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Friday, June 22, 2012

Big top thrills


Argus-Press Photo by Jessica Robison
Clowns DJ, left, and Cherry, right, entertained the crowd throughout the night Tuesday at the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus in Ovid

from: The Argus-Press.com

By JESSICA ROBISON, Argus-Press Staff
June 20, 2012
OVID, MI — The big top could be seen going up early Tuesday morning in Ovid as the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus came to town.

“It’s a very traditional, old-school American circus,” resident clown “DJ” said Tuesday of the one-day show. “It has all kinds of cool stuff.”

Big top Workers assemble the big top Tuesday morning.
 

  Argus-Press Photo by Jessica Robison
trapeze act
Miss Simone amazes the crowd Tuesday as she swings high in the air on her trapeze
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 Argus-Press Photo by Jessica Robison
Russian swing
Angel Perez flies through the air off the “Russian” swing in attempt to make it through a ring. Although he missed the ring on the first attempt, he made it through on the second during the first show Tuesday by the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus.
 
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  At the circus
Circus-goers walk the midway Tuesday
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(It appears to me that they are watching the Big Top go up)

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