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The circus comes to town
By Krista Goerte
Published October 20, 2009
The circus is coming to town Wednesday.
From elephants to clowns to flying trapeze artists, Carson & Barnes Circus will have it all displayed under the big top at the Lamar County Fairgrounds.
Two shows will be presented Wednesday, the first from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and the second from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Advance tickets are available until sometime this afternoon (between 3 and 4 p.m.) at locations around town, including ABC Learning Center, Animal Health Center, Edward Jones Investments, Hamilton & Company, Paris Chevrolet, PowerHouse Gymnastics, the Connecting Point and Hugo Furniture.
Advance tickets are $12 per adult (ages 12 and older) and $6 per child. A family package (up to two adults and three children) can be purchased only in advance for $25. On Wednesday, tickets are $18 and $24 per adult, depending on where the seat is located and $8 per child. Children 2 and younger get in free.
The public is invited free of charge to see the circus coming into town early Wednesday morning with its company of more than two dozen types of exotic and domestic animals, including a large traveling zoo. The animals are unloaded, fed, watered and made available to the public for viewing.
The public is also invited to see the raising of the big tent about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Circus workers, elephants and technology all work together to raise the block-long tent.
The 73rd edition of the circus stopping in Paris is one of about 200 such stops the troop makes each year in its 10-month season. The circus is headquartered in Hugo, Okla. and at this time of year is making its way back home from a grueling schedule, which ends in December.
The only traditional big-tented circus remaining in today’s circus business, Carson & Barnes travels with its company of about 100 performers and animals.
Circus performers with Carson & Barnes Circus come from all around the world, including the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Russia and Italy.
A feature on this year’s circus tour is Freddy “Alex” Acero, a world-renowned clown, and award-winning “King of Circus Comedy.” Known for his hilarious high bounding feats on the trampoline, Alex is one in a family of circus performers.
Also featured at the event are:
•Grand Spectacular Patriotic Parade;
•Aerial Artistry and Ballet Aloft — the Ferrari Sisters from Argentina;
•Wire Walking Wizard — Fabian Farfan;
•Canine Capers — Datsenko’s Delightful Doggies from Ukraine;
•Mid-Air Motorcycle Madness — Nando & Nancy;
•Daredevils of the Double Wheels of Destiny — the Fernandez Family;
•Dazzling Display of Championship Hula Manipulation — Julie, Francesca and Vanessa;
•The Master of Body Manipulation — Kevin Barnal Rios from Colombia;
•Incredible Young Men and Women on the Trapeze — The Flying Cavallini Family;
•Death Defying High Wire Performers — The Herrera Troop from South America;
•Millers Majestic Prancing Ponies;
•The world’s best elephant act performing under the big top.
The Carson & Barnes Circus started in 1937 when Obert Miller, a Kansas showman, and his two sons formed a show called the Miller Brothers Circus. The circus has now grown into the “Biggest Tent Circus in America.”
The show has been through more than 30,000 performances in its 73 years of operation and is in the hands of the third and fourth generations.
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