LAKELAND, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2007) — Florida Southern College and the Festival of Fine Arts welcome The Peking Acrobats to the Florida Southern College campus. The performance takes place Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Branscomb Auditorium.

Among China’s greatest performers, The Peking Acrobats present their ancient folk art, rooted in more than 2,000 years of history and folk tradition. The gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists, and tumblers perform daring athletic maneuvers while wire-walking, trick-cycling, tumbling, and somersaulting.

Tickets are $25. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1885, Florida Southern College is a private, comprehensive, United Methodist college with a liberal arts core. The college maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 38 undergraduate majors and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, and nursing. Florida Southern has a 13:1 student/faculty ratio, provides strong student/faculty mentorship programs, boasts 25 NCAA Division II national championships, and is ranked by U. S. News and World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor’s institutions and by the Princeton Review as a “Best Southeastern College.” Located on scenic Lake Hollingsworth, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.