Cirque Rocks
Cirque Rocks was a charity circus held in Auckland, [New Zealand]] event that was organised by the Dean Lonergan Events organisation and sponsored by McDonald's restaurants. The event was held 23 Aug 2006 to 26 Aug 2006 with a 215 performers. The event was held in the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere.[1]
It featured over 80 circus acts and X-Games performers, choreographed to a 60 piece orchestra. The theme of the night being the history of Rock 'n Roll. The festivities began to a backdrop of early Rock 'n Roll hits and throuought the night progressed into today's modern rock.[2][3]
The event was held live at the Trusts Stadium in Auckland on August 23, 2006 and broadcast a couple of days later on local network TV3 on Saturday, 26 August 2006.[4]
The charities that this event raised money for were:
- Ronald McDonald House
- Yellow Ribbon (Prevention of Youth Suicide)
- Child Cancer Foundation
Performances
These are among some of the acts performed at the Cirque Rocks event.
- Plate Spinning
- Holland's Motorcycle Globe of Death
- Sunchasing
- X-Games bikers - - Chad Kagy, Ryan Nyquist, Jamie Bestwick and Scott Cranmer.
- Trampolining
- Cage of Death
- Ramashov Russian swings
- Troupe Mayarov Fast Track Tumbling
- Motorcycle Foot Jugglers from Russia
- The Flying Wallendas (the world's greatest high wire act)
Cirque Rocks was a contemporary circus event and therefore did not use any performing animals.
Disappearance
On August 29, 2006, it was reported that a Chinese performer associated with the Chasing Sun chair balance act failed to turn up for her flight back to China. No further details are apparent and her disappearance remains a mystery.[5]
References
- ↑ ventfinda.co.nz, Cirque Rocks
- ↑ Dean Lonergan Events
- ↑ cirquepassion.com, Cirque Rocks, Flying Wallendas
- ↑ flickr.com, Cirque Rocks
- ↑ welshmandownunder, Cirque Rocks, February 6, 2010