More Circus Fun

While we were in Jacksonville, circus John was there with his show. We had the amazing pleasure of seeing the dress rehearsal. It was the same show everyone else sees, but we were the whole audience. Its a new show from when we saw it in Worcester, MA. Amazingly, after all the circus shows I have seen, this was the first that I have gotten to see, while sitting next to my husband. I highly recommend seeing this show if it is in your area! It is called Funundrum. It pays homage to the old school circus in a fantastically updated way.

I took a picture under the sign in the last cirucs visit, you might notice that this sign is much much shorter than before, but still very large!

It was cool watching the tight rope walkers practice. Its amazing the things they do!

This is a Watousi. I had never even heard of one, but it is a very interesting looking animal!

This is the trampoline jumpers practice. I would like to say that this was one of my favorite acts, but I cannot say this because they were all great in their own special way. This act was much better with the costumes during the rehearsal!

This is the husband and I with our VIP guest pass. We had to carry this around the stadium, since our host had to work during the rehearsal.

This tiger wasn't in a great mood....I think he was missing his nap!

I loved this part, the dog is leading the elephant around. I wonder the training required to get the dog anywhere near the elephant....hmmm....

This is near the end, see previous post about trampoline jumpers! They are awesome. If you have the option to go see the show....GO, it is great! (PS. This is from the Blue tour.)

Weekend of Fun!

So, yesterday was the real cirucs day (as opposed to the circus inspection from Wednesday). We had a fantastic time. I highly recommend it. It  is a fantastic show for children and adult alike. It is amazing to go with kids and watch their reactions! Kate was so funny, after each act she asked when the Tigers were coming out.

Today was a demonstration with Tyler Florence. Kristen and I only decided to go on Friday, we were discussing Tyler and his wonderful recipes and in the "What to do this Weekend" newsletter from MWR it mentioned that Tyler Florence owuld be at Foxwoods. We bought the cheap ($25) tickets, and selected our rafter seats, but we knew it was going to be fun!

We showed up today and were standing in the Will Call line, and and a very nice woman came up to us and asked us if we have tickets. We said yes, and I don't quiet remember how the conversation continued, but she had VIP TICKETS that she wanted to give us! We said thanks, and continued through the line to get the tickets we had purchased. I was a bit skeptical. We took the VIP tickets to the door, and they showed us to our wonderful VIP seats, close enough to smell the food. It was amazing.

Tyler Florence has a great stage presence. He was so funny, and was making fun of his audience at various points in the show. I have a whole new perspective now, when watching his show on the food network!

Tonight is Ladies' night at Carraba's with some of the other fantastic San Juan women. After the demonstration earlier, I am famished, and I cannot wait for dinner!

Circus Inspection

The Husband has a friend from home who decided many years ago to lend his expertise to Ringling Bros/Barnum & Bailey. This allows me the fun opportunity to go and have circus fun before everyone else. Its amazing to see all the different animals. There are so many horrible PETA claims about the circus, but I have to say, outside of your local zoo, I have never met a more animal loving bunch of people. These animals are loved and cared for, and have such wonderful personalities.

The elephant was playing with the tire here. It was too funny to watch her throwing it around. She was having all sorts of fun! Here is me standing under the banner. I look tiny, but the banner is huge! It needs to be big so the elephants can go under...