Aaron’s Farewell Tour
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Anne-Marie Wood and Eric Schondorf, parents of 5th year trouper Aaron Schondorf Watch this video looking back on Aaron’s years with Circus Smirkus, created by Andy Bell. As we look forward to Aaron’s fifth and final season with The Big Top Tour, we can’t help recall driving up I-91 to Lyndon, Vermont in 2010 to take Aaron and his brother, Ethan, to the one-week summer Smirkus Camp session. Even though it was Aaron’s first time away from home, from the minute we walked onto campus, the Smirkus counselors and staff could not have been more welcoming…
Local Talent Coming Back To Waltham
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Waltham Patch in Waltham, MA on July 23, 2019 and was written by Scott Souza WALTHAM, MA — Arlington High School rising sophomore Glenn Doyle has been told there could be quite a crowd of familiar faces from the Spy Ponder wrestling team for his homecoming this weekend. Only the 15-year-old won’t be showing off his skills on the mat — where he placed third at 106 pounds in Division 2 Metro States as a freshman this past winter — he will be showing off his skills as a clown and acrobat for Circus Smirkus…
Smirkus Features Local Rising Star
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Caledonian Record in St. Johnsbury, VT on June 30, 2019 and was written by Staff Writer Amy Ash Nixon ST. JOHNSBURY — The circus is coming to town! Circus Smirkus is making a two-day stop in St. Johnsbury, presented by Catamount Arts – July 2 and 3. Two shows are planned each day, at 1 and 6 p.m., and the stage is the grounds of the Green Mountain Mall, on Route 5. One of the troupe members is local student Asom Hayman-Jones, 17, of Glover, who is a rising senior at St. Johnsbury Academy. This is…
VIDEO: Trouper Close Up Ariana Wunderle
Watch this 2019 Circus Smirkus Trouper Close Up: Ariana Wunderle Get your tickets for the 2019 Big Top Tour: Carnival. The show opens June 29 in Greensboro, VT.
Coach’s Corner: Jessica Jay
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Tour Communications & PR Intern Emma Burke In addition to myself and a handful of first-year troupers, the 2019 Circus Smirkus Tour welcomed a number of new staff members as well. One of this summer’s most welcomed additions is Jessica Jay, one of our aerial coaches whose warm smile and positive attitude I look forward to greeting every day. Jessica is the owner of the aerial training facility, Sora Aerial Arts, and artistic director of the professional entertainment & aerial theatre company Sora Contemporary Circus located in Lexington, KY. Jessica works as an aerial teacher trainer with the…
Get Ready Here They Come!
Watch this Sneak Peek of the troupers training for the 2019 Big Top Tour: CarnivalTickets available online or by phone. Buy yours today!
Video: Trouper Close Up Asom Hayman-Jones
Watch this 2019 Circus Smirkus Trouper Close Up: Asom Hayman-JonesGet your tickets for the 2019 Big Top Tour: Carnival. The show opens June 29 in Greensboro, VT.
Video: Trouper Close Up Sophie Robinson
Watch this 2019 Circus Smirkus Trouper Close Up: Sophie RobinsonGet your tickets for the 2019 Big Top Tour: Carnival. The show opens June 29 in Greensboro, VT.
Video: Trouper Close Up Theo LeBlanc
Watch this 2019 Circus Smirkus Trouper Close Up: Theo LeBlanc Get your tickets for the 2019 Big Top Tour: Carnival. The show opens June 29 in Greensboro, VT.
Arrivals at The Circus Barn
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Tour Communications & PR Intern Emma Burke 1 Circus Road. The soothing voice of my GPS tells me to bear left as I approach a street sign that I have never had the pleasure of seeing before. As my Hyundai Sonata fights against the knobby dirt road, I start to have cold feet. What am I doing? What did I get myself into? It was only a number of months ago that I gingerly applied for the position of Tour Communications and PR Intern at Circus Smirkus, a traveling youth circus that I had only heard of…