The Show Must Go On

Last Monday, Cory and I took the kids to the circus. It was at the Madison County Fairgrounds in Rexburg and Kaleb had gotten 2 free kids tickets, so we figured we would use them. Little did we know that it was going to cost $16 for EACH adult to get in!! So $32, 1 box of popcorn, and 1 cotton candy later, we found some seats right in front of ring 3 to enjoy the show. We saw lots of different acts, including the ones pictured here:






In case you can't see, in this picture there are three guys on motorbikes riding inside the ball.



During the intermission, Cambree told us she wanted to ride the elephant. So Cory took her down to buy her ticket. They pack so many people on there, that there's not much room, but Cambree really liked it and loves to tell people that she rode an elephant!




Towards the end of the show, there were two guys performing on what they called "The Chiffons." There were 2 sets of fabric hanging from the top of the building that each the guy was climbing up on and doing tricks. The performer in ring 3 {right in front of us} wrapped each chiffon around his legs and the plan was to slide down the chiffons and when the fabric tightened around his legs, he would be hanging upside down with his legs kind of in the splits. Well he slid down and when his weight 'hit', the cable broke at the top of the building where it was hooked on. He fell about 20 feet and landed flat on his chest. {This was inside where they have rodeos, but all the dirt was scraped out so he landed on hard, packed dirt.} He lifted his head up and I thought for a second that he was going to get up. But then he put his head back down and just kind of started kicking his legs. By then, a bunch of people were running over to him. They stopped the other guy from finishing his act on the chiffons, but they just moved on to the next act and went on with the show. Of course, most people couldn't even watch the circus anymore, they just watched the paramedics work on this guy. They ended up putting him in an ambulance to take him to the hospital!! I never did hear anything more about him, but I'm sure he's probably back up doing his tricks in the next town. Because THE SHOW MUST GO ON!