Yaarab Shrine Circus 2008

We went to the Shriner's circus this month.
They had three rings...
...and the kids loved it!
It was a family affair.
We saw tigers...
...and elephants...
and horses...
pretty white horses.
They had high-wire acts with a motorcycle.
When the guy did a handstand on his bike, that was cool. But when he started spinning around the rope, I was amazed.
They had juggling...

...and they even added fire later on.
They did special dances and drumming...
...and other special acts.
Then two women climbed way up to the ceiling on these skinny poles. Now, I was impressed they climbed all the way up, but when they started hanging and swaying the poles and spinning, I was amazed.

Then they swayed the poles back and forth and timed it right to exchange poles. The girls climbed from one to the other as they swayed.
And of course, what goes up must come down. A quick 4- or 5-second drop to the bottom...upside down!
They had a boxing kangaroo...
...who made his opponents look pathetic.
Syndi was mesmerized. She was a little cool, so she wore Daddy's pullover.

They had a motorcyclist driving around in this cage. You can see him in the upper left quadrant of the sphere.
My personal favorite was the bumbling idiot whose antics turned into fascinating acrobatics. He was a total klutz who thought he was diving into a pool (which was a trampoline).
He did some amazing bounces.
The clowns were pretty dumb actually. The klutz guy was much funnier, much more well done.
The clowns' house caught on fire, and the clown fire department tried to put it out.

It was a fun evening, well worth the (free-to-us) admission. We enjoyed popcorn and cotton candy. Three cheers for the circus!