{"id":3766,"date":"2008-12-21T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2008-12-21T10:13:41","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T16:13:41","slug":"guy-laliberte-2008-artist-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/guy-laliberte-2008-artist-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Laliberte 2008 Artist Christmas Presents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3767\" title=\"Guy Laliberte\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/guy-laliberte.jpg\" alt=\"Guy Laliberte\" width=\"450\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/guy-laliberte.jpg 450w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/guy-laliberte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/guy-laliberte-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Christmas 2008 Guy Laliberte had a fantastic gift for the artists of the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA show (and other CDS artists worldwide): a handbag made from the tarp of a retired Cirque big top tent. The handbags are made of the recycled material and fit into Cirque &#8220;eco-friendly&#8221; attitude, as well as featuring the wonderful bright yellow and blue of the traveling Cirque big tops. Just like the tarp you see behind Guy in the photo above.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and Merry Christmas 2008 to Guy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I&#8217;m too lazy to take a photo of the actual bag &#8211; but here are other Cirque type bags that use recycled big top tarp:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3768\" title=\"laptop-bag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/laptop-bag.jpg\" alt=\"laptop-bag\" width=\"436\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/laptop-bag.jpg 436w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/laptop-bag-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3769\" title=\"cirque-big-top-bag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cirque-big-top-bag.jpg\" alt=\"cirque-big-top-bag\" width=\"170\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a great photo of the Cirque Du Soleil bigtop:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3770\" title=\"cirque-big-top\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cirque-big-top.jpg\" alt=\"cirque-big-top\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cirque-big-top.jpg 500w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/cirque-big-top-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT GUY LALIBERTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guy Lalibert\u00e9 (born September 2, 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) is the founder and chief executive officer of Cirque du Soleil. Starting out as an accordion player, stiltwalker and fire-eater; Lalibert\u00e9 created his circus which is a synthesis of all circus styles around the world. In 2006, this 95% share holder of the 1.2 billion dollar Cirque Du Soleil was named the Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Christmas 2008 Guy Laliberte had a fantastic gift for the artists of the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA show (and other CDS artists worldwide): a handbag made from the tarp of a retired Cirque big top tent. 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