Local Children Participate in Ringling Bros. Circus
"Check out Preston Hollow's own Jesse Patterson, 13, as she successfully hula hoops on all four appendages. Patterson has been a student of Lone Star Circus School for one year..."
August 4, 2010 - By CLAIRE ST. AMANT / Preston Hollow People read more
One of Texas' only circus schools teaches our intern a few tricks
"Fanny Kerwich didn't run away and join the circus; she was born into it. A North Texas resident, Fanny is an 8th generation circus performer who has performed with every big circus in the world..."
July 21, 2010 - By BEN FARMER / Pegasus News read more
July 20, 2010 - By KRISTJANA GUDMUNDSSON / The Dallas Morning News read more
Hanging with the Circus
"I knew it was going to be a good day when I saw "adults in circus school" on my assignment. And it was!
Sure enough, the Lone Star Circus instructor was kind enough to let me try out the aerial silks..."
July 15, 2010 - COURTNEY CHURNIN / The Dallas Morning News Photo Blog read more
" When director CeCe Prudhomme started recruiting performers for Stratford High School's next student musical, she made the demands of the show quite clear.
Not only would students be expected to act and sing for Barnum!, they would be required to master the art of circus performing."
January 22, 2009 - Stratford High School performers find 'Barnum!' a true balancing act - Houston Chronical read more
"Characters fly through the air with the greatest of ease. They also spin plates, hang from silk ropes and walk a tightrope.
That many of them do so while also singing and telling the tale of “Barnum” is a tip-off that the musical by the Stratford Players is an ambitious high school production."
January 21, 2009 - A circus, a musical, an ambitious show - River Oaks Examiner read more
"The Circus is Coming to Stratford! SHS Playhouse presents Barnum!"
"Several students in the new production of Barnum learned the trapeze and aerial 15 to 20 feet up from the floor. For this production, the Stratford High auditorium will be transformed into circus tent..."
January 2009 - Flying trapezes swing at Stratford High - Spring Branch ISD News read more
"Circuses come from faraway places, right? Well, not since eighth-generation circus performer Fanny Kerwich married Dallas lawyer Mark Doyle and started a family and her very own Lone Star Circus Arts Center here. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in 2006 with the mission of promoting circus arts in Dallas."
