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THANK YOU. 13 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:28,260 >> WE'RE AT THE CIRCUS HERE ON THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 14 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:30,228 THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." WE'LL LEARN ABOUT INDIANA'S 15 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:32,030 WE'LL LEARN ABOUT INDIANA'S SURPRISING CIRCUS HISTORY, WATCH 16 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:37,136 SURPRISING CIRCUS HISTORY, WATCH THE AMAZING FEATS OF THE AMATEUR 17 00:00:37,138 --> 00:00:38,703 THE AMAZING FEATS OF THE AMATEUR CIRCUS AND BECOME IN TRANCED 18 00:00:38,705 --> 00:00:40,205 CIRCUS AND BECOME IN TRANCED WITH THE WONDERS OF FIRE DANCE. 19 00:00:40,207 --> 00:00:42,107 WITH THE WONDERS OF FIRE DANCE. ALL THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON 20 00:00:42,109 --> 00:00:46,377 ALL THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 21 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:57,489 >> HERE WE ARE AT THE CIRCUS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 22 00:00:57,491 --> 00:00:58,757 CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WHAT A SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 23 00:00:58,759 --> 00:00:59,658 WHAT A SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. 24 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:00,759 FOR YOU TODAY. I JUST GOT HERE. 25 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:02,394 I JUST GOT HERE. ALREADY HAVE MET THE RINGMASTER 26 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:03,762 ALREADY HAVE MET THE RINGMASTER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE 27 00:01:03,764 --> 00:01:05,497 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU IN JUST A LITTLE 28 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:06,231 TO TALK TO YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 29 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:08,567 BIT. BUT FIRST, WHY THE CIRCUS IN 30 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:09,201 BUT FIRST, WHY THE CIRCUS IN PERU, INDIANA? 31 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:11,369 PERU, INDIANA? LET'S FIND OUT. 32 00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:13,005 LET'S FIND OUT. >> IT ALL STARTED WITH BEN 33 00:01:13,007 --> 00:01:17,209 >> IT ALL STARTED WITH BEN WALLACE. 34 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:23,815 >> HE'D TRADE HORSES COMING IN. HE WANTED SOMETHING MORE THAN 35 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:24,249 HE WANTED SOMETHING MORE THAN THE STABLES. 36 00:01:24,251 --> 00:01:25,617 THE STABLES. HE SEEN THE CIRCUS AND IT 37 00:01:25,619 --> 00:01:26,851 HE SEEN THE CIRCUS AND IT ENTHUSED HIM. 38 00:01:26,853 --> 00:01:29,787 ENTHUSED HIM. EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP BUYING 39 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:31,256 EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP BUYING AND WENT IN BUSINESS WITH A GUY 40 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:32,290 AND WENT IN BUSINESS WITH A GUY NAMED ANDERSON. 41 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:34,893 NAMED ANDERSON. THEY HAD THIS CIRCUS THEY RUN 42 00:01:34,895 --> 00:01:37,162 THEY HAD THIS CIRCUS THEY RUN OUT OF PERU IN 1844. 43 00:01:37,164 --> 00:01:38,897 OUT OF PERU IN 1844. THEY RUN IT IN WAGONS AND THEY 44 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:40,899 THEY RUN IT IN WAGONS AND THEY ONLY STAYED WITHIN A COUPLE 45 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:41,166 ONLY STAYED WITHIN A COUPLE STATES. 46 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:42,868 STATES. BUT TWO YEARS LATER IT WAS ON 47 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:44,636 BUT TWO YEARS LATER IT WAS ON RAIL, AND, MAN, YOU TALK ABOUT 48 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,171 RAIL, AND, MAN, YOU TALK ABOUT RAIL, YOU COULD REALLY MOVE FROM 49 00:01:46,173 --> 00:01:48,373 RAIL, YOU COULD REALLY MOVE FROM ONE END OF THE COUNTRY TO THE 50 00:01:48,375 --> 00:01:48,740 ONE END OF THE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER. 51 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:51,477 OTHER. HE EXPANDED YEAR AFTER YEAR. 52 00:01:51,479 --> 00:01:56,515 HE EXPANDED YEAR AFTER YEAR. WHEN WE GET INTO ABOUT 1907, HE 53 00:01:56,517 --> 00:02:01,820 WHEN WE GET INTO ABOUT 1907, HE BUYS UP CARL HAGENBACH'S WILD 54 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:02,221 BUYS UP CARL HAGENBACH'S WILD ANIMALS. 55 00:02:02,223 --> 00:02:03,555 ANIMALS. WHEN HE MAKES THE CONNECTION AND 56 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:09,761 WHEN HE MAKES THE CONNECTION AND GETS THE TITLE, IT CHANGES IT TO 57 00:02:09,763 --> 00:02:10,328 GETS THE TITLE, IT CHANGES IT TO HAGENBACH-WALLACE. 58 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:14,566 HAGENBACH-WALLACE. PRETTY SOON THERE'S A UP COUPLE 59 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:16,768 PRETTY SOON THERE'S A UP COUPLE BANKERS THAT BUY UP THE CIRCUS. 60 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:18,937 BANKERS THAT BUY UP THE CIRCUS. THE GREAT DEPRESSION CAME NOT 61 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:19,537 THE GREAT DEPRESSION CAME NOT TOO LONG. 62 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,273 TOO LONG. SO IT REALLY PUT HIM DOWN. 63 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:25,477 SO IT REALLY PUT HIM DOWN. HE ENDED UP SHOOTING DOWN LIKE 64 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:28,046 HE ENDED UP SHOOTING DOWN LIKE THE SPARKS CIRCUS, SO HE ONLY 65 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:29,681 THE SPARKS CIRCUS, SO HE ONLY RUN ABOUT TWO OR THREE OUT OF 66 00:02:29,683 --> 00:02:33,985 RUN ABOUT TWO OR THREE OUT OF HERE BUT THE HAGENBACH WALLACE 67 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:34,319 HERE BUT THE HAGENBACH WALLACE SURVIVED. 68 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:35,720 SURVIVED. HE SOLD THE PLACE IN '44. 69 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:37,055 HE SOLD THE PLACE IN '44. THEN THERE WAS NO CIRCUS 70 00:02:37,057 --> 00:02:37,956 THEN THERE WAS NO CIRCUS WHATSOEVER HERE. 71 00:02:37,958 --> 00:02:39,490 WHATSOEVER HERE. IT JUST WENT STALEMATE FOR A 72 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:40,025 IT JUST WENT STALEMATE FOR A LONG TIME. 73 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:44,463 LONG TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING HERE. 74 00:02:44,465 --> 00:02:46,731 THERE WAS NOTHING HERE. THEN ABOUT '57 THERE WAS SOME 75 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:48,299 THEN ABOUT '57 THERE WAS SOME CIRCUS FANS DECIDED, BOY, WE GOT 76 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:49,534 CIRCUS FANS DECIDED, BOY, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 77 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:51,870 TO DO SOMETHING. THERE'S TOO MUCH CIRCUS STUFF 78 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:52,171 THERE'S TOO MUCH CIRCUS STUFF HERE. 79 00:02:52,173 --> 00:02:53,838 HERE. IT WAS THEIR HOBBY. 80 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,106 IT WAS THEIR HOBBY. SOME OF THEM RETIRED. 81 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,408 SOME OF THEM RETIRED. THEY WANTED TO COME BACK HERE. 82 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:58,810 THEY WANTED TO COME BACK HERE. THAT WAS THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE 83 00:02:58,812 --> 00:02:59,110 THAT WAS THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE HERE. 84 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:00,078 HERE. LET'S HAVE A MUSEUM. 85 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,617 LET'S HAVE A MUSEUM. WE COULD SAVE ALL THESE 86 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:05,984 WE COULD SAVE ALL THESE ARTIFACTS. 87 00:03:05,986 --> 00:03:08,520 ARTIFACTS. SO THEY GOT TOGETHER A PARADE 88 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:12,157 SO THEY GOT TOGETHER A PARADE AND, BOY, SUCH AN 89 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:13,124 AND, BOY, SUCH AN OVERWHELMINGNESS ABOUT THE 90 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:14,593 OVERWHELMINGNESS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY PUT ON A COUPLE 91 00:03:14,595 --> 00:03:17,662 PEOPLE THAT THEY PUT ON A COUPLE ACTS ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN THE 92 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:18,597 ACTS ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN THE NEXT YEAR. 93 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:20,566 NEXT YEAR. WHEN THEY CAME DOWN ABOUT, I 94 00:03:20,568 --> 00:03:22,333 WHEN THEY CAME DOWN ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS -- I SAY IT WAS 95 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:25,370 THINK IT WAS -- I SAY IT WAS ABOUT '70 IS WHEN THEY CHANGED 96 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:26,838 ABOUT '70 IS WHEN THEY CHANGED OVER AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO 97 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,374 OVER AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A YOUTH CIRCUS. 98 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:31,142 MAKE IT A YOUTH CIRCUS. THESE KIDS ARE PERFORMING JUST 99 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:32,877 THESE KIDS ARE PERFORMING JUST LIKE PROFESSIONALS. 100 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:33,878 LIKE PROFESSIONALS. SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S 101 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,815 SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S JUST AS GOOD AS PROFESSIONALS. 102 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:37,749 JUST AS GOOD AS PROFESSIONALS. IT'S AMAZING. 103 00:03:37,751 --> 00:03:39,017 IT'S AMAZING. IT REALLY IS. 104 00:03:39,019 --> 00:03:40,351 IT REALLY IS. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO UNDERSTAND 105 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:40,552 YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO UNDERSTAND IT. 106 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:41,886 IT. ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL KNOW 107 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:44,689 ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 108 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:46,758 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING HISTORY 109 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,194 >> WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING HISTORY ALL RIGHT HERE IN PERU, INDIANA. 110 00:03:49,196 --> 00:03:51,196 ALL RIGHT HERE IN PERU, INDIANA. >> SMALL TOWN, BIG SUR CUSS. 111 00:03:51,198 --> 00:03:52,998 >> SMALL TOWN, BIG SUR CUSS. >> AND THE -- YOU'RE THE 112 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:53,398 >> AND THE -- YOU'RE THE RINGMASTER. 113 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,499 RINGMASTER. >> I AM. 114 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:55,500 >> I AM. >> WHAT COOL TITLE. 115 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:57,402 >> WHAT COOL TITLE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A 116 00:03:57,404 --> 00:03:58,103 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A RINGMASTER. 