Circus Smirkus comes to Wilbraham

WILBRAHAM, Mass. (WWLP) - Budget cuts have left local school systems without much money left for enrichment programs, so one local organization called in the circus to help out.

A non-profit group called the Wilbraham Hampden Academic Trust invited an international youth circus to town called Circus Smirkus to help them raise some cash for local schools.

The money will fund those little hands-on extras like field trips, classroom technology updates, and guest speakers at school. "Have a lot of speakers that teachers have asked to come into the schools, author day, essentially the teachers will come up with a program that they want funding for, and we'll fund that," said Kevin Giordana, Wilbraham Hampden Academic Trust.

The Circus Smirkus show will continue Sunday.

Sunday's performances are at Post Office Park in Wilbraham at 1 and 6 p.m.