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Dear Friends,
On behalf of our artists, staff, and crew: I welcome you to the 29th annual production of
St. Louis’ very own Circus Flora. We are thrilled to debut One Summer on Second Street,
a unique view of a city, presented in a way that only Circus Flora can!
Travel with us to a typical block in a typical city in the heart of the Jazz Age. We
pay homage to this exciting time in American history, when families of all different
backgrounds found themselves living in tight quarters, forced to experience each others’
cultures and recognize each others’ humanity. Familiarity teaches us about each other;
relationships can then be built upon shared experiences.
Part of the fun of this production is that we also explore these concepts behind the scenes
at Circus Flora. Our world-class artists come from all over the United States and the globe,
setting all cultural differences and language barriers aside for one shared goal: creating the
unique performance that you are seeing today. For 29 years, we have assembled a new
company who might be tentative towards one another at our initial company meeting,
but by the time we have created and rehearsed the show, have become inseparable. We live
together, we work together, and we take care of each other. Our proximity and intimacy,
not to mention conversation over some delicious and eclectic potluck dinners, are uniting
forces within our company.
Circus Flora has experienced a year of growth and change. In 2014, we presented two
highly acclaimed productions: The Pawn, in our Big Top, and A Winter Fable, in Powell Hall
in collaboration with the St. Louis Symphony. Even with our successes, the year was not
been without sadness. In May 2014, Circus Flora lost our beloved co-founder and longtime Artistic Director, David Balding. David’s gravelly voice and steady compassionate
leadership have been central to Circus Flora’s productions since our 1986 founding; his
passing was terribly sad for all of us in the Circus Flora company. I am humbled to step
into his shoes and his eggplant-purple pants. Grief can, however, also be a unifier. Though
we miss David and know that his absence creates a hole, we are excited by the honor and
challenge of continuing to explore and fulfill his founding mission by combining the arts
of the theatre and the classical American circus. I want to thank you for coming to Circus Flora. To our generous donors, sponsors, and
volunteers, I extend a special thanks for making our production possible. Now, I invite you
to sit back and let our Big Top tent transport you from Grand Boulevard in St. Louis, to
our magical Second Street, where excitement and adventure await.
Jack Marsh
Jack Marsh
Artistic Director
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ONE SUMMER ON SECOND STREET
Artistic Director
Jack Marsh
Theater Director/Featured Performer
Cecil MacKinnon
Executive Director
Joel K. Emery
Tentmaster
Erik Jaeger
Resident Composer
Miriam Cutler
Musical Director, Arranger
and Composer
Janine Del’Arte
Scenic Designer
Sarah Pearline
Costume Designer
Nina Reed
Lighting Designer
Jesse AlFord
Dramaturg
Hovey Burgess
Audio Designer
Mark Kreitler
Writers
Cecil MacKinnon, Jack Marsh
Creative Consultant
Amanda Crockett
Assistant Tentmaster & Site Boss
Alan Ulhmansiek
The Mission of Circus Flora is:
To bring joy, delight, and laughter to life through the magic of circus.
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ONE SUMMER ON SECOND STREET
There is nothing like summer in the city: the energy and excitement can magically
transform a city block into a living, breathing being. In One Summer on Second Street, set
to the urban sights and sounds of the Jazz Age, the diverse people of Second Street live
and work in close proximity, bystanders and agents in each other’s lives. Devious landlords
and angry neighbors require courage, strength, and humor to navigate. Can romance and
camaraderie win out? Swing on down to Second Street to see what develops!
Nada se compara con el verano en la ciudad. Como arte de magia, la energía y las
emociones pueden transformar toda una cuadra en un ser vivo, que respira. En One Summer
on Second Street, con un panorama urbano y los sonidos de la Era del Jazz, las distintas
personas de Second Street viven y trabajan uno al lado del otro, y actúan como testigos y
agentes en la vida de cada uno. Entre propietarios taimados y vecinos enojados se necesita
circular con coraje, fortaleza y humor. ¿Podrán prevalecer el romance y la camaradería?
¡Acércate a Second Street para ver qué sucede!
Es gibt doch nichts Schöneres als Sommer in der Stadt! Die Energie und die Dynamik
können einen Stadtteil im Handumdrehen in ein lebendiges, atmendes Wesen verwandeln.
In One Summer on Second Street, mit der Bühnenausstattung städtischer Sehenswürdigkeiten
und Klängen des Jazz-Zeitalters, leben und arbeiten die unterschiedlichsten Menschen von
Second Street in der näheren Umgebung, Sponsorvertreter und Zuschauer im Leben des
jeweils anderen. Hinterhältige Vermieter und böse Nachbarn erfordern Mut, Kraft und
Humor, um zu navigieren. Kann Romantik und Kameradschaft siegen? Auf zur Second
Street, um zu sehen, was sich so entwickelt!
Il n’y a rien de tel qu’un été en ville : l’énergie et l’excitation peuvent magiquement
transformer un quartier en un être vivant respirant la vie. Dans Un Été dans la Second
Street au rythme d’images urbaines et de sons de l’ère du Jazz, les divers habitants de la
Second Street vivent et travaillent à proximité, spectateurs et agents dans la vie de chacun.
Les propriétaires sournois et les voisins en colère doivent faire preuve de courage, de force,
et d’humour pour s’y frayer un chemin. Est-ce que la romance et la camaraderie peuvent
l’emporter ? Swinguez vers la Second Street pour savoir ce qu’il adviendra !
城市里的夏天总是与众不同这里充满活力与激情，能够魔法般地将一个城市街区变
成一个充满生命气息的舞台。在《第二街一夏》爵士时代的城市景象和声音背景之
下，第二街形形色色的人们将近距离地一起生活和工作，旁观者与经纪人也将融入
彼此的生活。狡诈的房东和愤怒的邻居需要展现勇气、力量和幽默才能妥善处理困
难的局面。浪漫和友爱能够最终胜出吗？赶快来第二街拭目以待吧!