117 00:03:58,105 --> 00:04:00,471 RINGMASTER. >> JUST HAVING AN EXCITEMENT 118 00:04:00,473 --> 00:04:01,806 >> JUST HAVING AN EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE CIRCUS, THE TIMING OF 119 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:04,609 ABOUT THE CIRCUS, THE TIMING OF THE SHOW, THE TRICKS THE KIDS DO 120 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:06,278 THE SHOW, THE TRICKS THE KIDS DO AND WHEN TO TALK AND WHEN NOT TO 121 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:06,611 AND WHEN TO TALK AND WHEN NOT TO TALK. 122 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:07,679 TALK. >> YOU HAVE QUITE A HISTORY WITH 123 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:08,913 >> YOU HAVE QUITE A HISTORY WITH THE CIRCUS YOURSELF. 124 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:09,714 THE CIRCUS YOURSELF. TELL US ABOUT THAT. 125 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:11,550 TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> I BEGAN WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS 126 00:04:11,552 --> 00:04:11,917 >> I BEGAN WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. 127 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:12,951 OLD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AGE LIMIT 128 00:04:12,953 --> 00:04:13,685 THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AGE LIMIT BACK THEN. 129 00:04:13,687 --> 00:04:15,286 BACK THEN. I STARTED OUT WITH JUST SMALL 130 00:04:15,288 --> 00:04:17,623 I STARTED OUT WITH JUST SMALL ACTS LIKE TUMBLING AND LADDERS 131 00:04:17,625 --> 00:04:19,358 ACTS LIKE TUMBLING AND LADDERS AND THEN MOVED UP OVER THE YEARS 132 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,229 AND THEN MOVED UP OVER THE YEARS AND DID FLYING TRAPEZE AND 133 00:04:24,231 --> 00:04:25,931 AND DID FLYING TRAPEZE AND TEETER BOARD AND DOUBLE TRAPEZE. 134 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:27,032 TEETER BOARD AND DOUBLE TRAPEZE. YOU GROW WITH THE CIRCUS. 135 00:04:27,034 --> 00:04:28,767 YOU GROW WITH THE CIRCUS. >> ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 136 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:29,634 >> ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PRESIDENT. 137 00:04:29,636 --> 00:04:29,968 PRESIDENT. AMAZING. 138 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:31,570 AMAZING. TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY ABOUT 139 00:04:31,572 --> 00:04:33,204 TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY ABOUT THIS CIRCUS CITY. 140 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:35,506 THIS CIRCUS CITY. >> CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL BEGAN 141 00:04:35,508 --> 00:04:36,641 >> CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL BEGAN BECAUSE SOME BUSINESSMEN GOT 142 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:38,243 BECAUSE SOME BUSINESSMEN GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE 143 00:04:38,245 --> 00:04:39,478 TOGETHER AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CIRCUS HISTORY. 144 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,112 A WONDERFUL CIRCUS HISTORY. WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING TO 145 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:41,647 WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THAT? 146 00:04:41,649 --> 00:04:43,348 CELEBRATE THAT? SO THEY GOT SOME LOCAL CIRCUS 147 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:44,750 SO THEY GOT SOME LOCAL CIRCUS PEOPLE AND SAID, CAN YOU TRAIN 148 00:04:44,752 --> 00:04:46,317 PEOPLE AND SAID, CAN YOU TRAIN SOME KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL? 149 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:47,352 SOME KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL? THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE IT 150 00:04:47,354 --> 00:04:49,354 THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE IT STARTED AND IT JUST KEPT GOING 151 00:04:49,356 --> 00:04:49,955 STARTED AND IT JUST KEPT GOING FROM THERE. 152 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:51,290 FROM THERE. >> TELL US ABOUT THE KINDS OF 153 00:04:51,292 --> 00:04:53,191 >> TELL US ABOUT THE KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU GET TO COME 154 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:54,959 PEOPLE THAT YOU GET TO COME DURING THIS WEEK TO SEE THE 155 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:55,327 DURING THIS WEEK TO SEE THE FESTIVAL. 156 00:04:55,329 --> 00:04:56,728 FESTIVAL. ARE THEY COMING FROM ALL OVER? 157 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:57,862 ARE THEY COMING FROM ALL OVER? >> ALL OVER THE WORLD. 158 00:04:57,864 --> 00:04:59,064 >> ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN 159 00:04:59,066 --> 00:05:00,499 WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PROFESSIONAL CIRCUSES THAT LIKE 160 00:05:00,501 --> 00:05:01,999 PROFESSIONAL CIRCUSES THAT LIKE TO COME HERE. 161 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:04,202 TO COME HERE. THEY CALL US KIND OF LIKE A 162 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:06,738 THEY CALL US KIND OF LIKE A CIRCUS SCHOOL, AND ALTHOUGH WE 163 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,006 CIRCUS SCHOOL, AND ALTHOUGH WE WE NEVER REFER TO OURSELVES AS 164 00:05:08,008 --> 00:05:09,708 WE NEVER REFER TO OURSELVES AS THAT BUT I GUESS IT'S THAT WAY 165 00:05:09,710 --> 00:05:11,943 THAT BUT I GUESS IT'S THAT WAY BECAUSE WE'RE TEACHING CIRCUS 166 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:12,244 BECAUSE WE'RE TEACHING CIRCUS SKILLS. 167 00:05:12,246 --> 00:05:13,178 SKILLS. BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER 168 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:14,245 BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT COME TO SEE OUR 169 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:15,480 THE WORLD THAT COME TO SEE OUR SHOW EVERY YEAR. 170 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,115 SHOW EVERY YEAR. >> IN TERMS OF THIS SIZE OF 171 00:05:17,117 --> 00:05:18,350 >> IN TERMS OF THIS SIZE OF CIRCUS, WHERE ELSE CAN PEOPLE GO 172 00:05:18,352 --> 00:05:19,617 CIRCUS, WHERE ELSE CAN PEOPLE GO TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 173 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:20,918 TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? >> THERE ARE OTHER AMATEUR 174 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,853 >> THERE ARE OTHER AMATEUR CIRCUSES IN THE UNITED STATES, 175 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:24,222 CIRCUSES IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE ARE JUST VERY UNIQUE. 176 00:05:24,224 --> 00:05:26,024 BUT WE ARE JUST VERY UNIQUE. WE ONLY PRACTICE FROM MARCH 177 00:05:26,026 --> 00:05:27,559 WE ONLY PRACTICE FROM MARCH UNTIL JULY, AND THEN WE PUT ON 178 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:28,326 UNTIL JULY, AND THEN WE PUT ON OUR SHOWS. 179 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,861 OUR SHOWS. A LOT OF OTHER CIRCUSES THAT ARE 180 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:31,763 A LOT OF OTHER CIRCUSES THAT ARE LIKE US, THEY GO YEAR-ROUND. 181 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:34,332 LIKE US, THEY GO YEAR-ROUND. SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING KIDS 182 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:35,701 SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING KIDS WHO -- NORMAL KIDS WHO DON'T 183 00:05:35,703 --> 00:05:36,968 WHO -- NORMAL KIDS WHO DON'T COME FROM PROFESSIONAL 184 00:05:36,970 --> 00:05:39,504 COME FROM PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE PUTTING ON A 185 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:40,271 BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE PUTTING ON A PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING SHOW. 186 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:42,140 PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING SHOW. >> THERE IS A SHOW COMING UP 187 00:05:42,142 --> 00:05:43,175 >> THERE IS A SHOW COMING UP SOON, TODAY, RIGHT? 188 00:05:43,177 --> 00:05:43,775 SOON, TODAY, RIGHT? >> YES. 189 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:45,877 >> YES. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TO GET 190 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:46,411 >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TO GET READY FOR IT? 191 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:49,914 READY FOR IT? >> YES, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, 192 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:50,248 >> YES, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, TENSION. 193 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,783 TENSION. THE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH FUN. 194 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:53,018 THE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH FUN. >> DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A 195 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:53,385 >> DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A LOOK? 196 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:54,686 LOOK? >> ABSOLUTELY. 197 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:55,787 >> ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. 198 00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:58,623 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. >> LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 199 00:05:58,625 --> 00:06:04,862 >> FOR MOST HOOSIER KIDS THE IDEA OF RUNNING AWAY TO THE 200 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:06,998 IDEA OF RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS IS A FAR-FETCHED DREAM 201 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,834 CIRCUS IS A FAR-FETCHED DREAM BUT FOR THE KIDS OF PERU, 202 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:10,502 BUT FOR THE KIDS OF PERU, RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS ISN'T 203 00:06:10,504 --> 00:06:13,538 RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS ISN'T JUST A REALITY... IT'S A 204 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:16,107 JUST A REALITY... IT'S A 53-YEAR-OLD LEGACY. 205 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:18,276 53-YEAR-OLD LEGACY. >> THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS IS 206 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:19,745 >> THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS IS AMATEUR IN NAME ONLY. 207 00:06:19,747 --> 00:06:21,078 AMATEUR IN NAME ONLY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO 208 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,881 I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE AND SEE A MORE SKILLED 209 00:06:23,883 --> 00:06:25,116 ANYWHERE AND SEE A MORE SKILLED CIRCUS PERFORMANCE THAN YOU SEE 210 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:26,685 CIRCUS PERFORMANCE THAN YOU SEE IN PERU, INDIANA. 211 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:27,953 IN PERU, INDIANA. BACK WHEN WE GOT STARTED THERE 212 00:06:27,955 --> 00:06:30,155 BACK WHEN WE GOT STARTED THERE WAS JUST A FEW KIDS INVOLVED. 213 00:06:30,157 --> 00:06:32,490 WAS JUST A FEW KIDS INVOLVED. IT HAS GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN 214 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:33,058 IT HAS GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN OVER TIME. 215 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,893 OVER TIME. WE'RE NOW UP TO OVER 200 KIDS A 216 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:38,296 WE'RE NOW UP TO OVER 200 KIDS A YEAR THAT PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS. 217 00:06:38,298 --> 00:06:39,564 YEAR THAT PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS. ALL AGE 7 TO 21. 