Monster Mash Circus Comes to Town
 | Author:
Dee Gannon, MT43 News Correspondent
MT43 News Correspondent |
Monster Mash Circus Comes to Town
Dee Gannon
MT43 News Correspondent
A circus, consisting of performers from Mexico and Argentina, came to the 4H Ag Building at the fairgrounds on Friday, October 13, at 4:30.
Seats were filled to almost capacity to watch these talented folks; juggling, balancing, and tightrope walking, with even a little magic to behold.
Denise, the aerialist, explained that this small traveling circus has its home base in Oklahoma and that this is just part of a larger troupe of performers. The home group consists of more performers and bigger animals. The only animals they travel with are six ponies for the pony rides that they provide (for a ticket, of course).
Each performance lasts a day, and if they aren’t performing, they are driving to the next venue.
Different seasons have different themes. Being so close to Halloween, of course, this is themed Monster Mash. Earlier in the year, they did an Alice in Wonderland theme. Only the costumes, décor and stage set change. The acts remain essentially the same.
Surrounding the center ring was a projection of scary images, an inflatable arbor that each would come through to perform, and a smoke machine, giving off an even more eerie effect. First off, the whole troupe of 14 came out to dance to “Monster Mash,” so we got to get familiar with the artists.
The first performer was a Rola Bola artist. The balance of this act is amazing. Stacking cylinders and resting a board across them, eventually having more cylinders and boards had everyone mesmerized. This lady was also the tightrope walker; using her feet, riding a unicycle, and walking with soft buckets on her feet, blindfolded.
Of course, there was the clown, Marshmallow, who entertained the crowd. He played a trumpet to a Mariachi recording. As loud as he was, it was hard to tell if he was actually playing, or if it was part of the recording. People chose to believe it was really him playing. The music was fun.
The magic occurred (or a great contortionist) with swords impaling a box. However, that worked, it worked.
There was a juggler, doing double duty with rings and pins (five at a time!). Another juggler worked with bouncing balls, again, working up to five at a time.
The aerialist, Denise, took her weighted rope and swung, twisted and hung upside down in a crowd-pleasing act.
Even a Transformer attended, offering pictures (for a price) of kids standing with him. There were plenty of opportunities to spend money.
Concessions, bounce house, inflatable slide, face painting, souvenirs, and the afore-mentioned pony rides. So many youngsters had lit swords, spinners and the like.
What a grand time was had by all who attended this performance!
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PhotoCredit: Photo Credits: Dee Gannon
Image 1 Caption: the wire walker, blindfolded, traverses to her finale.
Photo Credits: Dee Gannon
Image 2 Caption: Rola Bola, an amazing act of balance
Photo Credits: Dee Gannon
Image 3 Caption: Marshmallow the clown playing (or not) his trumpet.
Photo Credits: Dee Gannon