Ne postoji ništa slično ljetu u gradu: energija i uzbuđenje mogu da čarobno transformišu
gradski blok u živo biće koje diše. U Jednom ljetu na Drugoj ulici, postavljenom među
urbanim znamenitostima i zvucima iz doba džeza, različiti ljudi Druge ulice žive i rade u
neposrednoj blizini, posmatrači i učesnici u životima jedni drugih. Potrebna je hrabrost i
humor za navigaciju između nepoštenih stanodavaca i ljutih komšija. Mogu li romansa i
drugarstvo pobijediti? Navratite dole do Druge ulice da vidite šta će se iz toga razviti!
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The Circus Flora Company
Sidney “Iking” Bateman
Andriy Bilobrov
Hovey Burgess
Melvin Diggs
Adam Kuchler
Cecil MacKinnon
Jack Marsh
Mayya Panfilova
Helena Valla
Alanian Riders: Cecile D. Borrey, Lev Gigolaev,Veronica Painter and Alina Stasik
Duo Tux: Terrance Robinson and Laurie Marchand
Daring Jones Duo: David Jones and Blaze Birge
Quatuor Bounce: Pauline Baud-Guillard, Jasmin Blouin, Marine Crest and Felix Di Pasquale
The Flying Wallendas: Tino, Olinka, Aurelia, Alex and Claire Wallenda-Zoppè
The St. Louis Arches: Director & Coach: Jessica Hentoff
Coaches: Warren Bacon, Sidney Bateman, Elliana Grace, Keaton Hentoff-Killian,
Richard Kennison and Rosa Yagaantsetseg
Members: Sebastian Braun, Lilly Bowman, Austin Buhr, Nick Dodson, Brandi Jennings,
Chauncey Kroner, Ollie Lloyd, Isabella Majzun, Ari Mayaan, Finn Mateo McNamee,
Yahel Retter, Sally Sneider, Kyran Walton and Maya Zuckerman
Circus Flora Band: Janine Del’Arte with Suzanne Morissette Cruz, Michael Girard,
Zeb Briskovich, Abbie Steiling and Robert Anderson
The Circus Flora Animals
Alanian Riders’ Horses: Bubba (8 year old Halflinger Palomino-Cross, Blonde),
Kontos (8 year old Nakota Blue Roan), Fez (10 year old Fjord Paint Cross, Buckskin
Paint), Remington (8 year old Nakota, Black with Blaze), Lancelot (6 year old
Thoroughbred Bay), Hershey (9 year old Appaloosa) and Foster (8 year old Arabian
Appaloosa)
Mayya Panfilova’s Housecats: Vika (14 years old), Mushka (10), Britni (10 ), Sonya (9),
Amaliya (7), Agasha (7), Dasha (6), Dina (6), Marry (5), Lusee (5), Ksusha (5) and Maks (5)
Small Animals: Kimball (9 year old Miniature Horse), El Nino (11 year old Miniature
Donkey), Noah (28 year old Paint Pony), Red Oak Mike (35 year old Miniature Horse),
Max (9 year old Miniature Pigmy Goat) and Dos Passos (1 year old Red Rooster)
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Act One
One summer day can seem like any other on Second Street. Residents and businesses go
about their day, while the neighborhood children happily play in the streets. Though the
block might seem pleasant and cheerful, not everyone wants to get along. A matriarch is
particularly keen to keep her daughters away from trouble, though their instincts are to
seek out love and danger on the street, and with its eclectic inhabitants.
At night, a couple cannot sleep in their apartment because of screeching alleycats: their
path to peace and quiet is to befriend them and take them in. Their landlord, however, does
not approve of so many animals living in his building. Their eviction stuns the town, as
does the arrival of some outsiders who are, with the landlord, set on changing the character
of the block. Act Two
Second Street residents all seem to develop relationships with animals, even in the heart of
the city. Birds, roosters, and horses all become unlikely elements of apartment life: not the
changes that the landlord had in mind. Meanwhile, the matriarch’s daughters continue to
rebel; they find adventure and danger throughout Second Street. As tensions mount on all
sides, old ideas must make way for the new - something has to give.
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Circus Flora
Administration
Seana L. Beard
Box Office Manager
Joel K. Emery
Executive Director
Scott Layne
Communications Coordinator
Jack Marsh
Artistic Director
Susan Mintz
Director of Development
Clowns on Call
Benjamin ​Domask, Performer
Matthew Duncan, Performer
Tom Eggers, Performer Stewart Minor, Performer
Angie Smart, Performer
Claire Wedemeyer,
Performer & Coordinator
Board of Directors
Peter H. Bunce
Jennifer Chickey
Ken Christian
Ann Grove Dillon
Barry Duel
Eric Emmenegger
Pam Krekeler
Rocky Kroeger
Jeffrey Kuhn
Kristi Mattison
Jeffrey Mishkin
Debbie Monterrey
Cate Ponder
Darryl T. Sagel
Vince Schoemehl
Mary Ann Srenco
Production Team
Yvonne Anguiano, Wardrobe Assistant
Laura Carpenter Balding,
Equestrian Advisor
Amanda Crockett, Creative Consultant
Warren Bacon, Technical Advisor
Jake Barnett, Ring Crew
Hovey Burgess, Dramaturg
Dorothy Carpenter, Videographer
Danielle Conley, Artistic Assistant
Brent “Cheeko” DeWitt, Caliola Master
Jesse AlFord, Lighting Designer
Erik Jaeger, Tentmaster and Site Advance
Mark Kreitler, Audio Designer
Morgan Lepperson, Wardrobe Assistant
Nate Lewis, Ring Crew
Cecil MacKinnon, Theater Director
Jack Marsh, Artistic Director
Sarah Pearline, Scenic and Prop Designer
Laura Pearson, Wardrobe Assistant
Nina Reed, Costume Designer
Brad Salter, Ring Crew
Front of House &
Hospitality Team
Oliver Beard, Box Office
Seana L. Beard, Box Office Manager
Harald Boerstler, House Manager
Hannah Boyd, Box Office
Laura Cross, Box Office
Rachel Hanks, Hospitality
Alyssa Hodges, Box Office
Cynthia Holmes, Box Office
Amy Johnson, Box Office
Scott Josse, Concessionaire
Bill Larson, Box Office
Corinne Layne, Box Office
Scott Layne, Assistant House Manager
Shannon Lischwe, Box Office
John Milonas, Box Office
Stewart Minor, Merchandise
Ashleigh Packard, Merchandise
Elizabeth Van Pelt, Hospitality
Jessica Wilken, Box Office
Hundreds of Dedicated and Wonderful Circus Flora Volunteers
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In celebration of our beloved Founder, Ivor David Balding, As
originally published in the New York Times, May 16, 2014
David Balding, a producer of Broadway and Off Broadway plays who may have
been best known as a circus showman who acted as a parent to an elephant, died
on May 9 in Weldon Spring, Mo. He was 75.
