Thursday, September 17, 2009

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus

We drove to Indy on Saturday morning for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Over the Top show at Conseco Fieldhouse... Here we are at the venue for the show...


The schedule of games in the 2009 Indiana Pacers season painted on the wall of a building beside the Conseco Fieldhouse... Cool! =p


Queues were already formed when we entered the building whereby people are waiting to be allowed in... We were greeted by various stalls as we entered the area. This is one selling snow balls in cups of different designs...


After looking around at the various merchandise stalls, we went in for the pre-show that takes place 1 hour before the start of the actual show! =) The stage area already filled with performers and audience...

At one end of the stage were the animals... They had miniature horses which looked rather cute!

Chinese acrobat who is very good at balancing acts...

An aerialist performing stunts using a metal loop...

An extremely tall guy as he was standing on stilts... Spotted him playing a prank on fellow performers by sandwiching them between his long "legs" and scaring them... =p

Us taking photos with different clowns! =)

A juggler juggling 5 pins...

There were lots to see at the pre-show as it showcased many different performances and these acts will not be performed during the actual show. Furthermore, many of the performers were out there in the stage mingling, signing autographs and posing for photos with the audience.

Soon it was time to be seated as the actual show was about to begin... Us at our seats... =)

The stage cleared and in preparation for the actual show to begin!!


The ringmaster!!

The opening act...


Aerial acts...


Guys riding on bouncy rings and performing various stunts while on it! Interesting!!


Another cool performance whereby a motorcycle is on a high wire! It rides up slope and another person hangs below the motorcycle...

They did it a second time...


Motorbike daredevil performance where 7 of them were riding in an enclosed sphere!!


Then we had a short break and here's the candy man walking around selling cotton candy...


Clowns dressed as penguins, very very cute! =p


It is time for the tigers...


Acrobatics... This 2 guys were really flexible!! Incredible!!

These 2 could balance real well!!

Another part of the acrobatics performance...


Double-decker trapeze performance which is really awesome!! =)


Elephant time...


Chinese acrobats swinging on poles...


Us taking photo is the Conseco Fieldhouse before leaving...


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