INDUCTEES

The Circus Ring of Fame

Class of 2020

See this year's class inductee profiles below:

The highest of achievements in circus arts and culture is celebrated annually in Sarasota, Florida. The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation organizes and hosts the dignified ceremony on beautiful St. Armands Circle before thousands of admirers. The end result is part Academy Awards “Lifetime Achievement”mixed with a Hollywood Walk of Fame style plaque, representing permanent recognition for the artist. After the ceremony, the inductees remove elegant red velvet covers revealing large bronze wagon wheels and biographical plaques, providing a synopsis of their lifelong contribution to circus arts and culture.

NOTICE:

The Circus Ring of Fame curators source information from scholars, museums and internet search to compile the inductee biographies. If you have a connection with the inductee or the source material and notice an error (we are not perfect nor is the source material) or wish for us to remove material for any reason please let us know by e mail: circusringoffame@gmail.com and we will remove or correct any material upon notification.

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Ring of Fame Inductees

Hubert Castle Circus Ring of Fame inductee

Castle, Hubert

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Codona, Alfredo

Colleano, Con

Antionette Concello Circus Ring of Fame Inductee

Concello, Antoinette

Arthur Concello Circus Ring of Fame Inductee

Concello, Arthur M.

Alfred Court Circus Ring of Fame Inductee

Court, Alfred

Cristiani Family

Ben Davenport Circus Ring of Fame inductee

Davenport, Ben, Eva and Norma

Del Moral, Troupe

Dodd, Kenny

Donor Dashboard

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Engesser, Gee Gee

NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR CIRCUS RING OF FAME

HOW TO QUALIFY?

Each year, the Circus Ring of Fame elects a few new members and inducts them in mid-January of the following year.

Candidates may be proposed by anyone. Candidates may either be individual or a group/act of two or more, may either be active or retired and living or deceased. The candidate’s involvement or association with the circus must have been for a substantial number of years and the candidate(s) must have played a featured or major role in the circus. Most importantly, the candidate must have made a significant contribution to circus arts and culture.

WHERE AND WHEN SHOULD I SEND THE SUBMISSION FORM?

Names of proposed candidates and supporting backup materials should be sent to:

Mailing address: Circus Ring of Fame, P.O. Box 4282, Sarasota, FL 34230-4282

Email: Return completed form via email to: circusringoffame@gmail

See the Submission Form button below for a PDF form.

Candidate submissions usually begin in February. The deadline for receipt of candidate submissions is March 31 of each year. Submissions must be in writing and must include at least the following information about the candidate:

Address, if living (if deceased, name and address of a principal contact).
Telephone number, if living (or for contact if deceased).
Circus profession.
Date of birth.
Location of birth.
If deceased, date of death.
Why candidate should be a Ring member (i.e. what significant contribution(s) has candidate made to circus arts and culture?).
Additional information (photos, articles, video links, graphic materials such as posters pertaining to the candidate) may be submitted and is encouraged. Please specify whether it is for a performer, non-performer or administrator.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

From among the candidates, the Nominating Committee selects as nominees those who are the best qualified to become members. Nominee names appear on the final membership ballot that is sent to living members and closest living survivors of deceased members. Additionally nominees are submitted to the global Circus Advisory Council. The nominees receiving the combined greatest number of votes become new Ring members and are inducted in the following January. More details of the nomination process are available on the nomination forms and online.

Public announcement of the inductees are announced usually in late summer.

It is the responsibility of the Ring of Fame to secure sponsors for each newly elected member. In doing so, it needs help both from the new members as well as their proposers in identifying possible sources for sponsorship.

Nominate a Candidate to Become a Famer:

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The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 4282 | Sarasota, FL 34220

Email: circusringoffame@gmail.com