Off to lovely Giffards school!

One of the many posters made for the Circus last year!

Fred and I are packing our trunks (suitcases, not bathing garments!) and heading off to help out Circus Pazaz at Giffards school in Essex. Fred's Flying Circus have been there with the little big top for the last two years and it's one of our highlights of the year!
Last year we performed our last ever shows as Fred's Flying Circus there and the children made some amazing posters. (Go to my blog from June last year to see how great they all were).
Keep checking the blog for photos and show gossip!
Toodly Pip for now
Mrs Fred x

WHAM KAPOW PAZAZ!!!!

Yesterday afternoon Fred and I set out to Eastbourne to meet up with Zaz, Tilly and the lovely little big top!
Circus Pazaz is working at St Thomas A Becket Junior School in Eastbourne for the next three days all culminating in a day of shows and big Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June.

All in a day's work! (we did have a little more help than just these three clowns!)

It was fantastic to be putting up the big top again and thanks to all the great helpers who turned up to bash in stakes and hold onto the side poles as it was going up - it was a tad windy!
Fred and I are so happy that our beautiful circus and tent has gone to such an amazing clown as Zaz and that he will be continuing all the great work of bringing fun and laughter to school fields all over the country. Fred can't wait to get back into the ring as Zaz has taken him on as Ringmaster!!! be warned!
Watch this space for more Circus Pazaz adventures
Toddly pip for now
Mrs Fred x

PAZAZ TIME!

Last weekend Fred and I had our most relaxed ever start to a circus day!
Fred is now on tour with the wonderful Matt Zaz who has bought our beautiful little big top and is continuing all the good work fund raising in schools with Circus Pazaz! We are joining him to literally 'show him the ropes' and Fred just can't stop performing his comedy...and other dangerous stuff!!!.
All we had to do was arrive at a school just outside Reading... where we found Zaz and his team, Angie and Tilly. We were met by an amazing team of PTA and teachers and in no time we had the tent up and ready to go.
The sun stayed out and the tent was PACKED for two shows - a huge success for Circus Pazaz on their first gig and a huge success for the school who managed to make some great profits from ticket sales!
We're back in the road very soon... it's just SO exciting! I'll be back soon.
Toodly pip for now
Mrs Fred x

OUT OF HIBERNATION!

Yawn! Well... what a long winter we seem to be having - never mind - the daffodils and bit of sunshine we had over the last few days has awoken me from my slumber and I've realised how little I've done on my blog over the winter months.
Springing into action I have just updated Fred's Flying Circus website. It is much smaller and simpler as Fred and Chi Chi are busy bees - working together and doing their separate thing! Fred has been razor blade eating and sword swallowing over the winter months - as well as strumming away and singing his heart out to audiences far and wide. Go to freddelius.co.uk for more info.
Meanwhile Chi Chi has been a VERY busy bee dashing up to London most nights in the week and she's even flying off to Milan at the weekend - LUCKY LUCKY girl!

We all SOOOO missed not doing our 'first gig of the year' at Brooklands Park Worthing. We have performed there every Easter for at least the last 5 years and we missed the old familiar faces and new ones... mind you... we definately haven't missed camping out in sub zero temperatures! It's hard to believe that 2 years ago we were all in t-shirts and eating ice cream at Easter!

Fred and Chi Chi are getting ready to tour with Circus Pazaz to help Zaz out with the Big Top and the shows. Zaz is an absolutely amazing clown - and has been from a small boy when, at the age of 8 he was a 'regular' at Fred's Circus workshops in Brighton back in the day!!! What a coincidence! Check him out at http://zazismypal.com/circus-pazaz. (spot the Mrs Fred poster design!).

I promise I'll be back soon - as long as the snow stays away!
Watch this space for Circus Pazaz dates

Toodly pip for now
Mrs Fred x