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THANK YOU. 00:22.589 --> 00:28.260 >> WE'RE AT THE CIRCUS HERE ON THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 00:28.262 --> 00:30.228 THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." WE'LL LEARN ABOUT INDIANA'S 00:30.230 --> 00:32.030 WE'LL LEARN ABOUT INDIANA'S SURPRISING CIRCUS HISTORY, WATCH 00:32.032 --> 00:37.136 SURPRISING CIRCUS HISTORY, WATCH THE AMAZING FEATS OF THE AMATEUR 00:37.138 --> 00:38.703 THE AMAZING FEATS OF THE AMATEUR CIRCUS AND BECOME IN TRANCED 00:38.705 --> 00:40.205 CIRCUS AND BECOME IN TRANCED WITH THE WONDERS OF FIRE DANCE. 00:40.207 --> 00:42.107 WITH THE WONDERS OF FIRE DANCE. ALL THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON 00:42.109 --> 00:46.377 ALL THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 00:46.379 --> 00:57.489 >> HERE WE ARE AT THE CIRCUS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 00:57.491 --> 00:58.757 CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WHAT A SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 00:58.759 --> 00:59.658 WHAT A SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. 00:59.660 --> 01:00.759 FOR YOU TODAY. I JUST GOT HERE. 01:00.761 --> 01:02.394 I JUST GOT HERE. ALREADY HAVE MET THE RINGMASTER 01:02.396 --> 01:03.762 ALREADY HAVE MET THE RINGMASTER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE 01:03.764 --> 01:05.497 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU IN JUST A LITTLE 01:05.499 --> 01:06.231 TO TALK TO YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 01:06.233 --> 01:08.567 BIT. BUT FIRST, WHY THE CIRCUS IN 01:08.569 --> 01:09.201 BUT FIRST, WHY THE CIRCUS IN PERU, INDIANA? 01:09.203 --> 01:11.369 PERU, INDIANA? LET'S FIND OUT. 01:11.371 --> 01:13.005 LET'S FIND OUT. >> IT ALL STARTED WITH BEN 01:13.007 --> 01:17.209 >> IT ALL STARTED WITH BEN WALLACE. 01:17.211 --> 01:23.815 >> HE'D TRADE HORSES COMING IN. HE WANTED SOMETHING MORE THAN 01:23.817 --> 01:24.249 HE WANTED SOMETHING MORE THAN THE STABLES. 01:24.251 --> 01:25.617 THE STABLES. HE SEEN THE CIRCUS AND IT 01:25.619 --> 01:26.851 HE SEEN THE CIRCUS AND IT ENTHUSED HIM. 01:26.853 --> 01:29.787 ENTHUSED HIM. EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP BUYING 01:29.789 --> 01:31.256 EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP BUYING AND WENT IN BUSINESS WITH A GUY 01:31.258 --> 01:32.290 AND WENT IN BUSINESS WITH A GUY NAMED ANDERSON. 01:32.292 --> 01:34.893 NAMED ANDERSON. THEY HAD THIS CIRCUS THEY RUN 01:34.895 --> 01:37.162 THEY HAD THIS CIRCUS THEY RUN OUT OF PERU IN 1844. 01:37.164 --> 01:38.897 OUT OF PERU IN 1844. THEY RUN IT IN WAGONS AND THEY 01:38.899 --> 01:40.899 THEY RUN IT IN WAGONS AND THEY ONLY STAYED WITHIN A COUPLE 01:40.901 --> 01:41.166 ONLY STAYED WITHIN A COUPLE STATES. 01:41.168 --> 01:42.868 STATES. BUT TWO YEARS LATER IT WAS ON 01:42.870 --> 01:44.636 BUT TWO YEARS LATER IT WAS ON RAIL, AND, MAN, YOU TALK ABOUT 01:44.638 --> 01:46.171 RAIL, AND, MAN, YOU TALK ABOUT RAIL, YOU COULD REALLY MOVE FROM 01:46.173 --> 01:48.373 RAIL, YOU COULD REALLY MOVE FROM ONE END OF THE COUNTRY TO THE 01:48.375 --> 01:48.740 ONE END OF THE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER. 01:48.742 --> 01:51.477 OTHER. HE EXPANDED YEAR AFTER YEAR. 01:51.479 --> 01:56.515 HE EXPANDED YEAR AFTER YEAR. WHEN WE GET INTO ABOUT 1907, HE 01:56.517 --> 02:01.820 WHEN WE GET INTO ABOUT 1907, HE BUYS UP CARL HAGENBACH'S WILD 02:01.822 --> 02:02.221 BUYS UP CARL HAGENBACH'S WILD ANIMALS. 02:02.223 --> 02:03.555 ANIMALS. WHEN HE MAKES THE CONNECTION AND 02:03.557 --> 02:09.761 WHEN HE MAKES THE CONNECTION AND GETS THE TITLE, IT CHANGES IT TO 02:09.763 --> 02:10.328 GETS THE TITLE, IT CHANGES IT TO HAGENBACH-WALLACE. 02:10.330 --> 02:14.566 HAGENBACH-WALLACE. PRETTY SOON THERE'S A UP COUPLE 02:14.568 --> 02:16.768 PRETTY SOON THERE'S A UP COUPLE BANKERS THAT BUY UP THE CIRCUS. 02:16.770 --> 02:18.937 BANKERS THAT BUY UP THE CIRCUS. THE GREAT DEPRESSION CAME NOT 02:18.939 --> 02:19.537 THE GREAT DEPRESSION CAME NOT TOO LONG. 02:19.539 --> 02:21.273 TOO LONG. SO IT REALLY PUT HIM DOWN. 02:21.275 --> 02:25.477 SO IT REALLY PUT HIM DOWN. HE ENDED UP SHOOTING DOWN LIKE 02:25.479 --> 02:28.046 HE ENDED UP SHOOTING DOWN LIKE THE SPARKS CIRCUS, SO HE ONLY 02:28.048 --> 02:29.681 THE SPARKS CIRCUS, SO HE ONLY RUN ABOUT TWO OR THREE OUT OF 02:29.683 --> 02:33.985 RUN ABOUT TWO OR THREE OUT OF HERE BUT THE HAGENBACH WALLACE 02:33.987 --> 02:34.319 HERE BUT THE HAGENBACH WALLACE SURVIVED. 02:34.321 --> 02:35.720 SURVIVED. HE SOLD THE PLACE IN '44. 02:35.722 --> 02:37.055 HE SOLD THE PLACE IN '44. THEN THERE WAS NO CIRCUS 02:37.057 --> 02:37.956 THEN THERE WAS NO CIRCUS WHATSOEVER HERE. 02:37.958 --> 02:39.490 WHATSOEVER HERE. IT JUST WENT STALEMATE FOR A 02:39.492 --> 02:40.025 IT JUST WENT STALEMATE FOR A LONG TIME. 02:40.027 --> 02:44.463 LONG TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING HERE. 02:44.465 --> 02:46.731 THERE WAS NOTHING HERE. THEN ABOUT '57 THERE WAS SOME 02:46.733 --> 02:48.299 THEN ABOUT '57 THERE WAS SOME CIRCUS FANS DECIDED, BOY, WE GOT 02:48.301 --> 02:49.534 CIRCUS FANS DECIDED, BOY, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 02:49.536 --> 02:51.870 TO DO SOMETHING. THERE'S TOO MUCH CIRCUS STUFF 02:51.872 --> 02:52.171 THERE'S TOO MUCH CIRCUS STUFF HERE. 02:52.173 --> 02:53.838 HERE. IT WAS THEIR HOBBY. 02:53.840 --> 02:55.106 IT WAS THEIR HOBBY. SOME OF THEM RETIRED. 02:55.108 --> 02:56.408 SOME OF THEM RETIRED. THEY WANTED TO COME BACK HERE. 02:56.410 --> 02:58.810 THEY WANTED TO COME BACK HERE. THAT WAS THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE 02:58.812 --> 02:59.110 THAT WAS THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE HERE. 02:59.112 --> 03:00.078 HERE. LET'S HAVE A MUSEUM. 03:00.080 --> 03:05.617 LET'S HAVE A MUSEUM. WE COULD SAVE ALL THESE 03:05.619 --> 03:05.984 WE COULD SAVE ALL THESE ARTIFACTS. 03:05.986 --> 03:08.520 ARTIFACTS. SO THEY GOT TOGETHER A PARADE 03:08.522 --> 03:12.157 SO THEY GOT TOGETHER A PARADE AND, BOY, SUCH AN 03:12.159 --> 03:13.124 AND, BOY, SUCH AN OVERWHELMINGNESS ABOUT THE 03:13.126 --> 03:14.593 OVERWHELMINGNESS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY PUT ON A COUPLE 03:14.595 --> 03:17.662 PEOPLE THAT THEY PUT ON A COUPLE ACTS ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN THE 03:17.664 --> 03:18.597 ACTS ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN THE NEXT YEAR. 03:18.599 --> 03:20.566 NEXT YEAR. WHEN THEY CAME DOWN ABOUT, I 03:20.568 --> 03:22.333 WHEN THEY CAME DOWN ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS -- I SAY IT WAS 03:22.335 --> 03:25.370 THINK IT WAS -- I SAY IT WAS ABOUT '70 IS WHEN THEY CHANGED 03:25.372 --> 03:26.838 ABOUT '70 IS WHEN THEY CHANGED OVER AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO 03:26.840 --> 03:29.374 OVER AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A YOUTH CIRCUS. 03:29.376 --> 03:31.142 MAKE IT A YOUTH CIRCUS. THESE KIDS ARE PERFORMING JUST 03:31.144 --> 03:32.877 THESE KIDS ARE PERFORMING JUST LIKE PROFESSIONALS. 03:32.879 --> 03:33.878 LIKE PROFESSIONALS. SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S 03:33.880 --> 03:36.815 SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S JUST AS GOOD AS PROFESSIONALS. 03:36.817 --> 03:37.749 JUST AS GOOD AS PROFESSIONALS. IT'S AMAZING. 03:37.751 --> 03:39.017 IT'S AMAZING. IT REALLY IS. 03:39.019 --> 03:40.351 IT REALLY IS. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO UNDERSTAND 03:40.353 --> 03:40.552 YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO UNDERSTAND IT. 03:40.554 --> 03:41.886 IT. ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL KNOW 03:41.888 --> 03:44.689 ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 03:44.691 --> 03:46.758 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING HISTORY 03:46.760 --> 03:49.194 >> WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING HISTORY ALL RIGHT HERE IN PERU, INDIANA. 03:49.196 --> 03:51.196 ALL RIGHT HERE IN PERU, INDIANA. >> SMALL TOWN, BIG SUR CUSS. 03:51.198 --> 03:52.998 >> SMALL TOWN, BIG SUR CUSS. >> AND THE -- YOU'RE THE 03:53.000 --> 03:53.398 >> AND THE -- YOU'RE THE RINGMASTER. 03:53.400 --> 03:54.499 RINGMASTER. >> I AM. 03:54.501 --> 03:55.500 >> I AM. >> WHAT COOL TITLE. 03:55.502 --> 03:57.402 >> WHAT COOL TITLE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A 03:57.404 --> 03:58.103 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A RINGMASTER. 