I have thought many times about somehow opening a Circus school for children here and i would like some input on how maybe i would go about it and the best way to operate it.
As some of you know my partner and i have a Entertainment business which mainy involves our Circus shows. Through this we have discovered many youngsters who have naturally taken an interest when they have seen our trapezes up, stilt walkers roaming the street and general all round craziness locally when my teams have been practising and i have seen some very shy and unsure kids turn into confident talented young adults as a result of this.
Instead of roaming the streets getting into trouble, they have been taken under the wings of the older talented members of the Circus and not only learned some real skill, but they have become extremley fit and have seen that they really can do something, learn and have great fun at the same time.
I would love to do this on a bigger scale as i have the equipment and get some kids fit and doing something worth while and get inspired, but to do this i dont want to charge.
So how would i go about getting the Government involved to contribute, or would i be better off apealing to businesses?
Another thought was to sell DVDs of the show on resorts which we get asked for all the time, with the hotels permission of course with the profits going to the circus school for dominican children?
For the aerial acts i realize we would need some kind of written waiver/consent like they have on resorts for extreme sports from the parents.
Should we offer paid classes for adults too, to help fund the free school?
Does anyone think its a good idea?
As some of you know my partner and i have a Entertainment business which mainy involves our Circus shows. Through this we have discovered many youngsters who have naturally taken an interest when they have seen our trapezes up, stilt walkers roaming the street and general all round craziness locally when my teams have been practising and i have seen some very shy and unsure kids turn into confident talented young adults as a result of this.
Instead of roaming the streets getting into trouble, they have been taken under the wings of the older talented members of the Circus and not only learned some real skill, but they have become extremley fit and have seen that they really can do something, learn and have great fun at the same time.
I would love to do this on a bigger scale as i have the equipment and get some kids fit and doing something worth while and get inspired, but to do this i dont want to charge.
So how would i go about getting the Government involved to contribute, or would i be better off apealing to businesses?
Another thought was to sell DVDs of the show on resorts which we get asked for all the time, with the hotels permission of course with the profits going to the circus school for dominican children?
For the aerial acts i realize we would need some kind of written waiver/consent like they have on resorts for extreme sports from the parents.
Should we offer paid classes for adults too, to help fund the free school?
Does anyone think its a good idea?