Rod Sipe has been performing as a professional entertainer for over 30 years. Surrounded by the history of the family’s “The Great Patterson Shows,” Sipe was inspired to present acts of the circus sideshows. Celebrating those sideshows, Sipe’s show now includes illusions, sleight of hand, stand-up comedy, fire-eating, circus sideshow feats and a lot of audience participation.
Sipe grew up in Paola, Kansas where the family home was the former winter quarters of “The Great Patterson Shows” from 1912 until 1929. As a base of operations beginning in the 1960’s, the Sipe family used the location for their carnival concession business and lastly Rod Sipe framed his traveling shows there until the mid-90s.
Sipe has performed from coast to coast with a notable performance on the current season of “America’s Got Talent.”
Please join us for Sipe’s tour in Montgomery County. It will start on Monday, January 13th at the Coffeyville Meal Site, Sycamore Landing and Windsor Place Assisted Living before arriving at the Spencer/Rounds Theatre on the CCC Campus at 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, January 14th. Sipe will continue his tour of Coffeyville with Windsor Place, Windsor Place SCU and the Medicalodge of Coffeyville on Tuesday. Wednesday he will entertain residents at Asbury Village and Manor House followed by the students at Caney Valley High School on Thursday and the Caney Nursing Home and Guest Home Estates in Caney on Friday.
The public is invited to the 10:20 a.m. Tuesday Humanities performances at CCC. The performances are free and held in the Spencer/Rounds Theatre. For more information call 620-251-7700 ext. 2145.