Community Corner
Circus Heads to Great Mall
Catch the Circo Hermanos Caballero at the Great Mall July 7-12. Nine shows featuring trapeze artists, acrobats and clowns are scheduled.
Performers from the Circo Hermanos Caballero will display their acts of courage, skill and comedy under the Big Top in the parking lot near Marshall's from Thursday, July 7, through Tuesday, July 12. The circus is currently at Hilltop Mall in Richmond.
The show features a motorcycle "Death Globe," clowns, trapeze artists 11-year-old Ruben Caballero III and his partner Marco Antonio, camels, jugglers, contortionists and a mini-ponies act, according to Executive Promoter Bill Mendosa.
Circo Hermano Caballero, a six-generation circus family, is originally from Mexico, according to Mendosa. This is their first time in Milpitas.
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He said, “We were in Las Vegas Circus Circus for 10 years, with Ringling Brothers for six years, four years in Japan, and four years in Russia,” he said.
On Wednesday, Mendosa and Ringmaster Ruben Caballero appeared before the Milpitas Planning Commission at a special meeting to obtain a last-minute permit.
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Show times are:
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Thursday, July 7 at 7 p.m.
Friday, July 8 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 9 at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 10 at 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.
Monday, July 11 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 12 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children ages 10 and up. Free children's tickets can be found at retail stores inside the Great Mall.