His wife, Laura, said that he had severe arthritis and other ailments and that he
died of a head injury after falling in their home.
Mr. Balding was the central human character — though he was not the star — of
the 2011 documentary film “One Lucky Elephant,” about his relationship with
Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant he bought and more or less adopted in
1984.Mr. Balding, a natural impresario who had started his own theater company
in his 20s and put on plays directed by Mike Nichols and Harold Pinter, had long
wanted to build his own circus, and he placed Flora at the center of that dream,
training her to perform and to collaborate with acrobats.
He and a handful of partners created Circus Flora, a family-friendly onering affair whose acts — one was a big-little equine comedy team featuring a
Clydesdale and a miniature horse — were loosely stitched into a narrative and
combined circus and theater techniques. Mr. Balding was the ringmaster.
Circus Flora made its debut at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C., in 1986 and
toured the United States until making a permanent home in 1988 in St. Louis.
Flora was part of the circus until 2000, when Mr. Balding, who had looked after
her as if she were a member of his family, recognized that, as an adult elephant,
she needed to live among her kind. The documentary, directed by Lisa Leeman,
tells of his search for an appropriate home for her and their subsequent lives
apart. In 2004, Flora moved to the Elephant Sanctuary, a natural-habitat refuge in
Hohenwald, Tenn.
“There’s no denying the ‘aww’ appeal of a man and an elephant walking down a
street, hand in trunk,” Manohla Dargis wrote in reviewing the film for The New
York Times. She described it as the story of “a circus man and the wild animal
he foolishly bought, helped to train, loved like a (captive) daughter and finally,
tearfully, tried to do right by, mostly by letting her go.”
Ivor David Balding came from an animal-loving family. He was born on March
3, 1939, in Manhattan, a son of Ivor G. Balding and the former Frances Godwin.
His father was one of three English brothers who had come to fame playing polo
in the United States, mostly on Long Island. The elder Balding later became the
stable, farm and racing manager for C.V. Whitney, a scion of the Whitney and
Vanderbilt families and a breeder of thoroughbreds.
Young David grew up in the Whitney orbit, in Old Westbury, on Long Island,
and in Lexington, Ky., where he helped care for the Whitney horses and Angus
cattle. He attended the Green Vale School in Old Brookville on Long Island
and the Brooks School in North Andover, Mass. Before attending Harvard, he
was a summer assistant to the actress Eva Le Gallienne at the Westport Country
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Playhouse in Connecticut and briefly worked for a circus in Paris.
Mr. Balding never graduated from Harvard, embarking instead on a career
in theater. By 1963, he was in New York, having founded the Establishment
Theater Company — his partners included Joseph E. Levine and Peter Cook
— which produced, among other shows, “The Ginger Man,” an adaptation of
J. P. Donleavy’s novel starring Patrick O’Neal, and “Scuba Duba,” Bruce Jay
Friedman’s comedy about a cuckolded American in the South of France.
On Broadway, Mr. Balding was a producer of “The Man in the Glass Booth,”
Robert Shaw’s drama, directed by Harold Pinter, about a man who may or may
not be a concentration camp survivor. It ran for more than 250 performances in
1968 and 1969.
Among his first shows was “The Knack,” an Off Broadway comedy by Ann
Jellicoe about young men on the make, directed by a fresh new face, Mike
Nichols, who had just had his first Broadway hit, “Barefoot in the Park.”
Mr. Nichols would later have occasion, when Flora was in New York to perform
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a show conceived by Martha Clarke, to
house her on the grounds of his Connecticut home.
“She was a lovely elephant; we all loved her,” Mr. Nichols recalled in an interview
on Tuesday. “I liked to show her to visitors and to feed her peanuts, of course —
all the things you do when you have an elephant.”
In the 1970s, Mr. Balding returned to Europe, where, working for CBS, he created
and was a co-producer of the Circus World Championships, an Olympic-style
competition for circus performers. He later worked as a producer for the Big
Apple Circus in New York and eventually moved to a farm in South Carolina that
his father had bought. There he hatched plans for his circus, which he started with
three partners.
In the meantime, Flora, who was born in Zimbabwe in 1982 and whose parents
were killed in a culling, was sold to an elephant trainer and broker in California.
Mr. Balding bought her and added her to a menagerie that included Jack, the
Clydesdale. After a South Carolina neighbor who was on the board of the Spoleto
festival introduced Mr. Balding to the festival’s director, the composer Gian Carlo
Menotti, Circus Flora had its first booking. Nigel Redden, the current general
director of the festival and then the general manager, recalled in an interview that
during the festival’s opening ceremony, the mayor of Charleston rode through the
city’s downtown area on Flora’s back.
In addition to his wife, the former Laura Carpenter, whom he married in 1994,
Mr. Balding is survived by three sisters, Bettina Blackford, Pamela Jencks and
Linda Shearer — and, of course, by Flora, who is still in Tennessee.
At the start of the documentary, Mr. Balding offers a simple explanation for the
acquisition that ended up defining him.
“I wanted an elephant,” he says. “I wanted an elephant all my life.”
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Circus Flora
Circus Flora combines the intimacy of a one ring circus with live music, an ensemble cast,
and original storyline to create a “magical theater in a sawdust ring.” For nearly 30 years,
Circus Flora has delighted and astonished audiences through comedy routines and feats of
daring, and captivated all ages with its unique artistry. Once you experience Circus Flora,
we know we’ll touch something in each of you that will keep you enchanted for years to
come.
