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Sarasota News Leader December 21, 2012 Page 101 ues. Wallenda is the only person in the world Dolly Jacobs, ���who inspires with grace and to have crossed directly over the precipice of beauty��� in her aerial performances; the acroNiagara Falls, the news release notes. batic act Duo Manduca; quick-change artists Vladimir and Olga Smirnov; interactive ven���This circus engagement promises high wire triloquist Willer Nicolodi; and the juggling Duo excitement and daredevilry from Wallenda Platchkov. and his family in addition to other jaw-dropping performances from internationally ac- The show will run from Friday, Jan. 25, claimed circus artists,��� the release adds. through Friday, Feb. 15, at the corner of Tuttle Avenue and 12th Street, under the Circus Among the others featured in the 2013 Circus Sarasota Big Top. Sarasota Big Top performances will be Encho, ���an incredible hand balance act��� who made Tickets start at $10. For more information rehis American debut last year in Sarasota, the garding showtimes or to purchase tickets, call release notes; Circus Sarasota Co-Founder 355-9805 or visit www.CircusSarasota.org. WYNONNA TO ROCK THE VAN WEZEL DEC. 22 Wynonna and her Rockin��� Christmas Tour will hit the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall stage on Dec. 22 at 8 p.m., Sarasota���s performing arts hall has announced. ���With her smooth, sultry voice and country/ rock diva persona, this five-time Grammy Award winner could make even the grumpiest of Scrooges excited about the holiday season,��� a news release says. Wynonna will be backed by her band, the Big Noise, which features her husband on drums, the release notes. Tickets are priced from $30 to $80. For more information, call the box office at 953-3368 or visit www.VanWezel.org Wynonna will bring her Rockin��� Christmas Tour to the Van Wezel this weekend. Contributed photo RIGBY CANCELS PETER PAN SHOWS AT THE VAN WEZEL Cathy Rigby���s Feb. 19-20 engagement of Peter Pan at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota has been canceled because of the show���s inability to lock in a second stop on the Florida leg of its tour, the Van Wezel has announced. ���Ticket sales for the Sarasota dates were strong,��� a news release says. Mary Bensel, executive director of the Van Wezel, adds in the release, ���We are extremely disappointed with the show���s decision, as it was one of the highlights of the season.���