GREAT CIRCUS PARADE RISES AGAIN RITE OF SUMMER TO RETURN IN MILWAUKEE.(METRO) From: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Date: March 13, 2008| Author: Novak, Bill | COPYRIGHT 2008 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: BILL NOVAK The Capital Times

Break out the oversized shoes and face paint everybody, the Great Circus Parade is hitting the streets of Milwaukee once again in 2009.

But alas, Dane County circus fans, the Great Circus Train is no more.

City and county of Milwaukee officials are holding a press conference this afternoon to trumpet the return of the parade on July 12, 2009, to the streets of downtown Milwaukee.

The parade, in past y...

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