Initially commissioned for the 1986 Spoleto Festival USA by Gian Carlo Menotti, Circus
Flora was established in 1987 as a professional performing arts organization by Ivor David
Balding. Enthusiastic support from St. Louis civic leaders proved a decisive factor in the
organization’s founding and later evolution. Currently, St. Louis is one of only three cities
in the nation with an annual resident circus and year-round outreach programs.
Flora, for which the Circus is named, is an orphaned elephant that Balding rescued when
her mother was killed by ivory poachers in Africa. For 15 years, Flora was a beloved star
of the Circus. In 2000, Flora retired from stage life and currently resides in the elephant
sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee.
A cultural treasure unique to St. Louis, Circus Flora weaves together original, live
music with an engaging story enacted by artists whose skills and abilities represent the
inheritance of generations of performers. The goal of all Circus Flora productions is to
showcase these skills by presenting world-class performances by both venerable and new
artists. The narrative binds these performances together into a coherent work of theater in
which humans and animals perform in concert with one another. By integrating the best
elements of classical circus with contemporary techniques and sensibilities, Circus Flora
produces shows that delight and engage audience members of all ages and backgrounds.
Every Circus Flora production features artists recognized as world-class performers. These
artists work together as an ensemble to create a production that is highly original and
unique. Circus Flora productions are “live” to a profound degree, featuring real bodies
imbued with generations of accumulated knowledge engaged in very real acts of physical
daring and physical comedy. The dynamic nature of Circus Flora productions is mirrored
in the organization itself, which has a record of successful and novel collaborations. Among
these is the ongoing collaboration with the St. Louis Symphony, begun in 2011.
Collaboration with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
In December 2014, Circus Flora partnered with the St. Louis Symphony to present
A Winter Fable, our third collaboration. Conducted by Steven Jarvi, the four-show
engagement featured selections from Bartók, Dvor̆ák, and Brahms, among others. This bold
new work of theatrical circus drew its inspiration from several sources, including traditional
Russian fairy tales. Set among the High Tatras Mountains in the ancient Kingdom of the
Spiish, A Winter Fable followed the adventures of a traveler who must free the townspeople
from a mysterious spell – with the help of one very precocious horse. The original
production featured, among others, The Flying Wallendas on high-wire, the Poema family
performing a dynamic Risley act (whereby one juggles other members of the troupe with
his feet), Luciano’s Pound Puppies, Circus Harmony’s St. Louis Arches, and a comedic
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trapeze performances by Amanda Crockett. A Winter Fable drew 6,200 patrons from across
the metropolitan region, including 480 new buyer households.
In 2014, Circus Flora
• Raised the Big Top in the Arts District at Grand Center for the 28th Season production,
The Pawn.
• Witnessed a fourth consecutive year of attendance greater than 30,000, an increase of
28% over 2009.
• Collaborated with 16 organizations and businesses to present Circus Alive, a series of
19 “pop-up” performances for an audience of 3,927. An additional 100,000 enjoyed a
spectacular skywalk at Fair St. Louis.
• Distributed 3,234 free tickets to children and families from underserved communities
through Share the Circus.
• Led the Clowns on Call program, bringing professional Clown Doctors into SSM
Cardinal Glennon and Mercy Children’s hospitals to support positive health care
outcomes for over 1,500 patients and their families.
• Presented with Easter Seals Midwest a new Sensory Friendly Performance to an
audience of 525 individuals on the autism spectrum.
• Partnered with Craft Alliance and Circus Harmony to host the two-week Community
Circus Camps under the Big Top for 60 underserved youth. These unique camps combine
learning in the visual and performing arts.
Commitment to the Community - Beyond the Big Top
One of the oldest performing arts, circus functions as a universal language – a performance
of the human body, a community activity that unites diverse audiences – filling a need
not fed by technology and spectacle. The company firmly believes that high quality live
performance should be accessible, a value that steers the creative process. This commitment
is exemplified in our community outreach programs through which discounted tickets and
program opportunities are made available to community members who would otherwise
be unable to participate in the circus arts.
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Clowns on Call
The only program of its kind in the bi-state region, Clowns on Call has as its mission
to bring laughter, healing, and the wonders of circus to hospitalized children and their
families. The program’s performers are experienced professional entertainers, skilled in
multiple genres, including music, juggling, magic, improvisation, and slapstick. Together
with her program partners, lead performer Claire Wedemeyer makes weekly ‘clown rounds,’
entertaining at bedsides and producing shows in activity areas and playrooms. First section
violinist Angie Smart of the St. Louis Symphony accompanies Wedemeyer on select rounds
through a partnership with the SymphonyCares program.
The delight expressed by patients and families is evidence of the healing brought to
bedsides every week by Clowns on Call. By learning to spin a plate or balance a feather,
young patients are not only entertained, but become active agents in their own recovery:
physical activity is encouraged, minds are awakened by magic and music, and tensions
released through laughter at a clown’s comedic misfortunes. The work of health care
providers becomes easier when children are distracted from the discomfort, pain, tedium,
or gravity of their immediate situation.
Since its inception in 2011, Clowns on Call has had a substantive and measurable impact
on the lives of over 3,500 young patients and their families at SSM Cardinal Glennon and
Mercy Children’s hospitals. As many of those served by the program are coping with lifealtering illnesses, consistent visits by Circus Flora artists is vitally important. In the words
of Keith, a four year-old cancer patient, “Tuesday is my favorite day. That’s when Claire the
Clown is here.”
• “I am a pediatrician who works full time on the inpatient floor at Mercy Children’s Hospital in
St. Louis, MO. This morning I was walking by a patient’s room and heard the sweetest peals of
laughter from one of my patients. It made me feel better just to hear the joy in her laugh. I peeked
in her room and Claire Wedemeyer was with her. Truly the “medicine” she was getting from Claire
was amazing. I wish I could put what was happening in that room and give it to everyone. Claire
is wonderful and when I see patients after she has been with them they feel better.Thank you so
much for making it possible for her to be here and be such a special part of how we make kids and
families (and me) feel better.” Mary Beth Chismarich, M.D.
