Cole Bros. 2016 Season Delayed
The Cole Bros. Circus won't be participating in the North Carolina Azalea Festival this year.
STARNEWS FILE PHOTO
STARNEWS FILE PHOTO
Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars, which normally performs during March in front of the DeLand Municipal Airport, has not applied for a special event permit, according to city spokesman Chris Graham.
The permit must be applied for at least 30 days in advance of an event on city property, Graham said. Last year, for its 131st season, the show brought its clowns, high wire show and elephants to DeLand on March 21 and March 22
.
“They’re working to put the show out,” said John Mercurio, the circus’s certified public accountant.
The Sarasota accountant said by phone last week the circus does not have a set date yet and it was going to be a late start, but did not give the reason why.
The StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, reported earlier this mo
nth that the circus, which had been coming to Wilmington’s North Carolina Azalea Festival for more than three decades, would not be a part of this year’s event. The newspaper reported that in February the festival released a statement saying the circus would not be touring — which was denied at the time by a circus spokesperson.
The website for the circus read Tuesday "We're NOT Dead Yet!" It also states: "It aint over till the fat lady sings."
The phone number listed for the circus online has been disconnected.
A Daytona Beach News-Journal reporter left his phone number last week with people at the circus’s facility on Old New York Avenue, but has not been contacted.
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Website was taken offline due to unpaid website bill. Intentions are to bring it back online with a new site but difficulties with Cole Bros is delaying that. New details in past days have again changed some circumstances of the shows future.
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