Great Circus Parade returns to Milwaukee Jul 12, 2009
Dave SaLoutos, parade director at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, which produces the parade, said circuses have long been great entertainment for families. "I think that the biggest part of the story is the fact that we are doing it," SaLoutos said. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Winfred man to pull 10-horse hitch in Great Circus Parade Jul 10, 2009
The Great Circus Parade is a re-creation of the big circus parades of the 1800s and 1900s with all the wagons taken from the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis ... When the Circus World Museum decided to rebuild it, they used those few salvaged carvings to start the pattern. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
And on drums ... La Crosse musician, sound man finds work on the road and at home Jul 6, 2009
From the first time he watched musicians play drums at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Conyers knew he was listening to his future. Fascinated by the synchronous crashes and thumps the live drummer added to each trick, I knew I was to become a drummer. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Life's a Circus: Much to delight of local couple, Great Circus Parade is returning Jul 5, 2009
Terry was part of the train crew, which loaded the ornate circus wagons from Baraboo s Circus World Museum onto train cars for their trip to Milwaukee (and later unloaded them at the festival grounds) ... They also became friends with the late Charles Chappie Fox who, as first director of the Circus World Museum, co-founded the Great Circus Parade with Milwaukee businessman Ben Barkin. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Circus Parade returns to Milwaukee after 6 years Jun 30, 2009
Circus was founded in Baraboo in 1884, and the state Historical Society's Circus World Museum sits on a former winter home for the circus. Several hundred thousand people typically turn out for the parades, which include antique circus wagons, horses, musical bands, exotic animals, clowns and hundreds of performers. (Yahoo News)
