essay: Coming to Town

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

Waiting for her cue to enter the main ring, artist Ana Claudia Dos Santos watches the Carson & Barnes Circus from backstage, on Thursday, March 26, 2009, in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas.

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