03:58.105 --> 04:00.471 RINGMASTER. >> JUST HAVING AN EXCITEMENT 04:00.473 --> 04:01.806 >> JUST HAVING AN EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE CIRCUS, THE TIMING OF 04:01.808 --> 04:04.609 ABOUT THE CIRCUS, THE TIMING OF THE SHOW, THE TRICKS THE KIDS DO 04:04.611 --> 04:06.278 THE SHOW, THE TRICKS THE KIDS DO AND WHEN TO TALK AND WHEN NOT TO 04:06.280 --> 04:06.611 AND WHEN TO TALK AND WHEN NOT TO TALK. 04:06.613 --> 04:07.679 TALK. >> YOU HAVE QUITE A HISTORY WITH 04:07.681 --> 04:08.913 >> YOU HAVE QUITE A HISTORY WITH THE CIRCUS YOURSELF. 04:08.915 --> 04:09.714 THE CIRCUS YOURSELF. TELL US ABOUT THAT. 04:09.716 --> 04:11.550 TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> I BEGAN WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS 04:11.552 --> 04:11.917 >> I BEGAN WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. 04:11.919 --> 04:12.951 OLD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AGE LIMIT 04:12.953 --> 04:13.685 THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN AGE LIMIT BACK THEN. 04:13.687 --> 04:15.286 BACK THEN. I STARTED OUT WITH JUST SMALL 04:15.288 --> 04:17.623 I STARTED OUT WITH JUST SMALL ACTS LIKE TUMBLING AND LADDERS 04:17.625 --> 04:19.358 ACTS LIKE TUMBLING AND LADDERS AND THEN MOVED UP OVER THE YEARS 04:19.360 --> 04:24.229 AND THEN MOVED UP OVER THE YEARS AND DID FLYING TRAPEZE AND 04:24.231 --> 04:25.931 AND DID FLYING TRAPEZE AND TEETER BOARD AND DOUBLE TRAPEZE. 04:25.933 --> 04:27.032 TEETER BOARD AND DOUBLE TRAPEZE. YOU GROW WITH THE CIRCUS. 04:27.034 --> 04:28.767 YOU GROW WITH THE CIRCUS. >> ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 04:28.769 --> 04:29.634 >> ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PRESIDENT. 04:29.636 --> 04:29.968 PRESIDENT. AMAZING. 04:29.970 --> 04:31.570 AMAZING. TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY ABOUT 04:31.572 --> 04:33.204 TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY ABOUT THIS CIRCUS CITY. 04:33.206 --> 04:35.506 THIS CIRCUS CITY. >> CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL BEGAN 04:35.508 --> 04:36.641 >> CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL BEGAN BECAUSE SOME BUSINESSMEN GOT 04:36.643 --> 04:38.243 BECAUSE SOME BUSINESSMEN GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE 04:38.245 --> 04:39.478 TOGETHER AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CIRCUS HISTORY. 04:39.480 --> 04:41.112 A WONDERFUL CIRCUS HISTORY. WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING TO 04:41.114 --> 04:41.647 WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THAT? 04:41.649 --> 04:43.348 CELEBRATE THAT? SO THEY GOT SOME LOCAL CIRCUS 04:43.350 --> 04:44.750 SO THEY GOT SOME LOCAL CIRCUS PEOPLE AND SAID, CAN YOU TRAIN 04:44.752 --> 04:46.317 PEOPLE AND SAID, CAN YOU TRAIN SOME KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL? 04:46.319 --> 04:47.352 SOME KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL? THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE IT 04:47.354 --> 04:49.354 THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE IT STARTED AND IT JUST KEPT GOING 04:49.356 --> 04:49.955 STARTED AND IT JUST KEPT GOING FROM THERE. 04:49.957 --> 04:51.290 FROM THERE. >> TELL US ABOUT THE KINDS OF 04:51.292 --> 04:53.191 >> TELL US ABOUT THE KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU GET TO COME 04:53.193 --> 04:54.959 PEOPLE THAT YOU GET TO COME DURING THIS WEEK TO SEE THE 04:54.961 --> 04:55.327 DURING THIS WEEK TO SEE THE FESTIVAL. 04:55.329 --> 04:56.728 FESTIVAL. ARE THEY COMING FROM ALL OVER? 04:56.730 --> 04:57.862 ARE THEY COMING FROM ALL OVER? >> ALL OVER THE WORLD. 04:57.864 --> 04:59.064 >> ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN 04:59.066 --> 05:00.499 WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PROFESSIONAL CIRCUSES THAT LIKE 05:00.501 --> 05:01.999 PROFESSIONAL CIRCUSES THAT LIKE TO COME HERE. 05:02.001 --> 05:04.202 TO COME HERE. THEY CALL US KIND OF LIKE A 05:04.204 --> 05:06.738 THEY CALL US KIND OF LIKE A CIRCUS SCHOOL, AND ALTHOUGH WE 05:06.740 --> 05:08.006 CIRCUS SCHOOL, AND ALTHOUGH WE WE NEVER REFER TO OURSELVES AS 05:08.008 --> 05:09.708 WE NEVER REFER TO OURSELVES AS THAT BUT I GUESS IT'S THAT WAY 05:09.710 --> 05:11.943 THAT BUT I GUESS IT'S THAT WAY BECAUSE WE'RE TEACHING CIRCUS 05:11.945 --> 05:12.244 BECAUSE WE'RE TEACHING CIRCUS SKILLS. 05:12.246 --> 05:13.178 SKILLS. BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER 05:13.180 --> 05:14.245 BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT COME TO SEE OUR 05:14.247 --> 05:15.480 THE WORLD THAT COME TO SEE OUR SHOW EVERY YEAR. 05:15.482 --> 05:17.115 SHOW EVERY YEAR. >> IN TERMS OF THIS SIZE OF 05:17.117 --> 05:18.350 >> IN TERMS OF THIS SIZE OF CIRCUS, WHERE ELSE CAN PEOPLE GO 05:18.352 --> 05:19.617 CIRCUS, WHERE ELSE CAN PEOPLE GO TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 05:19.619 --> 05:20.918 TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? >> THERE ARE OTHER AMATEUR 05:20.920 --> 05:21.853 >> THERE ARE OTHER AMATEUR CIRCUSES IN THE UNITED STATES, 05:21.855 --> 05:24.222 CIRCUSES IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE ARE JUST VERY UNIQUE. 05:24.224 --> 05:26.024 BUT WE ARE JUST VERY UNIQUE. WE ONLY PRACTICE FROM MARCH 05:26.026 --> 05:27.559 WE ONLY PRACTICE FROM MARCH UNTIL JULY, AND THEN WE PUT ON 05:27.561 --> 05:28.326 UNTIL JULY, AND THEN WE PUT ON OUR SHOWS. 05:28.328 --> 05:29.861 OUR SHOWS. A LOT OF OTHER CIRCUSES THAT ARE 05:29.863 --> 05:31.763 A LOT OF OTHER CIRCUSES THAT ARE LIKE US, THEY GO YEAR-ROUND. 05:31.765 --> 05:34.332 LIKE US, THEY GO YEAR-ROUND. SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING KIDS 05:34.334 --> 05:35.701 SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING KIDS WHO -- NORMAL KIDS WHO DON'T 05:35.703 --> 05:36.968 WHO -- NORMAL KIDS WHO DON'T COME FROM PROFESSIONAL 05:36.970 --> 05:39.504 COME FROM PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE PUTTING ON A 05:39.506 --> 05:40.271 BACKGROUNDS WHO ARE PUTTING ON A PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING SHOW. 05:40.273 --> 05:42.140 PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING SHOW. >> THERE IS A SHOW COMING UP 05:42.142 --> 05:43.175 >> THERE IS A SHOW COMING UP SOON, TODAY, RIGHT? 05:43.177 --> 05:43.775 SOON, TODAY, RIGHT? >> YES. 05:43.777 --> 05:45.877 >> YES. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TO GET 05:45.879 --> 05:46.411 >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TO GET READY FOR IT? 05:46.413 --> 05:49.914 READY FOR IT? >> YES, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, 05:49.916 --> 05:50.248 >> YES, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, TENSION. 05:50.250 --> 05:51.783 TENSION. THE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH FUN. 05:51.785 --> 05:53.018 THE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH FUN. >> DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A 05:53.020 --> 05:53.385 >> DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A LOOK? 05:53.387 --> 05:54.686 LOOK? >> ABSOLUTELY. 05:54.688 --> 05:55.787 >> ABSOLUTELY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. 05:55.789 --> 05:58.623 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. >> LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 05:58.625 --> 06:04.862 >> FOR MOST HOOSIER KIDS THE IDEA OF RUNNING AWAY TO THE 06:04.864 --> 06:06.998 IDEA OF RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS IS A FAR-FETCHED DREAM 06:07.000 --> 06:08.834 CIRCUS IS A FAR-FETCHED DREAM BUT FOR THE KIDS OF PERU, 06:08.836 --> 06:10.502 BUT FOR THE KIDS OF PERU, RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS ISN'T 06:10.504 --> 06:13.538 RUNNING AWAY TO THE CIRCUS ISN'T JUST A REALITY... IT'S A 06:13.540 --> 06:16.107 JUST A REALITY... IT'S A 53-YEAR-OLD LEGACY. 06:16.109 --> 06:18.276 53-YEAR-OLD LEGACY. >> THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS IS 06:18.278 --> 06:19.745 >> THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS IS AMATEUR IN NAME ONLY. 06:19.747 --> 06:21.078 AMATEUR IN NAME ONLY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO 06:21.080 --> 06:23.881 I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE AND SEE A MORE SKILLED 06:23.883 --> 06:25.116 ANYWHERE AND SEE A MORE SKILLED CIRCUS PERFORMANCE THAN YOU SEE 06:25.118 --> 06:26.685 CIRCUS PERFORMANCE THAN YOU SEE IN PERU, INDIANA. 06:26.687 --> 06:27.953 IN PERU, INDIANA. BACK WHEN WE GOT STARTED THERE 06:27.955 --> 06:30.155 BACK WHEN WE GOT STARTED THERE WAS JUST A FEW KIDS INVOLVED. 06:30.157 --> 06:32.490 WAS JUST A FEW KIDS INVOLVED. IT HAS GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN 06:32.492 --> 06:33.058 IT HAS GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN OVER TIME. 06:33.060 --> 06:34.893 OVER TIME. WE'RE NOW UP TO OVER 200 KIDS A 06:34.895 --> 06:38.296 WE'RE NOW UP TO OVER 200 KIDS A YEAR THAT PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS. 06:38.298 --> 06:39.564 YEAR THAT PERFORM IN THE CIRCUS. ALL AGE 7 TO 21. 