218 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:41,032 ALL AGE 7 TO 21. THEY ALL LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL 219 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,467 THEY ALL LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL IN MIAMI COUNTY. 220 00:06:42,469 --> 00:06:45,270 IN MIAMI COUNTY. ALL OF OUR CIRCUS TRAINERS ARE 221 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:46,972 ALL OF OUR CIRCUS TRAINERS ARE ACTUALLY FORMER PERFORMERS THAT 222 00:06:46,974 --> 00:06:49,040 ACTUALLY FORMER PERFORMERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, 223 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:50,542 HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, GONE ON TO DO OTHER THINGS, SOME 224 00:06:50,544 --> 00:06:52,477 GONE ON TO DO OTHER THINGS, SOME OF THEM HAVE PERFORMED 225 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:53,278 OF THEM HAVE PERFORMED PROFESSIONALLY, COME BACK HERE 226 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:54,879 PROFESSIONALLY, COME BACK HERE TO TRAIN THE KIDS, AND THAT'S 227 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:56,414 TO TRAIN THE KIDS, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LEARN THEIR SKILLS 228 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:59,917 WHERE THEY LEARN THEIR SKILLS AND IT'S JUST A CYCLE THAT KEEPS 229 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:00,152 AND IT'S JUST A CYCLE THAT KEEPS REVOLVING. 230 00:07:00,154 --> 00:07:08,326 >> FOR FIVE MONTHS THE KIDS TRAIN EVERY WEEK TO PERFECT SUCH 231 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:10,862 TRAIN EVERY WEEK TO PERFECT SUCH ACTS AS THE TRAPEZE AND HIGH 232 00:07:10,864 --> 00:07:13,465 ACTS AS THE TRAPEZE AND HIGH WIRE FEATURING THE SEVEN-PERSON 233 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:14,800 WIRE FEATURING THE SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID THAT'S NOT SEEN ANYWHERE 234 00:07:14,802 --> 00:07:16,635 PYRAMID THAT'S NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 235 00:07:16,637 --> 00:07:19,370 ELSE IN THE WORLD. ALL BUILDING TO THEIR 11 236 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:22,974 ALL BUILDING TO THEIR 11 PERFORMANCES DURING CIRCUS WEEK. 237 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:24,209 PERFORMANCES DURING CIRCUS WEEK. TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY 238 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:27,512 TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY DO OUT HERE ON THIS FLOOR TAKES 239 00:07:27,514 --> 00:07:29,915 DO OUT HERE ON THIS FLOOR TAKES INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TEAMWORK, 240 00:07:29,917 --> 00:07:35,086 INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TEAMWORK, TRUST BETWEEN YOUR FELLOW 241 00:07:35,088 --> 00:07:36,153 TRUST BETWEEN YOUR FELLOW PERFORMERS. 242 00:07:36,155 --> 00:07:37,823 PERFORMERS. WHAT WE DO HERE IS DANGEROUS. 243 00:07:37,825 --> 00:07:39,658 WHAT WE DO HERE IS DANGEROUS. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 244 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:42,360 THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT WE KEEP EVERYBODY AS SAFE AS 245 00:07:42,362 --> 00:07:43,895 BUT WE KEEP EVERYBODY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF 246 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:45,697 POSSIBLE AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT TEAMWORK BETWEEN ALL THE 247 00:07:45,699 --> 00:07:48,567 THAT TEAMWORK BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE 248 00:07:48,569 --> 00:07:48,967 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED. 249 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:50,501 INVOLVED. >> WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE REAL 250 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:51,836 >> WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE REAL WORLD AND YOU MEET NEW PEOPLE OR 251 00:07:51,838 --> 00:07:53,438 WORLD AND YOU MEET NEW PEOPLE OR GO TO A JOB AND WORK WITH PEOPLE 252 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:54,773 GO TO A JOB AND WORK WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE THERE'S 253 00:07:54,775 --> 00:07:56,041 YOU DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE BUT 254 00:07:56,043 --> 00:07:57,442 ALWAYS PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WORK WITH 255 00:07:57,444 --> 00:07:57,742 YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. 256 00:07:57,744 --> 00:08:00,144 THEM. SO IT HELPS A LOT. 257 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:02,047 SO IT HELPS A LOT. MY BEST MOMENT WOULD DEFINITELY 258 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:03,581 MY BEST MOMENT WOULD DEFINITELY BEING GETTING CLOSE WITH MY 259 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:03,915 BEING GETTING CLOSE WITH MY TRAINERS. 260 00:08:03,917 --> 00:08:05,183 TRAINERS. THEY'RE DEFINITELY PEOPLE YOU'LL 261 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:06,851 THEY'RE DEFINITELY PEOPLE YOU'LL REMEMBER FOR LIFE. 262 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:08,152 REMEMBER FOR LIFE. THEY'RE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE 263 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,222 THEY'RE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE THAT JUST COME AND GO BUT THESE 264 00:08:10,224 --> 00:08:11,856 THAT JUST COME AND GO BUT THESE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR 265 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,892 PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU NO MATTER WHAT. 266 00:08:13,894 --> 00:08:15,594 YOU NO MATTER WHAT. >> AS A TRAINER WE ARE FAR MORE 267 00:08:15,596 --> 00:08:16,461 >> AS A TRAINER WE ARE FAR MORE THAN TRAINERS. 268 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:17,128 THAN TRAINERS. WE ARE PARENTS. 269 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:18,697 WE ARE PARENTS. WE ARE MENTORS. 270 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:20,232 WE ARE MENTORS. WE TEACH THEM MORE THAN JUST TO 271 00:08:20,234 --> 00:08:21,966 WE TEACH THEM MORE THAN JUST TO DO COOL STUFF IN THE AIR. 272 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:25,003 DO COOL STUFF IN THE AIR. WE TEACH THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES, 273 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:27,138 WE TEACH THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES, TEAMWORK, IT IS A GROUP EFFORT 274 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:27,739 TEAMWORK, IT IS A GROUP EFFORT TO POOL ANYTHING OFF. 275 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:29,707 TO POOL ANYTHING OFF. AND YOU LEARN TRUST WITHIN EACH 276 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:30,074 AND YOU LEARN TRUST WITHIN EACH OTHER. 277 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:31,242 OTHER. WE TEACH THESE KIDS A WHOLE LOT 278 00:08:31,244 --> 00:08:32,577 WE TEACH THESE KIDS A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BESIDES JUST DOING 279 00:08:32,579 --> 00:08:33,444 OF THINGS BESIDES JUST DOING TRICKS IN THE AIR. 280 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:34,679 TRICKS IN THE AIR. >> I WATCH KIDS THAT ARE TOO 281 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:36,614 >> I WATCH KIDS THAT ARE TOO YOUNG TO PERFORM, THEY'RE DOWN 282 00:08:36,616 --> 00:08:38,149 YOUNG TO PERFORM, THEY'RE DOWN HERE WITH THEIR BIG BROTHER AND 283 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:40,351 HERE WITH THEIR BIG BROTHER AND BIG SISTER, AND AS THEY GROW UP 284 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:41,486 BIG SISTER, AND AS THEY GROW UP THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WATCHING 285 00:08:41,488 --> 00:08:43,255 THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WATCHING THE PROGRESSION OF THESE KIDS, 286 00:08:43,257 --> 00:08:45,423 THE PROGRESSION OF THESE KIDS, KIDS THAT COULDN'T EVEN WALK UP 287 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:46,458 KIDS THAT COULDN'T EVEN WALK UP INTO THE BLEACHERS, THAT CAN GO 288 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:48,426 INTO THE BLEACHERS, THAT CAN GO UP 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND WALK 289 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:50,762 UP 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND WALK ON AN 8th INCH WIRE, THAT 290 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:51,663 ON AN 8th INCH WIRE, THAT BOGGLES MY MIND. 291 00:08:51,665 --> 00:08:53,565 BOGGLES MY MIND. I GET A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT 292 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:55,300 I GET A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE OUT OF WATCHING THE 293 00:08:55,302 --> 00:08:56,401 AND PLEASURE OUT OF WATCHING THE KIDS GROW UP DOWN HERE. 294 00:08:56,403 --> 00:08:58,203 KIDS GROW UP DOWN HERE. >> MANY OF THE KIDS ARE SECOND 295 00:08:58,205 --> 00:09:03,375 >> MANY OF THE KIDS ARE SECOND OR THIRD-GENERATION CIRCUS 296 00:09:03,377 --> 00:09:03,775 OR THIRD-GENERATION CIRCUS PERFORMERS. 297 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:06,544 PERFORMERS. LIKE SO MANY IN THE PERU AMATEUR 298 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:07,979 LIKE SO MANY IN THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD KATY WOOD 299 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:10,215 CIRCUS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD KATY WOOD HAS LITERALLY GROWN UP 300 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:12,751 HAS LITERALLY GROWN UP UNDERNEATH THE BIG TOP. 301 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:15,053 UNDERNEATH THE BIG TOP. THIS IS BE KATY'S FIRST YEAR AS 302 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:17,689 THIS IS BE KATY'S FIRST YEAR AS A PERFORMER. 303 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:18,857 A PERFORMER. >> WHEN I WHOLE FAMILY IS 304 00:09:18,859 --> 00:09:20,859 >> WHEN I WHOLE FAMILY IS INVOLVED WITH THE CIRCUS AND I 305 00:09:20,861 --> 00:09:22,794 INVOLVED WITH THE CIRCUS AND I WANTED WANTED TO BE IN THE 306 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:23,127 WANTED WANTED TO BE IN THE CIRCUS. 307 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:24,829 CIRCUS. MY DAD IS A RIGGER. 308 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:26,197 MY DAD IS A RIGGER. MY MOM IS A PAINTER. 309 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:27,933 MY MOM IS A PAINTER. >> THE CIRCUS CONTINUES TO 310 00:09:27,935 --> 00:09:29,467 >> THE CIRCUS CONTINUES TO ENDURE BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE. 311 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:30,635 ENDURE BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE. YOU CAN GO TO EVERY LITTLE TOWN 312 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:32,269 YOU CAN GO TO EVERY LITTLE TOWN IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE'S A 313 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:34,071 IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE'S A LITTLE LEAGUE OR A YOUTH 314 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:37,909 LITTLE LEAGUE OR A YOUTH BASEBALL OR A FOOTBALL, BUT NOT 315 00:09:37,911 --> 00:09:39,510 BASEBALL OR A FOOTBALL, BUT NOT TOO MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES CAN 316 00:09:39,512 --> 00:09:41,346 TOO MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES CAN YOU GO TO HAVE THAT A YOUTH 317 00:09:41,348 --> 00:09:41,713 YOU GO TO HAVE THAT A YOUTH CIRCUS. 318 00:09:41,715 --> 00:09:43,248 CIRCUS. THE KIDS, THEY EAT AND SLEEP 319 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:45,316 THE KIDS, THEY EAT AND SLEEP THIS FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY 320 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:46,584 THIS FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. 321 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,286 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. THEY'RE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK 322 00:09:48,288 --> 00:09:48,586 THEY'RE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK HERE. 323 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:49,754 HERE. THEY EAT THEIR MEALS HERE. 324 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:52,190 THEY EAT THEIR MEALS HERE. AND THAT JUST CREATES THIS HUGE 325 00:09:52,192 --> 00:09:53,958 AND THAT JUST CREATES THIS HUGE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, WHICH KEEPS 326 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,694 FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, WHICH KEEPS EVERYBODY CLOSE AND TOGETHER. 327 00:09:55,696 --> 00:09:57,662 EVERYBODY CLOSE AND TOGETHER. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN THE 328 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:58,963 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN THE SUMMER IN PERU, INDIANA. 329 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:00,731 SUMMER IN PERU, INDIANA. THEY GO TO THE CIRCUS. 330 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:02,867 THEY GO TO THE CIRCUS. >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE 331 00:10:02,869 --> 00:10:04,202 >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL AND THE 332 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:09,608 CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL AND THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS, VISIT 333 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:10,241 PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS, VISIT WWW.PERUCIRCUS.COM. 334 00:10:10,243 --> 00:10:11,476 WWW.PERUCIRCUS.COM. WOW, WHAT FUN WAS THAT? 335 00:10:11,478 --> 00:10:14,312 WOW, WHAT FUN WAS THAT? AND NOW WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT 336 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:15,680 AND NOW WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE STREET TO THE 337 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:17,215 FURTHER DOWN THE STREET TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS ALL OF 338 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:17,816 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS ALL OF FAME. 339 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:19,384 FAME. I'M HERE WITH JOHN. 340 00:10:19,386 --> 00:10:20,418 I'M HERE WITH JOHN. HE'S GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT 341 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:21,519 HE'S GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 342 00:10:21,521 --> 00:10:22,921 THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO MEET 343 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:24,055 FIRST WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOMEONE WHO HOPES TO SOME DAY 344 00:10:24,057 --> 00:10:26,858 SOMEONE WHO HOPES TO SOME DAY MAKE THE BIG TOP HERE. 345 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:34,799 [¶...] >> WHEREVER I AM, NO MATTER WHAT 346 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:36,434 >> WHEREVER I AM, NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING, IF THERE'S AN OBJECT 347 00:10:36,436 --> 00:10:38,436 I'M DOING, IF THERE'S AN OBJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE I CAN HOLD IT OR 348 00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:39,904 THAT LOOKS LIKE I CAN HOLD IT OR MANIPULATE IN SOME MANNER, I 349 00:10:39,906 --> 00:10:41,373 MANIPULATE IN SOME MANNER, I PROBABLY WILL, BECAUSE I LIKE 350 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:44,309 PROBABLY WILL, BECAUSE I LIKE DOING STUFF WITH THINGS. 351 00:10:44,311 --> 00:10:45,510 DOING STUFF WITH THINGS. PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT CAN BE 352 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:47,478 PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT CAN BE HELD IN YOUR HAND CAN ALSO BE 353 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,514 HELD IN YOUR HAND CAN ALSO BE JUGGLED. 354 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:58,756 CONTEST JUGGLING IS A FORM OF JUGGLING WHERE THE OBJECT STAYS 355 00:10:58,758 --> 00:11:00,558 JUGGLING WHERE THE OBJECT STAYS ON THE BODY THE ENTIRE TIME. 356 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,859 ON THE BODY THE ENTIRE TIME. YOU NEVER LOSE CONTACT WITH 357 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,896 YOU NEVER LOSE CONTACT WITH WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE 358 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:05,296 WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE JUGGLING. 359 00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,799 JUGGLING. I STARTED ABOUT A DECADE AGO. 360 00:11:07,801 --> 00:11:09,567 I STARTED ABOUT A DECADE AGO. I WAS INTERESTED IN MAGIC 361 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:10,034 I WAS INTERESTED IN MAGIC PERFORMANCE. 362 00:11:10,036 --> 00:11:12,470 PERFORMANCE. ONE DAY I WAS AT A RENAISSANCE 363 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:14,038 ONE DAY I WAS AT A RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA. 364 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,440 FESTIVAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA. I SAW SOMEBODY CONTACT JUGGLING 365 00:11:15,442 --> 00:11:18,510 I SAW SOMEBODY CONTACT JUGGLING AND IT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE 366 00:11:18,512 --> 00:11:18,776 AND IT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE MAGIC. 367 00:11:18,778 --> 00:11:20,712 MAGIC. AND IT INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND 368 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:22,680 AND IT INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND LEARN IT AND ONLY LATER DID I IN 369 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:26,217 LEARN IT AND ONLY LATER DID I IN FACT LATER IT WAS NOT MAGIC BUT 370 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:26,517 FACT LATER IT WAS NOT MAGIC BUT JUGGLING. 371 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:28,153 JUGGLING. EVER SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN A 372 00:11:28,155 --> 00:11:29,320 EVER SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN A JUGULAR AND NOT A MAGICIAN. 373 00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:31,922 JUGULAR AND NOT A MAGICIAN. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF BALANCE AND 374 00:11:31,924 --> 00:11:35,793 IT REQUIRES A LOT OF BALANCE AND A LOT OF AWARENESS OF YOUR BODY. 375 00:11:35,795 --> 00:11:37,294 A LOT OF AWARENESS OF YOUR BODY. PROPRIOCEPTION IT'S CALLED, SORT 376 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:38,963 PROPRIOCEPTION IT'S CALLED, SORT OF KNOWING WHERE YOUR BODY PARTS 377 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:40,465 OF KNOWING WHERE YOUR BODY PARTS ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT 378 00:11:40,467 --> 00:11:40,765 ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT THEM. 379 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:43,300 THEM. I FIND THE ART FORM ABSOLUTELY 380 00:11:43,302 --> 00:11:43,701 I FIND THE ART FORM ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 381 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,470 BEAUTIFUL. I FIND THE EFFORTLESSNESS 382 00:11:45,472 --> 00:11:45,804 I FIND THE EFFORTLESSNESS BEAUTIFUL. 383 00:11:45,806 --> 00:11:47,538 BEAUTIFUL. I FIND THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS 384 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:49,040 I FIND THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FLOATING BEAUTIFUL. 385 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:50,374 LIKE IT'S FLOATING BEAUTIFUL. AND WHAT KEEPS ME GOING, WHAT 386 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,744 AND WHAT KEEPS ME GOING, WHAT KEEPS ME PASSIONATE, IS THE FACT 387 00:11:52,746 --> 00:11:54,612 KEEPS ME PASSIONATE, IS THE FACT THAT I LIKE CHALLENGES AND I 388 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:55,646 THAT I LIKE CHALLENGES AND I LIKE DIFFICULT THINGS, SO THE 389 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:58,616 LIKE DIFFICULT THINGS, SO THE FACT THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE 390 00:11:58,618 --> 00:11:59,818 FACT THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT IS SOMETHING THAT I 391 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:00,852 DIFFICULT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY ENJOY. 392 00:12:00,854 --> 00:12:02,754 REALLY ENJOY. AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, ONE OF 393 00:12:02,756 --> 00:12:04,522 AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS WAS THE FACT 394 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:05,890 THE DRIVING FACTORS WAS THE FACT THAT SO FEW PEOPLE DID IT. 395 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:07,592 THAT SO FEW PEOPLE DID IT. SO WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET 396 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:09,928 SO WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET AND YOU PERFORM, EVERYBODY'S 397 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:11,062 AND YOU PERFORM, EVERYBODY'S AMAZED BECAUSE NOBODY'S EVER 398 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:13,531 AMAZED BECAUSE NOBODY'S EVER REALLY SEEN IT BEFORE. 399 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:15,533 REALLY SEEN IT BEFORE. I TEND TO PREFER STREET SHOWS 400 00:12:15,535 --> 00:12:16,968 I TEND TO PREFER STREET SHOWS BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOT CLOSER TO 401 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:18,536 BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOT CLOSER TO THE AUDIENCE AND IT'S THE 402 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:19,337 THE AUDIENCE AND IT'S THE INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE 403 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:22,406 INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT I REALLY ENJOY. 404 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:23,407 THAT I REALLY ENJOY. INITIALLY YOU HAVE THIS HIGH 405 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:26,478 INITIALLY YOU HAVE THIS HIGH FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY 406 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,712 FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY ENJOYING YOUR ART FORM, AND 407 00:12:28,714 --> 00:12:29,447 ENJOYING YOUR ART FORM, AND ITSELF IS WONDERFUL. 408 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:30,948 ITSELF IS WONDERFUL. IF YOU'RE OUT THERE PERFORMING, 409 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,083 IF YOU'RE OUT THERE PERFORMING, YOU GET INTO THAT FLOW. 410 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:34,852 YOU GET INTO THAT FLOW. IT'S LIKE THE ZONE, BASICALLY. 