THE BALLOON MAN

One ring to rule them all

CIRCUS--Great American Circus

Dec. 21 to Jan. 4SMX Convention Center,Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City

The biography of Cornell "Tuffy" Nicholas reads like a John Irving novel. He was born in Sarasota, Florida, when the Ringling Brothers Traveling Circus made a stop there. His father was a ringmaster; his mother, a polar bear-trainer. At the age of three, Mr. Nicholas made a cameo appearance as ringmaster, shouting the words "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages..." at the top of his toddler-sized lungs.READ MORE AT:http://www.bworldonline.com/weekender/content.php?section=6