The New Old Time Chautauqua Circus
The New Old Time Chautauqua Circus returns to Orcas Island on July 27 & 28th! Chautauqua is a traveling circus that comes together once a year to provide education and fun for small communities. This year’s tour is AQUA CHAUTAUQUA, thus named because they will be arriving on Orcas Island in a caravan of boats, bringing with them juggling, magic, acrobats and comedy.
The fun will start on Tuesday July 28th at 11:30 a.m. with a parade beginning at the Funhouse traveling through Eastsound. The parade–to which all are invited to join–will be followed by workshops for kids and adults at the Funhouse from 12:00-3:00 p.m.
Workshops will include: juggling, hula hooping, acrobatics, samba rhythms, clowning, beginning aerial silk (at Orcas Center). Also in the workshops, you can create a mask or make quilts for local at-risk infants, bring musical instruments and tunes for the Song Swap, discuss Peak Oil or People’s History 101.
As a grand finale to their time on Orcas there will be an evening show, benefiting the Funhouse, on Tuesday July 28th at the Oddfellow’s Hall, at 7:00 p.m.
Chautauqua Itinerary:
Monday July 27th: Chautauquan work parties around the island. 5:30–Community Potluck followed by a show @ The Homestead in Massacre Bay.
Tuesday July 28th: Eastsound parade beginning at the Funhouse at 11:30.
12:00-3:00 p.m. Free circus workshops at the Funhouse & a beginning aerial silks class at the Orcas Center.
Tickets for sale at the door $12.00 general admission, $7.00 for youth under 13, or elders over 65, or with disabilities.
For more information contact: Whitney, 472-1525 or whitney@thefunhouse.org.