06:39.566 --> 06:41.032 ALL AGE 7 TO 21. THEY ALL LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL 06:41.034 --> 06:42.467 THEY ALL LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL IN MIAMI COUNTY. 06:42.469 --> 06:45.270 IN MIAMI COUNTY. ALL OF OUR CIRCUS TRAINERS ARE 06:45.272 --> 06:46.972 ALL OF OUR CIRCUS TRAINERS ARE ACTUALLY FORMER PERFORMERS THAT 06:46.974 --> 06:49.040 ACTUALLY FORMER PERFORMERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, 06:49.042 --> 06:50.542 HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, GONE ON TO DO OTHER THINGS, SOME 06:50.544 --> 06:52.477 GONE ON TO DO OTHER THINGS, SOME OF THEM HAVE PERFORMED 06:52.479 --> 06:53.278 OF THEM HAVE PERFORMED PROFESSIONALLY, COME BACK HERE 06:53.280 --> 06:54.879 PROFESSIONALLY, COME BACK HERE TO TRAIN THE KIDS, AND THAT'S 06:54.881 --> 06:56.414 TO TRAIN THE KIDS, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LEARN THEIR SKILLS 06:56.416 --> 06:59.917 WHERE THEY LEARN THEIR SKILLS AND IT'S JUST A CYCLE THAT KEEPS 06:59.919 --> 07:00.152 AND IT'S JUST A CYCLE THAT KEEPS REVOLVING. 07:00.154 --> 07:08.326 >> FOR FIVE MONTHS THE KIDS TRAIN EVERY WEEK TO PERFECT SUCH 07:08.328 --> 07:10.862 TRAIN EVERY WEEK TO PERFECT SUCH ACTS AS THE TRAPEZE AND HIGH 07:10.864 --> 07:13.465 ACTS AS THE TRAPEZE AND HIGH WIRE FEATURING THE SEVEN-PERSON 07:13.467 --> 07:14.800 WIRE FEATURING THE SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID THAT'S NOT SEEN ANYWHERE 07:14.802 --> 07:16.635 PYRAMID THAT'S NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 07:16.637 --> 07:19.370 ELSE IN THE WORLD. ALL BUILDING TO THEIR 11 07:19.372 --> 07:22.974 ALL BUILDING TO THEIR 11 PERFORMANCES DURING CIRCUS WEEK. 07:22.976 --> 07:24.209 PERFORMANCES DURING CIRCUS WEEK. TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY 07:24.211 --> 07:27.512 TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY DO OUT HERE ON THIS FLOOR TAKES 07:27.514 --> 07:29.915 DO OUT HERE ON THIS FLOOR TAKES INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TEAMWORK, 07:29.917 --> 07:35.086 INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TEAMWORK, TRUST BETWEEN YOUR FELLOW 07:35.088 --> 07:36.153 TRUST BETWEEN YOUR FELLOW PERFORMERS. 07:36.155 --> 07:37.823 PERFORMERS. WHAT WE DO HERE IS DANGEROUS. 07:37.825 --> 07:39.658 WHAT WE DO HERE IS DANGEROUS. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 07:39.660 --> 07:42.360 THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT WE KEEP EVERYBODY AS SAFE AS 07:42.362 --> 07:43.895 BUT WE KEEP EVERYBODY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF 07:43.897 --> 07:45.697 POSSIBLE AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT TEAMWORK BETWEEN ALL THE 07:45.699 --> 07:48.567 THAT TEAMWORK BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE 07:48.569 --> 07:48.967 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED. 07:48.969 --> 07:50.501 INVOLVED. >> WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE REAL 07:50.503 --> 07:51.836 >> WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE REAL WORLD AND YOU MEET NEW PEOPLE OR 07:51.838 --> 07:53.438 WORLD AND YOU MEET NEW PEOPLE OR GO TO A JOB AND WORK WITH PEOPLE 07:53.440 --> 07:54.773 GO TO A JOB AND WORK WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE THERE'S 07:54.775 --> 07:56.041 YOU DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE BUT 07:56.043 --> 07:57.442 ALWAYS PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WORK WITH 07:57.444 --> 07:57.742 YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. 07:57.744 --> 08:00.144 THEM. SO IT HELPS A LOT. 08:00.146 --> 08:02.047 SO IT HELPS A LOT. MY BEST MOMENT WOULD DEFINITELY 08:02.049 --> 08:03.581 MY BEST MOMENT WOULD DEFINITELY BEING GETTING CLOSE WITH MY 08:03.583 --> 08:03.915 BEING GETTING CLOSE WITH MY TRAINERS. 08:03.917 --> 08:05.183 TRAINERS. THEY'RE DEFINITELY PEOPLE YOU'LL 08:05.185 --> 08:06.851 THEY'RE DEFINITELY PEOPLE YOU'LL REMEMBER FOR LIFE. 08:06.853 --> 08:08.152 REMEMBER FOR LIFE. THEY'RE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE 08:08.154 --> 08:10.222 THEY'RE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE THAT JUST COME AND GO BUT THESE 08:10.224 --> 08:11.856 THAT JUST COME AND GO BUT THESE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR 08:11.858 --> 08:13.892 PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU NO MATTER WHAT. 08:13.894 --> 08:15.594 YOU NO MATTER WHAT. >> AS A TRAINER WE ARE FAR MORE 08:15.596 --> 08:16.461 >> AS A TRAINER WE ARE FAR MORE THAN TRAINERS. 08:16.463 --> 08:17.128 THAN TRAINERS. WE ARE PARENTS. 08:17.130 --> 08:18.697 WE ARE PARENTS. WE ARE MENTORS. 08:18.699 --> 08:20.232 WE ARE MENTORS. WE TEACH THEM MORE THAN JUST TO 08:20.234 --> 08:21.966 WE TEACH THEM MORE THAN JUST TO DO COOL STUFF IN THE AIR. 08:21.968 --> 08:25.003 DO COOL STUFF IN THE AIR. WE TEACH THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES, 08:25.005 --> 08:27.138 WE TEACH THEM ABOUT THEMSELVES, TEAMWORK, IT IS A GROUP EFFORT 08:27.140 --> 08:27.739 TEAMWORK, IT IS A GROUP EFFORT TO POOL ANYTHING OFF. 08:27.741 --> 08:29.707 TO POOL ANYTHING OFF. AND YOU LEARN TRUST WITHIN EACH 08:29.709 --> 08:30.074 AND YOU LEARN TRUST WITHIN EACH OTHER. 08:30.076 --> 08:31.242 OTHER. WE TEACH THESE KIDS A WHOLE LOT 08:31.244 --> 08:32.577 WE TEACH THESE KIDS A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BESIDES JUST DOING 08:32.579 --> 08:33.444 OF THINGS BESIDES JUST DOING TRICKS IN THE AIR. 08:33.446 --> 08:34.679 TRICKS IN THE AIR. >> I WATCH KIDS THAT ARE TOO 08:34.681 --> 08:36.614 >> I WATCH KIDS THAT ARE TOO YOUNG TO PERFORM, THEY'RE DOWN 08:36.616 --> 08:38.149 YOUNG TO PERFORM, THEY'RE DOWN HERE WITH THEIR BIG BROTHER AND 08:38.151 --> 08:40.351 HERE WITH THEIR BIG BROTHER AND BIG SISTER, AND AS THEY GROW UP 08:40.353 --> 08:41.486 BIG SISTER, AND AS THEY GROW UP THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WATCHING 08:41.488 --> 08:43.255 THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WATCHING THE PROGRESSION OF THESE KIDS, 08:43.257 --> 08:45.423 THE PROGRESSION OF THESE KIDS, KIDS THAT COULDN'T EVEN WALK UP 08:45.425 --> 08:46.458 KIDS THAT COULDN'T EVEN WALK UP INTO THE BLEACHERS, THAT CAN GO 08:46.460 --> 08:48.426 INTO THE BLEACHERS, THAT CAN GO UP 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND WALK 08:48.428 --> 08:50.762 UP 30 FEET IN THE AIR AND WALK ON AN 8th INCH WIRE, THAT 08:50.764 --> 08:51.663 ON AN 8th INCH WIRE, THAT BOGGLES MY MIND. 08:51.665 --> 08:53.565 BOGGLES MY MIND. I GET A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT 08:53.567 --> 08:55.300 I GET A GREAT DEAL OF ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE OUT OF WATCHING THE 08:55.302 --> 08:56.401 AND PLEASURE OUT OF WATCHING THE KIDS GROW UP DOWN HERE. 08:56.403 --> 08:58.203 KIDS GROW UP DOWN HERE. >> MANY OF THE KIDS ARE SECOND 08:58.205 --> 09:03.375 >> MANY OF THE KIDS ARE SECOND OR THIRD-GENERATION CIRCUS 09:03.377 --> 09:03.775 OR THIRD-GENERATION CIRCUS PERFORMERS. 09:03.777 --> 09:06.544 PERFORMERS. LIKE SO MANY IN THE PERU AMATEUR 09:06.546 --> 09:07.979 LIKE SO MANY IN THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD KATY WOOD 09:07.981 --> 09:10.215 CIRCUS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD KATY WOOD HAS LITERALLY GROWN UP 09:10.217 --> 09:12.751 HAS LITERALLY GROWN UP UNDERNEATH THE BIG TOP. 09:12.753 --> 09:15.053 UNDERNEATH THE BIG TOP. THIS IS BE KATY'S FIRST YEAR AS 09:15.055 --> 09:17.689 THIS IS BE KATY'S FIRST YEAR AS A PERFORMER. 09:17.691 --> 09:18.857 A PERFORMER. >> WHEN I WHOLE FAMILY IS 09:18.859 --> 09:20.859 >> WHEN I WHOLE FAMILY IS INVOLVED WITH THE CIRCUS AND I 09:20.861 --> 09:22.794 INVOLVED WITH THE CIRCUS AND I WANTED WANTED TO BE IN THE 09:22.796 --> 09:23.127 WANTED WANTED TO BE IN THE CIRCUS. 09:23.129 --> 09:24.829 CIRCUS. MY DAD IS A RIGGER. 09:24.831 --> 09:26.197 MY DAD IS A RIGGER. MY MOM IS A PAINTER. 09:26.199 --> 09:27.933 MY MOM IS A PAINTER. >> THE CIRCUS CONTINUES TO 09:27.935 --> 09:29.467 >> THE CIRCUS CONTINUES TO ENDURE BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE. 09:29.469 --> 09:30.635 ENDURE BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE. YOU CAN GO TO EVERY LITTLE TOWN 09:30.637 --> 09:32.269 YOU CAN GO TO EVERY LITTLE TOWN IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE'S A 09:32.271 --> 09:34.071 IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE'S A LITTLE LEAGUE OR A YOUTH 09:34.073 --> 09:37.909 LITTLE LEAGUE OR A YOUTH BASEBALL OR A FOOTBALL, BUT NOT 09:37.911 --> 09:39.510 BASEBALL OR A FOOTBALL, BUT NOT TOO MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES CAN 09:39.512 --> 09:41.346 TOO MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES CAN YOU GO TO HAVE THAT A YOUTH 09:41.348 --> 09:41.713 YOU GO TO HAVE THAT A YOUTH CIRCUS. 