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Jamestown (CSi) A couple of changes this year when the Shrine Circus comes to Jamestown today.

El Zagel Mystics member Craig Mehlhaff says, in addition to the circus being on a Monday, there will be only ONE PERFORMANCE, that will be at 5:30p.m., today, at the Jamestown Civic Center.

The circus is performed for the Jamestown and Valley City communities.

With tigers, dogs and death-defying high-wire and acrobatic acts, the El Zagal Shrine Circus will have one performance at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Jamestown Civic Center.

Richard Klose, circus co-chairman, said the circus is coordinated by El Zagal Shrine units the Jamestown Clowns, the Flag Corp., Valley City and the Mystics, also based out of Jamestown. Klose said Brent Chris of Flag Corp is the other co-chair.

Klose said there will only be one performance of the circus this year in response to requests from parents.

Klose said parents found it hard to go to either the late afternoon performance, which started at 4 p.m., or the 7:45 p.m. performance in recent years.

The parents said they had to get out of work early to make the 4 p.m. show,” he said. “And the 7:45 (p.m.) show started too late for children who had to go to school the next day.”

He adds that having one show, more people will attend the circus.

The circus that will perform in Jamestown is Circus Spectacular, with Cindy Migley as the producer. Circus Spectacular is based out of Sarasota, Fla., and includes animal acts, acrobatic teams, a high-wire act and the Globe of death, a motorcycle stunt act.

Klose says at the show’s intermission, two boys’ bicycles and two girls’ bicycles will be given away. The show will run a little over two hours.

Gates open one hour before the show starts. Tickets are available at Hugo’s Family Marketplace, Cash Wise, M&H and the Jamestown Civic Center. Tickets are $5.50 for children 12 and younger, $9.50 for adults if purchased before the show, and tickets are 50 cents more if bought at the door. Klose said the circus is sponsored by the El Zagal Shrine of Fargo. Proceeds from the circus will benefit Shrine Temple operations.