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Circus March-ing Orders!
Follow the Flying Children!
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For Immediate Release!
Contact: Jessica Hentoff: 314-226-3633
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CIRCUS HARMONY BAND IN CONCERT!
We hope you will join us at the Kranzberg Arts Center for a special concert appearance by Adam Rugo & The Circus Harmony Band on Friday, March 6! The Circus Harmony Band's repertoire brings together flavors from across cultures, from America to Germany to West Africa to Mongolia. The musicians are some of St. Louis' finest, including Matt Henry on drums, Aaron Lehde on woodwinds, Adam Hucke on trumpet, Nikki Glenn on violin, Charlie Brown on keyboards, Ric Vice on bass, and Adam Rugo on guitar. Their original tunes were composed for Circus Harmony. The CD by Adam Rugo & The Circus Harmony Band, entitled ASCENSION, was released in December 2014, and is available for purchase on our website.
Come hear gravity defying music! The Circus Harmony Band will be accompanied by some of our flying children. Please share this exciting event on Facebook with your friends. Tickets are just $10 for adults and $5 for students and children. Get your tickets here.
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GO TO SIX FLAGS TO HELP A CHILD FLY!
T he first ever Worldwide Circus Summit is taking place in Massachussetts, this July, We are looking for help to send the St. Louis Arches to this historic conference to represent St. Louis, MO, USA. Our first fundraiser towards this goal is simple. If you buy a ticket thru this link to Six Flags, a portion of your ticket price will got to Circus Harmony. Great price. Great cause.Great fun.
and enter Promo Code:
CIRCUS
Offer valid only for 6 Flags, St. Louis
These Six Flag tickets are for weekends April 3- May 17, so buy now to go soon. A portion of every ticket you purchase this way will go to Circus Harmony! We are also looking for sponsors to help a flying child attend the Worldwide Circus Summit. Cost is about $500 per child. If you are interested in sponsoring all or part of a flying child's attendance, please contact Jessica Hentoff via email [email protected] or phone at 314-436-7676.
The Worldwide Circus Summit 2015 will be held on the Big E Fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts USA from July 14th until July 18th, 2015. The Summit will be a unique and wonderful opportunity for a wide variety of circus-related organizations to join together at a world-class location at a common time to hold their conventions, meetings and/or activities and share their love for the circus. The theme of the Summit is: Celebrating the Circus ... Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow! You can help the St. Louis Arches be part of this momentous occassion!
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WATCH OUT FOR FLYING ALUMNAE!
Don't miss the return of some of your favorite flying children-now-adults! Saturday, March 7, some of our great alumnae join the St. Louis Arches at their 1 PM show at City Museum to see Sidney Iking Bateman and Melvin Diggs (on a short break from their worldwide tour with 7 Fingers' Cuisine and Confessions) in a rare St. Louis appearance together! This is also your chance to catch Elliana Grace and Matt Viverito before they return to the Circus Harmony Flying Trapeze Troupe.
Be there! Be amazed!
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SPECIAL GUEST
TEACHING ARTISTS!
For Spring, we are excited to have several special guest teachers working with Circus Harmony:
Laura Lippert:
Our favorite Chairialist (aerial chair and hair hang artist)
Graciella Newsam:
Aerialist from Panama and sister to our aerial and dance teacher, Monica Newsam
Kira Fath:
Aerial artist and contortionist joining Circus Harmony for the first time!
and from the Red Nose Foundation in Indonesia,
Dedy Purwadi:
Our first Indonesian Social Circus Intern!
We are thrilled to welcome our new youth circus intern from Israel,Yahel Retter! Yahel has been part of our Peace Through Pyramids partnership with the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus in Israel. Yahel will be with us until next February. Come say hello!
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TIME TO FLY!
The Circus Harmony Flying Trapeze Center will reopen on April 1 (no fooling!) under the train shed at St. Louis Union Station.
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CIRCUS HARMONY SUMMER CAMPS!
Join the circus this summer! Schedules and registrations are up for our ever-popular Circus Performance Camps at City Musuem, our brand new Circus Camp in St. Charles at New Town and our summer circus classes at Raintree School in Creve Couer. Register now! |
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WE WON A GROUNDHOG!
We won a groundhog--- not the furry kind, the statuette that means you won at the annual Atlanta Groundhog Day Juggling Festival. Our Circus Harmony Jugglers brought to 14 the number of winning acts coached by Circus Harmony juggling teacher extraordinairre,Richard Kennison. Richard also received a special award in honor of all he has contributed to the Festival. Bravo to all!
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RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW!
We're a book! Award-winning author, Cynthia Levinson's, book, Watch Out For Flying Kids won't be out until this summer but you pre-order your copy now! This big, beautiful book by Peachtree Publishers is about the Peace Through Pyramids Partnership we have had with the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus in Israel since 2007. If you do shop Amazon, please consider going through Amazon Smile and then choose Circus Day Foundation (official name for Cicus Harmony) to support our work! Have a book fair in your town? Suggest us as special guests! Thank you!
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To keep up with the latest news on where to catch the flyng children,
special offers and awesome opportunities, we hope you:
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OUR MISSION Circus Harmony teaches the art of life through circus education. We work to build character and expand community for youth of all ages, cultures, abilities and backgrounds. Through teaching and performance of circus skills, we help people defy gravity, soar with confidence, and leap over social barriers, all at the same time. |
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OUR SPONSORS
We are very grateful for the support of the City Museum, Regional Arts Commission, Daughters of Charity Foundation of St. Louis, Youthbridge Community Center Foundation, PNC Arts Alive, Missouri Arts Council, Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, Boeing Employee Community Fund, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Cardinals Care, Arts & Education Council of St. Louis, DCA Family Foundation, Lubin Green Foundation,Staenberg Family Foundation, Kranzberg Family Foundation, Saigh Foundation, Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Build-A-Bear Foundation, Fox Family Foundation, Philpott Family Foundation, Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation, Macy's Foundation, StlSLOUP, Bommarito Automotive Group, Simon Foundation, Big Shark Bicycle Works, Goudurix, Cirque Du Soleil, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey, American Youth Circus Organization, Brentwood Minuteman Press, Stahl & Ponder, Circus Fans of America, Circus4Youth and people like you!
PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FLYING CHILDREN:
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