• “It takes more than medicine to heal a child. Claire and Angie, with partners Matthew and
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surgery, children are often reluctant to take the first steps from their beds and often refuse the
appeals of medical staff to do so. However, when approached by Claire and Angie, the children will
forget their fears of moving about and will willingly walk to the activity room to participate in the
performance...Their visits are therapeutic and vital in the holistic care of children.”
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Family activities are integral to a healthy community – quality time spent with family and
extended family helps weave together the strands of our separate lives. Our patrons often
share stories of little girls waving their arms as they envision themselves as ballerinas on
horseback, and little boys who banter back and forth mimicking a clown’s physical comedy.
There is a demographic of children that do not have the means to attend the Circus,
however, due to financial barriers. In recognition of this, Circus Flora established the Share
the Circus program. Through it, 3,000 tickets are given every year, free of charge, to children
and families from underserved communities. In 2014, Circus Flora partnered with 34 area
organizations to identify eligible recipients. Circus Flora is continuing to work with our
non-profit partners to ensure no family is turned away – creating new cherished memories
through the magic of circus.
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Tumbling & Teamwork is a two-month training intensive for students with a range
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and aerial arts while developing their self-confidence and communication abilities. All
program activities, including tickets to the Big Top production, are free of charge to
participants and their families. Each session culminates with a performance showcase of
individual and ensemble acts.
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JACK MARSH – Artistic Director
Jack Marsh has served in a variety of roles at Circus Flora beginning in 1986 when he was just
two years old. A few years later, he transitioned into a job riding a Clydesdale named Jack, and
has since performed as a juggler in most Circus Flora productions. For several years he tumbled
with the St. Louis Arches. After working as a corporate attorney in New York, Marsh ran away
to re-join the circus, inspired to help Circus Flora continue to create new and innovative
productions. Marsh holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and a J.D. from the
University of Wisconsin.
CECIL MACKINNON – Theater Director / Featured Performer,
“Yo–Yo the Narrator”
Cecil MacKinnon, performer, director, and teacher, has performed extensively with theater
companies in New York including Shaliko Company, Working Theatre, American Place Theatre,
Theatre for a New City, and PS-122. Since 1980, she has been a member of Shakespeare and
Company. MacKinnon co-founded the Pickle Family Jugglers, a comedy juggling act that
expanded into The Pickle Family Circus. In 1994, she received the first Citizens’ Exchange
Council grant to travel to Eastern Europe to research circus in transition. In 2002, MacKinnon
was commissioned by the Virginia Festival to conceive and direct Romeo and Juliet using
musicians with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Productions she has directed include Twelfth Night, Loves Labours Lost, Comedy of Errors, Life
is a Dream (which toured to Spain), On the Razzle, Much Ado About Nothing, and Two Great
Oceans. Most recently, she directed Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the
Naples Opera and three highly successful collaborations between Circus Flora and the St. Louis
Symphony at Powell Hall: The Floating Palace, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, and A Winter
Fable. She is currently an arts professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
MacKinnon has performed with and created shows for Circus Flora since 1986.
HOVEY BURGESS – Dramaturg / Featured Performer
Since 1966, every student to study at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate
Acting program has studied circus techniques with Hovey Burgess. He also taught in the Drama
Division of The Juilliard School (1968-1972). Hovey created, directed and performed with the
Circo Dell’Arte (1969-1970), which included Cecil MacKinnon, Larry Pisoni, Judy Finelli,
and Jim Jansen. He taught at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College (1973 1975, 1995), and at the Ultimate Clown School (since 1999) with Dick Monday and Tiffany
Riley. His instructional book Circus Techniques (1976) is still in print. Hovey choreographed
and appeared in the motion picture Popeye (1980), starring Robin Williams, one of his former
Juilliard students. He is the recipient of the Red Skelton Award Gifted Mentor to Clown
Theatre Artists (1991), the International Jugglers Association’s Excellence in Education award
(1997), and the Downtown Clown Golden Nose - Lifetime Achievement award (2009). While
Hovey is in high demand with many circuses around the world, his most enduring relationship
continues with Circus Flora (since 1991).
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JESSE ALFORD – Lighting Designer
Jesse AlFord is a freelance lighting designer based in Louisville, Kentucky. His work can be
seen with Theatre [502], Stage One Family Theatre, Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company,
Pandora Productions, and more. Jesse grew up in the Great All American Youth Circus in
Redlands, California, where he began his circus training at the age of six. He now works as the
Head Coach for My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus, and serves as the Board President of the
American Youth Circus Organization, and the American Circus Educators.
AMANDA CROCKETT – Creative Consultant
Amanda Crockett is passionate about making motion into laughter. She started clowning
alongside her father at age 9 and has since had the great fortune to perform around the world.
In 1999, Crockett graduated from the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre,
continued her training at Celebration Barn Theater, and won the Audience Choice award at
the Krystallpalast Varieté in Leipzig, Germany in 2009. Some of her favorite shows include:
Carnivale in Venice, Italy, Festival Mímame in Colombia, Shanghai’s Oriental Arts Center, Anjos
do Picadeiro in Rio de Janeiro, the Edinburgh Festival, and Australia’s Tasmanian National
Circus Festival. Most recently, Crockett was featured as a principle character and Hat Juggler
in Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas. When not on the road, she lives in
Chicago where she teaches and performs at the Aloft Loft.