411 00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:37,054 IT'S LIKE THE ZONE, BASICALLY. IT'S A MEDITATIVE STATE, IT 412 00:12:37,056 --> 00:12:37,689 IT'S A MEDITATIVE STATE, IT REALLY IS. 413 00:12:37,691 --> 00:12:39,457 REALLY IS. AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES AWAY. 414 00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:43,261 AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES AWAY. AND IT'S WONDERFUL. 415 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:48,099 >> WOW, THAT'S SOME WONDERFUL TALE TRENT BUT THERE'S SOME 416 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:49,501 TALE TRENT BUT THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL TALENT HERE AS WELL, 417 00:12:49,503 --> 00:12:51,669 WONDERFUL TALENT HERE AS WELL, JOHN, AND WE'RE HERE AT THE 418 00:12:51,671 --> 00:12:53,037 JOHN, AND WE'RE HERE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF 419 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:54,572 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF FAME WHERE YOU'RE THE RINGMASTER 420 00:12:54,574 --> 00:12:55,807 FAME WHERE YOU'RE THE RINGMASTER OF THIS BIG TOP BEHIND US. 421 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:58,242 OF THIS BIG TOP BEHIND US. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW 422 00:12:58,244 --> 00:12:59,277 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS COME TO BE. 423 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:01,645 THIS COME TO BE. >> WELL, IT WAS IN SARASOTA, 424 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,881 >> WELL, IT WAS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA FROM THE '50s THROUGH 425 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:04,983 FLORIDA FROM THE '50s THROUGH THE EARLY '80s. 426 00:13:04,985 --> 00:13:07,484 THE EARLY '80s. SO I WENT THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF 427 00:13:07,486 --> 00:13:08,485 SO I WENT THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND 428 00:13:08,487 --> 00:13:09,987 COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASKED HIM -- WANTED TO EXPLORE 429 00:13:09,989 --> 00:13:11,222 ASKED HIM -- WANTED TO EXPLORE BRINGING IT TO PERU. 430 00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:13,124 BRINGING IT TO PERU. THE STATE OF INDIANA GOT BEHIND 431 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:16,361 THE STATE OF INDIANA GOT BEHIND US AND HERE WE ARE LATER, A 432 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:17,729 US AND HERE WE ARE LATER, A 20-YEAR OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. 433 00:13:17,731 --> 00:13:18,963 20-YEAR OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 434 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,564 >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO 435 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:20,865 YOUR STORY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO HERE. 436 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:23,201 HERE. >> WELL, I PRODUCE THE SHOW. 437 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:24,769 >> WELL, I PRODUCE THE SHOW. IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE BEEN 438 00:13:24,771 --> 00:13:26,938 IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE BEEN ANNOUNCING CIRCUSES FOR 35 439 00:13:26,940 --> 00:13:27,438 ANNOUNCING CIRCUSES FOR 35 YEARS. 440 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:27,906 YEARS. >> WOW! 441 00:13:27,908 --> 00:13:29,073 >> WOW! >> ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 442 00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:30,942 >> ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA PROFESSIONALLY. 443 00:13:30,944 --> 00:13:32,844 AND CANADA PROFESSIONALLY. AND I ANNOUNCE THE KIDS SHOWED 444 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:34,112 AND I ANNOUNCE THE KIDS SHOWED FOR 14 YEARS. 445 00:13:34,114 --> 00:13:36,481 FOR 14 YEARS. THIS YEAR WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE 446 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:39,584 THIS YEAR WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THE GREAT WALENDAS, THE GREATEST 447 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:41,486 THE GREAT WALENDAS, THE GREATEST NAME IN THRILLS IN CHILLS UNDER 448 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:44,889 NAME IN THRILLS IN CHILLS UNDER THE BIG TOP THROUGH TRIUMPH AND 449 00:13:44,891 --> 00:13:45,823 THE BIG TOP THROUGH TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY THEY HAVE PERSEVERED. 450 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:47,091 TRAGEDY THEY HAVE PERSEVERED. >> CAN OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 451 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:48,893 >> CAN OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PART OF IT -- ARE THERE 452 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:49,727 PART OF IT -- ARE THERE ADDITIONS OR HOW DO YOU -- 453 00:13:49,729 --> 00:13:52,597 ADDITIONS OR HOW DO YOU -- >> WE DO ADDITIONS, AND WE ALSO 454 00:13:52,599 --> 00:13:54,732 >> WE DO ADDITIONS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A WAITING LIST BECAUSE 455 00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:57,068 HAVE A WAITING LIST BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO PERFORM OR SAY 456 00:13:57,070 --> 00:13:58,937 PEOPLE WANT TO PERFORM OR SAY THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT THE 457 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:00,171 THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF 458 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:00,471 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF FAME. 459 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:02,507 FAME. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE PERFORMING 460 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:03,508 THIS IS KIND OF LIKE PERFORMING AT THE OSCARS. 461 00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:04,676 AT THE OSCARS. >> ABSOLUTELY. 462 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:06,744 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND IS THAT OPEN YEAR-ROUND OR 463 00:14:06,746 --> 00:14:08,046 AND IS THAT OPEN YEAR-ROUND OR JUST A CERTAIN PART OF THE YEAR? 464 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:10,281 JUST A CERTAIN PART OF THE YEAR? >> THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FROM THE 465 00:14:10,283 --> 00:14:12,182 >> THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FROM THE 1st OF MAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. 466 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:14,953 1st OF MAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. THE PERFORMANCE SEASON IS THE 467 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:17,221 THE PERFORMANCE SEASON IS THE 14th THROUGH THE 22nd THIS 468 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:17,521 14th THROUGH THE 22nd THIS YEAR. 469 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:20,324 YEAR. WE CLOSE THE NIGHT OF THE 470 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:21,025 WE CLOSE THE NIGHT OF THE 22nd. 471 00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:21,492 22nd. OF JULY. 472 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:23,194 OF JULY. >> EXPECTING BIG CROWDS I 473 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:23,560 >> EXPECTING BIG CROWDS I ASSUME. 474 00:14:23,562 --> 00:14:24,595 ASSUME. >> WE HOPE SO. 475 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:25,763 >> WE HOPE SO. >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 476 00:14:25,765 --> 00:14:28,299 >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ANIMALS. 477 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:31,769 SOME OF THE ANIMALS. >> AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE 478 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:35,106 >> AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE ELEPHANTS THIS YEAR AND A PIG 479 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:39,711 ELEPHANTS THIS YEAR AND A PIG ACT, COUSIN GRUMPY. 480 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:41,745 ACT, COUSIN GRUMPY. THEY ALSO BE PERFORMING WITH US 481 00:14:41,747 --> 00:14:42,914 THEY ALSO BE PERFORMING WITH US AT THE INDIANA STATE FAIR. 482 00:14:42,916 --> 00:14:44,648 AT THE INDIANA STATE FAIR. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. 483 00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:45,850 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO 484 00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:47,452 WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE ANIMALS RIGHT 485 00:14:47,454 --> 00:14:47,785 SEE SOME OF THOSE ANIMALS RIGHT NOW. 486 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:50,454 NOW. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 487 00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:52,356 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE LAWRENCE COUNTY 4H FAIR IS 488 00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:56,928 THE LAWRENCE COUNTY 4H FAIR IS LIKE MANY OTHERS. 489 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:58,897 LIKE MANY OTHERS. BUSY WITH EAGER SPECTATORS 490 00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:00,732 BUSY WITH EAGER SPECTATORS TAKING IN ALL THE SIGHTS AND 491 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:04,168 TAKING IN ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER 492 00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:06,370 SOUNDS OF THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER TRADITION. 493 00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:10,308 RIDES AND FOOD ARE FUN BUT IT'S THE SHOWMANSHIP OF ANIMALS 494 00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:14,445 THE SHOWMANSHIP OF ANIMALS THAT'S THE MAIN ATTRACTION. 495 00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:16,114 THAT'S THE MAIN ATTRACTION. 4HERS EXUDE A PASSION AND LOVE 496 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:17,915 4HERS EXUDE A PASSION AND LOVE FOR ANIMALS THEY CARE AND 497 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,584 FOR ANIMALS THEY CARE AND PROUDLY SHOW EACH YEAR, BUT 498 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:20,718 PROUDLY SHOW EACH YEAR, BUT ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS? 499 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,119 ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS? NO, THESE AREN'T NEW CATEGORIES 500 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:23,721 NO, THESE AREN'T NEW CATEGORIES IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY FAIR. 501 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:26,123 IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY FAIR. IT'S A WAY FOR FAIR GOERS TO GET 502 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:28,692 IT'S A WAY FOR FAIR GOERS TO GET MORE OF WHAT THEY CAME FOR. 503 00:15:28,694 --> 00:15:31,029 MORE OF WHAT THEY CAME FOR. BELT CARDON IS OWNER AND ANIMAL 504 00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:34,565 BELT CARDON IS OWNER AND ANIMAL TRAINER OF B&C RANCH ANIMAL 505 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:36,634 TRAINER OF B&C RANCH ANIMAL ACTS, A TOURING EDUCATIONAL SHOW 506 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:37,868 ACTS, A TOURING EDUCATIONAL SHOW FEATURING ANIMALS YOU DON'T SEE 507 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,270 FEATURING ANIMALS YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY. 508 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:40,872 EVERY DAY. >> IT'S I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM 509 00:15:40,874 --> 00:15:41,805 >> IT'S I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL MY LIFE. 510 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:43,474 ALL MY LIFE. THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE MY PETS. 511 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:44,675 THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE MY PETS. IT'S NORMAL FOR ME BECAUSE I 512 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:45,943 IT'S NORMAL FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL MY 513 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:46,277 HAVE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL MY LIFE. 514 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,245 LIFE. >> BRET INHERITED HIS LOVE FOR 515 00:15:48,247 --> 00:15:51,049 >> BRET INHERITED HIS LOVE FOR HIS ANIMALS FROM THE DAD WHO 516 00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:53,318 HIS ANIMALS FROM THE DAD WHO OWNED THE SCHREINERS CIRCUS. 