My first - actually - most of my circuses have been Shrine Circuses, from the time I was maybe 2yrs old.
My Dad started taking me to other circuses after he became a clown. I've seen Ring Ling, Hose Cole, Cole Bros, Garden Bros, Circus Royale, Hanniford (sp?) and some others whose names I can't think of right now. I saw Colidescape (?) when it was in Minneapolis several years ago.
We also have a thing called Circus Juventus in the Twin Cities, where they take kids that have learning disabilities and teach them circus acts, then the kids do like Cirque and tell a story with the routines they learned. I've seen their show once.
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