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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 ...
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.
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 ...
All the world loves a clown? Maybe not. These clowns entertained (or scared) Fort Worth crowds over the decades. Here are 22 photos dug out of the Star-Telegram vault.
Central Florida BBQ Festival [21] Sebring: Highlands 1 Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival [22] Fellsmere: Indian River Wild game 1 Taste of Pine Island [23] Pine Island: Lee Various 1 Florida Keys Seafood Festival [24] Key West: Monroe Seafood 1 Great Southern Gumbo Cook-off [25] Sandestin: Okaloosa Gumbo 1 Sunshine Regional Chili Cook-Off [26 ...
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 ...
Rajoo – circus clown and the central character in Raj Kapoor's film Mera Naam Joker; Rollo the Clown – played by William (Billy) Wayne, the "good-guy" clown in the Adventures of Superman episode titled "The Clown Who Cried". Rollo the Clown – from the 1991 film The Little Engine That Could, based on the children's book of the same name.