The Circus is Coming to Town!
The World Famous Lumpy Circus presents its Annual performance
11:30 am - Midway Opens
- face painting, photo booth, fortune telling, acrobat station and a bake sale
12:00 pm - Main Event
11:30 am - Midway Opens
- face painting, photo booth, fortune telling, acrobat station and a bake sale
12:00 pm - Main Event
This show is a fun performance put together by local children who have just completed a two week circus training camp. Children learn Circus Arts like juggling, acrobatics, dance, acting and magic as well as participate in set building and creating costumes.
Fun Circus Camp for Kids!
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The Lumpy Circus Camp has partnered with the Estes Valley Park & Recreation District, to provide young performers a fun filled week of creativity, silliness and fun. The camp is for children ages 7 – 14 years old that would like to explore and learn the different disciplines of circus performance.
The camp will end with a public performance. Would you like to join this fabulous camp with acting, dancing, music, crafts, acrobatics, circus arts and more..... Kids must have completed kindergarten - 5th grade to enroll. Cost is $200 per child. If you are interested please register with the Estes Valley Rec Center! Camp Details:
Estes Valley Community Center For two weeks circus campers work on acrobatics, dance choreography, juggling, clowning, singing, designing and painting sets, making props and more. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the young Lumpies begin with warm up exercises and then work in groups on specific circus arts skills, individual acts, set design and prop construction. On the first day of Circus camp we read the storyline to the young performers and they sign up for parts they want. We don’t hold auditions or assign parts; if several Lumpies seek the same part, we pull a name from a hat. In addition to learning skills in acrobatics, dance and theater, the Lumpies also learn teamwork and responsibility. All campers are on a team that has a specific job such as moving mats, collecting equipment, band support or materials management. Excitement builds steadily as high expectations set for the young Lumpies result in laughter, joy and skilled performances. It is a delight to see how quickly learning occurs and how swiftly the show comes together. |
How we began:
Lumpy Circus is the brainchild of two women who like to create costumes, dance, sing and do gymnastics: elementary school art instructor Ilah Reynar, and Joanna Helmuth, former owner of Starflower Dance Company. Joanne and Ilah Reynar conceived the idea of a kids’ circus camp in the Spring of 2013. That summer, Robert Burkhardt joined Joanne and Ilah to shape the Lumpy Circus with twenty 4-13 year olds during a two-week workshop, culminating in a forty-five minute “show” set to recorded music and performed for parents.
By the summer of 2018 The World Famous Lumpy Circus enrolled almost forty “Lumpies,” and held two weeks of rehearsals in Estes Park’s new Community Center, followed by an hour-long show at Performance Park in front of 200 people, based on “Alice in Wonderland,” accompanied by a six-piece band with Karolee McLaughlin as music director, and featuring young Lumpies playing in the band as well as singing. A stunning opening dance number was one highlight of the 2018 production.
In prior years the circus rehearsed at the Stanley Hotel (twice) and Eagle Rock School. Previous show themes included “The Wizard of Oz,” an international theme visiting numerous countries, a Disney circus, a “Circus” circus, and a young girl’s dream of running away with the circus. Summer 2019 will draw on the hit movie “The Greatest Showman” for ideas and music.
Lumpy Circus is the brainchild of two women who like to create costumes, dance, sing and do gymnastics: elementary school art instructor Ilah Reynar, and Joanna Helmuth, former owner of Starflower Dance Company. Joanne and Ilah Reynar conceived the idea of a kids’ circus camp in the Spring of 2013. That summer, Robert Burkhardt joined Joanne and Ilah to shape the Lumpy Circus with twenty 4-13 year olds during a two-week workshop, culminating in a forty-five minute “show” set to recorded music and performed for parents.
By the summer of 2018 The World Famous Lumpy Circus enrolled almost forty “Lumpies,” and held two weeks of rehearsals in Estes Park’s new Community Center, followed by an hour-long show at Performance Park in front of 200 people, based on “Alice in Wonderland,” accompanied by a six-piece band with Karolee McLaughlin as music director, and featuring young Lumpies playing in the band as well as singing. A stunning opening dance number was one highlight of the 2018 production.
In prior years the circus rehearsed at the Stanley Hotel (twice) and Eagle Rock School. Previous show themes included “The Wizard of Oz,” an international theme visiting numerous countries, a Disney circus, a “Circus” circus, and a young girl’s dream of running away with the circus. Summer 2019 will draw on the hit movie “The Greatest Showman” for ideas and music.
Donation for purchase of Aerial silk & strap rigging provided by the Estes Arts District.
Photo: January 10, 2019 the Estes Arts District Board presents a check
Each year we add to our equipment, e.g.: costumes, slack line, silks, wings, juggling balls, rings and clubs, pogo sticks, hula hoops, and this year, thanks to the Estes Arts District, we are proud to add the aerial silk rigger.
We send out a big thank you out to all our volunteers and supporters.
Lumpy Parents have assisted in making sets and props, delivering mats, making costumes, coordinating transportation, and more. Eagle Rock School has generously provided students as production assistants.
We send out a big thank you out to all our volunteers and supporters.
Lumpy Parents have assisted in making sets and props, delivering mats, making costumes, coordinating transportation, and more. Eagle Rock School has generously provided students as production assistants.