09:41.715 --> 09:43.248 CIRCUS. THE KIDS, THEY EAT AND SLEEP 09:43.250 --> 09:45.316 THE KIDS, THEY EAT AND SLEEP THIS FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY 09:45.318 --> 09:46.584 THIS FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. 09:46.586 --> 09:48.286 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. THEY'RE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK 09:48.288 --> 09:48.586 THEY'RE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK HERE. 09:48.588 --> 09:49.754 HERE. THEY EAT THEIR MEALS HERE. 09:49.756 --> 09:52.190 THEY EAT THEIR MEALS HERE. AND THAT JUST CREATES THIS HUGE 09:52.192 --> 09:53.958 AND THAT JUST CREATES THIS HUGE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, WHICH KEEPS 09:53.960 --> 09:55.694 FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, WHICH KEEPS EVERYBODY CLOSE AND TOGETHER. 09:55.696 --> 09:57.662 EVERYBODY CLOSE AND TOGETHER. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN THE 09:57.664 --> 09:58.963 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO IN THE SUMMER IN PERU, INDIANA. 09:58.965 --> 10:00.731 SUMMER IN PERU, INDIANA. THEY GO TO THE CIRCUS. 10:00.733 --> 10:02.867 THEY GO TO THE CIRCUS. >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE 10:02.869 --> 10:04.202 >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL AND THE 10:04.204 --> 10:09.608 CIRCUS CITY FESTIVAL AND THE PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS, VISIT 10:09.610 --> 10:10.241 PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS, VISIT WWW.PERUCIRCUS.COM. 10:10.243 --> 10:11.476 WWW.PERUCIRCUS.COM. WOW, WHAT FUN WAS THAT? 10:11.478 --> 10:14.312 WOW, WHAT FUN WAS THAT? AND NOW WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT 10:14.314 --> 10:15.680 AND NOW WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE STREET TO THE 10:15.682 --> 10:17.215 FURTHER DOWN THE STREET TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS ALL OF 10:17.217 --> 10:17.816 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS ALL OF FAME. 10:17.818 --> 10:19.384 FAME. I'M HERE WITH JOHN. 10:19.386 --> 10:20.418 I'M HERE WITH JOHN. HE'S GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT 10:20.420 --> 10:21.519 HE'S GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 10:21.521 --> 10:22.921 THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO MEET 10:22.923 --> 10:24.055 FIRST WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOMEONE WHO HOPES TO SOME DAY 10:24.057 --> 10:26.858 SOMEONE WHO HOPES TO SOME DAY MAKE THE BIG TOP HERE. 10:26.860 --> 10:34.799 [¶...] >> WHEREVER I AM, NO MATTER WHAT 10:34.801 --> 10:36.434 >> WHEREVER I AM, NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING, IF THERE'S AN OBJECT 10:36.436 --> 10:38.436 I'M DOING, IF THERE'S AN OBJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE I CAN HOLD IT OR 10:38.438 --> 10:39.904 THAT LOOKS LIKE I CAN HOLD IT OR MANIPULATE IN SOME MANNER, I 10:39.906 --> 10:41.373 MANIPULATE IN SOME MANNER, I PROBABLY WILL, BECAUSE I LIKE 10:41.375 --> 10:44.309 PROBABLY WILL, BECAUSE I LIKE DOING STUFF WITH THINGS. 10:44.311 --> 10:45.510 DOING STUFF WITH THINGS. PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT CAN BE 10:45.512 --> 10:47.478 PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT CAN BE HELD IN YOUR HAND CAN ALSO BE 10:47.480 --> 10:50.514 HELD IN YOUR HAND CAN ALSO BE JUGGLED. 10:50.516 --> 10:58.756 CONTEST JUGGLING IS A FORM OF JUGGLING WHERE THE OBJECT STAYS 10:58.758 --> 11:00.558 JUGGLING WHERE THE OBJECT STAYS ON THE BODY THE ENTIRE TIME. 11:00.560 --> 11:01.859 ON THE BODY THE ENTIRE TIME. YOU NEVER LOSE CONTACT WITH 11:01.861 --> 11:04.896 YOU NEVER LOSE CONTACT WITH WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE 11:04.898 --> 11:05.296 WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE JUGGLING. 11:05.298 --> 11:07.799 JUGGLING. I STARTED ABOUT A DECADE AGO. 11:07.801 --> 11:09.567 I STARTED ABOUT A DECADE AGO. I WAS INTERESTED IN MAGIC 11:09.569 --> 11:10.034 I WAS INTERESTED IN MAGIC PERFORMANCE. 11:10.036 --> 11:12.470 PERFORMANCE. ONE DAY I WAS AT A RENAISSANCE 11:12.472 --> 11:14.038 ONE DAY I WAS AT A RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA. 11:14.040 --> 11:15.440 FESTIVAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA. I SAW SOMEBODY CONTACT JUGGLING 11:15.442 --> 11:18.510 I SAW SOMEBODY CONTACT JUGGLING AND IT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE 11:18.512 --> 11:18.776 AND IT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE MAGIC. 11:18.778 --> 11:20.712 MAGIC. AND IT INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND 11:20.714 --> 11:22.680 AND IT INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND LEARN IT AND ONLY LATER DID I IN 11:22.682 --> 11:26.217 LEARN IT AND ONLY LATER DID I IN FACT LATER IT WAS NOT MAGIC BUT 11:26.219 --> 11:26.517 FACT LATER IT WAS NOT MAGIC BUT JUGGLING. 11:26.519 --> 11:28.153 JUGGLING. EVER SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN A 11:28.155 --> 11:29.320 EVER SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN A JUGULAR AND NOT A MAGICIAN. 11:29.322 --> 11:31.922 JUGULAR AND NOT A MAGICIAN. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF BALANCE AND 11:31.924 --> 11:35.793 IT REQUIRES A LOT OF BALANCE AND A LOT OF AWARENESS OF YOUR BODY. 11:35.795 --> 11:37.294 A LOT OF AWARENESS OF YOUR BODY. PROPRIOCEPTION IT'S CALLED, SORT 11:37.296 --> 11:38.963 PROPRIOCEPTION IT'S CALLED, SORT OF KNOWING WHERE YOUR BODY PARTS 11:38.965 --> 11:40.465 OF KNOWING WHERE YOUR BODY PARTS ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT 11:40.467 --> 11:40.765 ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT THEM. 11:40.767 --> 11:43.300 THEM. I FIND THE ART FORM ABSOLUTELY 11:43.302 --> 11:43.701 I FIND THE ART FORM ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 11:43.703 --> 11:45.470 BEAUTIFUL. I FIND THE EFFORTLESSNESS 11:45.472 --> 11:45.804 I FIND THE EFFORTLESSNESS BEAUTIFUL. 11:45.806 --> 11:47.538 BEAUTIFUL. I FIND THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS 11:47.540 --> 11:49.040 I FIND THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FLOATING BEAUTIFUL. 11:49.042 --> 11:50.374 LIKE IT'S FLOATING BEAUTIFUL. AND WHAT KEEPS ME GOING, WHAT 11:50.376 --> 11:52.744 AND WHAT KEEPS ME GOING, WHAT KEEPS ME PASSIONATE, IS THE FACT 11:52.746 --> 11:54.612 KEEPS ME PASSIONATE, IS THE FACT THAT I LIKE CHALLENGES AND I 11:54.614 --> 11:55.646 THAT I LIKE CHALLENGES AND I LIKE DIFFICULT THINGS, SO THE 11:55.648 --> 11:58.616 LIKE DIFFICULT THINGS, SO THE FACT THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE 11:58.618 --> 11:59.818 FACT THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT IS SOMETHING THAT I 11:59.820 --> 12:00.852 DIFFICULT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY ENJOY. 12:00.854 --> 12:02.754 REALLY ENJOY. AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, ONE OF 12:02.756 --> 12:04.522 AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS WAS THE FACT 12:04.524 --> 12:05.890 THE DRIVING FACTORS WAS THE FACT THAT SO FEW PEOPLE DID IT. 12:05.892 --> 12:07.592 THAT SO FEW PEOPLE DID IT. SO WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET 12:07.594 --> 12:09.928 SO WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET AND YOU PERFORM, EVERYBODY'S 12:09.930 --> 12:11.062 AND YOU PERFORM, EVERYBODY'S AMAZED BECAUSE NOBODY'S EVER 12:11.064 --> 12:13.531 AMAZED BECAUSE NOBODY'S EVER REALLY SEEN IT BEFORE. 12:13.533 --> 12:15.533 REALLY SEEN IT BEFORE. I TEND TO PREFER STREET SHOWS 12:15.535 --> 12:16.968 I TEND TO PREFER STREET SHOWS BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOT CLOSER TO 12:16.970 --> 12:18.536 BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOT CLOSER TO THE AUDIENCE AND IT'S THE 12:18.538 --> 12:19.337 THE AUDIENCE AND IT'S THE INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE 12:19.339 --> 12:22.406 INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT I REALLY ENJOY. 12:22.408 --> 12:23.407 THAT I REALLY ENJOY. INITIALLY YOU HAVE THIS HIGH 12:23.409 --> 12:26.478 INITIALLY YOU HAVE THIS HIGH FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY 12:26.480 --> 12:28.712 FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY ENJOYING YOUR ART FORM, AND 12:28.714 --> 12:29.447 ENJOYING YOUR ART FORM, AND ITSELF IS WONDERFUL. 