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> From: The_Great_Circus_Parade-Wisconsin@yahoogroups.com
> Date: March 13, 2008 11:56:27 AM EDT
> To: The_Great_Circus_Parade-Wisconsin@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [The_Great_Circus_Parade-Wisconsin] Digest Number 107
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> Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:41 am (PDT)
> Great Circus Parade Coming Back
> Melissa McCrady
> Katie DeLong
>
> MILWAUKEE - It's been almost five years since Milwaukee has played
> host to The Great Circus Parade.
>
> The one of a kind event fell victim to a lack of sponsors after 2003,
> but the parade is coming back.
>
> Next July, you can expect downtown streets to be packed with clowns,
> wagons and thousands of parade goers.
>
> The parade is said to be one of the largest parades ever put on...if
> not the largest!
>
> This is what you can expect: clowns and horse drawn, painted antique
> circus wagons.
>
> The last time The Great Circus Parade was held in Milwaukee, was in
> 2003.
>
> You might remember Mayor Tom Barrett called for it to return during
> his state of the city address. After all, this parade is part of a
> state tradition dating back to 1963.
>
> It costs about $1.5 million to stage, but estimated to have a$25.5
> million impact on the economy.
>
> A press conference about the parade is expected to take place at 2:00
> Thursday afternoon.
> We're told Mayor Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker
> will be there.
>
> One of the circus parade's long time supporters says he'd like to
> come back.
>
> Academy award winning actor Ernest Borgnine served for years as the
> parade's official clown. He's now 91 years old, and his spokeswoman
> tells the Journal-Sentinel that if he is invited again, he will
> consider coming back.
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