A one-ring circus is coming to Cabot’s Southside Elementary on Wednesday, with shows at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for children ages 3 to 11 years old. Buy them now at Days Inn and all First Security Bank locations.
The event is a fundraiser for Cabot Rotary Club. Cabot Fire Chief Phil Robinson, who is coordinating the event for the club, said the proceeds will help pay the $1,000 college scholarship the club gives each spring, and the $100 a month that helps support foreign-exchange students in Cabot.
The club also fills 100 food baskets at Thanksgiving, Robinson said.
According to information pulled from the Kelly Miller Circus website, the one-ring circus started in 1938 by Obert Miller and his sons Kelly and Dory.
In 1984, it changed hands but not names and was operated by David Rawls a third-generation circus performer.
Then in 2007, John Ringling North II, the great nephew of the famous Ringling brothers, took over.
The circus tent has a seating capacity of 1,500.
The performances include trapeze acts, trained elephants, tigers, camels and dogs as well as clowns and a Wild West act.
