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Circus
arrives at University Park
April
23, 2002
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus performers
of the two- and four-legged variety arrived on the University
Park campus yesterday afternoon and set up camp behind The Bryce
Jordan Center, where the 131st Edition of The Greatest Show
On Earth® will be featured Thursday through Sunday.
After the animals
settled in, the setup for the shows began in earnest inside
The Bryce Jordan Center.
On Friday, Bo stopped
by the parking lot behind Beaver Stadium to toss a football
with some of the Nittany Lions.
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Bo walks past The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park
campus on his way to Beaver Stadium.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
In the parking lot behind Beaver Stadium, Bo tossed some footballs
to members of the Nittany Lion football team.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Bo's throws were on target, as most of his passes were caught.
Next to Bo is his trainer/brother Larry Cauden. Cauden and Bo
do everything together, including eating and sleeping.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
State College Mayor Bill Welch was on hand, and was greeted
warmly by Bo.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Bo posed with members of the Nittany Lion football team and
State College Mayor Bill Welch, front left.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Bo drew a number of spectators to the parking lot behind Beaver
Stadium, including education administration graduate student
Mark Feldman and his son Brian, who is 2.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Circus trailers can be seen everywhere outside The Bryce Jordan
Center on the University Park campus.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
After a brief rest, Asia, a 32-year-old elephant, came out of
her tent to play in the sand. Asia and the other elephants walked
about 3.5 miles from their train cars to the University Park
campus in a little more than an hour Tuesday.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Asia was curious about the stranger in the circus compound,
and walked over to introduce herself.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz
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A crowd gathered outside the fence surrounding the circus compound,
and Asia was as interested in seeing them as they were in seeing
her.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
The Bryce Jordan Center can be seen behind Asia as she plays
in her sand. She and the other animals will perform in the Jordan
Center Thursday through Sunday.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Inside The Bryce Jordan Center, there was much work to be done
Tuesday afternoon. Costumes were laundered and hung in a laundry
area in the basement of the Jordan Center.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
In the arena, Vanessa Garcia, a member of the circus' floor
crew, was busy painting and setting up the ring curbs and lids.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Who needs a ladder? After working on a suspended platform, former
performer and current setup crew member Lubin Dakov of Bulgaria
catches a ride on
a pulley to return to the floor.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Props could be found throughout the basement hallways of The
Bryce Jordan Center on Tuesday afternoon. The setup will be
complete by the end of the day today, giving the circus members
a day to rest and rehearse before their first show on Thursday.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
The signature sign of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®
Circus sat on the floor outside the arena until it was hung
Tuesday afternoon. Installation of the sign takes the experienced
setup crew about 20 minutes.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
Other props sat outside The Bryce Jordan Center in a fenced-in
area. Holuba Hall is visible in the background.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |
The circus compound sits in a parking area behind The Bryce
Jordan Center on the University Park campus, in the shadow of
Mount Nittany. Both the animals and the circus performers will
live there while they're at University Park for their shows.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz |