Striking the Sailor Circus tent for cooler digs (FROM SCOTT BUNDY)

High wire performer Ashlee Bales, 17, above, cuts a piece of the Police Athletic League Sailor Circus tent for a keepsake Friday in Sarasota.
PAL held a ceremony to mark the demolition of the blue-and-white top, left, which will be replaced by a metal roof and thicker insulation during a five-month project that will cost $1.3 million. The circus, founded in 1949 and called The Greatest “Little” Show on Earth, is the oldest continuously running youth circus in America. –Staff photos by Thomas Bender
from: THE SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE.com