I know this blog is totally out of order chronologically...I haven't blogged since Christmas!
I will catch up, promise, but we had such a great time today at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, that I wanted to share.
Thanks Steve and Inna for a great outing, we had a blast.
We showed up early, so we could enjoy our time at the pre-show activities.
The clowns were hilarious, using Sissi's head as a table to sign the program.
He was pretty great at taking selfies.
Sissi got to try on some costumes.
They had some great pre-show things going on to enjoy.
Sissi and our friends' youngest daughter.
The boys with Farside.
The opening of the show, very patriotic.
The ringmaster.
Starting off with dancing and acrobatics.
The whole story of the show was that they were on an adventure to find the best circus in the world.
They started off with some camels. We hadn't realized that they had already retired their elephants last year. We were a bit bummed by that.
The camels were great though.
Clowns.
Climbing on ladders.
The high wire routine was impressive. Jumping over each other, sitting on chairs, jump roping while up high....impressive.
Acrobatics on skis.
Bungee jumping and acrobatics. They looked like they were out of a Tron movie.
More of the ringmaster.
The costuming and largeness of the show's cast was incredible.
Ring tossing.
This part of the show was visiting Mongolia. The girl, over the next couple of pictures, back flips and lands on the guys' arms.
Lots of guys balancing on top of each other, it was over 900 lbs. in a human pyramid.
The human cannon ball.
Here she is going into the cannon. Over the next few pictures, you can see her shooting through the air.
and here she lands on the air mattress.
I added quite a few pictures of these acrobats. I loved how they did their routine, in the air, in a ball.
Around the acrobats in the hollow ball were several ladies as mermaids.
This guy balanced and jumped on a rotating cage of death.
The tigers!
This one kept looking over at the audience. He was more interested in what was going on outside of the screen.
Sissi was excited that they had dog tricks. Lots of poodles running and jumping over each other.
The bicyclists were truly talented. Amazing acrobatics on a ramp.
So glad that we had the opportunity to see the circus, the amazing Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, before they retire the show in May after more than 145 years.
