——Preeminent Press Release——

Harmony Through Handsprings!

CIRCUS HARMONY: FORTISSIMO

at City Museum
Saturday, November 19th at 2 & 7 PM
Contact: Jessica Hentoff 314-226-3633

Unique Collaboration Circus Harmony: Fortissimo is a creative confluence of music and circus arts featuring some of the most talented performers in St. Louis. This multicultural show features live music by Farshid Soltanshahi, Sandy Weltman's Hebrew Hillbillies, St. Louis Osuwa Taiko Drummers, Xiaoyu Yan, St. Louis Community Circus Band and Nuclear Percussion Ensemble. The marvelous music accompanies amazing tumbling, juggling, balancing and aerial artistry performed by the St. Louis Arches and other youth circus performers from the Circus Day Foundation. Goals of Circus Harmony To connect people of different cultures, ages and socio-economic backgrounds To teach important life skills as well as circus skills to the children involved To inspire people through the accomplishments of youth circus performers To expose the participants and audience to the talent and culture of different music and musicians To be an innovative arena for collaboration between music and circus arts To promote Harmony through the experience of children from different backgrounds learning circus and life arts as they perform to music form different cultures Circus Harmony: Fortissimo is a totally unique, incredibly diverse and broadly appealing presentation that will encourage and delight all who witness it. Proceeds go to support the youth circus programs of the Circus Day Foundation, a non-profit social circus organization that uses circus arts to inspire individuals and connect communities. What: Circus Harmony: Fortissimo Where: everydaycircus at City Museum    (701 N. 15th St. / 3rd fl. Circus Ring When: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005 at 2 & 7 PM Cost: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors/children>/td> For Tickets: Call 314-436-7676 Circus Day Foundation teaches the art of life through circus education. Circus Day uses circus arts to build character in individuals and to build bridges between communities. For more information, visit www.circusday.org. Support for Circus Day Foundation has been provided in part by the Regional Arts Commission, Dana Brown Charitable Trust, Missouri Arts Council (a state agency), City Museum, Cardinals Care, DCA Family Foundation, Ameren UE, Alan Slifka Foundation, everydaycircus, American Youth Circus Organization, KETC, Cirque Du Soleil, CitiGroup and donors like you. For more information visit: [www.everydaycircus.net] and [www.circusday.org]