Cirque Rocks was a

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held in

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event that was organised by the Dean Lonergan Events organisation and sponsored by

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restaurants. The event was held August 23–26, 2006 with 215 performers. The event was held in the Trust's Stadium in Waitakere. It featured over 80 circus acts and

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performers, choreographed to a 60-piece

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. The theme of the night being the history of

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. The festivities began to a backdrop of early Rock 'n Roll hits and through the night progressed into today's modern rock. The event was held live at the Trusts Stadium in

on August 23, 2006, and broadcast a couple of days later on local network TV3 on Saturday, 26 August 2006. The charities that this event raised money for were: *

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(Prevention of Youth Suicide) *Child Cancer Foundation

Performances

These are among some of the acts performed at the Cirque Rocks event. *

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*Holland's Motorcycle Globe of Death *Sunchasing *

bikers - - Chad Kagy, Ryan Nyquist, Jamie Bestwick and Scott Cranmer. *

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*Cage of Death *Ramashov

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s *Troupe Mayarov Fast Track Tumbling * Motorcycle Foot Jugglers from Russia * The Flying Wallendas (the world's greatest high wire act) Cirque Rocks was a contemporary circus event and therefore did not use any performing animals.

Disappearance

On August 29, 2006, it was reported that a Chinese performer associated with the Chasing Sun chair balance act failed to turn up for her flight back to China. No further details are apparent and her disappearance remains a mystery.welshmandownunder, Cirque Rocks, February 6, 2010
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References

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google videosflickr photos of the show
Cultural history of New Zealand Circuses {{entertainment-stub