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Senator Savino Welcomes Circus to Coney Island
Diane J. Savino
May 12, 2009
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Senator Savino joined local officials, including Borough President Marty Markowitz and Councilmember Domenic Recchia Jr., as well school children from P.S. 288, in welcoming Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus’s Boom A Ring.
Acts will include the Urias family, known as The First Family of the Motorcycle Globe, The Negrey Troupe, a world−renowned troupe of Russian acrobats, “Eccentric Personality Extraordinaire” Justin Case, Vincenta Pages and her seven white Bengal tigers and a trio of Asian elephants.
During the ceremony, Millie the Asian elephant was introduced to the crowd.
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