Culpepper and Merriweather Circus draws crowd in Shepherd
Sun photo by HEATHER HENRY
DJ, clown for Culpepper & Merriweather Circus, spits out water during an act at the show in Sheperd on Monday.
By Randi Shaffer
from: thyemorningsun.com
06/18/2012
Simone Key flew through the air on a trapeze, dangling from a strap around her neck and spinning in circles with her arms stretched out on either side of her.
Key, 22, worked as the ringmaster of Monday’s Culpepper and Merriweather circus in Shepherd’s Little Salt River Park.
Key is a third-generation circus performer, born into a circus family and travelling from city to city her entire life.
“This is my version of normal (and) this is very much a day in the life of me,” she said. “I’ve never lived in one place for more than four months.”Shepherd was one of the stops on the 32-week tour.
Key said this is the first time in 11 years the circus, based out of Oklahoma, has made a stop in Michigan.
Key worked as the circus ringmaster until the intermission of the two hour show, and then performed stunts on a unicycle and a trapeze.
The circus also included fire juggling, hula-hooping, stunts with birds and horses, clown acts and a balancing feat, concluding with a performance on a Russian swing, where a performance artist flew off a swinging wooden platform, flipping through a hoop suspended about 40 feet in the air and into a large red net.
Another performer, 9-year-old Georgia Cainan assisted on stage, as DJ the clown jumped rope with Mt. Pleasant resident Jesse Hacker.
Georgia said she is homeschooled, and travels with her mom as they both act as part of the circus.
By Randi Shaffer
from: thyemorningsun.com
06/18/2012
Simone Key flew through the air on a trapeze, dangling from a strap around her neck and spinning in circles with her arms stretched out on either side of her.
Key, 22, worked as the ringmaster of Monday’s Culpepper and Merriweather circus in Shepherd’s Little Salt River Park.
Key is a third-generation circus performer, born into a circus family and travelling from city to city her entire life.
“This is my version of normal (and) this is very much a day in the life of me,” she said. “I’ve never lived in one place for more than four months.”Shepherd was one of the stops on the 32-week tour.
Key said this is the first time in 11 years the circus, based out of Oklahoma, has made a stop in Michigan.
Key worked as the circus ringmaster until the intermission of the two hour show, and then performed stunts on a unicycle and a trapeze.
The circus also included fire juggling, hula-hooping, stunts with birds and horses, clown acts and a balancing feat, concluding with a performance on a Russian swing, where a performance artist flew off a swinging wooden platform, flipping through a hoop suspended about 40 feet in the air and into a large red net.
Another performer, 9-year-old Georgia Cainan assisted on stage, as DJ the clown jumped rope with Mt. Pleasant resident Jesse Hacker.
Georgia said she is homeschooled, and travels with her mom as they both act as part of the circus.
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