Circus Smirkus delights young and old

By Mark E. Ellis TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Circus Smirkus clowns perform at West Boylston High School yesterday afternoon. (RICH DUGAS PHOTOS) WEST BOYLSTON— For organizers of the town’s bicentennial celebration, the Circus Smirkus performances at the high school ball field this weekend are part of an array of offerings throughout the year designed to appeal to people of all ages and interests. But for those under the circus tent at yesterday afternoon’s performance — from the youngest to the oldest — Circus Smirkus was sheer delight. From the impromptu antics of clowns in white lab coats before the show to the closing number more than two hours later, when nearly three dozen young people danced, pranced, tumbled and, in the case of the clowns, fumbled around the ring in a finale that Broadway would be proud of, the... [read full story]