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Dismantling the Universe Every Night

Dismantling the Universe Every Night

Just after two a.m. in the suburbs of Dallas, the tent crew, exclusively made up of Latin American immigrants, struggle to disassemble the brand-new Carson & Barnes Circus tent, on Wednesday, March 25. Although the tent crew was able to put away their old tent in a matter of a few short hours, the new more sophisticated one takes them more than six hours and many times the effort.

The Waiting is the Hardest Part "Clean, affordable and kid safe entertainment.”  "The tent is enormous." "My whole family is in the circus." "I don’t care what the doctors think."  The Official Carson & Barnes Circus Coloring Book Stretching Together Before the Show Often Working from Dawn to Dusk "I feel comfortable in the air." For the Elephants to Enter Doesn’t Know Where to Look Dismantling the Universe Every Night  Melvino Has Been in Several Circuses