12:29.449 --> 12:30.948 ITSELF IS WONDERFUL. IF YOU'RE OUT THERE PERFORMING, 12:30.950 --> 12:32.083 IF YOU'RE OUT THERE PERFORMING, YOU GET INTO THAT FLOW. 12:32.085 --> 12:34.852 YOU GET INTO THAT FLOW. IT'S LIKE THE ZONE, BASICALLY. 12:34.854 --> 12:37.054 IT'S LIKE THE ZONE, BASICALLY. IT'S A MEDITATIVE STATE, IT 12:37.056 --> 12:37.689 IT'S A MEDITATIVE STATE, IT REALLY IS. 12:37.691 --> 12:39.457 REALLY IS. AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES AWAY. 12:39.459 --> 12:43.261 AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES AWAY. AND IT'S WONDERFUL. 12:43.263 --> 12:48.099 >> WOW, THAT'S SOME WONDERFUL TALE TRENT BUT THERE'S SOME 12:48.101 --> 12:49.501 TALE TRENT BUT THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL TALENT HERE AS WELL, 12:49.503 --> 12:51.669 WONDERFUL TALENT HERE AS WELL, JOHN, AND WE'RE HERE AT THE 12:51.671 --> 12:53.037 JOHN, AND WE'RE HERE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF 12:53.039 --> 12:54.572 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF FAME WHERE YOU'RE THE RINGMASTER 12:54.574 --> 12:55.807 FAME WHERE YOU'RE THE RINGMASTER OF THIS BIG TOP BEHIND US. 12:55.809 --> 12:58.242 OF THIS BIG TOP BEHIND US. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW 12:58.244 --> 12:59.277 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS COME TO BE. 12:59.279 --> 13:01.645 THIS COME TO BE. >> WELL, IT WAS IN SARASOTA, 13:01.647 --> 13:03.881 >> WELL, IT WAS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA FROM THE '50s THROUGH 13:03.883 --> 13:04.983 FLORIDA FROM THE '50s THROUGH THE EARLY '80s. 13:04.985 --> 13:07.484 THE EARLY '80s. SO I WENT THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF 13:07.486 --> 13:08.485 SO I WENT THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND 13:08.487 --> 13:09.987 COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASKED HIM -- WANTED TO EXPLORE 13:09.989 --> 13:11.222 ASKED HIM -- WANTED TO EXPLORE BRINGING IT TO PERU. 13:11.224 --> 13:13.124 BRINGING IT TO PERU. THE STATE OF INDIANA GOT BEHIND 13:13.126 --> 13:16.361 THE STATE OF INDIANA GOT BEHIND US AND HERE WE ARE LATER, A 13:16.363 --> 13:17.729 US AND HERE WE ARE LATER, A 20-YEAR OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. 13:17.731 --> 13:18.963 20-YEAR OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 13:18.965 --> 13:20.564 >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO 13:20.566 --> 13:20.865 YOUR STORY ABOUT WHAT YOU DO HERE. 13:20.867 --> 13:23.201 HERE. >> WELL, I PRODUCE THE SHOW. 13:23.203 --> 13:24.769 >> WELL, I PRODUCE THE SHOW. IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE BEEN 13:24.771 --> 13:26.938 IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE BEEN ANNOUNCING CIRCUSES FOR 35 13:26.940 --> 13:27.438 ANNOUNCING CIRCUSES FOR 35 YEARS. 13:27.440 --> 13:27.906 YEARS. >> WOW! 13:27.908 --> 13:29.073 >> WOW! >> ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 13:29.075 --> 13:30.942 >> ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA PROFESSIONALLY. 13:30.944 --> 13:32.844 AND CANADA PROFESSIONALLY. AND I ANNOUNCE THE KIDS SHOWED 13:32.846 --> 13:34.112 AND I ANNOUNCE THE KIDS SHOWED FOR 14 YEARS. 13:34.114 --> 13:36.481 FOR 14 YEARS. THIS YEAR WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE 13:36.483 --> 13:39.584 THIS YEAR WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THE GREAT WALENDAS, THE GREATEST 13:39.586 --> 13:41.486 THE GREAT WALENDAS, THE GREATEST NAME IN THRILLS IN CHILLS UNDER 13:41.488 --> 13:44.889 NAME IN THRILLS IN CHILLS UNDER THE BIG TOP THROUGH TRIUMPH AND 13:44.891 --> 13:45.823 THE BIG TOP THROUGH TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY THEY HAVE PERSEVERED. 13:45.825 --> 13:47.091 TRAGEDY THEY HAVE PERSEVERED. >> CAN OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 13:47.093 --> 13:48.893 >> CAN OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PART OF IT -- ARE THERE 13:48.895 --> 13:49.727 PART OF IT -- ARE THERE ADDITIONS OR HOW DO YOU -- 13:49.729 --> 13:52.597 ADDITIONS OR HOW DO YOU -- >> WE DO ADDITIONS, AND WE ALSO 13:52.599 --> 13:54.732 >> WE DO ADDITIONS, AND WE ALSO HAVE A WAITING LIST BECAUSE 13:54.734 --> 13:57.068 HAVE A WAITING LIST BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO PERFORM OR SAY 13:57.070 --> 13:58.937 PEOPLE WANT TO PERFORM OR SAY THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT THE 13:58.939 --> 14:00.171 THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF 14:00.173 --> 14:00.471 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS HALL OF FAME. 14:00.473 --> 14:02.507 FAME. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE PERFORMING 14:02.509 --> 14:03.508 THIS IS KIND OF LIKE PERFORMING AT THE OSCARS. 14:03.510 --> 14:04.676 AT THE OSCARS. >> ABSOLUTELY. 14:04.678 --> 14:06.744 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND IS THAT OPEN YEAR-ROUND OR 14:06.746 --> 14:08.046 AND IS THAT OPEN YEAR-ROUND OR JUST A CERTAIN PART OF THE YEAR? 14:08.048 --> 14:10.281 JUST A CERTAIN PART OF THE YEAR? >> THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FROM THE 14:10.283 --> 14:12.182 >> THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FROM THE 1st OF MAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. 14:12.184 --> 14:14.953 1st OF MAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. THE PERFORMANCE SEASON IS THE 14:14.955 --> 14:17.221 THE PERFORMANCE SEASON IS THE 14th THROUGH THE 22nd THIS 14:17.223 --> 14:17.521 14th THROUGH THE 22nd THIS YEAR. 14:17.523 --> 14:20.324 YEAR. WE CLOSE THE NIGHT OF THE 14:20.326 --> 14:21.025 WE CLOSE THE NIGHT OF THE 22nd. 14:21.027 --> 14:21.492 22nd. OF JULY. 14:21.494 --> 14:23.194 OF JULY. >> EXPECTING BIG CROWDS I 14:23.196 --> 14:23.560 >> EXPECTING BIG CROWDS I ASSUME. 14:23.562 --> 14:24.595 ASSUME. >> WE HOPE SO. 14:24.597 --> 14:25.763 >> WE HOPE SO. >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 14:25.765 --> 14:28.299 >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ANIMALS. 14:28.301 --> 14:31.769 SOME OF THE ANIMALS. >> AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE 14:31.771 --> 14:35.106 >> AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE ELEPHANTS THIS YEAR AND A PIG 14:35.108 --> 14:39.711 ELEPHANTS THIS YEAR AND A PIG ACT, COUSIN GRUMPY. 14:39.713 --> 14:41.745 ACT, COUSIN GRUMPY. THEY ALSO BE PERFORMING WITH US 14:41.747 --> 14:42.914 THEY ALSO BE PERFORMING WITH US AT THE INDIANA STATE FAIR. 14:42.916 --> 14:44.648 AT THE INDIANA STATE FAIR. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. 14:44.650 --> 14:45.850 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO 14:45.852 --> 14:47.452 WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE ANIMALS RIGHT 14:47.454 --> 14:47.785 SEE SOME OF THOSE ANIMALS RIGHT NOW. 14:47.787 --> 14:50.454 NOW. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 14:50.456 --> 14:52.356 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE LAWRENCE COUNTY 4H FAIR IS 14:52.358 --> 14:56.928 THE LAWRENCE COUNTY 4H FAIR IS LIKE MANY OTHERS. 14:56.930 --> 14:58.897 LIKE MANY OTHERS. BUSY WITH EAGER SPECTATORS 14:58.899 --> 15:00.732 BUSY WITH EAGER SPECTATORS TAKING IN ALL THE SIGHTS AND 15:00.734 --> 15:04.168 TAKING IN ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER 15:04.170 --> 15:06.370 SOUNDS OF THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER TRADITION. 15:06.372 --> 15:10.308 RIDES AND FOOD ARE FUN BUT IT'S THE SHOWMANSHIP OF ANIMALS 15:10.310 --> 15:14.445 THE SHOWMANSHIP OF ANIMALS THAT'S THE MAIN ATTRACTION. 15:14.447 --> 15:16.114 THAT'S THE MAIN ATTRACTION. 