The circus is coming to Strathmore

Times Reporter

 

The Circus Comes to Town is the name of the upcoming skate carnival being put on by the Strathmore Skate Club. The carnival is an annual year-end show, and each year it follows a different theme. 

“The circus theme was just kind of something different, and something that hopefully will be colourful and interesting,” said coach Leanne Woodcock.

The carnival is set to take place on March 11, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Family Centre. Woodcock said the show will have lots going on and there will be more interaction and more action than in some of the past carnivals. 

No circus is complete without an elephant, and Woodcock said there will also be some monkeys, mice, horses, acrobatics, tightrope walkers, plenty of clowns, and a bear. 

There are also two teams coming from the Calgary Synchronized Skating Club, the Black Gold pre-novice team and the Black Gold open team. 

The carnival is held as a way to showcase the talents of the skaters, while raising funds for the club. 

“We use it as a fundraiser to help out with subsidizing the programs, and that it’s the wrap up for the CanSkates, and to show the parents the talent of the kids, where they progress from,” said Woodcock.

“Some of them couldn’t even stand at beginning of the year…and to see them skate and do fundamental movements is probably pretty exciting for most parents, and they’re cute.”

Children five and under are free and for six and older it is $5 a ticket.