Washington Trust Offers Big Apple Circus Discounts
$5 Per Person Discount on July 9 & 10 Performances

June 20, 2007 (Westerly, RI). . . The Washington Trust Company, in association with Big Apple Circus at Charlestown’s Ninigret Park, is offering a $5 per person discount on select seats on Monday, July 9 for the 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances, and Tuesday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. performance. All 17 branch offices of Washington Trust have the discount coupons available.

Step Right Up, the Big Apple Circus’ all-new 29th season production, is a wondrous amusement resort by the sea, shimmering as if from a more gilded age, and materializes before your very eyes right under the Big Top. Thrill to the sights and sounds; rollicking rides, arcades, the boisterous barker and surprising sideshows, the beachcombers and bathing beauties, ragtime tunes, novelty numbers and circus carousels of electrifying splendor. Jugglers, acrobats, equestrians, aerialists, horses, dogs, jesters and Grandma the Clown will sweep your family into a bygone world, where everyone wins and memories are golden.

Washington Trust customers may redeem discount coupons three ways: via Ticketmaster, 401- 331-2211 or www.ticketmaster.com (promotional code: WATRUST); in person at the Circus Box Office at the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce; or at the Circus Box Office at the Big Top beginning July 8. For more information please call the Ticket Info Line at (800) 922-3772 or visit www.bigapplecircus.org.

The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a $2.4 billion corporation headquartered in Westerly, Rhode Island. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and is the largest independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. A state-chartered bank, Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including personal banking, business banking, and wealth management and trust services, through its offices located in Rhode Island, southeastern Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Corporation’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol WASH. Web site address: www.washtrust.com.