Acree Creative has realized every child’s dream: to join the circus. The marketing firm has been chosen by Carson & Barnes Circus to provide advertising, promotion and publicity for its 2012 season. Acree was selected after a nearly year-long review of agencies located in Texas and Oklahoma.

Carson & Barnes Circus's newest edition, Obert, the Asian elephant (left) and Dan Acree at the signing ceremony in Hugo, Oklahoma.

Dan Acree, managing partner at the Sherman, Texas agency said work will begin immediately on next year’s season that starts officially in March. “We have less than 90 days to develop plans, hire staff, and begin the difficult and detailed work required to get the job done.” This will be the 76th consecutive year that Carson & Barnes has been on the road with their travel show of performers and animals under the biggest tent in the circus business.

Carson & Barnes Circus is the largest independent, family-owned big-top circus in the U.S. touring more than 200 towns and cities each year.

David Reeder has been retained to manage the circus’s Retail Promotions for Acree Creative.