The caption with last week’s front page photo of the new Circus Smirkus tent being raised was cut for space. The full caption was: “The new 35-foot high and 80-foot inch diameter Circus Smirkus Big Top is nearly set up and almost stretched tight at the Circus Barn headquarters in Greensboro. The Big Top was designed in 2018, then ordered and purchased after a successful capital campaign in 2019. Fabrication and arrival of the Big Top was delayed due to COVID-19 and was finally delivered in May 2025. May 7, this year, was the first time the new tent was set up. Circus Smirkus has made an intentional decision to pause the tour this summer while it refocuses the direction of the Big Top Tour program. The tent will be used as a practice space for campers this summer.
photo by Vanessa Fournier”
Clive Gray’s obituary in last week’s issue should have indicated he met Ethne Bertram when he was 19 years old.
