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Saturday, November 19, 2005 - St. Louis, MO
CIRCUS HARMONY: FORTISSIMO
at City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, November 19th at 2 & 7 PM
Harmony Through Handsprings! Joy Through Juggling! Peace Through Percussion CIRCUS HARMONY: FORTISSIMO at City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, November 19th at 2 & 7 PM Contact: Jessica Hentoff 314-226-3633 Circus Harmony: Fortissimo is a creative confluence of music and circus arts featuring some of the most talented performers in St. Louis. This multicultural show features live music by Farshid Soltanshahi, Sandy Weltman's Hebrew Hillbillies, St. Louis Osuwa Taiko Drummers, Xiaoyu Yan, St. Louis Community Circus Band and Nuclear Percussion Ensemble. The marvelous music accompanies amazing tumbling, juggling, balancing and aerial artistry performed by the St. Louis Arches and other youth circus performers from the Circus Day Foundation. Goals of Circus Harmony - What: Circus Harmony: Fortissimo
- Where: City Museum (701 N. 15th St., St. Louis, MO. 63103)
- When: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005 at 2 & 7 PM
- Cost: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors/children
- For Tickets: Call 314-436-7676
For Information: Visit www.circusday.org Circus Day Foundation teaches the art of life through circus education. Circus Day uses circus arts to build character in individuals and to build bridges between communities. For more information, visit www.circusday.org Support for Circus Day Foundation has been provided in part by the Regional Arts Commission, Dana Brown Charitable Trust, Missouri Arts Council (a state agency), City Museum, Cardinals Care, Citigrouup, DCA Family Foundation, Ameren UE, Alan Slifka Foundation, everydaycircus, American Youth Circus Organization, KETC, Cirque Du Soleil and donors like you. - To present the best circus performers in St. Louis--- who just happen to be ages 5 - 20!
- To inspire people through the accomplishments of these youth circus performers
- To connect people of different cultures, ages and socio-economic backgrounds
- To teach important life skills as well as circus skills to the children involved
- To expose the participants and audience to the talent and culture of different music and musicians
- To be an innovative arena for collaboration between music and circus arts
- To promote Harmony through the experience of children from different backgrounds learning circus and life arts as they perform to music from different cultures.
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