MIRIAM CUTLER – Resident Composer Miriam Cutler, performer, writer and producer for more than 20 years, began her career as a
singer/horn player in various bands that toured the West Coast, including the Mystic Knights
of the Oingo Boingo. With the development of her own recording studio, she moved from live
performance into composing and has contributed songs to feature films, including Bachelor
Party, Grandview USA, and Slaves to the Underground, as well as special songs for the children’s
educational show, Square One on PBS. She has scored numerous feature films and TV specials,
and in recent years has chosen to focus on independent documentaries including many film
festival favorites: The Hunting Ground (Sundance/CNN), Ethel (Sundance/HBO), Ghosts of
Abu Ghraib (Sundance/HBO), Thin (Sundance/HBO), Absolute Wilson (Cinemax/Berlin), Lost
in La Mancha (Berlin/IFC). Cutler co-produced and scored the highly acclaimed documentary
One Lucky Elephant (the story of David and Flora, our circus namesake) which was shown on
Opera Winfrey’s network, OWN, and The Film Forum in New York City. She has co-produced
live jazz albums on Polygram/Verve for Joe Williams, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, and Marlena
Shaw and has produced independently released albums of her own songs and soundtracks. She
has served on documentary film festival juries for the Sundance Film Festival, American Film
Institute, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the International Documentary Association, and
has been a mentor for the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Composer Lab. Since 1988,
Cutler has been resident composer for Circus Flora. In 2013, Cutler was inducted into The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
JANINE DEL’ARTE – Musical Director, Arranger & Composer
Janine Del’Arte has played a part in setting the magical atmosphere with music for Circus
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Flora since 1988. She comes from a family of musicians and has been performing since the
age of seven. Janine is a professional woodwind player, producer, and composer in Los Angeles.
Janine and the Circus Flora band recently released “INSIDE THE BIG TOP.” Her musical
credits include Little Richard, The Coasters, The Platters, and Shirley Bassey, among others.
She has appeared in the television shows Murphy Brown, Sliders, Fame LA, Beverly Hills
90210, and Picket Fences. She has fronted The Vibe Tribe, which is described as “generating
a sonic journey through world music, dance, and visual arts.” She currently plays with The
Swingin’ Deacons, with whom she recorded music for TV’s The Gilmore Girls. Outside of
Circus Flora, Janine’s musical heart lies with teaching young musicians as an educator and
clinician in Conejo Valley, CA. ERIK JAEGER – Tentmaster
Since running away and joining George Matthews’ Great London Circus, Erik Jaeger’s life has
been full of ups and downs – “build-ups” and “pull-downs,” that is! He has toured extensively
in the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, and Europe, traveling with the
likes of Circus Vargas, The Big Apple Circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Disneyfest,
Barnum’s Kaleidoscape, Cirque du Soleil, Cavalia and even presenting his own Circus Jaeger. He currently enjoys working closely with Florida State University’s Flying High Circus and
continues to provide circus tents, along with wise counsel for many unique events. His tents
recently made an appearance on the Warner Brothers hit TV show “Gotham.” Erik’s association
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with Circus Flora began in 1994, when as tentmaster, he fell in love with the organization’s
unique style of circus. In 2007, Erik returned as consultant for the “Take-a-Seat” project, where
he was instrumental in designing, importing, and installing the new state-of-the-art seating
system that Circus Flora’s patrons enjoy today. Although his specific area of expertise is logistics
and tented structures, Erik brings with him a comprehensive depth of circus knowledge and
decades of experience.
MARK KREITLER – Sound Designer
Mark Kreitler has been with Circus Flora since 1995 as the sound designer and engineer. A tent
is a difficult acoustic environment - add a reflective seating area, a live orchestra, and concealed
microphone placement on the narrator, and the situation becomes even more challenging.
This type of performance requires coherent vocals so the audience is immersed in the story
line and character development. Kreitler has consistently met these demands through careful
component and placement choices. As an audio veteran of many different arenas of sound
challenges, Kreitler uses all his skills to stay on top of the constantly changing environment of
the tent. When Circus Flora is not performing, Kreitler tours the United States with a variety of
corporate and public events.
SARAH PEARLINE – Set Designer
Sarah Pearline has designed and created Circus Flora’s scenery since 2006 and is thrilled to
be returning for another exciting season! She is a freelance set and projection designer whose
recent credits include Talley’s Folly (Purple Rose Theatre), The Firefighter Project (PuppetArt
Theatre), The Way of The World and Gross Indecency…(Hilberry Theatre), Happy Now? (World
Premiere,Yale Repertory Theatre), Nostradamus Predicts the Death of SoHo (Ohio
Theatre), Trojan Women, Two Great Oceans, and Wilde Thing (Experimental Theatre
Wing), Dinner with Friends (Penobscot Theatre), Cyrano de Bergerac (The Hangar Theatre),
and Two Gentlemen of Verona (NYU). She has also had the pleasure of working with The
Tipping Point Theatre, Prospect Theatre Company, SoHo Think Tank, Ensemble Studio Theatre,
Urban Stages, and the NYC Fringe Festival. Currently, Sarah is an Assistant Professor of Set
Design at Wayne State University, where she teaches and mentors a wonderful group of students
while also collaborating with the rest of the faculty and a wealth of guest artists. She earned
her MFA in Design from the Yale School of Drama and her BFA in Theatre from New York
University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
NINA REED – Costume Designer
A Cum Laude BFA graduate in Costume Design from Webster University, Nina has designed
and built numerous theatre, dance, and circus costumes for more than 20 years. She has
patterned and built clothes for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis Shakespeare
Festival, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Beginning her professional career as a dancer, Nina has
focused her insight on the specialized needs of dance and circus clothes. She has worked with
choreographers at Webster University, Washington University, COCA, Alexandra Ballet, among
other organizations. Since 2008, she has taken that experience to the next step, designing and
building for Circus Flora and truly loving it!! Academically, Nina has been an adjunct full
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ALANIAN RIDERS COSSACK ACT– Featured Equestrian Troupe
Lev Gigolaev developed his equestrian skills in the Kantemirov group, a family of Soviet
Ossetian circus artists that has been training trick horsemen since the early 20th century. Lev
worked extensively in the Russian circus before traveling to North America to perform with
many renowned companies, including the Sheval Theatre and Ringling Brothers. This form
of trick riding has a rich history that predates its appearance as a form of entertainment. It
was once used in warfare by the Cossacks, who adopted it from the people of the Caucasus
region, a community originating in the southern regions and steppes of Eastern Europe and
Mongolia. Stylistically, its difficult and complex maneuvers resemble both a sport and martial
art. Lev, together with fellow performers Cecile, Alina, and Veronica, and trusted horses Bubba,
Kontos, Fez, Remington, and Lancelot, will present a dynamic horseback act that will leave you
breathless and your heart thumping. The Alanian Troupe is excited to be making its Circus Flora
debut!
