Guest Speaker and Grand-daughter of Roger and Pat Lescun, Jessica Connell, at age 15 was a member of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus in Albury for 5 years specializing in hula-hoops and aerials, then moving to Melbourne for a year before joining ‘Circa’  in 2011 at age 19. Jess says one of her highlights was world premiering “S”, one of five different shows ‘Circa’ performs, at the Brisbane Festival in September 2012.  ‘Circa’ encompases Acrobats as well as Musicians in most performances and has toured internationally since 2006 to 30 countries across six continents. Critics have raved about its shows calling the work “stunning…exquisite… heart-stopping” and “electrically charged”.   Jess mentioned the intensity of circus performing interest  overseas … 500 professional performers in France, 2000 in Canada … 30 in Australia ! The training and rehearsals are a major part of the curriculum with complete satisfaction coming from performing … ‘living-her-dream’ ! Jess presented a short video of a ‘Circa’ performance titled “S”.   ‘Circa’ presented “Sixtyone-in-Sixty Seconds” at the Albury Entertainment Centre last Friday and Saturday nights … a number of members attended.