Ringling Brothers!
 

The extended family went to the circus on Wednesday night. It was *awesome*! I love getting to be a kid again. Thought you all might like to share the fun.

#1 - They allowed everyone to go on the floor and circulate around while performers did their thing. Interactive preshow...cool.

#2 - The show opened with a patriotic tableaux of babe on elephant.

#1 - Head clown and Ringmaster
#2 - The opening parade

#1 - Arabians
#2 - Tightrope walkers

#1 - Tiger taming!
#2 - Well trained tiger hops out of cage led by his trainer

#1 - Hot aerialist chick
#2 - Dude with weird hair is Belo...he was the main focus of the circus.

#1 - Everybody gets to be like Belo
#2 - ...even the elephants

#1 - Eastern excess!
#2 - Prelude to an awesome Chinese acrobatic presentation

very cool photos, especially that one of the tiger! The horses are sooo pretty! and the ringmaster's outfit is just over the [big] top.

Makes me want to go!

#1 - Acrobatic coolness
#2 - Really cool

#1 - No way did this look like a good idea to me, but they survived
#2 - The happy attendees, from near to far, Leslie, Jai, Ana, Colin, Clifton, Selene (Kaleigh was in the john, I was taking the pic).

Finally, Selene and Ana display the hats that allow the circus to sell cotton candy for $7.00 a bag...

Hope you enjoyed the circus!

the circus is much more rock concertish than it used to be...

Actually, more Broadway. Kenneth and Irvin Feld bought RBB&B almost 30 years ago, if memory serves, and they brought a very much more "production" sensibility to the classic circus format of the past.

There is much to be said both for the old tradition, and for the slicker version of today.

I was thinking it looked very influenced by the popularity of Cirque du Soleil.

I agree, that's the first thing I ever saw in the circus that literally had me on the edge of my seat. :eek:

I must say your photography is excellent!
As each post went up, I waited to comment, not wanting to interrupt what I was hoping would be a series. You didn't disappoint... thank you.:notworthy