The greatest show on (dry) turf
Guests watch the Culpepper and Merriweather circus in Harrisburg Saturday afternoon. (Jesse Skoubo/Democrat-Herald) AnneMarie Knepper
AnneMarie Knepper
HARRISBURG, OREGON — The Culpepper & Merriweather Great Combined Circus wowed a packed big top Saturday, but it almost didn’t happen.
The circus, out of Hugo, Okla., was to perform two shows Saturday at Priceboro Park.
However, when a Buck’s Sanitation truck got stuck in the soft ground Friday and the rain continued to pour, City Manager Bruce Cleeton knew the public wouldn’t have a chance in the mud.
Luckily, he said, the school district allowed the circus to move to Harrisburg High School grounds, 400 South Ninth St. “Otherwise, we would have had to cancel,” he said.
The circus, out of Hugo, Okla., was to perform two shows Saturday at Priceboro Park.
However, when a Buck’s Sanitation truck got stuck in the soft ground Friday and the rain continued to pour, City Manager Bruce Cleeton knew the public wouldn’t have a chance in the mud.
Luckily, he said, the school district allowed the circus to move to Harrisburg High School grounds, 400 South Ninth St. “Otherwise, we would have had to cancel,” he said.
Karina Perez, 21, starts off her Hula-Hoop performance with four rings during the Culpepper and Merriweather circus in Harrisburg Saturday afternoon.
(Jesse Skoubo/Democrat-Herald)
Hundreds took to the bleachers for the “hula hoop wizardry” of Miss Karina, clowning by Melvino, Miss Lana’s bird show and more.
If you’re interested in watching a lion tamer, jugglers, unicyclists, a trapeze artist and other circus acts in the one-ring show, you can catch the Culpepper & Merriweather Great Combined Circus in Turner today, and at 5 p.m. Monday and again at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Jefferson.
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