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Gary Payne, the Immediate Past President of Circus Fans Association of America, was spotlighted in a recent article in Connecticut Magazine. http://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/beachcombing-big-top-falls-for-circus-no-fan/article_9f9bce36-0a59-11e7-b0e2-0b34513b07ac.html

Connie Thomas of Dayton, Ohio, became the 93rd president of Circus Fans Association of America on May 1, 2017. Ms Thomas will serve a two year term and will preside over the upcoming national convention of CFA in St Louis Missouri in June.

The latest issue of Spectacle is now up and running at www.spectaclemagazine.com It features reviews of Ringling’s farewell production Out of This World and Circus 1903, the Golden Age of the Circus. A feature article introduces a new international circus festival held here in the US in Las Vegas. The Editor’s fanfare provides another look […]

Over one hundred years after his death, a new headstone commemorates a young circus worker who died on the job. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-1899-a-circus-tiger-killed-charles-siegert-last-weekend-he-got-a-headstone/2017/04/26/696bc690-29d5-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html?utm_term=.db6df05508a2

Circus Priest Fr. Jerry Hogan is ministering to his flock on Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey as they face uncertain futures. http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/catholic-chaplain-accompanies-anguished-circus-workers-on-final-tour.cfm

USA Today highlights what will be lost without Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey http://www.thestarpress.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/04/22/end-circus-american-tragedy/100753430/

The Toronto Star examines the power of the circus. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/04/22/the-last-ringlingbarnum-bailey-circus-tour-a-farewell-to-greatness-keenan.html

Feld Entertainment is producing this year’s summer circus at the Ringling in Sarasota. Bello Nock will star. https://www.ringling.org/events/incredibello?utm_source=The+Ringling&utm_campaign=ef4174a811-04_20_17_Incredibello&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b3f9ca8eca-ef4174a811-

There are two circuses in Hartford, Connecticut this week. Only one has elephants…sort of. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/arts-theater/hc-circus-bushnell-1903-barnum-circus-xl-center-20170426-story.html

Collectors who have memorabilia from Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey are finding that there is a hot market for the items now that the show is closing. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/04/17/ringling-bros-circus-memorabilia-auction/100565496/