Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is coming to Coney Island in a big way, a really big way.
It will be easy to run away and join the circus this summer - if you live in Brooklyn. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus plans to hire hundreds of Brooklyn residents when it hits the Coney Island Boardwalk on June 18. Beginning next month, circus officials will accept applications for jobs ranging from usher and ticket taker to construction worker and security guard, a spokeswoman said. And rest assured: Aside from some janitors, none of the employees will be required to clean up after the elephants. "Certainly not in the elephant or animal area, but there might be people cleaning up the ring itself," said circus spokeswoman Barbara Pflughaupt. Circus officials said they have not settled on an application process yet. But the jobs are more back room than Big Top. The exciting positions - motorcycle riding, lion taming, clowning around and acrobatics - have already been filled by the professionals. "This is crucial for the area, which has gone without regeneration for years," said Lynn Kelly, Coney Island Development Corporation president. The circus' 12-week engagement would pump $10 million into the local economy, Kelly said. Adding to Coney Island's economy, officials said that 110 cast and crew members of the famed circus will live in Coney Island for the duration of the event. "They'll be living working and playing in Coney Island - all of it," Pflughaupt said. |
2 comments:
With that fine art work and this colorful text, 12 weeks and 10 million, wow sounds like a strong peanut pitch.
I sure enjoyed seeing Kaleidoscape in the past and hope I get a chance to shutter bug this show.
Let us examine this more closely.
There is at least 3 policeman, probably 4 cause they usually work in pairs.
The ratio of 4 policeman to three performers (two Commerfords plus an elephant) would insure enough protection to satisfy the mob.
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