Big Top time: Here comes the circus

Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey gave up the Big Top circus tent years ago, but the American Crown Circus is still going strong in its striped canvas home.
This one-ring circus, featuring high-wire performers and Coconut the Clown, will be in Scotts Valley on Tuesday, May 19, through Thursday, May 21, as a Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce fundraiser.
Also in the circus’ annual spring visit, Bronco, billed as “the world’s smallest horse,” will do tricks, and the Angelos will perform death-defying motorcycle stunts in the Globe of Death.
The family-owned traveling circus is scheduled to arrive in Scotts Valley on Sunday, May 17, from Soledad and Half Moon Bay performances, and expects to erect the big tent Monday.
At a glance
WHAT: American Crown Circus
WHEN: 5 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, through Thursday, May 21
WHERE: Skypark, in Scotts Valley
TICKETS: $15 adults, $5 children; if bought before May 17: $12 adults, two children free with coupon from chamber office, 360 Kings Village Road, or any Bay Federal Credit Union branch