60 http://www.bigapplecircus.org en-us ℗ & © 2006 Big Apple Circus A classic circus and great family entertainment Joel W. Dein For 29 years the Big Apple Circus, New York's classic one-ring circus, has been delighting audiences of all ages under its Big Top by presenting the finest in live family entertainment featuring world-class circus artistry. This season the Big Apple Circus proudly presents Grandma Goes to Hollywood. Inspired by the legendary town that produced silent films and the talkies, sweeping epics and musical extravaganzas, westerns, sci-fi fantasies, suspense thrillers, romances and (of course) comedies, Grandma Goes to Hollywood brings the celluloid dreams of the silver screen into the circus ring! With spectacle and spotlights, action and exploits, sawdust and glamour, the Big Apple Circus rolls out the red carpet for you, with celebrated star Grandma the Clown and her luminous cast of acrobats, jugglers, trapeze flyers, performing horses and dogs, humorists and superheroes of the Big Top. The fast pace and intimate setting will make movie moments come to life, in a show that will create unforgettable circus memories for your entire family! The Big Apple Circus 29th season continues with performances of "Step Right Up" in New York (October 19 - January 7, 2007, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center); Atlanta (February 9 - February 24, 2007, Stone Mountain Park); Bridgewater, NJ (March 3 - March 25, 2007, Commerce Bank Ballpark); Boston (March 31 - May 6, 2007, City Hall Plaza); Queens, NY (May 12 - May 28, 2007, Cunningham Park; Brookville, Long Island (June 1 - June 10, 2007, Tilles Center for the Arts); West Nyack, NY (June 15 - June 24, 2007, Palisades Center); New Haven (June 29 - July 4, 2007, Sports Haven); Charlestown, RI (July 9 - July 15, 2007, Ninigret Park); Hanover, NH (July 20 - July 26, 2007, Fullington Farm). The Big Top is heated in cold weather and air-conditioned in warm, for all-season comfort. For ticket information, group sales, inquiries about wheelchair-accessible seating or for additional information please call the Ticket Info Line at (800) 922-3772. The Big Apple Circus is a not-for-profit performing arts and community outreach institution committed to children and their families. For Membership, Private Performances and more information please visit our website at www.bigapplecircus.org Podcast produced by ADLubow.com Joel W. Dein jdein@bigapplecircus.org Big Apple Circus A preview of our 2006-07 season For 29 years the Big Apple Circus, New York's classic one-ring circus, has been delighting audiences of all ages under its Big Top by presenting the finest in live family entertainment featuring world-class circus artistry. Last year you joined Grandma in the bright lights of HollywoodÐthis season the Big Apple Circus invites you to Step Right Up! It's the 29th season show, guaranteed to delight one and all! Sweep your family away to a bygone world! Watch as a wondrous Amusement Resort by the Sea, shimmering as if from a more Gilded Age, materializes before your very eyes right under the Big Top! Thrill to the sights and sounds Ñ those rollicking rides and awesome arcades, the boisterous barker and surprising sideshows, the beachcombers and bathing beauties, ragtime tunes, novelty numbers and circus carousels of electrifying splendor! Jugglers, acrobats, equestrians, aerialists, horses, dogs, jesters and Grandma the Clown will sweep your family into a bygone world, where everyone wins and memories are golden. With star performers from across the country and around the globe, The Big Apple Circus invites one and all, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls to Step Right Up! The Big Apple Circus 29th season continues with performances of "Step Right Up" in New York (October 19 - January 7, 2007, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center); Atlanta (February 9 - February 24, 2007, Stone Mountain Park); Bridgewater, NJ (March 3 - March 25, 2007, Commerce Bank Ballpark); Boston (March 31 - May 6, 2007, City Hall Plaza); Queens, NY (May 12 - May 28, 2007, Cunningham Park; Brookville, Long Island (June 2 - June 10, 2007, Tilles Center for the Arts); West Nyack, NY (June 15 - June 24, 2007, Palisades Center); New Haven (June 29 - July 4, 2007, Sports Haven); Charlestown, RI (July 9 - July 15, 2007, Ninigret Park); Hanover, NH (July 20 - July 26, 2007, Fullington Farm). The Big Top is heated in cold weather and air-conditioned in warm, for all-season comfort. For ticket information, group sales, inquiries about wheelchair-accessible seating or for additional information please call the Ticket Info Line at (800) 922-3772. The Big Apple