Thursday, October 13, 2011


Circus to parade into town Circus to parade into town

Gazette Staff Report pittgazette@etcnonline.com

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
P ittsburgh, Texas--Carson & Barnes Circus will bring almost 100 performers and animals to the old high school football field located at 110 Fulton St. on Oct. 17 for performances at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Carson & Barnes Circus travels to some 200 towns and cities each season. The circus was invited to Camp County by the Kiwanis Club. Emphasis this year is on a new concept in circus presentation which blends over eight decades of circus tradition and family ownership with new acts and up-close audience viewing.
“They have been a five-ring circus and a three-ring circus, but now they are a one-ring circus,” said Summer Bates, who works in the marketing department of Carson & Barnes, “so everyone has a good view of what’s going on.”
While other circuses have reduced their size and schedule, Carson & Barnes is still the only organization capable of moving such a huge show to a new site nearly every day, seven days a week.
The general public is invited free of charge and school field trips are welcome about 9 that morning to watch as the first units of the caravan begin arriving.
Over two dozen types of exotic and domestic animals, featuring a large traveling zoo, are unloaded, fed and watered and made available for viewing. Viewers can watch as humans and technology work side-by-side to erect America's most spectacular and largest circus big top.
The performers are artists from around the world, including the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Russia and Italy. Acts consist of aerial trapeze, high wire, acrobatic teams, jugglers and clowns, along with performing elephants, camels, dogs and horses. Visit the circus’ website:
http://carsonbarnescircus.com/ for information or contact Pittsburg Kiwanis Club member Pat Smith at 903-856-7929.

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