May-October 1983: An expanded team of artists – with 25 adults, 5 children, and 2 dogs – joins the HOBT company to creates the spectacular “Circle of Water Circus”. This Circus tours for 4 months from Brainerd to New Orleans on the Mississippi River. The tour includes residencies for townspeople to build local parades and circus side shows celebrating this vital lifeline of the USA. Performances on the northern part of the River are sometimes staged as part of the Mississippi River Revival.

The Circle of Water Circus cast after the New Orleans performance 1983: Steve Sandberg, Michael Sommers, Larry Long, Mark John, Jane Urban, Marie Olafsdotter, Maj Britt Syse, Sandy Spieler, Sue Haas, Doug Cain, Jim Ouray, Esther Ouray, Chana Ouray, Steve Epp, Nanci Olesen, Marg Rozycki, Susanna Ryan, Jim McCreary, Lucinda Anderson, Loren Kellen, Sam Bergstrom, Finn Ryan, Kevin Kling, Jim Spieler, Nick Wroblewski, Scott Vreeland, Lori Bergstrom, Elliot Bergstrom. Not seen: Loren Niemi, Bob Hughes.

Enquiries

For you, or with you, I will: Teach, speak, work for the Water, create visual art for your special space, design a puppet, direct your show, midwife a performance or a special event, perform my current work, or do something else you propose. Contact Sandy.

Thank You

legacy logo MN State Arts BoardMany thanks to the MN State Arts Board for supporting the creation of this website through a 2014 Artist Initiative Grant with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.