517 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,819 OWNED THE SCHREINERS CIRCUS. 30 WEEKS OF THE YEAR NOW HE 518 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:56,287 30 WEEKS OF THE YEAR NOW HE SHOWCASES HIS PETS ACROSS THE 519 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:56,587 SHOWCASES HIS PETS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. 520 00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:58,155 MIDWEST. >> I MEAN, IT TAKES TIME. 521 00:15:58,157 --> 00:15:59,724 >> I MEAN, IT TAKES TIME. YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY JUST TAKE BE 522 00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:02,493 YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY JUST TAKE BE A ANIMAL AND START WORKING 523 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:04,295 A ANIMAL AND START WORKING AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THE CAMELS. 524 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:05,697 AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THE CAMELS. THEY WERE BOTTLE RAISED. 525 00:16:05,699 --> 00:16:07,665 THEY WERE BOTTLE RAISED. SO WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THERE 526 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:07,999 SO WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THERE IRMAMAS. 527 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,366 IRMAMAS. THE ELEPHANTS, WE'VE BEEN AROUND 528 00:16:09,368 --> 00:16:11,035 THE ELEPHANTS, WE'VE BEEN AROUND THEM PRETTY MUCH THEIR WHOLE 529 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,003 THEM PRETTY MUCH THEIR WHOLE LIVES. 530 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:14,839 LIVES. WE'VE FED THEM, TAKE CARE OF 531 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:15,439 WE'VE FED THEM, TAKE CARE OF THEM. 532 00:16:15,441 --> 00:16:19,277 THEM. >> HE SAYS TAKING CARE OF 533 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:21,879 >> HE SAYS TAKING CARE OF ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS ISN'T TOO 534 00:16:21,881 --> 00:16:23,815 ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS ISN'T TOO MUCH DIFFERENT INSTANT EXCEPT 535 00:16:23,817 --> 00:16:24,949 MUCH DIFFERENT INSTANT EXCEPT FOOD QUANTITIES. 536 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:30,822 FOOD QUANTITIES. >> AN ELEPHANT WILL EAT 40 TO 537 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,256 >> AN ELEPHANT WILL EAT 40 TO 50-POUND BAIL OF HAY. 538 00:16:32,258 --> 00:16:35,593 50-POUND BAIL OF HAY. THEY DRINK ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF 539 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:36,560 THEY DRINK ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF WATER EACH DAY. 540 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:38,062 WATER EACH DAY. THIS IS DUCHESS. 541 00:16:38,064 --> 00:16:41,499 THIS IS DUCHESS. SHE'S A 33-YEAR-OLD ASIAN HE 542 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:41,932 SHE'S A 33-YEAR-OLD ASIAN HE ELEPHANT. 543 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:44,002 ELEPHANT. SHE IS A PRETTY LIKE LEOPARD 544 00:16:44,004 --> 00:16:47,137 SHE IS A PRETTY LIKE LEOPARD LOOK TO HER. 545 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:50,842 LOOK TO HER. THIS IS SHEIK. 546 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:53,411 THIS IS SHEIK. WE HAVE SOME DOGS THAT DO SOME 547 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:54,746 WE HAVE SOME DOGS THAT DO SOME BACK FLIPS. 548 00:16:54,748 --> 00:16:55,179 BACK FLIPS. HANDSTANDS. 549 00:16:55,181 --> 00:16:57,682 HANDSTANDS. ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 550 00:16:57,684 --> 00:17:18,536 THE CROWD STILL GATHERS AND ANTICIPATION RISES WAITING FOR 551 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:19,804 ANTICIPATION RISES WAITING FOR THAT FIRST GLIMPSE OF AN 552 00:17:19,806 --> 00:17:20,237 THAT FIRST GLIMPSE OF AN ELEPHANT. 553 00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:21,806 ELEPHANT. >> WHEN THEY COME OUT, THE KIDS 554 00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:22,807 >> WHEN THEY COME OUT, THE KIDS ARE LIKE WOW. 555 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,709 ARE LIKE WOW. SOME KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN ELEPHANTS 556 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:25,810 SOME KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN ELEPHANTS UP CLOSE. 557 00:17:25,812 --> 00:17:29,447 UP CLOSE. IT'S A SHOCK SOMETIMES. 558 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:31,915 IT'S A SHOCK SOMETIMES. >> I'VE SEEN AN ELEPHANT ONLY 559 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:32,349 >> I'VE SEEN AN ELEPHANT ONLY ONCE. 560 00:17:32,351 --> 00:17:34,918 ONCE. I CAME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE 561 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,021 I CAME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE 562 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:40,491 FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ELEPHANTS AT THE FAIR. 563 00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:42,293 ELEPHANTS AT THE FAIR. >> MY WIFE DOES THE CAMELS AND 564 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:43,861 >> MY WIFE DOES THE CAMELS AND HORSES AND DOGS AND THINGS LIKE 565 00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:45,596 HORSES AND DOGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT MY LOVE IS WITH THE 566 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:49,366 THAT, BUT MY LOVE IS WITH THE ELEPHANTS. 567 00:17:49,368 --> 00:18:22,500 >> THE CAMELS BRING A WOW FROM THE CROWD, TOO. 568 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:26,937 THE CROWD, TOO. THEY LOOK MUCH BIGGER IN PERSON. 569 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,172 THEY LOOK MUCH BIGGER IN PERSON. HORSES AND PONIES KEEP THE SHOW 570 00:18:28,174 --> 00:18:29,207 HORSES AND PONIES KEEP THE SHOW MOVING BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER. 571 00:18:29,209 --> 00:18:30,975 MOVING BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER. A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND 572 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:31,576 A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND SHOW. 573 00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,077 SHOW. SOMETHING THE 4HERS CAN 574 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:37,014 SOMETHING THE 4HERS CAN APPRECIATE. 575 00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:38,049 APPRECIATE. >> ANOTHER FAVORITE OF THE 576 00:18:38,051 --> 00:18:40,217 >> ANOTHER FAVORITE OF THE CIRCUS ARE THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS 577 00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:43,420 CIRCUS ARE THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS AND I'M HERE WITH TINO OF THE 578 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:46,290 AND I'M HERE WITH TINO OF THE FLYING WALENDAS. 579 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,325 FLYING WALENDAS. YOU HAVE AN AMAZING FAMILY 580 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:48,692 YOU HAVE AN AMAZING FAMILY HISTORY. 581 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:50,194 HISTORY. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT 582 00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:50,561 CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT IT THAT? 583 00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:52,396 IT THAT? OF COURSE, IT GOES BACK NEARLY 584 00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:54,498 OF COURSE, IT GOES BACK NEARLY 200 YEARS IN THE CIRCUS WORLD. 585 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,334 200 YEARS IN THE CIRCUS WORLD. I'M A SIXTH GENERATION 586 00:18:56,336 --> 00:18:56,700 I'M A SIXTH GENERATION PERFORMER. 587 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,802 PERFORMER. MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN. 588 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:00,671 MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS THE 589 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:02,373 MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS THE FEATURE ON THE BIG APPLE CIRCUS 590 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:05,176 FEATURE ON THE BIG APPLE CIRCUS THIS YEAR IS EIGHTH GENERATION. 591 00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:06,677 THIS YEAR IS EIGHTH GENERATION. I'M THE FOURTH GENERATION 592 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:07,612 I'M THE FOURTH GENERATION WORKING ON THE TIGHTROPE. 593 00:19:07,614 --> 00:19:09,413 WORKING ON THE TIGHTROPE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT NEARLY 594 00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:10,414 WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT NEARLY 90 YEARS. 595 00:19:10,416 --> 00:19:12,115 90 YEARS. >> YOU'VE BROKEN SOME RECORDS 596 00:19:12,117 --> 00:19:12,850 >> YOU'VE BROKEN SOME RECORDS ALONG THE WAY. 597 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:14,485 ALONG THE WAY. >> THERE'S A NUMBER OF RECORDS 598 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:15,519 >> THERE'S A NUMBER OF RECORDS WE'VE BROKEN. 599 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:19,891 WE'VE BROKEN. WE'RE VERY FAMOUS 4 OUR 600 00:19:19,893 --> 00:19:24,828 WE'RE VERY FAMOUS 4 OUR FOUR-PERSON THREE-LEVEL PYRAMID. 