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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Carson and Barnes circus setting up at Lake Storey soccer fields


NICK ADAMS/The Register-Mail.

The Carson and Barnes circus is in Galesburg today for two performances at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. The tent is being put up this morning with the help of the circus' elephants. It is being set up at the soccer fields at Lake Storey.

By LISA COON The Register-Mail

Posted Sep 01, 2011

GALESBURG — Seventy-five years of circus tradition is in town today as the Galesburg Noon Lions Club brought the Carson and Barnes Circus here for two shows.
The two shows, 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. today, will be at the Lake Storey soccer fields under the tent of Carson and Barnes.
The tent is huge and elephants are helping today to it up.
The acts included in the nearly two-hour shows include elephants, camels, clowns, acrobats, aerialists, horses, jugglers, dogs, flying trapeze and a variety of other performances.
Tickets on the day of the shows are $10 for children and $18 for adults.

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