Sunday, July 13, 2008

Oh, Those Carnies...

Basil Exposition: What's the other thing that scares you?
Austin Powers: Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands.

Last night we went to the circus!! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey was in town with their Gold Tour called, "Boom-a-Ring."

We joined up with Jake and Kayla for dinner at Zeke's Eatin' Place (which was delicious, as always) and then ventured over to the Circus!

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In line for the Circus!

Since we live in a small town, this is one of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's smaller shows. There was only one ring, but for only $15 dollars it was well worth it! We got there about an hour early because they had a pre-show to meet some animals and performers, learn circus tricks and enjoy a taste of the circus before the show started. Here's us dressed up like "circus folk!"

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The show had jugglers, tight rope walkers, a perch act (where a guy balances an apparatus that a girl is performing on, on top of his forehead), a Dachshund Dog act, three elephants, six white Bengal tigers, tumbling and acrobatic performers, a crossbow act and a girl that swung from a rope swing. My favorite was the six white Bengal tigers! Followed was closely by the Dachshund act. Both sets of animals were so cute!!

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One of the tigers and the lady who instructed them.

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The Dachshund Doggies.

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Crazy high wire people.

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Elephants.

The circus was a lot of fun for the four of us! It brought back memories of our childhood and was a fun night with friends.

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