SIDNEY “IKING” BATEMAN & MELVIN DIGGS – Featured Duo
Iking and Melvin are born and raised St. Louisans. As adolescents, both began their circus
careers with Circus Harmony, training at the City Museum, and performing with the St. Louis
Arches in Circus Flora. Both performers continued their training at the world-renowned
École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal, from which they graduated in 2014. Immediately after
graduating, Melvin and Sidney began work on a new creation with Les 7 Doigts de la Main,
and when they are not performing with Circus Flora they are on a world tour with their latest
show, Cuisine et Confession. Iking and Melvin are also founding members of FAQ, a new and
up-and-coming circus company.
DARING JONES DUO – Featured Trapeze Act
David Jones and Blaze Birge trained with a 5th generation Romanian circus family. After this
initial training, they returned to Northern California to refine their skills and develop their
signature double trapeze act in 2004. Their bold and original choreography comes from their
ability to isolate their environment, leaving the audience’s heart in its throat. They combine
speed, power, and technical mastery to inspire audiences with disciplined artistic and athletic
risk. With adventure as their primary criteria, the Daring Jones Duo has been featured in both
traditional and non-traditional circus all over the world.
DUO TUX – Featured Duo
Terrance started performing in 2008 in St. Louis with Circus Harmony and the St. Louis
Arches. Laurie trained as a competitive gymnast and dancer in her native Gatineau, Québec.
In 2011, both Laurie and Terrance began training at École de Cirque de Québec, both as solo
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working together, and ended up creating a duo act for their first presentation. Duo Tux was
born. Terrance and Laurie enjoy challenges, and found that performing as a trio- the two of
them and a jacket- posed their favorite challenge. Duo Tux graduated in 2015 and are thrilled
for their act to make its Circus Flora debut.
JESSICA HENTOFF – Featured Performer
Jessica Hentoff is the artistic/executive director of Circus Harmony, the social circus
organization she founded in 2001. She is a founding member of both the Big Apple Circus
in NYC and Circus Flora in St. Louis. Jessica has been using circus arts to motivate social
change since she started the St. Louis Arches youth circus troupe in 1989. Ms. Hentoff has
been teaching and performing circus arts for 40 years. In 2009, she received the double honor
of being named St. Louis Arts Innovator of the Year by the Arts & Education Council and
receiving the Grand Center Visionary Award for Outstanding Arts Educator. She serves on
the advisory board of the World Circus Federation and is on Circus Fans of America’s Youth
Circus Committee. In 2014, she received the first-ever Excellence in Education Award from
the American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators. Jessica is the only social
circus person to ever serve as a judge at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. Her
remarkable vision and use of circus arts to build character and expand community has brought
about ground-breaking and bridge-building programs like Circus Salaam Shalom which
connected Jewish and Muslim children, Far East Meets Midwest which combined Asian and
Midwestern arts and artists and Peace Through Pyramids, an ongoing collaboration between
the St. Louis Arches in the United States and the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus in Israel. These
trademarks of Circus Harmony are the embodiment of the organization’s mission to help
children “defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers, all at the same time.”
ADAM KUCHLER – Featured Performer
Adam Kuchler is a unique comedic performer who combines skills in juggling, mime, magic,
music, and manipulation. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kuchler began his career with
Vermont’s Circus Smirkus, and has spent the last 19 years touring with numerous circuses
across 43 states and 14 countries. Kuchler has also performed with Bindlestiff Family Circus,
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, and Les 7 Doigts de la Main, and has appeared on the
Late Show with David Letterman. In 2012, Kuchler was awarded a special prize for clowning at
the International Circus Festival in Figueres, Spain.
MAYYA PANFILOVA – Featured Performer
Mayya Panfilova, a first-generation circus performer, performs accompanied by 12 cats, ranging
in age from 2 to 9, of many different breeds including British Shorthairs, Russian Siberians,
Orientals, and Siamese. Ten of the cats were hand-picked and trained by Mayya, while the other
two were born and raised in her care. Originally from Russia, Mayya attended choreography
school, specializing in ballet. She later became a celebrated trainer of performing house cats,
initially performing throughout Russia and Europe. Since 2005, Mayya has presented her
impressive pride of domestic felines in the United States, along with her husband Andriy and
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on Ice (Russia); National Circus of Ukraine (Kiev); Festival of Circus Arts in China (Shanghai);
Circus Micheletty (France); Cole Brothers Circus (USA); Royal Hanneford Circus (USA);
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MO); and Theatre Millenium (NY). Her TV credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on
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QUATUOR BOUNCE – Featured Trampoline-Wall Act
Part acrobatics, part extreme sport; the art of wall trampoline requires a high level of athleticism
and focus. Originally from Canada, Quatuor Bounce is comprised of Pauline Baudgillard,
Jasmin Blouin, Marine Crest, and Felix Di Pasquale, circus artists versed in several disciplines.
Creative and fearless, this troupe will prove that humans can indeed walk on walls. Displaying a
high level of acrobatic skill and energy, these four artists will beguile and inspire you with their
performance. Having toured in China, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Canada, Quatuor Bounce is
pleased to bring its thrilling and beautiful act to a U.S. audience, only at Circus Flora!
THE ST. LOUIS ARCHES – Featured Troupe
The St. Louis Arches is the premiere youth circus performance troupe from Circus Harmony,
St. Louis’ only complete circus school and social circus organization. Circus school means they
teach a wide array of circus arts. Social circus is the use of circus arts to promote social change.
