09/26/2025
🎉 Step right up... the magic is BACK in town! The circus is rolling in with thrills, chills, and jaw-dropping skills! 🤹♀️ 🎢🎪 Our Under the Big Top Signature Experience was a spectacular event for all attendees! We started our week with a trip to the Jacksonville Zoo! 🐒🐯 🐘 We viewed all the exhibits, touched the stingrays, had lunch at one of the restaurants, rode the train around the zoo, and some of us rode the carousel. 🎠 It wouldn't be a circus without games! Members walked outside our community to find themselves surrounded by all the games they could imagine, and they smelled the sweet scent of cotton candy! 🍬 Members received tickets to participate in various activities, including target practice, a dunk booth, basketball, and more! 🎯 💦 🔫 From there, they could taste the nostalgic flavors of hot dogs, corn dogs, funnel cakes, popcorn, and more! After lunch, we announced the winners of our 2 raffle prizes! 🎉 The final day of the circus brought out the clowns, carneys, and spectators for our Under the Big Top Dining Experience! For our happy hour, Members showed up dressed for the occasion as they snacked on fresh popcorn, sipped on sweet drinks, and chatted about the show they were about to attend. 😍 We had Sabrina join us this week, and she is an aerial performer from Savannah, Georgia. She performed on the lollipop lyra, and our members were absolutely blown away by the strength, beauty, and grace of her performance. 🎭 👯 At the end of her show, she had a photo opportunity, and our Members were thrilled to have their picture taken with her. We had a full house for our Under the Big Top Experience! Kyle Moore and Friends provided awesome music, and the menu was wonderful. 😋 They started with Peanut Crusted Popcorn Shrimp, then had a Carousel Citrus Salad with Arugula, Fennel, and Carrot Ribbons with a Farm 99 Mint & Local Honey Vinaigrette, then for the main course they had an option of the Ringmaster's Ribeye with Truffled Mashed Potatoes & Grilled Summer Vegetables or the Flying Trapeze Chicken with Candied Apple and Celery Stuffing with Grilled Summer Vegetables. For dessert, they had a trio of House-Made Gluten-Free Funnel Cake, a Salted Caramel Apple Bite, and a Banana and Chocolate Mousse ✨ Pop.In everyone's party favor bag, they received animal crackers, their very own clown nose to wear, and fun candy you would get at a circus. Guests snacked on fresh popcorn, sipped on their favorite drinks, and danced the night away! 🎉
