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CIRCUS

You gotta go and look at this.

There is a great slide show with wonderful pictures:

The Family Business, 163 Years Under the Big Top.

My first circus was a one-ringer like this one.

It came to Mountainhome, Pa. and pitched a tent in the field opposite our church.

They had a lot of acts as I recall. There were souvenirs. A prize in a box of popcorn. They said you could get a pair of nylons in some of the box. That was liquid nylons. Makeup in a bottle.

I do not think there were any animals in that one.

Then, years later, it was the Ringling Brothers. Pretty exciting stuff for a small town kid. We saw it in Boston and we took our kids there.

Then on to the Cirques shows which aren't really circuses. They are great but not circuses.

We also saw a one ringer on Cape Cod one summer and years later my own grown up kids saw the same one on the South Shore.

One time, our first year in Palm Springs, there was a one ring circus that came and we saw it. We have never seen one since.

I have never forgotten being in the bleachers of these shows. The emotions of it are unprecedented.

It was great reading this article and watching the slide show. I was back in my seat again and ready to see the clowns!