Thursday, August 29, 2013

CIRCUS VARGAS

Circus Vargas raises Big Top in Milpitas


Co-owner Nelson Quiroga ratchets down a support strap while Circus Vargas pitches the big tent in preparation for a weekend of performances at the Great Mall of the Bay Area in Milpitas, California, on August 27, 2013. (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)
From:  mercurynes.com
By Milpitas Post Staff
08/28/2013
Circus Vargas' long celebrated "star attraction" has been its blue and gold Big Top tent. Handmade in Milan, Italy, this theater-style tent comfortably seats 1,200 people and is one of the most contemporary, state-of-the-art Big Tops in use today.
 On Tuesday the decades-long tradition of raising the Big Top was happening from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. outside the Great Mall.
Each set-up day, at least a dozen men begin the hours-long process of raising the Circus Vargas tent. It consists of tens of thousands of square feet of canvas fabric, dozens of poles, hundreds of individually placed stakes, and miles of rope and cable weighing several tons.
 
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Jefferson Masa gathers a draping rope inside the tent as Circus Vargas pitches the big tent in preparation for a weekend of performances at the Great Mall of the Bay Area in Milpitas, California, on August 27, 2013. (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)
 "The ambiance, the feeling you get when you walk into the Big Top is incomparable,"
said Katya Quiroga, owner and producer of Circus Vargas. "The entire atmosphere changes. There is magic in the air. The Big Top is a place where incredible things can happen, a place where anything is possible. That feeling has been the inspiration for this year's incredible new extravaganza."
 Circus Vargas will present an array of artists in "Magikaria," casting its spell on the Bay Area (opening Aug. 15) through Sept. 23.
It will be in Milpitas through Sept. 2, before the production moves to San Jose at the San Clara County Fairgrounds Sept. 5-9; Oakland off Interstate 880 at Zhone Way Sept. 12Ð16; and Vallejo at the Solano County Fairgrounds Sept. 19Ð23.
 Meet and mingle with the cast of "Magikaria" by arriving 30 minutes early for an interactive pre-show.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/milpitas/ci_23966448/circus-vargas-raises-big-top-milpitas

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