Du Quoin, Ill. — Lions and tigers and clowns — oh, my!
Children of all ages are invited to attend the 45th annual Ainad Shriners Circus Saturday, June 11, and Sunda, June 12, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin.
Shriners Divan Denver Tolbert said tickets for the circus are available in all Moto Mart, Huck’s and Schnuck’s locations.
“The George Carden Circus International will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,” Tolbert said. “There are two shows on Sunday, one at 2 p.m. and another at 7 p.m.”
Tolbert said the circus travels more than 40,000 miles annually throughout the United States and Canada.
“George Carden owns and produces the circus shows,” he said. “A fifth-generation owner, George has been in the circus business all of his life and knows show business inside and out.
“His father Larry Carden owned a circus, and George learned the business first-hand,” Tolbert said. “George is an astute concession manager, has worked a cat act, presented camels and elephants, oversees the bleacher operation, has expertise in the promotion and advertising of the circus and can shift the gears of an 18-wheeler as smoothly as a professional trucker.”
Tolbert said the circus season lasts two weeks.
“George houses his operation in Missouri when he is not on the road and keeps many of the circus animals on his 20-acre farm when they are not entertaining audiences,” he said. “His pride and joy is his elephants. He owns 10 of them.”
Tolbert said Carden started circus operation in 1981 before buying his father’s operation and combining the two businesses.
“His sons work with the elephants in the three-ring circus,” he said.
Performances begin with the national anthem before the opening act of “music, beautiful girls and magic,” Tolbert said.
“Ringmistress Miss Audrey Michelle will get the crowd ready for Ms. Vicenta Pages and her all white tiger troupe. The tigers are untamed, untethered and utterly unpredictable.”
He said agile artisans “perform astonishing acrobatic antics at amazing altitudes” prior to the introduction of Johny the clown.
Tolbert said entertainers from Russia, Argentina, Romania, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Canada and Chili join Americans in the fairy tale fantasy, followed by balancing acts, captivating canines and world champion bicycle rider Karoly Zeman.
“He will amaze the audience with his amazing stunts,” he said. “The rider is the only performer to present a double somersault on the BMX bicycle.”
Following intermission, more daredevils take the stage and dangle from above.
“There will be hula-hoopers Ms. Ashley and Ms. Aurea, juggling experts Johny and Milly and the talented Omars from Argentina,” he said. “Aerial acrobats Henando and Marius will perform stunts on their motorcycles while on the trapeze.”
Children of all ages are invited to attend the 45th annual Ainad Shriners Circus Saturday, June 11, and Sunda, June 12, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin.
Shriners Divan Denver Tolbert said tickets for the circus are available in all Moto Mart, Huck’s and Schnuck’s locations.
“The George Carden Circus International will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,” Tolbert said. “There are two shows on Sunday, one at 2 p.m. and another at 7 p.m.”
Tolbert said the circus travels more than 40,000 miles annually throughout the United States and Canada.
“George Carden owns and produces the circus shows,” he said. “A fifth-generation owner, George has been in the circus business all of his life and knows show business inside and out.
“His father Larry Carden owned a circus, and George learned the business first-hand,” Tolbert said. “George is an astute concession manager, has worked a cat act, presented camels and elephants, oversees the bleacher operation, has expertise in the promotion and advertising of the circus and can shift the gears of an 18-wheeler as smoothly as a professional trucker.”
Tolbert said the circus season lasts two weeks.
“George houses his operation in Missouri when he is not on the road and keeps many of the circus animals on his 20-acre farm when they are not entertaining audiences,” he said. “His pride and joy is his elephants. He owns 10 of them.”
Tolbert said Carden started circus operation in 1981 before buying his father’s operation and combining the two businesses.
“His sons work with the elephants in the three-ring circus,” he said.
Performances begin with the national anthem before the opening act of “music, beautiful girls and magic,” Tolbert said.
“Ringmistress Miss Audrey Michelle will get the crowd ready for Ms. Vicenta Pages and her all white tiger troupe. The tigers are untamed, untethered and utterly unpredictable.”
He said agile artisans “perform astonishing acrobatic antics at amazing altitudes” prior to the introduction of Johny the clown.
Tolbert said entertainers from Russia, Argentina, Romania, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Canada and Chili join Americans in the fairy tale fantasy, followed by balancing acts, captivating canines and world champion bicycle rider Karoly Zeman.
“He will amaze the audience with his amazing stunts,” he said. “The rider is the only performer to present a double somersault on the BMX bicycle.”
Following intermission, more daredevils take the stage and dangle from above.
“There will be hula-hoopers Ms. Ashley and Ms. Aurea, juggling experts Johny and Milly and the talented Omars from Argentina,” he said. “Aerial acrobats Henando and Marius will perform stunts on their motorcycles while on the trapeze.”
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