Circus Fun 2009 Review

We went to the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus a few nights ago. It's one of annual events that our family looks forward to. Last year's theme was "Bello-bration". The character, Bello, was so full of life and there seemed to be a lot of excitement as you'd expect for a circus. This year's theme is "Over the Top", and the main character (clown) is Tom and through the show, he follows the ringmaster to get his hat. There was a few moments that the skit dragged out a little too long. But there are the usual favorites, the parading elephants, tamed tigers, adorable ponies, the acrobats, .... .

Tom the main clown, at one point went into the audience and picked out a random man and sang him "Happy Birthday". Then, he turned around finding a young lady on the phone in search for her seat. He teased her since it was 30 minutes after the show had started. He took her phone and tried to lure her out onto the circus ring. She was so embarrassed. Then the whole act lasted about 15 minutes, we all felt so bad for the lady, "give her back the phone already!" we were thinking. But, my husband said that it couldn've been an act. Whether it was or not, it was not an entertaining filler of the show. Anyhow...

The most impressive part I feel was the 7 motorcycles went into a sphere-cage, one by one, forming a circle inside the sphere, then they started the engine at full speed. They were defying gravity by running full speed going around and around the internal parameter of the sphere. We were looking with amazement, as if something impossible just has been achieved.

The trapaze artists worked their magic, flying while doing flips in mid-air.

We did miss the Human Canons this year that were missing in the final act, but overall, we enjoyed a fun time as a family and was able to walk away without paying $20.00 for a piece of plastic toy that is valued at $1.00 elsewhere. That was empowering!