Friday, August 30th

THE AMAZING RUSSIAN CIRCUS

More like circus soleil only add in some lions, monkeys and bears.

Here are a few pictures... my finger couldn't resist pushing the button even though I wasn't supposed to...

A balancing bear, do you see any protective barriers? NO zoom... We were THAT close!!!

Okay, a net this time, but there were 10 lions in there with 1 trainer!

There were acrobats, high wire acts, jugglers, high flying, daring rope acts... Without safety nets!!!

No PETA or OSHA here to make things safe and boring!

 

I sure wish I had a few more illegal pictures!

This daring gymnast jumped up on that flexible board and then bounced into a double flip...the two guys moved to stay underneath her and then up again into a triple flip!

One of our favorite was the Groucho Marks-ish firemen whose slapstick follies resulted in firemen flying, flipping and falling all over the place.

Two stunt people tried to take an hot air balloon swirling over the audience but slip-up after mishap left them dangling by their bloomers, inches from the floor!

The whole evening had a warm, old fashioned, delightful atmosphere!

However the clown stole the show. He was the glue that started the evening by singing a beautiful Russian ballad with a bear in tow, he blew us away with a drum solo, played a guitar and harmonica self duet, stunts, tricks, and showed us the universal language using only a whistle!

We are planning to practice our skills so we can do a triple... or at least half a flip for the next reunion!!!! (isn't that basically falling flat on our faces?)

 

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