Children of All Ages Enjoy Circus
July 7, 2010
Hannah Patterson and her brother Caleb Patterson enjoyed a cool treat during a night of fun at the Lewis & Clarck Circus in KittanningIt was a busy night under the big top last night in Kittanning Community Park. Six o’ clock kicked off a successful evening for the Lewis & Clark Award Winning Tent Circus of 2010. The audience was a mix of many local and visiting families.
Oh, and if you think you’re too old for the circus, guess again! Bob Smith enjoyed his very first circus last night. “We saw the advertisements,” said Smith, “I thought, ‘I’m almost 50 years old and I’ve never been to a circus’. I thought I would make it my first. This should be interesting!” With Bob were his nephews, David and Dwight Smith, his wife Regina Smith, and his mother Sylvia Smith.The many acts put on by the Lewis & Clark performers included Single Trapeze, Goat Act, Chair Balancing, Hula Hoops, King Congo Act, Big and Little Horse Act, The Great Escape, The Giant Trampoline Act, The Rollavola, and so many other breath taking acts performed for the enjoyment of their Armstrong County audience.
Oh, and if you think you’re too old for the circus, guess again! Bob Smith enjoyed his very first circus last night. “We saw the advertisements,” said Smith, “I thought, ‘I’m almost 50 years old and I’ve never been to a circus’. I thought I would make it my first. This should be interesting!” With Bob were his nephews, David and Dwight Smith, his wife Regina Smith, and his mother Sylvia Smith.The many acts put on by the Lewis & Clark performers included Single Trapeze, Goat Act, Chair Balancing, Hula Hoops, King Congo Act, Big and Little Horse Act, The Great Escape, The Giant Trampoline Act, The Rollavola, and so many other breath taking acts performed for the enjoyment of their Armstrong County audience.
Brian Hostetter binds Hose' Ayala with chains for the magnificent escape act!The twenty year old Escape Artist, Hose (Emmanuel) Ayala, has been with the circus all his life. “I’ve been involved with the circus all my life, I’m the sixth generation of circus performers so it comes from my grandparents, great grandparents, the big circus in Mexico, and then we came over here. We chose the Lewis & Clark Circus because it is so family oriented. I love it when the crowd gets really crazy like earlier.”This year’s Circus in Kittanning is one never to be forgotten by several people. Marissa Rusnica of DuBois will not soon forget holding her first live alligator. Olivia Wright will remember holding a giant slimy snake for the first and perhaps the last time. A military man, Brian Hostetter of Tennessee, is still baffled at the amazing escape of Hose Ayala from his personally inspected locks and chains.
Fletcher Forringer, Megan Gibson, Madison Rusnica, Ethan Rusnica, and Marissa Rusnica share the weight of the large Boa Constrictor at last night’s Circus in KittanningThe looks on the faces of countless others said that their memory of the night would live on with them for many years.
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