The Ohio Expo Center (aka – State Fairgrounds) has numerous events every weekend, with the past weekend offering such diverse events as an Archery event, Gymnastics competition, a Roller Derby bout, and the circus.
While we intended to check out the roller derby, we ended up at the Shriners Circus.
The ringmaster tried to energize the afternoon crowd.
The local shriners were the clowns, entertaining the kids with their shtick.
With circus’s today retiring most of the animal, the acts were a collection of skilled entertainers – such as the BMX bike riders.
This lady is the perfect spouse, she could change from one outfit to another in (literally) 2 seconds. After seeing this I looked it up on the internet and apparently ‘quick change artists’ is a growing act.
The circus featured an act with a car that would do all sorts of things on it’s own, terrorizing the driver.
A group of trained rescue dogs were the best act – why bring jumps when the hostess can do handstands.
A father – daughter duo did an act where they were 50 feet in the air on these poles that swayed back and forth, until they finally traded poles.
The finale featured a couple of guys on their motorcycles doing jumps and flips.
Given the relatively low ceiling, their jumps took them into the rafters. While not the greatest entertainment we have ever seen, the performers gave their best and the profits all goes to a good cause.
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