Are YOU a circus fan?
Circus fanning has many components and fans use them in many ways. Here are some examples:
- Meeting with other folks who enjoy circus and share a meal
- Meeting circus folks: owners, performers, roustabouts
- Bringing watermelons for the elephants
- Learn the 240 years of American circus history, or at least 1 year?
- Helping a performer with a ride to the market
- Finding timothy for hungry elephants from a local farmer
- Talking with performers on the circus floor
- Putting a trip together to see a circus 100 miles away
- Learn to make floss (cotton candy)
- Know where the shows are, who is coming next and where
- Attend conventions with other fans and circus people
- Learn about the international circus shows, how they differ
- Attend a fan’s circus performance in his own backyard
- See a big top go up and understand what a quarter pole is
- Learn the circus language, you towner, you
- Identify the many circus acts and how they are done
- Read the best circus magazine in the world 4 times a year
- Find out where the circus winter quarters are and how to see them
- Experience the many circus websites, blogs, links
- Meet circus stars at shows and talk about their lives and adventures like Steve Copeland and Ryan Combs (center ring clowns Steve and Ryan).
- Attend yearly conventions and bid on world class circus memorabilia, attend circus seminars, see shows and make new friends.
- Attend the Peru IN circus parade often including CFA members.
- Help with setup as Katie Harmke raises the cannon.
- Learn about circus groups like the circus model builders, historians and windjammers
- Visit a circus backyard (where the performers live)
- Join a tent (local circus group) or top (state) for even more circus
- Learn how to help circus animals and trainers fight animal wrongists
- Know what it means when the circus band plays “The Stars and Stripes Forever”