Some of the proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Rye Public Library. We'd like to see 20,000 people there. The library became involved because the owner of the old Rye airstrip, where the circus is held each year, is a patron, said Library Director Kathleen Teaze. Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. becomes partners with a nonprofit group to have a community presence before the circus comes to town, Teaze said. A circus advertisement is in front of the library, where more than 800 tickets have been sold.
Tickets are now on sale at the box office only.
The project is well under way with construction workers ready to put up steel beams next week, Teaze said. The new library is expected to open in November.