Circus Day Foundation Becomes Circus Harmony!
(Taken from last page of current Tumbling Times Newsletter)
Circus Day Foundation was founded in 2001 to expand on the circus education and community building opportunities available to St. Louis youth and to continue the St. Louis Arches youth circus troupe that Jessica started under the auspices of Circus Flora in 1989. Circus Day’s first project was Circus Salaam Shalom which brought together Muslim and Jewish children. Next came Far East Meets Midwest, a multiyear project that joined Asian and Midwestern arts and artists. Circus Salaam Shalom expanded to include children from other religions and backgrounds. Far East Meets Midwest expanded to include other music and circus art forms. Thus, the show Circus Harmony was born--- featuring children from different neighborhoods performing to music of different cultures. While the name Circus Harmony started as the title of our annual show, we have decided to make this our official name since it is so evocative of what we do!
Harmony is defined as agreement, peace, a pleasing combination of parts into a whole, an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative. So, please remember our new name. New t-shirts will be for sale starting in January, if you want to help us in our branding effort! We want everyone to know that Circus Harmony is the organization that runs the circus school at City Museum, teaches circus classes throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and is the home of flying children like our St. Louis Arches youth circus troupe. Circus Harmony– that’s us!
Since October 16, 2006
