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Shrine Circus Protest - Opening Night

Apr 25

Fri 6:00 PM

Location: Blue Cross Arena

1 War Memorial Square
Rochester, NY 14614

Who attended?: Estimated attendance: 3 people attended.

The Damascus Shrine Circus is coming to town this month! Please come and spread awareness of Circus Cruelty to the Rochester community.

Where: Blue Cross Arena
When: Friday, April 25th - 6pm-7pm (show starts at 7p - This is opening night!)

Parking: Street parking is available. There are also public parking lots for a fee.

Dress: Please dress nice & appropriately. We will be in direct contact with the public and need to be presentable and approachable. Please do not wear fur or leather.

Plenty of posters and leaflets will be available at the event!

The Shrine Circus is holding 6 shows in Rochester (1 on Friday, 3 on Saturday, and 2 on Sunday). In order to have the greatest impact, and get as many protesters to the same show as possible, I am focusing on just the first 3 peformances, but the full schedule is below for your reference. I will be sending out press releases to the local TV stations for news coverage - notifying them of protests being held Friday night and Saturday at 10am - so lets please get a big turnout and really make a big impact if/when the news crews show up!! Please attend all 3 protests if possible!

UPDATES:

ARAUNY MEMBERS WILL BE AT ALL SHOWS - SO FEEL FREE TO ATTEND ANY SHOW TO PROTEST!

SYRACUSE ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IS COMING UP TO HELP OUT FOR THE SUNDAY SHOWS!!

PRESS RELEASES HAVE GONE OUT TO THE TV STATIONS!!!

Shrine Circus Schedule

Friday 4/25
7pm Show (Protest 6p-7p)

Saturday 4/26
11am Show (Protest 10a-11a)
3pm Show (Protest 2p-3p)
7pm Show (no protest scheduled)

Sunday 4/27
12pm Show (no protest scheduled)
4pm Show (no protest scheduled)

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Posted Apr 25, 2008 9:50 AM

Lynn P

Unfortunately, this weekend turned out to not be good for me. I will be attending events like these in the future, and if you need any help with the planning, please let me know!
Posted Apr 14, 2008 4:37 AM

Jolene

I will definitely be there for the 10:00 protest on Saturday, and I will try really hard to make it to the 6:00 on Friday. Here's hoping that many show up to support the animals!!!
Posted Apr 11, 2008 6:45 PM

Adam

I wish I could come, I'll be screening Wegmans Cruelty at a film festival that weekend!
Posted Apr 11, 2008 1:42 PM

Lona

Come on guys, let's all RSVP for this demo! This is a very important event to speak up for all the animals kept in chains and cages!

Who attended?

- Jolene
  
  “ There were not as many people attending the event (i.e., coming to see the circus) as I had anticipated. It seemed kind of dead. Additionally, I would like to have seen more of a turnout from the animal advocates. ”
- Katie
- Lois

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