Circus is a not-for-profit performing arts and community outreach institution committed to children and their families. Of its many programs beyond the ring, The Big Apple Circus Clown Care (SM) hospital clowning program brings laughter and joy to the bedsides of acutely and chronically ill children year round. Now in its twentieth year, more than ninety specially selected and trained Clown Care (SM) Clown Doctors annually make 250,000 one-on-one bedside visits in pediatric services throughout hospitals around the country. Watch The Big Apple Circus Clown Care (SM) podcast to learn the many reasons why this program is so vitally important to an ill childÕs well being. Paul Newman narrates. For Membership, Private Performances and more information please visit our website at www.bigapplecircus.org Podcast produced by ADLubow.com, an innovator and pioneer in podcast production. http://www.adlubow.com/bac/bac2007.m4v Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:12:00 EST 01:56 circus, cirque, big apple cirus, bac, bello and friends, clown around town, clown care, circus for all, circus arts in education, variety, clown, elephant, horse, dog, animal, animal care, animal training, entertainment, trapeze, acrobat, aerialist, juggling, unicycle, plate-spinning, kids, fun, family, brother, sister, mom, dad, children, big top, tent, spectacle, performance, ringmaster, laughter, wonder, memories, theater, unique, spotlight, adventure Big Apple Circus Highlights from our 2005-06 season The Big Apple Circus 28th season with performances of Grandma Goes to Hollywood The Big Apple Circus is a not-for-profit performing arts and community outreach institution committed to children and their families. For Membership, Private Performances and more information please visit our website at www.bigapplecircus.org Podcast produced by ADLubow.com http://www.adlubow.com/bac/bac.m4v Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:12:00 EST 02:49 circus, cirque, big apple cirus, bac, bello and friends, clown around town, clown care, circus for all, circus arts in education, variety, clown, elephant, horse, dog, animal, animal care, animal training, entertainment, trapeze, acrobat, aerialist, juggling, unicycle, plate-spinning, kids, fun, family, brother, sister, mom, dad, children, big top, tent, spectacle, performance, ringmaster, laughter, wonder, memories, theater, unique, spotlight, adventure Big Apple Circus Paul Newman describes the good it does for seriously ill children This marks the 20th anniversary of the Big Apple Circus Clown CareSM program, the first resident professional hospital clowning program in the world, and the 2 millionth visit to a hospitalized child. Clown CareSM currently employs 93 professional performing artists as clown doctors and is in year-round residence in 17 leading pediatric facilities across the country, seven in the New York area alone. Founded in 1986 by Big Apple Circus cofounder Michael Christensen, the Big Apple Circus Clown CareSM hospital program has become established as the leader and expert in the field of "hospital clowning." The professional members of Clown CareSM use juggling, mime, music and magic, to bring laughter and joy to the bedsides of acutely and chronically ill children, four hours a day, five days a week, year-round, in seventeen leading pediatric facilities across the country. Annually, more than 90 Clown Doctors, specially selected and trained to work in the sensitive hospital environment, make an estimated 280,000 one-on-one bedside visits in pediatric services throughout the hospital, including: intensive care units, bone marrow transplant, burn treatment, pediatric AIDS, emergency rooms, acute care clinics, inpatient wards, physical therapy, and out patient wards. Currently there are Big Apple Circus Clown CareSM hospital clowning programs in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Miami, New Haven, New York City, Seattle, and Washington, DC. To learn more about the Big Apple Circus Clown CareSM program please visit our website at www.bigapplecircus.org Produced by L. A. Bruell, Inc. Podcast by ADLubow.com http://www.adlubow.com/bac/clown_care.m4v Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:12:00 EST 02:49 circus, cirque, big apple cirus, bac, bello and friends, clown around town, clown care, circus for all, circus arts in education, variety, clown, elephant, horse, dog, animal, animal care, animal training, entertainment, trapeze, acrobat, aerialist, juggling, unicycle, plate-spinning, kids, fun, family, brother, sister, mom, dad, children, big top, tent, spectacle, performance, ringmaster, laughter, wonder, memories, theater, unique, spotlight, adventure