The circus is in town

10 Responses to “The circus is in town”

1. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2009 at 1:57 pm

   Wow. An actual tent? Not some huge multi-purpose arena?

2. Abra on July 1st, 2009 at 3:19 pm

   green is not a primary color. but hooray indeed anyway.

3. Wil Freeborn on July 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm

   sheila – I always associate the circus with a tent

   abra – it can be, both a primary and secondary colour

4. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2009 at 3:46 pm

   Sigh. I don’t believe I’ve ever been to the circus in the traditional Big Top. Even when I was little, the circus was always in some ‘coliseum’ or sports arena.

   I did sneak in the back of some tent (religious) revivals, though, and that was almost as good as the circus. But no tigers nor ladies in spangly costumes.

5. Lucy on July 1st, 2009 at 3:46 pm

   Did you go?

6. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2009 at 3:47 pm

   P.S. Speaking of tents, I did witness (in a tent) what had to have been one of the last true ‘freak shows’ in the US. I expect I will have to post about it now.

7. Wil Freeborn on July 1st, 2009 at 3:54 pm

   no, I’ve never been to a circus.

   I’m not sure if I want to go, I quite like the idea of the circus more than wanting to see clowns and acrobats. This is the Moscow State Circus, I’m not sure animals appear any more.

8. Lucy on July 1st, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   I haven’t been to the circus since I was a kid, but the tents come out in the summer, Moscow, China, there used to only be two, and they were both Irish. I don’t know if they still do the rounds anymore. I wonder what a circus would be like now?

9. Sheila Ryan on July 1st, 2009 at 4:07 pm

   I seem to remember reading a NYT article about the Ringling Brothers circus train here in the States (of course, the circus still travels by train), and I must say, I was pining to live on the circus train.

10. Lucy on July 1st, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Sheila, I think if you concentrate, you will find that you have skills that the circus train will cherish.

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