Circus Vargas opens Thursday at Ventura County Fairgrounds
PART 1
By James Zoltak, Ventura County Star
Posted June 21, 2011
Circus Vargas is in town, but anyone driving on Highway 101 past the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Tuesday evening could have told you that.
Less than 24 hours after decamping from Santa Barbara's Earl Warren Showgrounds, two dozen workers, many of them Circus Vargas performers, had raised the traveling show's 55-foot blue big top on the blacktop in Ventura.
Come Thursday night, the giant tent will house as many as 1,400 people keen to see the clowns, trapeze artists, motorcycle riders, bungee stunts and other acts in the first of nine performances over five days.
The 10-hour setup process is usually all in a day's work, explained show host Jon Weiss, who will turn in his hard hat and don a clown's outfit and tuxedo as he and his showgirl wife, Laura, get the festivities under way.
Traveling in a dozen big rigs — and twice as many recreational vehicles, which make up the cast and crew's living quarters — Circus Vargas travels throughout California before closing with a run at the Rio Las Vegas in December.read more at:http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/21/circus-vargas-opens-thursday-at-ventura-county/?partner=yahoo_feeds
Less than 24 hours after decamping from Santa Barbara's Earl Warren Showgrounds, two dozen workers, many of them Circus Vargas performers, had raised the traveling show's 55-foot blue big top on the blacktop in Ventura.
Come Thursday night, the giant tent will house as many as 1,400 people keen to see the clowns, trapeze artists, motorcycle riders, bungee stunts and other acts in the first of nine performances over five days.
The 10-hour setup process is usually all in a day's work, explained show host Jon Weiss, who will turn in his hard hat and don a clown's outfit and tuxedo as he and his showgirl wife, Laura, get the festivities under way.
Traveling in a dozen big rigs — and twice as many recreational vehicles, which make up the cast and crew's living quarters — Circus Vargas travels throughout California before closing with a run at the Rio Las Vegas in December.read more at:http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/21/circus-vargas-opens-thursday-at-ventura-county/?partner=yahoo_feeds
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