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Show i Marcella Walker How can anyone get to be this great age and never have been to see Ringling Bros, and Barnum and. Bailey Circus? I don't know, but I finally got to see it the other night in Salt Lake. On the pretense that the children shouldn't miss it and they needed transportation tran-sportation to Salt Lake, we got to go to it also. When thev proclaim it as "The Greatest Show on Earth" they probably are not exagerating at all. It was a fantabulous show. All three rings were filled with magic with no pause in the action except at intermission time. I had forgotten how the hawkers keep at it in the Salt Palace. Every few minutes (seemed like seconds) the venders would pass in front of us selling their wares. If there was any detraction at all it was this but then everyone has to make a buck some ! how.) We loved the bears. All three rings were filled with trained bears that looked cute enough to hug. They could roll over, do somersaults, ride motorcycles, walk on rolling barrells, and dance. The spectacular costumes on humans and animals were breathtaking and my daughter kept ; telling me she wanted one of each costume as they appeared on the pretty girls. '. I wondered how all the brave and talented girls in the circus always come in such pretty packages, too. We decided that all the performers, clowns included were all in excellent physical condition. As we watched the girls in the aerial acts we were astounded at the strength they must have in their arms. I don't know how many people are in the troupe with the circus but many of them double as performers with the animals and so forth. Did you know that it only took about 20 strides for the man on the very tall stilts to walk the length of the Salt Palace arena? The circus is an animal lover's paradise. From the darling dog acts, to the gigantic elephants it is just one pleasure after another. The trained tigers, panthers and jaguars (including a rare white tiger) were intriguing. Camels and elegant horses were included in the show. Horse acts are always entertaining. Needless to say, the busiest of all during the animal performances were the sanitation engineers. Lucky Men. The show concludes with a motorcycle-daredevil performance which had every male in the place on the edge of their seats. They say that we are all children at heart. If only children can enjoy things like the circus then I guess it is true cause we enjoyed it very much. Don't forget to register to vote |