Thursday, March 4, 2010

A small Spanish traveling circus in town under the stars, Dome of Death finale.

What a perfect way to experience our small town flavor here in Superior tonight. I had intended to attend our town council meeting tonight, but remembered there had been Circus posters all over town and they were in town tonight. So, I drove down the road near the RV park and found a dusty lot full of vans and cars, and trapese artists appearing just above the tent top. So, I bought a ticket and came back to let my neighbor Fahlene know about it. She decided to join me at the circus. It was a a small circus, full of energy, charm and humor. The local Hispanic families filled the arena. Time out to watch "Celebrity Rehab."  More later...

This small roving band of circus folk brought life to our poor little town and we loved it. The small circular open air tent was ringed by bleachers on two sides; a third folded up for overflow crowds which didn't show up. The performers were darked skinned, handsome, beautiful Mexicans and Columbians who may have been family members. They ranged from a tiny 6 year or so girl with sequins who postured and preened while a 12-year old or so boy balanced atop a table, with a board on a rolling cylinder. He juggled and swayed and showed his years of practice; never wavering or falling off. The was followed by a young clown who entertained as a bridge between acts. The ringmaster spoke mostly Spanish, which is the primary language of most of the audience. He also spoke English at times, introducing the acts and "arousing" the crowd. But, most of the time it was hard to tell what he was speaking because the loud speaker system they employed was so distorted and garbled. But, he entertained us with a colorful ever-changing tuxes, and jackets.
Most acts were trapese and wire balancing acts. They were "low wire" by some circus standards, but were very entertaining and professional. The trapese artists were the same I'd seen earlier in the day as they emerged above the tent top and were seen from the road out front. There were two young men and a clown and they were great; doing flips mid air before grabbing an adjacent trapese and returning to their perch. There was a Columbian couple who road a bycicle on a high wire as she road on his shoulders from one end to the other. The finale was the Dome of Death with two motorcycles, crossing paths in tight formation within the small wrought iron dome. Wow. They were good.
They set up on the side of the road for one night; two shows, and the town folks who attended walked away with some very special memories on a cool Thursday night.

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