Clownin’ around
Dave the clown performs his spinning plates trick with help of volunteer Allison Chocallo, 6, of Wilkes-Barre, during the preview held Monday at the Mohegan Sun Arena.PETE G. WILCOX PHOTOS/THE TIMES LEADER
Posted: October 11
It’s been said that sharing a sense of humor is the secret to a good marriage, but clowns Dave and Sherry carry it to the extreme. But to children attending the circus tutorial at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday, The Greatest Show on Earth was just for them.
Traveling clown ambassadors Dave and Sherry showed them just what Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey is all about -- juggling, dancing and of course, laughing.
“That is what we do best,” said Dave, a clown with the show for nearly 12 years.
To the delight of audiences, the two clowns – married for nearly 20 years – put on several shows Sunday and Monday as part of a program, “Discovering the Circus, the History of The Greatest Show on Earth,” to highlight the 141-year-old circus that began in 1870 with P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus.
The show will perform at the arena beginning Oct. 27.
The circus stopped coming to the Wilkes-Barre area in the 1950s after the circus discontinued use of canvas tents and performed only in sporting arenas.
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It’s been said that sharing a sense of humor is the secret to a good marriage, but clowns Dave and Sherry carry it to the extreme. But to children attending the circus tutorial at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday, The Greatest Show on Earth was just for them.
Traveling clown ambassadors Dave and Sherry showed them just what Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey is all about -- juggling, dancing and of course, laughing.
“That is what we do best,” said Dave, a clown with the show for nearly 12 years.
To the delight of audiences, the two clowns – married for nearly 20 years – put on several shows Sunday and Monday as part of a program, “Discovering the Circus, the History of The Greatest Show on Earth,” to highlight the 141-year-old circus that began in 1870 with P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus.
The show will perform at the arena beginning Oct. 27.
The circus stopped coming to the Wilkes-Barre area in the 1950s after the circus discontinued use of canvas tents and performed only in sporting arenas.
Read more: http://www.timesleader.com/news/Clownin_rsquo__around_10-11-2011.html#addPhotos#ixzz1aSjiGBBf
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