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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Denver County Fair Freakshow Pavilion: "You can't call it a freakshow unless you have a freak"

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You want a freak? I got your freak right here.
from:  westword.com
By Cory Casciato
Mon., Aug. 6 2012
Ukulele Loki knows a thing or two about what makes a freakshow a freakshow. He's been active in the circus and sideshow arts (yes, that is a thing) for years, honing his craft as a "talented talker" (or what the squares might call a barker, a term he rejects as vulgar) and delving into the history and culture of the carnival sideshow. When he was approached to curate the Freakshow Pavilion at the second annual Denver County Fair, which runs from Friday, August 10 through Sunday, August 12 at the National Western Complex, he accepted on one condition: that it be as authentic as possible.
To find out exactly what that means, and what fairgoers can expect from the Freakshow, we sat down with Loki to talk freaks, sideshow and deformed balloon animals.
read more at:
http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/2012/08/denver_county_fair_freakshow_p.php



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