4HERS EXUDE A PASSION AND LOVE 15:16.116 --> 15:17.915 4HERS EXUDE A PASSION AND LOVE FOR ANIMALS THEY CARE AND 15:17.917 --> 15:19.584 FOR ANIMALS THEY CARE AND PROUDLY SHOW EACH YEAR, BUT 15:19.586 --> 15:20.718 PROUDLY SHOW EACH YEAR, BUT ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS? 15:20.720 --> 15:22.119 ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS? NO, THESE AREN'T NEW CATEGORIES 15:22.121 --> 15:23.721 NO, THESE AREN'T NEW CATEGORIES IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY FAIR. 15:23.723 --> 15:26.123 IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY FAIR. IT'S A WAY FOR FAIR GOERS TO GET 15:26.125 --> 15:28.692 IT'S A WAY FOR FAIR GOERS TO GET MORE OF WHAT THEY CAME FOR. 15:28.694 --> 15:31.029 MORE OF WHAT THEY CAME FOR. BELT CARDON IS OWNER AND ANIMAL 15:31.031 --> 15:34.565 BELT CARDON IS OWNER AND ANIMAL TRAINER OF B&C RANCH ANIMAL 15:34.567 --> 15:36.634 TRAINER OF B&C RANCH ANIMAL ACTS, A TOURING EDUCATIONAL SHOW 15:36.636 --> 15:37.868 ACTS, A TOURING EDUCATIONAL SHOW FEATURING ANIMALS YOU DON'T SEE 15:37.870 --> 15:39.270 FEATURING ANIMALS YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY. 15:39.272 --> 15:40.872 EVERY DAY. >> IT'S I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM 15:40.874 --> 15:41.805 >> IT'S I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL MY LIFE. 15:41.807 --> 15:43.474 ALL MY LIFE. THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE MY PETS. 15:43.476 --> 15:44.675 THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE MY PETS. IT'S NORMAL FOR ME BECAUSE I 15:44.677 --> 15:45.943 IT'S NORMAL FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL MY 15:45.945 --> 15:46.277 HAVE BEEN AROUND THEM ALL MY LIFE. 15:46.279 --> 15:48.245 LIFE. >> BRET INHERITED HIS LOVE FOR 15:48.247 --> 15:51.049 >> BRET INHERITED HIS LOVE FOR HIS ANIMALS FROM THE DAD WHO 15:51.051 --> 15:53.318 HIS ANIMALS FROM THE DAD WHO OWNED THE SCHREINERS CIRCUS. 15:53.320 --> 15:54.819 OWNED THE SCHREINERS CIRCUS. 30 WEEKS OF THE YEAR NOW HE 15:54.821 --> 15:56.287 30 WEEKS OF THE YEAR NOW HE SHOWCASES HIS PETS ACROSS THE 15:56.289 --> 15:56.587 SHOWCASES HIS PETS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. 15:56.589 --> 15:58.155 MIDWEST. >> I MEAN, IT TAKES TIME. 15:58.157 --> 15:59.724 >> I MEAN, IT TAKES TIME. YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY JUST TAKE BE 15:59.726 --> 16:02.493 YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY JUST TAKE BE A ANIMAL AND START WORKING 16:02.495 --> 16:04.295 A ANIMAL AND START WORKING AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THE CAMELS. 16:04.297 --> 16:05.697 AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THE CAMELS. THEY WERE BOTTLE RAISED. 16:05.699 --> 16:07.665 THEY WERE BOTTLE RAISED. SO WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THERE 16:07.667 --> 16:07.999 SO WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THERE IRMAMAS. 16:08.001 --> 16:09.366 IRMAMAS. THE ELEPHANTS, WE'VE BEEN AROUND 16:09.368 --> 16:11.035 THE ELEPHANTS, WE'VE BEEN AROUND THEM PRETTY MUCH THEIR WHOLE 16:11.037 --> 16:12.003 THEM PRETTY MUCH THEIR WHOLE LIVES. 16:12.005 --> 16:14.839 LIVES. WE'VE FED THEM, TAKE CARE OF 16:14.841 --> 16:15.439 WE'VE FED THEM, TAKE CARE OF THEM. 16:15.441 --> 16:19.277 THEM. >> HE SAYS TAKING CARE OF 16:19.279 --> 16:21.879 >> HE SAYS TAKING CARE OF ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS ISN'T TOO 16:21.881 --> 16:23.815 ELEPHANTS AND CAMELS ISN'T TOO MUCH DIFFERENT INSTANT EXCEPT 16:23.817 --> 16:24.949 MUCH DIFFERENT INSTANT EXCEPT FOOD QUANTITIES. 16:24.951 --> 16:30.822 FOOD QUANTITIES. >> AN ELEPHANT WILL EAT 40 TO 16:30.824 --> 16:32.256 >> AN ELEPHANT WILL EAT 40 TO 50-POUND BAIL OF HAY. 16:32.258 --> 16:35.593 50-POUND BAIL OF HAY. THEY DRINK ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF 16:35.595 --> 16:36.560 THEY DRINK ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF WATER EACH DAY. 16:36.562 --> 16:38.062 WATER EACH DAY. THIS IS DUCHESS. 16:38.064 --> 16:41.499 THIS IS DUCHESS. SHE'S A 33-YEAR-OLD ASIAN HE 16:41.501 --> 16:41.932 SHE'S A 33-YEAR-OLD ASIAN HE ELEPHANT. 16:41.934 --> 16:44.002 ELEPHANT. SHE IS A PRETTY LIKE LEOPARD 16:44.004 --> 16:47.137 SHE IS A PRETTY LIKE LEOPARD LOOK TO HER. 16:47.139 --> 16:50.842 LOOK TO HER. THIS IS SHEIK. 16:50.844 --> 16:53.411 THIS IS SHEIK. WE HAVE SOME DOGS THAT DO SOME 16:53.413 --> 16:54.746 WE HAVE SOME DOGS THAT DO SOME BACK FLIPS. 16:54.748 --> 16:55.179 BACK FLIPS. HANDSTANDS. 16:55.181 --> 16:57.682 HANDSTANDS. ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 16:57.684 --> 17:18.536 THE CROWD STILL GATHERS AND ANTICIPATION RISES WAITING FOR 17:18.538 --> 17:19.804 ANTICIPATION RISES WAITING FOR THAT FIRST GLIMPSE OF AN 17:19.806 --> 17:20.237 THAT FIRST GLIMPSE OF AN ELEPHANT. 17:20.239 --> 17:21.806 ELEPHANT. >> WHEN THEY COME OUT, THE KIDS 17:21.808 --> 17:22.807 >> WHEN THEY COME OUT, THE KIDS ARE LIKE WOW. 17:22.809 --> 17:24.709 ARE LIKE WOW. SOME KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN ELEPHANTS 17:24.711 --> 17:25.810 SOME KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN ELEPHANTS UP CLOSE. 17:25.812 --> 17:29.447 UP CLOSE. IT'S A SHOCK SOMETIMES. 17:29.449 --> 17:31.915 IT'S A SHOCK SOMETIMES. >> I'VE SEEN AN ELEPHANT ONLY 17:31.917 --> 17:32.349 >> I'VE SEEN AN ELEPHANT ONLY ONCE. 17:32.351 --> 17:34.918 ONCE. I CAME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE 17:34.920 --> 17:37.021 I CAME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE 17:37.023 --> 17:40.491 FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ELEPHANTS AT THE FAIR. 17:40.493 --> 17:42.293 ELEPHANTS AT THE FAIR. >> MY WIFE DOES THE CAMELS AND 17:42.295 --> 17:43.861 >> MY WIFE DOES THE CAMELS AND HORSES AND DOGS AND THINGS LIKE 17:43.863 --> 17:45.596 HORSES AND DOGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT MY LOVE IS WITH THE 17:45.598 --> 17:49.366 THAT, BUT MY LOVE IS WITH THE ELEPHANTS. 17:49.368 --> 18:22.500 >> THE CAMELS BRING A WOW FROM THE CROWD, TOO. 18:22.502 --> 18:26.937 THE CROWD, TOO. THEY LOOK MUCH BIGGER IN PERSON. 18:26.939 --> 18:28.172 THEY LOOK MUCH BIGGER IN PERSON. HORSES AND PONIES KEEP THE SHOW 18:28.174 --> 18:29.207 HORSES AND PONIES KEEP THE SHOW MOVING BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER. 18:29.209 --> 18:30.975 MOVING BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER. A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND 18:30.977 --> 18:31.576 A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND SHOW. 18:31.578 --> 18:33.077 SHOW. SOMETHING THE 4HERS CAN 18:33.079 --> 18:37.014 SOMETHING THE 4HERS CAN APPRECIATE. 18:37.016 --> 18:38.049 APPRECIATE. >> ANOTHER FAVORITE OF THE 18:38.051 --> 18:40.217 >> ANOTHER FAVORITE OF THE CIRCUS ARE THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS 18:40.219 --> 18:43.420 CIRCUS ARE THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS AND I'M HERE WITH TINO OF THE 18:43.422 --> 18:46.290 AND I'M HERE WITH TINO OF THE FLYING WALENDAS. 18:46.292 --> 18:48.325 FLYING WALENDAS. YOU HAVE AN AMAZING FAMILY 18:48.327 --> 18:48.692 YOU HAVE AN AMAZING FAMILY HISTORY. 18:48.694 --> 18:50.194 HISTORY. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT 18:50.196 --> 18:50.561 CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT IT THAT? 18:50.563 --> 18:52.396 IT THAT? OF COURSE, IT GOES BACK NEARLY 18:52.398 --> 18:54.498 OF COURSE, IT GOES BACK NEARLY 200 YEARS IN THE CIRCUS WORLD. 18:54.500 --> 18:56.334 200 YEARS IN THE CIRCUS WORLD. I'M A SIXTH GENERATION 18:56.336 --> 18:56.700 I'M A SIXTH GENERATION PERFORMER. 18:56.702 --> 18:58.802 PERFORMER. MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN. 18:58.804 --> 19:00.671 MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS THE 19:00.673 --> 19:02.373 MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS THE FEATURE ON THE BIG APPLE CIRCUS 19:02.375 --> 19:05.176 FEATURE ON THE BIG APPLE CIRCUS THIS YEAR IS EIGHTH GENERATION. 19:05.178 --> 19:06.677 THIS YEAR IS EIGHTH GENERATION. I'M THE FOURTH GENERATION 19:06.679 --> 19:07.612 I'M THE FOURTH GENERATION WORKING ON THE TIGHTROPE. 19:07.614 --> 19:09.413 WORKING ON THE TIGHTROPE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT NEARLY 19:09.415 --> 19:10.414 WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT NEARLY 90 YEARS. 19:10.416 --> 19:12.115 90 YEARS. >> YOU'VE BROKEN SOME RECORDS 19:12.117 --> 19:12.850 >> YOU'VE BROKEN SOME RECORDS ALONG THE WAY. 19:12.852 --> 19:14.485 ALONG THE WAY. >> THERE'S A NUMBER OF RECORDS 19:14.487 --> 19:15.519 >> THERE'S A NUMBER OF RECORDS WE'VE BROKEN. 19:15.521 --> 19:19.891 WE'VE BROKEN. WE'RE VERY FAMOUS 4 OUR 19:19.893 --> 19:24.828 WE'RE VERY FAMOUS 4 OUR FOUR-PERSON THREE-LEVEL PYRAMID. 