essay: Coming to Town

Often Working from Dawn to Dusk

Often Working from Dawn to Dusk

A hired hand, whose primary duty is assembling and disassembling the circus tent, struggles to put on a baggy clown costume moments before the final parade of the night’s show, on Tuesday, March 24. In the chaotic circus life, most participants have multiple jobs and responsibilities; often working from dawn to dusk.

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