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PAGE 4, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987 Carden circus cornes to town May 22 The George Carden Circus wil raise ffhe big top ut Iroquois Park for 5 and 8 p.m. shows on May 22. David Maas is ringmaster for the Wilard, Missouri-based' circiis making a return appearance in Whitby., A total crew of about 35 members stages the entire show, acGording to Craiggles, "advance clown" for the show. "In some way the circus is as popular as it once was, iu some ways it isn't," says Craiggles, a graduate of Clown College in Venice, Florida. But ho says it's one form of entertaiument that's a big hit with al members of the family. "You can pay $5 or $6 to see a movie, but can you take the kids to some of the movies playing now? And do adults enjoy watching kid's movies? "But a circus is for ail ages. It's good, clean form of entertajument. And it's live ... it's oid-fashioned.", Circus owner and producer is George Carden following his father Larry Garden who began the show 50 years ago. A circus season iasts 40 weeks. Iu ail, the circus plays in more than 140 towns each season. .Performers, many- fromn Europe, fravel with their families. Most are born to a life in the circus. In fact, says Craiggies, not even 100 people*from ail the circuses lu Nor- th America have joined up after living a more fixed, domestic lifestyle. Among that number are Spiff and Samn, a husband and wife team who always wanted to be clowns and so joined Carden. "Qur lifestyle is so different. we're always on the go. And yes, we get tired, very tired," says Craiggles. A foot of litractors and trailers moves the show which includes, of course, elephants, tigers, bears and stallions and their talented han- diers. Jugglers, trapeze artists and numerous other performers wili make up the Whitby shows, although the hunian cannonhaîl act is as yet an undertainty. It will depend on the Pmnount of space available. As for clowning, it came naturaily for Craiggles, a New. Hampshire native. "I was always pursuing abnor- Mal patterns of behavior," he savs, flapping his 16-inch shoes and re- adjusting his nosegear. "It's just an extension of what I really am." The Kinette Club of, Whitby with yCHILD FIND DURHAMÇCHApTER, Preserit fi ngerpri nt s and photograph of youi for a Take Home record. rchild Whiltby Public Library Audiltorium Date: Time Satu rday, May 23, 1987 - Noon to celebrate across NATIONAL MISSING CHILD DAY Canada -at 1:00 p.m. May 23Y 1987 we wiII release a -thousand balloons containing pictures of missing children. Thank you for your support ! CRAIGGLES THE CLOWN "KID CHECK" Place: 9:030 a.m. Also lis