601 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,797 FOUR-PERSON THREE-LEVEL PYRAMID. OUR SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID BUT 602 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:28,766 OUR SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID BUT WE'VE GONE ON TO DO A COUPLE OF 603 00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:30,768 WE'VE GONE ON TO DO A COUPLE OF RECORDS WITH DOING AN 604 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:32,936 RECORDS WITH DOING AN EIGHT-PERSON PYRAMID AND A 605 00:19:32,938 --> 00:19:34,538 EIGHT-PERSON PYRAMID AND A 10-PERSON PYRAMID ON THE WIRE 606 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:36,807 10-PERSON PYRAMID ON THE WIRE AND JUST RECENTLY IN SOUTH 607 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:38,943 AND JUST RECENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA, MYSELF, MY -- TWO OF MY 608 00:19:38,945 --> 00:19:41,279 AFRICA, MYSELF, MY -- TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS AND MY SON DID A WALK 609 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:43,214 DAUGHTERS AND MY SON DID A WALK BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS 150 FEET 610 00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:46,217 BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS 150 FEET IN THE AIR, SOME 150 FEET 611 00:19:46,219 --> 00:19:48,452 IN THE AIR, SOME 150 FEET ACROSS, ALL FOUR ON THE WIRE 612 00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:49,387 ACROSS, ALL FOUR ON THE WIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH HAS NEVER 613 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:50,554 SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 614 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:52,522 BEEN DONE BEFORE. NOW, THOSE ARE NOT IN ANY RECORD 615 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:54,392 NOW, THOSE ARE NOT IN ANY RECORD BOOKS BUT THEY'RE ALL CERTAINLY 616 00:19:54,394 --> 00:19:57,261 BOOKS BUT THEY'RE ALL CERTAINLY RECORDS THAT THE WALLENDAS HAVE 617 00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:57,561 RECORDS THAT THE WALLENDAS HAVE SET. 618 00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,429 SET. >> WE DO HAVE TO SAY THERE'S 619 00:19:59,431 --> 00:20:01,632 >> WE DO HAVE TO SAY THERE'S BEEN SOME TRAGEDY AS WELL. 620 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:02,532 BEEN SOME TRAGEDY AS WELL. >> YES, THERE HAS BEEN. 621 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,835 >> YES, THERE HAS BEEN. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TRAGIC 622 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:06,303 THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TRAGIC INCIDENTS IN 1962 AS OUR FAMILY 623 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,172 INCIDENTS IN 1962 AS OUR FAMILY WAS DOING OUR SEVEN-PERSON 624 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:09,207 WAS DOING OUR SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID IN DETROIT MICHIGAN. 625 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:11,775 PYRAMID IN DETROIT MICHIGAN. ONE MAN FALTERED, THE PYRAMID 626 00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:12,977 ONE MAN FALTERED, THE PYRAMID COLLAPSED, THREE MEN FELL TO THE 627 00:20:12,979 --> 00:20:15,313 COLLAPSED, THREE MEN FELL TO THE GROUND 35 FEET BELOW, TWO LOST 628 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:16,013 GROUND 35 FEET BELOW, TWO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT NIGHT. 629 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:19,116 THEIR LIVES THAT NIGHT. THE THIRD ONE WAS MY UNCLE 630 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:19,417 THE THIRD ONE WAS MY UNCLE MARIO. 631 00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:23,187 MARIO. THANK GOD HE SURVIVED BUT HE IS 632 00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:24,989 THANK GOD HE SURVIVED BUT HE IS PARALYZED FROM THE WASTE DOWN. 633 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,357 PARALYZED FROM THE WASTE DOWN. BUT THE WALLENDAS NEVER STOP. 634 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,094 BUT THE WALLENDAS NEVER STOP. EVEN MY GRANDFATHER HAD A 635 00:20:30,096 --> 00:20:32,162 EVEN MY GRANDFATHER HAD A CRACKED PELVIS AND DOUBLE 636 00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:34,365 CRACKED PELVIS AND DOUBLE HERNIA, HE AND REMAINING MEMBERS 637 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:35,233 HERNIA, HE AND REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE TROUPE WERE BACK ON THE 638 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:36,567 OF THE TROUPE WERE BACK ON THE WIRE PERFORMING AGAIN. 639 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:39,169 WIRE PERFORMING AGAIN. THEN IN 1978 AS MY GRANDFATHER 640 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:40,705 THEN IN 1978 AS MY GRANDFATHER WAS WALKING BETWEEN TWO 641 00:20:40,707 --> 00:20:42,539 WAS WALKING BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO 642 00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:43,774 BUILDINGS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN 643 00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:44,875 RICO, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE WAY 644 00:20:44,877 --> 00:20:46,544 HIS BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE WIRE WAS SET UP AND HE FELL 645 00:20:46,546 --> 00:20:47,645 THE WIRE WAS SET UP AND HE FELL 120 FEET TO HIS DEATH. 646 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:50,180 120 FEET TO HIS DEATH. >> NOW, THERE ARE NO NETS WHEN 647 00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:51,248 >> NOW, THERE ARE NO NETS WHEN YOU PERFORM? 648 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,650 YOU PERFORM? >> WALLENDAS HAVE SET PRETTY 649 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,719 >> WALLENDAS HAVE SET PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD OF WORKING 650 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:56,387 MUCH THE STANDARD OF WORKING WITHOUT A NET. 651 00:20:56,389 --> 00:20:57,954 WITHOUT A NET. WHEN WE CAME TO RING RING 652 00:20:57,956 --> 00:20:59,523 WHEN WE CAME TO RING RING BROTHERS IN MADISON SQUARE 653 00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:01,692 BROTHERS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN 1928, SOMEHOW OR 654 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,193 GARDEN IN 1928, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THE NET DIDN'T ARRIVE. 655 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:05,162 ANOTHER THE NET DIDN'T ARRIVE. MY GRANT FATHER DECIDED ON GOING 656 00:21:05,164 --> 00:21:07,664 MY GRANT FATHER DECIDED ON GOING UP AND PERFORMING THEIR DARING 657 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:09,033 UP AND PERFORMING THEIR DARING FEATS ANYWAY, WHICH BROUGHT THEM 658 00:21:09,035 --> 00:21:10,501 FEATS ANYWAY, WHICH BROUGHT THEM A GREAT DEAL OF ACCLAIM, AND 659 00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:12,937 A GREAT DEAL OF ACCLAIM, AND FROM THAT POINT ON, WE HAVE BEEN 660 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:15,672 FROM THAT POINT ON, WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR NOT USING NETS. 661 00:21:15,674 --> 00:21:17,541 KNOWN FOR NOT USING NETS. >> AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE 662 00:21:17,543 --> 00:21:19,944 >> AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF KEEPING THIS IN THE FAMILY? 663 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:21,212 OF KEEPING THIS IN THE FAMILY? HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO YOU? 664 00:21:21,214 --> 00:21:23,948 HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO YOU? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -- I DON'T 665 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:25,215 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -- I DON'T KNOW IF -- PARTICULARLY 666 00:21:25,217 --> 00:21:25,549 KNOW IF -- PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. 667 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:28,218 IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME FOR MY 668 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:31,522 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME FOR MY HERITAGE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I 669 00:21:31,524 --> 00:21:32,756 HERITAGE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I WOULD NECESSARILY WANT MY 670 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:33,991 WOULD NECESSARILY WANT MY CHILDREN TO CONTINUE ON IF THEY 671 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:36,327 CHILDREN TO CONTINUE ON IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LOVE FOR IT. 672 00:21:36,329 --> 00:21:38,396 DIDN'T HAVE THE LOVE FOR IT. BUT THE WALLENDAS HAVE BEEN -- 673 00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:39,930 BUT THE WALLENDAS HAVE BEEN -- WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DARING 674 00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:43,233 WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DARING THINGS AND A LOT OF DAREDEVIL 675 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,901 THINGS AND A LOT OF DAREDEVIL FEATS SO TO SPEAK BUT BY AND 676 00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:46,570 FEATS SO TO SPEAK BUT BY AND LARGE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE 677 00:21:46,572 --> 00:21:47,838 LARGE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE WALLENDAS ARE ALL ABOUT. 678 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,374 WALLENDAS ARE ALL ABOUT. THE WALLENDAS ARE PERFORMERS 679 00:21:50,376 --> 00:21:52,576 THE WALLENDAS ARE PERFORMERS WHICH MEANS WE ENJOY GETTING ON 680 00:21:52,578 --> 00:21:53,744 WHICH MEANS WE ENJOY GETTING ON THAT TIGHTROPE 25, 30 FEET IN 681 00:21:53,746 --> 00:21:55,278 THAT TIGHTROPE 25, 30 FEET IN THE AIR DOING OUR REGULAR TRICKS 682 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,413 THE AIR DOING OUR REGULAR TRICKS THAT HAVE BEEN REHEARSED OVER 683 00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:58,516 THAT HAVE BEEN REHEARSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN 684 00:21:58,518 --> 00:21:59,616 AND OVER AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN APPEAL TO THAT AUDIENCE AND GET 685 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:00,918 APPEAL TO THAT AUDIENCE AND GET THE ENERGY FROM THEM AND THE 686 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,687 THE ENERGY FROM THEM AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PERFORMING. 687 00:22:02,689 --> 00:22:03,687 EXCITEMENT OF THE PERFORMING. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 688 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:05,656 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING OCCUPY A 689 00:22:05,658 --> 00:22:06,056 IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING OCCUPY A TIGHTROPE. 690 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,457 TIGHTROPE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT. 691 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:08,893 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY KIND OF 692 00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:09,226 IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY KIND OF DANGER. 693 00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:10,828 DANGER. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE AUDIENCE. 694 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,329 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE AUDIENCE. >> OF ALL PLACES FOR THIS TO 695 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:15,065 >> OF ALL PLACES FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, IT SEEMS LIKE, WOW, 696 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:16,566 HAPPEN, IT SEEMS LIKE, WOW, PERU, INDIANA, WHY HERE? 697 00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:17,935 PERU, INDIANA, WHY HERE? >> WE'VE PERFORMED HERE IN THE 698 00:22:17,937 --> 00:22:19,603 >> WE'VE PERFORMED HERE IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO. 699 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:23,307 PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO. BUT, OF COURSE, HERE IN PERU, IT 700 00:22:23,309 --> 00:22:28,212 BUT, OF COURSE, HERE IN PERU, IT WAS AN ORIGINAL WINTER OF TWO OF 701 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:28,845 WAS AN ORIGINAL WINTER OF TWO OF THE LARGE CIRCUSES. 