Archive for June 15, 2015

Circus Smirkus’ Clown Alley by Stuck in Vermont

Circus Smirkus’ 27th Annual Big Top Tour is underway as 30 troupers aged 10-18 travel across New England bringing the circus to towns big and small. 9 of those performers wear red noses and are particular favorites with the young crowds. Eva caught up with Clown Alley at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction and got transformed into a clown for the day.

You can catch Circus Smirkus in mid-August when they return to Vermont for shows in Montpelier and Greensboro.

http://smirkus.org/
Music: Composed exclusively for Circus Smirkus by Tristan Moore
This episode of Stuck in Vermont was made possible by Hotel Vermont and Vermont Tourism.

WSVN Sports Xtra Feature: Be a Clown 02/14/93

WSVN Sports Reporter Jay Huyler goes behind the Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus curtain and discovers what it’s really like to be a clown. Produced by Jay Huyler and Ed Filomia, videography by Tom Sedley and edited by Ed Filomia, this feature aired on WSVN’s Sports Xtra on Sunday, February 14, 1993.

Coco The Clown (1966)

Girl Clown (1961)

Boy Clown (1962)