19:24.830 --> 19:26.797 FOUR-PERSON THREE-LEVEL PYRAMID. OUR SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID BUT 19:26.799 --> 19:28.766 OUR SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID BUT WE'VE GONE ON TO DO A COUPLE OF 19:28.768 --> 19:30.768 WE'VE GONE ON TO DO A COUPLE OF RECORDS WITH DOING AN 19:30.770 --> 19:32.936 RECORDS WITH DOING AN EIGHT-PERSON PYRAMID AND A 19:32.938 --> 19:34.538 EIGHT-PERSON PYRAMID AND A 10-PERSON PYRAMID ON THE WIRE 19:34.540 --> 19:36.807 10-PERSON PYRAMID ON THE WIRE AND JUST RECENTLY IN SOUTH 19:36.809 --> 19:38.943 AND JUST RECENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA, MYSELF, MY -- TWO OF MY 19:38.945 --> 19:41.279 AFRICA, MYSELF, MY -- TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS AND MY SON DID A WALK 19:41.281 --> 19:43.214 DAUGHTERS AND MY SON DID A WALK BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS 150 FEET 19:43.216 --> 19:46.217 BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS 150 FEET IN THE AIR, SOME 150 FEET 19:46.219 --> 19:48.452 IN THE AIR, SOME 150 FEET ACROSS, ALL FOUR ON THE WIRE 19:48.454 --> 19:49.387 ACROSS, ALL FOUR ON THE WIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH HAS NEVER 19:49.389 --> 19:50.554 SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 19:50.556 --> 19:52.522 BEEN DONE BEFORE. NOW, THOSE ARE NOT IN ANY RECORD 19:52.524 --> 19:54.392 NOW, THOSE ARE NOT IN ANY RECORD BOOKS BUT THEY'RE ALL CERTAINLY 19:54.394 --> 19:57.261 BOOKS BUT THEY'RE ALL CERTAINLY RECORDS THAT THE WALLENDAS HAVE 19:57.263 --> 19:57.561 RECORDS THAT THE WALLENDAS HAVE SET. 19:57.563 --> 19:59.429 SET. >> WE DO HAVE TO SAY THERE'S 19:59.431 --> 20:01.632 >> WE DO HAVE TO SAY THERE'S BEEN SOME TRAGEDY AS WELL. 20:01.634 --> 20:02.532 BEEN SOME TRAGEDY AS WELL. >> YES, THERE HAS BEEN. 20:02.534 --> 20:04.835 >> YES, THERE HAS BEEN. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TRAGIC 20:04.837 --> 20:06.303 THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TRAGIC INCIDENTS IN 1962 AS OUR FAMILY 20:06.305 --> 20:08.172 INCIDENTS IN 1962 AS OUR FAMILY WAS DOING OUR SEVEN-PERSON 20:08.174 --> 20:09.207 WAS DOING OUR SEVEN-PERSON PYRAMID IN DETROIT MICHIGAN. 20:09.209 --> 20:11.775 PYRAMID IN DETROIT MICHIGAN. ONE MAN FALTERED, THE PYRAMID 20:11.777 --> 20:12.977 ONE MAN FALTERED, THE PYRAMID COLLAPSED, THREE MEN FELL TO THE 20:12.979 --> 20:15.313 COLLAPSED, THREE MEN FELL TO THE GROUND 35 FEET BELOW, TWO LOST 20:15.315 --> 20:16.013 GROUND 35 FEET BELOW, TWO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT NIGHT. 20:16.015 --> 20:19.116 THEIR LIVES THAT NIGHT. THE THIRD ONE WAS MY UNCLE 20:19.118 --> 20:19.417 THE THIRD ONE WAS MY UNCLE MARIO. 20:19.419 --> 20:23.187 MARIO. THANK GOD HE SURVIVED BUT HE IS 20:23.189 --> 20:24.989 THANK GOD HE SURVIVED BUT HE IS PARALYZED FROM THE WASTE DOWN. 20:24.991 --> 20:27.357 PARALYZED FROM THE WASTE DOWN. BUT THE WALLENDAS NEVER STOP. 20:27.359 --> 20:30.094 BUT THE WALLENDAS NEVER STOP. EVEN MY GRANDFATHER HAD A 20:30.096 --> 20:32.162 EVEN MY GRANDFATHER HAD A CRACKED PELVIS AND DOUBLE 20:32.164 --> 20:34.365 CRACKED PELVIS AND DOUBLE HERNIA, HE AND REMAINING MEMBERS 20:34.367 --> 20:35.233 HERNIA, HE AND REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE TROUPE WERE BACK ON THE 20:35.235 --> 20:36.567 OF THE TROUPE WERE BACK ON THE WIRE PERFORMING AGAIN. 20:36.569 --> 20:39.169 WIRE PERFORMING AGAIN. THEN IN 1978 AS MY GRANDFATHER 20:39.171 --> 20:40.705 THEN IN 1978 AS MY GRANDFATHER WAS WALKING BETWEEN TWO 20:40.707 --> 20:42.539 WAS WALKING BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO 20:42.541 --> 20:43.774 BUILDINGS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN 20:43.776 --> 20:44.875 RICO, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE WAY 20:44.877 --> 20:46.544 HIS BALANCE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE WIRE WAS SET UP AND HE FELL 20:46.546 --> 20:47.645 THE WIRE WAS SET UP AND HE FELL 120 FEET TO HIS DEATH. 20:47.647 --> 20:50.180 120 FEET TO HIS DEATH. >> NOW, THERE ARE NO NETS WHEN 20:50.182 --> 20:51.248 >> NOW, THERE ARE NO NETS WHEN YOU PERFORM? 20:51.250 --> 20:53.650 YOU PERFORM? >> WALLENDAS HAVE SET PRETTY 20:53.652 --> 20:55.719 >> WALLENDAS HAVE SET PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD OF WORKING 20:55.721 --> 20:56.387 MUCH THE STANDARD OF WORKING WITHOUT A NET. 20:56.389 --> 20:57.954 WITHOUT A NET. WHEN WE CAME TO RING RING 20:57.956 --> 20:59.523 WHEN WE CAME TO RING RING BROTHERS IN MADISON SQUARE 20:59.525 --> 21:01.692 BROTHERS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN 1928, SOMEHOW OR 21:01.694 --> 21:03.193 GARDEN IN 1928, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THE NET DIDN'T ARRIVE. 21:03.195 --> 21:05.162 ANOTHER THE NET DIDN'T ARRIVE. MY GRANT FATHER DECIDED ON GOING 21:05.164 --> 21:07.664 MY GRANT FATHER DECIDED ON GOING UP AND PERFORMING THEIR DARING 21:07.666 --> 21:09.033 UP AND PERFORMING THEIR DARING FEATS ANYWAY, WHICH BROUGHT THEM 21:09.035 --> 21:10.501 FEATS ANYWAY, WHICH BROUGHT THEM A GREAT DEAL OF ACCLAIM, AND 21:10.503 --> 21:12.937 A GREAT DEAL OF ACCLAIM, AND FROM THAT POINT ON, WE HAVE BEEN 21:12.939 --> 21:15.672 FROM THAT POINT ON, WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR NOT USING NETS. 21:15.674 --> 21:17.541 KNOWN FOR NOT USING NETS. >> AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE 21:17.543 --> 21:19.944 >> AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF KEEPING THIS IN THE FAMILY? 21:19.946 --> 21:21.212 OF KEEPING THIS IN THE FAMILY? HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO YOU? 21:21.214 --> 21:23.948 HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO YOU? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -- I DON'T 21:23.950 --> 21:25.215 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -- I DON'T KNOW IF -- PARTICULARLY 21:25.217 --> 21:25.549 KNOW IF -- PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. 21:25.551 --> 21:28.218 IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME FOR MY 21:28.220 --> 21:31.522 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME FOR MY HERITAGE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I 21:31.524 --> 21:32.756 HERITAGE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I WOULD NECESSARILY WANT MY 21:32.758 --> 21:33.991 WOULD NECESSARILY WANT MY CHILDREN TO CONTINUE ON IF THEY 21:33.993 --> 21:36.327 CHILDREN TO CONTINUE ON IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LOVE FOR IT. 21:36.329 --> 21:38.396 DIDN'T HAVE THE LOVE FOR IT. BUT THE WALLENDAS HAVE BEEN -- 21:38.398 --> 21:39.930 BUT THE WALLENDAS HAVE BEEN -- WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DARING 21:39.932 --> 21:43.233 WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DARING THINGS AND A LOT OF DAREDEVIL 21:43.235 --> 21:44.901 THINGS AND A LOT OF DAREDEVIL FEATS SO TO SPEAK BUT BY AND 21:44.903 --> 21:46.570 FEATS SO TO SPEAK BUT BY AND LARGE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE 21:46.572 --> 21:47.838 LARGE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE WALLENDAS ARE ALL ABOUT. 21:47.840 --> 21:50.374 WALLENDAS ARE ALL ABOUT. THE WALLENDAS ARE PERFORMERS 21:50.376 --> 21:52.576 THE WALLENDAS ARE PERFORMERS WHICH MEANS WE ENJOY GETTING ON 21:52.578 --> 21:53.744 WHICH MEANS WE ENJOY GETTING ON THAT TIGHTROPE 25, 30 FEET IN 21:53.746 --> 21:55.278 THAT TIGHTROPE 25, 30 FEET IN THE AIR DOING OUR REGULAR TRICKS 21:55.280 --> 21:56.413 THE AIR DOING OUR REGULAR TRICKS THAT HAVE BEEN REHEARSED OVER 21:56.415 --> 21:58.516 THAT HAVE BEEN REHEARSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN 21:58.518 --> 21:59.616 AND OVER AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN APPEAL TO THAT AUDIENCE AND GET 21:59.618 --> 22:00.918 APPEAL TO THAT AUDIENCE AND GET THE ENERGY FROM THEM AND THE 22:00.920 --> 22:02.687 THE ENERGY FROM THEM AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PERFORMING. 22:02.689 --> 22:03.687 EXCITEMENT OF THE PERFORMING. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 22:03.689 --> 22:05.656 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING OCCUPY A 22:05.658 --> 22:06.056 IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING OCCUPY A TIGHTROPE. 22:06.058 --> 22:07.457 TIGHTROPE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT. 22:07.459 --> 22:08.893 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY KIND OF 22:08.895 --> 22:09.226 IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY KIND OF DANGER. 22:09.228 --> 22:10.828 DANGER. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE AUDIENCE. 22:10.830 --> 22:12.329 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE AUDIENCE. >> OF ALL PLACES FOR THIS TO 22:12.331 --> 22:15.065 >> OF ALL PLACES FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, IT SEEMS LIKE, WOW, 22:15.067 --> 22:16.566 HAPPEN, IT SEEMS LIKE, WOW, PERU, INDIANA, WHY HERE? 22:16.568 --> 22:17.935 PERU, INDIANA, WHY HERE? >> WE'VE PERFORMED HERE IN THE 22:17.937 --> 22:19.603 >> WE'VE PERFORMED HERE IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO. 22:19.605 --> 22:23.307 PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO. BUT, OF COURSE, HERE IN PERU, IT 22:23.309 --> 22:28.212 BUT, OF COURSE, HERE IN PERU, IT WAS AN ORIGINAL WINTER OF TWO OF 22:28.214 --> 22:28.845 WAS AN ORIGINAL WINTER OF TWO OF THE LARGE CIRCUSES. 