>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME  MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS, THE FAMILY- RUN TRAVELING CIRCUS VASQUEZ IS  STARTING UP, AND THEY HAVE MADE  THE CHICAGO AREA ONE OF THE  BEST FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY, IT HAS  BEEN A SPANISH-LANGUAGE CIRCUS  THAT THE PANDEMIC PROMPTED THEM  TO MAKE A CHANGE.
ERIKA GUNDERSON GOT A PREVIEW.
>> CIRCUS VASQUEZ IS A  TRADITIONAL SHOW, WHEN YOU SEE  OUR TENT, IT IS THE BIGGEST IN  THE STATES.
WE HAVE LIVE PERFORMANCES, ALSO  WITH A LIVE ORCHESTRA WHICH WE  ARE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE BECAUSE IT GOES WITH THE ACTS AND LIVE  MUSIC.
WE HAVE PERFORMERS FROM CHILE,  FROM NEW MEXICO, FROM UKRAINE,  WE ARE KNOWN TO THE LATINO  COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT  AFTER THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF  SHOWS CLOSED, SO WE WERE  GETTING AUDIENCES FROM ALL  OVER.
AND WE DECIDED, THANK GOD, TO  DO THE SHOW ONLY IN ENGLISH, I  AM A THIRD GENERATION OF THE  CIRCUS IN OUR FAMILY, BUT  ACTUALLY FOUR GENERATIONS NOW.
MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER BOTH  CAME FROM A CIRCUS FAMILY, THEY  STARTED IN 1969 OVER THERE,  WITH A VERY SMALL CIRCUS AND WE  STARTED TO GROW AND NOW WE ARE  HERE.
AND WE ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF  THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR THE  CIRCUS PEOPLE TO GO IN THE RING, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE RING YOU  FEEL ALL OF THE CIRCUS MAGIC,  YOU KNOW?
THE CIRCUS IS FOR CHILDREN FROM  1-YEAR-OLD UP TO 100 YEARS OLD.
AND IT'S ALSO FOR THE ADULTS,  THE CIRCUS HAS NO BORDERS AND NO LANGUAGE, AND IT IS A VERY NICE  THING.