New interview with Rene Joannides, Circus Celebrity, One of the great families of World and Sarasota FL’s Circus history I call Joannides family the fabric of our community category of Circus artist families that made Sarasota what it is today, Back in the early 1930s mid 1940s Fruitville Rd was a dirt road that actually had citrus there were only a few original houses on Fruitville owned by The Canestrellis, The Zacchinis, The Joanides, Anna DelMonte. That poster behind Rene is of his Grandfath