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Circus World was a theme park built north of Haines City, Florida in Polk County, on the south-east corner of the Interstate 4-US 27 interchange. It was originally a property of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Combined Shows Inc., and was intended additionally to be the circus's winter headquarters as well as to have the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and its ...
Five pictures of a creepy clown roaming a vacant parking lot under a bridge in Downtown Green Bay at night started going viral on 1 August 2016. [14] A Facebook page was created shortly after, claiming that the clown was named "Gags". In the days that followed, the pictures were discussed on numerous news outlets including Fox News, and USA Today.
In 1981, Collins donated the $2.5 million circus to Florida State University [5] saying he wanted to "benefit people of all ages. I want to preserve the tented circus for children and also to help the students at Florida State." [6] The following year, FSU sold their gift to John W. Pugh for $2 million, who formed The New Cole Bros. Circus. [2 ...
Clown Week was celebrated on a limited scale in the 1950s. In 1966 the first International Clown Week chairman was appointed by Ray Bickford, president of Clown Club of America. In 1967 Clown Club of America members were urged to write to their congressmen and senators requesting a presidential proclamation naming July 21–27 as National Clown ...
[1] [3] A weekend event in Tombstone, Arizona was named after him. Emmett Kelly Jr. Days, which is held in November, includes clown school and other events. It is done to raise funds for a scholarship for a Tombstone High School graduate. Kelly continued to perform until he retired from clowning on his 81st birthday in 2004.
The Cole Bros. Circus was a medium-sized American circus.It was founded in 1884 as "W.W. Cole's New Colossal Shows", by William Washington Cole.Ownership of this circus was passed around and in 1900 the Circus was bought by two Canadian showmen, Martin and James Down which was when the name was changed to Cole Bros. Circus. [1]
According to the COAI bylaws, a clown alley [6] is any club with at least five members that forms a local chapter. The COAI also publishes The New Calliope, a bimonthly journal that contains information about the group, news, events, and clown-related articles. [7] The number of clowns in the United States has significantly decreased in the ...
The first inductees were enshrined April 23, 1989. [1] Since then, 61 additional clowns have been inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame. The ensemble has included living and historical American clowns and clowns from Europe, South America, and Africa. The ICHOF also annually bestows a "Lifetime of Laughter Achievement Award".