22:28.847 --> 22:30.147 THE LARGE CIRCUSES. WE'RE SITTING ON THE LOT RIGHT 22:30.149 --> 22:32.616 WE'RE SITTING ON THE LOT RIGHT NOW OF ONE OF THE WINTER 22:32.618 --> 22:33.851 NOW OF ONE OF THE WINTER QUARTERS AND, OF COURSE, THE 22:33.853 --> 22:35.018 QUARTERS AND, OF COURSE, THE HERITAGE THAT'S HERE, THE 22:35.020 --> 22:36.520 HERITAGE THAT'S HERE, THE HERITAGE IN THIS TENT AND THE 22:36.522 --> 22:38.255 HERITAGE IN THIS TENT AND THE HERITAGE WALKING ON THAT 22:38.257 --> 22:38.689 HERITAGE WALKING ON THAT TIGHTROPE. 22:38.691 --> 22:39.724 TIGHTROPE. AGAIN, NOT ONLY US, BUT THE 22:39.726 --> 22:41.492 AGAIN, NOT ONLY US, BUT THE OTHER ARTISTS HERE, TOO, HAVE A 22:41.494 --> 22:42.593 OTHER ARTISTS HERE, TOO, HAVE A GREAT HERITAGE IN THE BUSINESS 22:42.595 --> 22:45.162 GREAT HERITAGE IN THE BUSINESS AND A LOVE FOR PERFORMING. 22:45.164 --> 22:46.397 AND A LOVE FOR PERFORMING. >> WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE 22:46.399 --> 22:47.698 >> WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CIRCUS HERE, WHAT WILL THEY 22:47.700 --> 22:49.800 CIRCUS HERE, WHAT WILL THEY EXPECT TO SEE FROM YOUR FAMILY? 22:49.802 --> 22:51.602 EXPECT TO SEE FROM YOUR FAMILY? >> WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL 22:51.604 --> 22:53.871 >> WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL EXPECT TO SEE SOME MEASURE OF 22:53.873 --> 22:55.406 EXPECT TO SEE SOME MEASURE OF EXCELLENCE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE 22:55.408 --> 22:57.374 EXCELLENCE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE DESIRE TO DELIVER TO THE 22:57.376 --> 22:57.775 DESIRE TO DELIVER TO THE AUDIENCE. 22:57.777 --> 22:58.509 AUDIENCE. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. 22:58.511 --> 22:59.476 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 22:59.478 --> 23:00.844 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING 23:00.846 --> 23:01.212 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR SHOW. 23:01.214 --> 23:02.479 YOUR SHOW. OF COURSE, MANY, MANY THINGS 23:02.481 --> 23:04.047 OF COURSE, MANY, MANY THINGS WITH THE CIRCUS. 23:04.049 --> 23:05.048 WITH THE CIRCUS. ANOTHER ONE INCLUDES FIRE. 23:05.050 --> 23:06.584 ANOTHER ONE INCLUDES FIRE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RIGHT 23:06.586 --> 23:07.818 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW. 23:07.820 --> 23:17.194 >> THE MOON RISES HIGH OVER THE FOREST. 23:17.196 --> 23:18.829 FOREST. THE GRASS UNDER YOUR FEET 23:18.831 --> 23:22.533 THE GRASS UNDER YOUR FEET VIBRATES AND SHIFTS WITH THE 23:22.535 --> 23:24.402 VIBRATES AND SHIFTS WITH THE BEAT. 23:24.404 --> 23:26.970 BEAT. A SENSUOUS MELODY TICKLES YOUR 23:26.972 --> 23:27.971 A SENSUOUS MELODY TICKLES YOUR EARS PREPONDERANCE AND BEFORE 23:27.973 --> 23:29.673 EARS PREPONDERANCE AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT A SHRINKY FORM MOVES 23:29.675 --> 23:30.641 YOU KNOW IT A SHRINKY FORM MOVES INTO THE FIRE LIGHT. 23:30.643 --> 23:32.643 INTO THE FIRE LIGHT. >> THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I 23:32.645 --> 23:34.445 >> THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND 23:34.447 --> 23:36.147 THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HYPNOTIZING AND I'M A VERY LARGE 23:36.149 --> 23:37.614 HYPNOTIZING AND I'M A VERY LARGE TALKER, BUT I ACTUALLY GOT VERY 23:37.616 --> 23:39.716 TALKER, BUT I ACTUALLY GOT VERY QUIET WHEN I SAW IT. 23:39.718 --> 23:41.819 QUIET WHEN I SAW IT. JUST KIND OF STARE AND WAS 23:41.821 --> 23:44.121 JUST KIND OF STARE AND WAS MESMERIZED BY IT. 23:44.123 --> 23:46.323 MESMERIZED BY IT. BUT IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE 23:46.325 --> 23:47.624 BUT IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS LATER THAT 23:47.626 --> 23:49.460 OR FOUR MONTHS LATER THAT SOMEONE CAME THROUGH MY LIFE 23:49.462 --> 23:50.661 SOMEONE CAME THROUGH MY LIFE LITERALLY WAS AT MY HOUSE 23:50.663 --> 23:52.930 LITERALLY WAS AT MY HOUSE STAYING OVER FOR A NIGHT THAT 23:52.932 --> 23:55.232 STAYING OVER FOR A NIGHT THAT CHANGED IT AND SHE HAD THESE 23:55.234 --> 23:57.300 CHANGED IT AND SHE HAD THESE SOFT LITTLE BALLS ON THE ENDS OF 23:57.302 --> 23:58.669 SOFT LITTLE BALLS ON THE ENDS OF YARN THAT SHE WAS SPINNING 23:58.671 --> 24:00.604 YARN THAT SHE WAS SPINNING AROUND, AND I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, 24:00.606 --> 24:03.174 AROUND, AND I SAID, OH, MY GOSH, YOU CAN DO FIRE. 24:03.176 --> 24:04.809 YOU CAN DO FIRE. I SPENT ABOUT 40 HOURS A WEEK 24:04.811 --> 24:06.376 I SPENT ABOUT 40 HOURS A WEEK JUST RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET 24:06.378 --> 24:08.045 JUST RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND SEEING WHAT I COULD FIND AND 24:08.047 --> 24:09.713 AND SEEING WHAT I COULD FIND AND WHAT I COULD LEARN ABOUT THIS 24:09.715 --> 24:11.047 WHAT I COULD LEARN ABOUT THIS ART FORM, THE PARTICULAR TOOL I 24:11.049 --> 24:14.351 ART FORM, THE PARTICULAR TOOL I WAS LEARNING WAS CALLED POI. 24:14.353 --> 24:16.987 WAS LEARNING WAS CALLED POI. IT WENT FROM SOMETHING I COULD 24:16.989 --> 24:19.923 IT WENT FROM SOMETHING I COULD NEVER DO TO, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS 24:19.925 --> 24:20.257 NEVER DO TO, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS AMAZING. 24:20.259 --> 24:22.293 AMAZING. I HAVE COORDINATION LIKE 24:22.295 --> 24:22.693 I HAVE COORDINATION LIKE OVERNIGHT. 24:22.695 --> 24:24.295 OVERNIGHT. AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS I LIT ON 24:24.297 --> 24:27.198 AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS I LIT ON FIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 24:27.200 --> 24:34.405 THE HARDEST TOOL WAS POI AND THE REASON PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE 24:34.407 --> 24:36.440 REASON PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE HODDEST IS BECAUSE IF YOU MESS 24:36.442 --> 24:38.742 HODDEST IS BECAUSE IF YOU MESS IT, IT DOESN'T HIT THE GROUND. 24:38.744 --> 24:39.476 IT, IT DOESN'T HIT THE GROUND. IT SMACKS YOU IN THE FACE. 24:39.478 --> 24:40.611 IT SMACKS YOU IN THE FACE. IT HITS YOU IN THE STOMACH. 24:40.613 --> 24:42.145 IT HITS YOU IN THE STOMACH. IT CATCHES YOUR HAIR ON FIRE. 24:42.147 --> 24:44.247 IT CATCHES YOUR HAIR ON FIRE. IT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR FINGERS. 24:44.249 --> 24:45.616 IT IS ATTACHED TO YOUR FINGERS. ONCE I HAD THAT REALIZATION THAT 24:45.618 --> 24:48.519 ONCE I HAD THAT REALIZATION THAT I'VE ALREADY LEARNED THE HARDEST 24:48.521 --> 24:51.655 I'VE ALREADY LEARNED THE HARDEST TOOL, IT MADE EVERYTHING ELSE 24:51.657 --> 24:56.026 TOOL, IT MADE EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THAT POINT A MUCH EASIER 24:56.028 --> 24:57.160 FROM THAT POINT A MUCH EASIER BATTLE. 24:57.162 --> 24:59.229 BATTLE. I AM A FLUID ANDERSEN SHULL 24:59.231 --> 25:00.797 I AM A FLUID ANDERSEN SHULL DANCER MAKING IT MORE ABOUT THE 25:00.799 --> 25:02.166 DANCER MAKING IT MORE ABOUT THE FIRE AND THE DANCE. 25:02.168 --> 25:04.034 FIRE AND THE DANCE. THE ELEMENT IS BEAUTIFUL AND 25:04.036 --> 25:08.606 THE ELEMENT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S DANGEROUS AND IT'S 25:08.608 --> 25:10.040 IT'S DANGEROUS AND IT'S GRACEFUL, BUT IT'S DESTRUCTIVE 25:10.042 --> 25:11.208 GRACEFUL, BUT IT'S DESTRUCTIVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESPECT 25:11.210 --> 25:11.942 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESPECT FOR IT. 25:11.944 --> 25:13.743 FOR IT. YOU CAN'T CREATE THAT BEAUTY AND 25:13.745 --> 25:16.179 YOU CAN'T CREATE THAT BEAUTY AND THAT ART THAT CAN COME OUT OF 25:16.181 --> 25:16.413 THAT ART THAT CAN COME OUT OF IT. 25:16.415 --> 25:18.382 IT. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ART WITH 25:18.384 --> 25:19.216 AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ART WITH FIRE BEFORE. 25:19.218 --> 25:21.351 FIRE BEFORE. SO IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE 25:21.353 --> 25:23.653 SO IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS SO 25:23.655 --> 25:26.356 SOMETHING THAT WAS SO HYPNOTIZING AND INTOXICATING AND 25:26.358 --> 25:29.393 HYPNOTIZING AND INTOXICATING AND POWERFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 25:29.395 --> 25:32.730 POWERFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. JUST SUCKS ME IN. 25:32.732 --> 25:40.437 >> WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FROM THE CIRCUS 25:40.439 --> 25:41.171 JOINING US FROM THE CIRCUS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 25:41.173 --> 25:42.439 CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 25:42.441 --> 25:43.807 WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 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