Monday, October 1, 2012

The Circus!

I went to a REAL circus for the first time ever.  It was the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus, they were in SLC in september at the energy solutions arena.  We went with Stephen's parents which was awesome.


Before the show we went and saw all the animals that are involved in the circus (I loved the elephants!)  The lions and tigers were pretty cool too.
Me with the elephants :)

Stephen's Parents



The show was focused on dragons and how to defeat them


Some highlights of the show (though no pictures because it was too dark and we were too far away...)

1. Silly Clowns (of course, because everyone knows a circus is not complete without these)
2. motor bike riders--these were SO cool, there were about 7-8 of them and they ALL went into this wire ball and were riding around inside (it looked scary, and I'm sure they had to be precise in their movements or they would all crash!)
3. Trapeze artists--they were really fun and neat
4. Lion and tiger trainer show--this looked insane and scary.  There were a few times when the cat lashed out at their trainer (and he looked a little worried).  Now this would be an intense job!
5. Elephants-they did some neat tricks--they would stand on little platforms, and stack themselves (with front legs on the elephant's back in front of them)
6. Dog, Cat, and donkey tricks--fun and cute :)
7. Rapunzel skit--with the clowns, it was a hoot!
8. Samuri men (or whatever they are called)--they were incredible!  They would bend strong metals with vulnerable parts of their body such as their necks, their gut, etc.  It was insane! (then the clowns did a silly skit related to what the samuri men did)
9. hanging hair sisters--they did crazy things in the air (connected to cables) by being connected by their hair, ouch!!
10.  Horses-they did some neat things with the horses, they went into the ring and ran in circles while standing on the backs of 1-2 horses and doing gymnastic moves and flips.  It was neat.
11. See-saw clowns--they would jump onto the see-saw from a ladder and flip onto someones shoulders-they got 3 high I think

Anyways, it was really neat, too bad I couldn't get any pictures..



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