The St. Louis Arches are currently comprised of children 9-19 years old from throughout the
St. Louis area. These acclaimed and accomplished youth circus performers can be seen yearround in their “home ring” at City Museum in downtown St. Louis. They also appear at a
number of events throughout St. Louis and beyond. The Arches perform a wide array of circus
arts including acrobatic, aerial, juggling, and balancing feats of skill and daring. They’ve also
started working on their flying trapeze act at the new Circus Harmony Flying Trapeze Center
at Union Station Since the troupe’s inception in 1989, the performers have been coached and
directed by Jessica Hentoff. Additional coaches include Rosa Yagaantsetseg, Richard Kennison,
Warren Bacon and Arch alums Sidney ‘Iking’ Bateman, Elliana Grace, and Keaton HentoffKillian. The troupe has been appearing with Circus Flora since 1989. Since 2007, the Arches
have collaborated with the Galilee Circus, a Jewish/Arab youth circus in Israel in a program
called Peace Through Pyramids. This year Circus Harmony took Peace Through Pyramids into
Ferguson. Choreography by Jessica Hentoff and Sidney ‘Iking’ Bateman.
HELENA VALLA – Featured Performer
Born in Prague into a traveling circus family in the 1940s, Helena Valla is a 7th generation
circus performer. The second of five children, she grew up performing a variety of acts in
Circus Umberto, the state circus of Czechoslovakia. As a young girl Helena did a handstand act,
worked a horse act with her sister Anna, and then, with the entire family, developed a unique
trampoline act fused with flying trapeze where Helena performed both front and back full
twists. When Helena married circus artist Vlastek Valla, her family joined The Bertinis,Vlastek’s
family’s unique unicycle act that involved somersaults to shoulders from a teeterboard. At
London’s World Championship in 1975, the Bertinis won first prize, and the act was presented
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where she performed acrobatic tricks on a perch 20 feet high in the air that was balanced on a
single shoulder by her husband. Hellena,Vlastek, and their son Vlasticek finally settled in France
where they performed in Cirque Bouglione and Cirque Grusse. Helena came to the U.S. to
perform with her brother Sacha Pavlata in the Big Apple Circus in 1980. She stayed in America
and went on to star as “Elegant Ellen” in the motion picture Big Top Pee Wee. She also appeared
on unicycle in the film Annie, and she and her family made numerous TV appearances in the
U.S. and Canada. Helena never thought she’d be in the ring again at the age of 70 but was
happy to be called out of retirement by Circus Flora, where she is gracing the Big Top once
again with her performing pigeons.
THE FLYING WALLENDAS – Featured Troupe
As far back as 1780, in the cafes of Old Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the ancestral
Wallenda family was a traveling circus troupe consisting of acrobats, jugglers, clowns, aerialists
and animal trainers – all in one family. Tino Wallenda, grandson of the famed Karl Wallenda,
represents the sixth generation of the famous Wallenda Family. Karl Wallenda began walking
the high wire in the early 1920s; the family tradition is being carried on by several branches of
the Wallendas. Tino started on the wire at the age of seven when Karl took him into the circus
backyard, put the balance-pole in his hands and taught him how to place his feet, control his
body and where to focus his eyes. At the age of 12, he made his first crossing on the wire, 35
feet off the ground. At 17, Tino became a full-fledged member of the Great Wallenda troupe.
For several years, he toured with, and under, the tutelage of his grandfather. Now, Tino leads
the Flying Wallendas, traveling with his daughters and son, eight to 10 months a year, recreating
breathtaking versions of the pyramids that brought the Wallendas to the U.S. in 1928. In 1998,
performing family members reunited from three separate groups, the Flying Wallendas, the
Fabulous Wallendas and the Great Wallendas, to recreate their crowning achievement, The
Seven-Person Pyramid, reestablishing their legacy in circus history. To debut the intricate
maneuver, the Wallendas premiered their feat for the Hamid Circus Royale during the 1998
Moslem Temple Shrine Circus in Detroit, which was the scene of the Wallendas’ greatest
tragedy 36 years before. Several attempts have been made by others to perform this intricate
pyramid; as of yet, none have succeeded in accomplishing the feat the way it was performed
by the Wallendas – incorporating the chair and without the use of nets or safety devices of any
kind. This will be the Flying Wallendas’ 26th year with Circus Flora.
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We extend sincere thanks to the following for their generous institutional support of our
2015 production, and our educational and outreach programs. Gifts as of April 1, 2015.
$40,000+
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Woodcock Foundation for the Arts
$30,000+
$1,000+
Regional Arts Commission
$20,000+
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$15,000+
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The Trio Foundation of St. Louis
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$2,500+
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First Bank
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Schlafly Beer
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Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
Additional support from:
AAA Translation, Inc.
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Alberici Constructors
AT&T
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Bank of America
Carmody MacDonald
Elizabeth & Joseph Bascom Foundation
Greater St. Louis Community Foundation
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Maryville University
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TRIBUTE GIFTS:
Mrs. Sarah Bakewell in Honor of DJ Moore
Rick Keisker in Honor of Harald Boerstler
Ms. Patricia McHugh in Honor of the Hanlon
Brothers Circus
Nina Peyton in Honor of Cecil MacKinnon
Julie Shearburn in Honor of Ann Dillon
Elizabeth Trueblood in Honor of The Flying
Wallendas & The Flying Cortes
Barbara Orland in Honor of Richard &
Jeanette Herr
Theresa Layne in Memory of Randy Davenport
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IN MEMORY OF IVOR DAVID BALDING
Ms. Sarah Bakewell
R. Balding
Melinda Baum
Mr. Walter Benoist
Christine Bertelson
Werner Born
Mr. Albert Bostwick
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Circus Flora thanks the following individuals, companies, and organizations who donated all or part
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Archery • Cricket
Arts & Crafts
Basketball
Campfires
Canoeing
Climbing Tower
Cookouts
Dance • Drama
Drawing • Fishing
Flag Football
Floor Hockey
Horseback Riding
Kayaking • Zip Line
Nature Center
Outdoor Living Skills
Riflery • Singing
Snorkeling
Spelunking/Caving
Swimming
Tennis • Soccer
Volleyball • Yoga
All-Camp Games
New Friendships
and so much more!
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WE TEACH IN SPANISH!
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