Yankee Doodle Circus proves to be a big hit
Wicked Local staff photo by Tom Gorman.“The Fashionista” performs .
By Jeanne M. Rideout
Wicked Local Holbrook
Posted Feb 23, 2012
Holbrook — Poodles and ponies and clowns were part of the Yankee Doodle Circus at Holbrook Junior/Senior High School Feb. 18.
By popular demand, the circus will return to Holbrook next spring.
“The Yankee Doodle Circus was a huge hit,” said Maggie Brady, co-chair of the sponsoring Holbrook Junior/Senior High School Parent Group. “Parents and children alike were raving on how fun the day was, and told us they enjoyed the show. We will definitely be bringing back the Yankee Doodle Circus next year.”
More than 203 adults attended, most with two children in tow.
The profit for the parents group from the fundraiser was $2,070, double the estimated $1,000 the group had hoped for, Brady said.
One sign of the success of the circus was online sales.
“We had 66 online tickets sold, which is a large amount, according to the circus' engagement director Margaret Naughton,” Brady said.
Yankee Doodle Circus offers clowns, pony rides, mini-trapeze artists and acrobatic puppies, and Brady recommends it to other groups seeking a fundraiser.
“Mike Naughton, who is the ringmaster and developer of the circus, is a true professional, and it was such a pleasure to have them come to Holbrook,” she said. “He has many fond memories of the previous trips to Holbrook. They are a self-contained fundraising unit and take care of absolutely everything.”
Proceeds from the three performances of the Feb. 18 circus will enable the parents group with activities such as funding the annual $250 scholarship for a graduating Holbrook High senior. The group hopes to establish a second scholarship. The parent group also funds projects, including purchasing technology for classrooms, supplying lab equipment for science classes and bringing academic enrichment programs to Holbrook.
For more, see the Feb. 24 Holbrook Sun. Read more: http://www.wickedlocal.com/holbrook/news/x1793848844/Yankee-Doodle-Circus-proves-to-be-a-big-hit#ixzz1nJEE7lF6
Holbrook — Poodles and ponies and clowns were part of the Yankee Doodle Circus at Holbrook Junior/Senior High School Feb. 18.
By popular demand, the circus will return to Holbrook next spring.
“The Yankee Doodle Circus was a huge hit,” said Maggie Brady, co-chair of the sponsoring Holbrook Junior/Senior High School Parent Group. “Parents and children alike were raving on how fun the day was, and told us they enjoyed the show. We will definitely be bringing back the Yankee Doodle Circus next year.”
More than 203 adults attended, most with two children in tow.
The profit for the parents group from the fundraiser was $2,070, double the estimated $1,000 the group had hoped for, Brady said.
One sign of the success of the circus was online sales.
“We had 66 online tickets sold, which is a large amount, according to the circus' engagement director Margaret Naughton,” Brady said.
Yankee Doodle Circus offers clowns, pony rides, mini-trapeze artists and acrobatic puppies, and Brady recommends it to other groups seeking a fundraiser.
“Mike Naughton, who is the ringmaster and developer of the circus, is a true professional, and it was such a pleasure to have them come to Holbrook,” she said. “He has many fond memories of the previous trips to Holbrook. They are a self-contained fundraising unit and take care of absolutely everything.”
Proceeds from the three performances of the Feb. 18 circus will enable the parents group with activities such as funding the annual $250 scholarship for a graduating Holbrook High senior. The group hopes to establish a second scholarship. The parent group also funds projects, including purchasing technology for classrooms, supplying lab equipment for science classes and bringing academic enrichment programs to Holbrook.
For more, see the Feb. 24 Holbrook Sun. Read more: http://www.wickedlocal.com/holbrook/news/x1793848844/Yankee-Doodle-Circus-proves-to-be-a-big-hit#ixzz1nJEE7lF6
Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteWe have a wonderful cast and company, all top pros; plus a hard working group of parent volunteers.
The 203 was the committee's sale, the online and the door sale are separate.
Good entertainment never goes out of style, even in recessions/depressions. Total attendance exceeded 1,000 for the day.
Pat Cashin's traditional make-up and wardrobe get a big reaction from the audience, especially since there are so many "one-minute make-up" clowns working.
Heard in the lobby, one youngster to another, "He's a real clown."