a nearly 2 mile spectacle of over a million dazzling animated colored lights filling a brilliant path of light displays including several brand new scenes to this year's show.
After your ride, continue the experience and enter through the newly decorated quaint North Pole Village and behold the old timeless window displays imitating the nostalgic downtown holiday shopping atmosphere. While in the village, stop at an actual frozen North Pole or hug one of our Holiday characters, both make for memorable photos. Don't forget to write a letter to Santa, then mail it from our Village Post Office, and Santa will even write back!
In our charming barn located right outside the village, Santa presents his favorite reindeer sleigh team all ready to go! Every weekend, take pleasure in riding a carriage pulled by Santa's team of reindeer, just like on that magical night. Warm up inside with some hot chocolate, coffee or food favorties and be amazed as well as entertained by the world's largest Elf, Kandy Kane and his traditional Holiday Magic Show. Ride the North Pole Express or any of the other timeless and ageless restored rides at Santa's Magical Midway. Our redesigned holiday sing-a-long Winterific animated light show is sure to keep you mesmerized with its brilliant wall of dynamic animation.
Milk for Health presents a new interactive Kids Game Show "Everyone's A Winner" hosted by Rob and Carol Allen" features a fun time with plenty of laughs. Of course, a holiday festival wouldn't be complete without the merriment of ole' Santa himself!
This one-of-a-kind WNY event has become a holiday tradition for thousands of families. This enchanting event runs for 29 days until January 1, 2011. Just one low price per carload. Don't forget your camera!
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A clown with the Carson and Barnes Circus rides an elephant into the big top in Corsicana. The traveling show gave two performances Monday. Daily Sun photo/Janet Jacobs
Performers parade into the big top during Monday's Carson and Barnes circus at the Youth Expo in Corsicana.
A trampoline artist entertains the audience during one of the two Corsicana shows by the Carson and Barnes circus which was in town Monday at the Navarro County Youth Expo.
The Egyptian-themed elephant display. (Courtesy of Feld Entertainment)
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Illuscinator, David DaVinci performing the squisher.Master illusionist David DaVinci has made a name for himself as a top-notch entertainer and world class magician.
He has only been with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus for a year and a half, but when he came to the "Greatest Show on Earth" he'd already completed two world tours with sold out performances in over 20 countries. DaVinci has also appeared in numerous television programs and holds several Guinness World Records.
DaVinci's manager, who used to be a clown, knew the owners of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, When he found out that they wanted to build a whole show around magic, he got in touch with the Felds of Feld Entertainment and arranged a private showcase. DaVinci performed before a total of four people and was offered a job on the spot, The next day, the contracts were sent to him.
DaVinci began his magic career at an early age. When asked how he became involved in the craft, he said, "My brother got a magic kit for Christmas and he stuck it in the closet, and I was about six years old when I started learning tricks and by the fifth grade I did my first show. Everytime I would do one show, I'd get two more out of it and then I'd get four more." He added how doing magic kept evolving and when he got into high school, he was making good money at it, performing at elementary schools and private parties receiving anywhere from $500 to $2500.
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Comedy pet theater in Modesto
Dec 03, 2010 (The Modesto Bee - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
If it weren't for Gregory Popovich, dozens of pets could have had an early death.
He rescues cats and dogs from animal shelters and puts them in his traveling "Comedy Pet Theater" show, which is coming to the State Theatre in Modesto on Thursday.
The show came to the Turlock Community Theatre in March. Popovich and the talented animals also have appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and Animal Planet.
"We show how smart they are, how talented they are," Popovich said. "We nickname our show 'Second Chance.' " About 30 pets will dance, fly through the air, balance on a ladder and learn math and geography lessons in "school." Popovich said he watches the pets at his house and builds tricks around their natural abilities and habits.
"I don't push them to go against their nature," he said.
The 90-minute show also includes variety acts from the Moscow Circus and lots of European-style physical comedy. There will be acrobats, juggling and balancing acts.
Popovich grew up in a family of Russian circus performers and performed with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus before starting his own act. Because his mother was a pet trainer, he found it natural to work with animals.
"For me, it was easy to communicate with pets -- easier than communicating with humans," he said.
He uses his shows in California to promote the state's Pet Lovers license plate. Proceeds from sales of the license plate are distributed to cities and counties for free and low-cost spay/neuter programs.
In Modesto, he also is partnering with the Humane Society of Stanislaus County, which will bring shelter animals to the lobby of the State Theatre.
He thinks the performance will offer something for everybody.
A white squirrel in Marionville. People leave birdhouse-like boxes and cobs of corn out in hopes of catching a fleeting glimpse of these unique creatures. The white squirrel population has varied over the years. (Bob Linder / News-Leader)Everett Kennell • News-Leader • December 5, 2010
Springfield, MO
Branson may have music shows and Springfield may have the Bass Pro mother store, but around here, only Marionville has white squirrels.
Nobody's sure how Marionville's colony of white squirrels got started. They are believed to have been around since the town was incorporated in 1854.
A popular tale links the white rodents to a circus that was passing through town. Jim Smart doesn't buy it.
"Some people say they got away from a traveling circus. There were no traveling circuses here then," he said.
Smart, a lifelong local resident, keeps tabs on white squirrels in the community and looks after those on his property.
He and his wife, Carrell, have lived in their home since 1958. It was a few years after that when they looked out the window and saw a lone white squirrel.
"We saw one white squirrel on the gas tank and said it would be neat to have a lot of them," he said.
Things took off from there.
The local Lions Club began building den boxes -- more then 500 were eventually built. Gray squirrels were moved to other locations. Nut-bearing trees were planted.
The Lions Club sold white squirrel T-shirts and souvenirs as fundraisers for its benefit projects.
A local ordinance prohibits harming or trapping white squirrels, Smart said, although he can't recall anyone ever being charged.
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