We sure do love the circus. Always a good time.
We had an especially good time this time around. We went to see the Big Apple Circus which this year was conveniently located in Eisenhower Park, not too far from home. We had ringside front row seats and they were well worth it.
We got to see everything literally right in front of us and at many points in the show we were able to participate! I was able to throw a cup of water on one of the performers (I was directed to by Grandma the Clown) during their remake of Singing in the Rain and it was a lot of fun. Leah got to play a game with one of the performers and we got a dollar from him for that! At another point the performer I threw water on was doing a music routine playing air guitar and his string broke so he used one of Matt's hairs to restring his guitar.
The only down side to sitting in the front row is during the horse act...they run around crazy fast and you end up with sand, saw dust and undoubtedly some horse droppings though we didn't see any.
It was all worth it. The acrobats were amazing, the jugglers were fantastic. There was this one act with a guy and his life-size dummy and at first the dummy really did not look like it could possibly be a person. That is how still it was and as the act goes on you realize it is a person. Phenomenal.
I can tell Leah has developed her own love for the circus and circus acts. She really gets into them and she gets very serious when she is watching the acrobats, dissecting everything they do. She asked if she could possibly learn to do some of those things. I told her with dance and gymnastics, hard work, dedication and good spirit for fun, she could eventually learn to do acrobatic type things as well.
Growing up in the Bronx our elementary school had a circus/tumbling/arts program, top of the line. Not the usual run of the mill program for a public school. I enjoyed every minute of it. It was incredible.
They now are part of a program in NYC with the Circus Arts Academy and they do clinics for kids. In another year or two if Leah is still interested I think we will sign her up for one.
Before we left for the circus Leah wanted to dress up so she chose a pretty summer dress.
Matt & Leah eating her popcorn
Random Pics of the Circus
Right before I was told to soak the guy with the umbrella. He was sitting in front of me serenading me and splash! went the water in his face.
The dog act was incredibly well done. All the dogs involved are dogs that have been rescued from animal shelters across the U.S.
This guy really is incredible. A birthday party for kids with him and the other two clown performers would be perfect.
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