702 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:30,147 THE LARGE CIRCUSES. WE'RE SITTING ON THE LOT RIGHT 703 00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:32,616 WE'RE SITTING ON THE LOT RIGHT NOW OF ONE OF THE WINTER 704 00:22:32,618 --> 00:22:33,851 NOW OF ONE OF THE WINTER QUARTERS AND, OF COURSE, THE 705 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,018 QUARTERS AND, OF COURSE, THE HERITAGE THAT'S HERE, THE 706 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,520 HERITAGE THAT'S HERE, THE HERITAGE IN THIS TENT AND THE 707 00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:38,255 HERITAGE IN THIS TENT AND THE HERITAGE WALKING ON THAT 708 00:22:38,257 --> 00:22:38,689 HERITAGE WALKING ON THAT TIGHTROPE. 709 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:39,724 TIGHTROPE. AGAIN, NOT ONLY US, BUT THE 710 00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:41,492 AGAIN, NOT ONLY US, BUT THE OTHER ARTISTS HERE, TOO, HAVE A 711 00:22:41,494 --> 00:22:42,593 OTHER ARTISTS HERE, TOO, HAVE A GREAT HERITAGE IN THE BUSINESS 712 00:22:42,595 --> 00:22:45,162 GREAT HERITAGE IN THE BUSINESS AND A LOVE FOR PERFORMING. 713 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,397 AND A LOVE FOR PERFORMING. >> WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE 714 00:22:46,399 --> 00:22:47,698 >> WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CIRCUS HERE, WHAT WILL THEY 715 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,800 CIRCUS HERE, WHAT WILL THEY EXPECT TO SEE FROM YOUR FAMILY? 716 00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:51,602 EXPECT TO SEE FROM YOUR FAMILY? >> WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL 717 00:22:51,604 --> 00:22:53,871 >> WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL EXPECT TO SEE SOME MEASURE OF 718 00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:55,406 EXPECT TO SEE SOME MEASURE OF EXCELLENCE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE 719 00:22:55,408 --> 00:22:57,374 EXCELLENCE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE DESIRE TO DELIVER TO THE 720 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:57,775 DESIRE TO DELIVER TO THE AUDIENCE. 721 00:22:57,777 --> 00:22:58,509 AUDIENCE. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. 722 00:22:58,511 --> 00:22:59,476 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 723 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:00,844 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING 724 00:23:00,846 --> 00:23:01,212 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR SHOW. 725 00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:02,479 YOUR SHOW. OF COURSE, MANY, MANY THINGS 726 00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:04,047 OF COURSE, MANY, MANY THINGS WITH THE CIRCUS. 727 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:05,048 WITH THE CIRCUS. ANOTHER ONE INCLUDES FIRE. 728 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,584 ANOTHER ONE INCLUDES FIRE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RIGHT 729 00:23:06,586 --> 00:23:07,818 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW. 730 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:17,194 >> THE MOON RISES HIGH OVER THE FOREST. 731 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:18,829 FOREST. THE GRASS UNDER YOUR FEET 732 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:22,533 THE GRASS UNDER YOUR FEET VIBRATES AND SHIFTS WITH THE 733 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:24,402 VIBRATES AND SHIFTS WITH THE BEAT. 734 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:26,970 BEAT. A SENSUOUS MELODY TICKLES YOUR 735 00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:27,971 A SENSUOUS MELODY TICKLES YOUR EARS PREPONDERANCE AND BEFORE 736 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:29,673 EARS PREPONDERANCE AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT A SHRINKY FORM MOVES 737 00:23:29,675 --> 00:23:30,641 YOU KNOW IT A SHRINKY FORM MOVES INTO THE FIRE LIGHT. 738 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,643 INTO THE FIRE LIGHT. >> THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I 739 00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:34,445 >> THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND 740 00:23:34,447 --> 00:23:36,147 THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HYPNOTIZING AND I'M A VERY LARGE 741 00:23:36,149 --> 00:23:37,614 HYPNOTIZING AND I'M A VERY LARGE TALKER, BUT I ACTUALLY GOT VERY 742 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:39,716 TALKER, BUT I ACTUALLY GOT VERY QUIET WHEN I SAW IT. 743 00:23:39,718 --> 00:23:41,819 QUIET WHEN I SAW IT. JUST KIND OF STARE AND WAS 744 00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:44,121 JUST KIND OF STARE AND WAS MESMERIZED BY IT. 745 00:23:44,123 --> 00:23:46,323 MESMERIZED BY IT. BUT IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE 746 00:23:46,325 --> 00:23:47,624 BUT IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS LATER THAT 747 00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:49,460 OR FOUR MONTHS LATER THAT SOMEONE CAME THROUGH MY LIFE 748 00:23:49,462 --> 00:23:50,661 SOMEONE CAME THROUGH MY LIFE LITERALLY WAS AT MY HOUSE 749 00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:52,930 LITERALLY WAS AT MY HOUSE STAYING OVER FOR A NIGHT THAT 750 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:55,232 STAYING OVER FOR A NIGHT THAT CHANGED IT AND SHE HAD THESE 751 00:23:55,234 --> 00:23:57,300 CHANGED IT AND SHE HAD THESE SOFT LITTLE BALLS ON THE ENDS OF 752 00:23:57,302 --> 00:23:58,669 SOFT LITTLE BALLS ON THE ENDS OF YARN THAT SHE WAS SPINNING 753 00:23:58,671 --> 00:24:00,604 YARN THAT SHE WAS SPINNING AROUND, AND I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, 754 00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:03,174 AROUND, AND I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, YOU CAN DO FIRE. 755 00:24:03,176 --> 00:24:04,809 YOU CAN DO FIRE. I SPENT ABOUT 40 HOURS A WEEK 756 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:06,376 I SPENT ABOUT 40 HOURS A WEEK JUST RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET 757 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:08,045 JUST RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND SEEING WHAT I COULD FIND AND 758 00:24:08,047 --> 00:24:09,713 AND SEEING WHAT I COULD FIND AND WHAT I COULD LEARN ABOUT THIS 759 00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:11,047 WHAT I COULD LEARN ABOUT THIS ART FORM, THE PARTICULAR TOOL I 760 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:14,351 ART FORM, THE PARTICULAR TOOL I WAS LEARNING WAS CALLED POI. 761 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,987 WAS LEARNING WAS CALLED POI. IT WENT FROM SOMETHING I COULD 762 00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:19,923 IT WENT FROM SOMETHING I COULD NEVER DO TO, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS 763 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:20,257 NEVER DO TO, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS AMAZING. 764 00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:22,293 AMAZING. I HAVE COORDINATION LIKE 765 00:24:22,295 --> 00:24:22,693 I HAVE COORDINATION LIKE OVERNIGHT. 766 00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:24,295 OVERNIGHT. AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS I LIT ON 767 00:24:24,297 --> 00:24:27,198 AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS I LIT ON FIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 768 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:34,405 THE HARDEST TOOL WAS POI AND THE REASON PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE 769 00:24:34,407 --> 00:24:36,440 REASON PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE HODDEST IS BECAUSE IF YOU MESS 770 00:24:36,442 --> 00:24:38,742 HODDEST IS BECAUSE IF YOU MESS IT, IT DOESN'T HIT THE GROUND. 771 00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:39,476 IT, IT DOESN'T HIT THE GROUND. IT SMACKS YOU IN THE FACE. 772 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:40,611 IT SMACKS YOU IN THE FACE. IT HITS YOU IN THE STOMACH. 773 00:24:40,613 --> 00:24:42,145 IT HITS YOU IN THE STOMACH. IT CATCHES YOUR HAIR ON FIRE. 774 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,247 IT CATCHES YOUR HAIR ON FIRE. IT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR FINGERS. 775 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:45,616 IT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR FINGERS. ONCE I HAD THAT REALIZATION THAT 776 00:24:45,618 --> 00:24:48,519 ONCE I HAD THAT REALIZATION THAT I'VE ALREADY LEARNED THE HARDEST 777 00:24:48,521 --> 00:24:51,655 I'VE ALREADY LEARNED THE HARDEST TOOL, IT MADE EVERYTHING ELSE 778 00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:56,026 TOOL, IT MADE EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THAT POINT A MUCH EASIER 779 00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:57,160 FROM THAT POINT A MUCH EASIER BATTLE. 780 00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:59,229 BATTLE. I AM A FLUID ANDERSEN SHULL 781 00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:00,797 I AM A FLUID ANDERSEN SHULL DANCER MAKING IT MORE ABOUT THE 782 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:02,166 DANCER MAKING IT MORE ABOUT THE FIRE AND THE DANCE. 783 00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:04,034 FIRE AND THE DANCE. THE ELEMENT IS BEAUTIFUL AND 784 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:08,606 THE ELEMENT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S DANGEROUS AND IT'S 785 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:10,040 IT'S DANGEROUS AND IT'S GRACEFUL, BUT IT'S DESTRUCTIVE 786 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:11,208 GRACEFUL, BUT IT'S DESTRUCTIVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESPECT 787 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:11,942 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESPECT FOR IT. 788 00:25:11,944 --> 00:25:13,743 FOR IT. YOU CAN'T CREATE THAT BEAUTY AND 789 00:25:13,745 --> 00:25:16,179 YOU CAN'T CREATE THAT BEAUTY AND THAT ART THAT CAN COME OUT OF 790 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:16,413 THAT ART THAT CAN COME OUT OF IT. 791 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,382 IT. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ART WITH 792 00:25:18,384 --> 00:25:19,216 AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ART WITH FIRE BEFORE. 793 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:21,351 FIRE BEFORE. SO IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE 794 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,653 SO IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS SO 795 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:26,356 SOMETHING THAT WAS SO HYPNOTIZING AND INTOXICATING AND 796 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:29,393 HYPNOTIZING AND INTOXICATING AND POWERFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 797 00:25:29,395 --> 00:25:32,730 POWERFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. JUST SUCKS ME IN. 798 00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:40,437 >> WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FROM THE CIRCUS 799 00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:41,171 JOINING US FROM THE CIRCUS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 800 00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:42,439 CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 801 00:25:42,441 --> 00:25:43,807 WE HAD A GREAT TIME. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO 802 00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:45,643 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ACTUALLY WATCH THE SHOW. 803 00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:46,676 ACTUALLY WATCH THE SHOW. 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