How to run away and join the circus in 10 easy steps

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Right after I joined the State Police, we had a 15 year old male runaway. This was back in the early 70’s when we had very little technology to help us find missing children. In fact, we had zero technology and had to rely on pictures and word of mouth. Hopefully, if a cop stopped a kid for any one of a hundred different reasons and checked him out, maybe we would discover him or her to be a runaway.

He he finally called home some 30+ years later. It just so happens that the county fair was going on at the time of his runaway, which hired a carney group to run the rides and midway shows. The boy, who was a bit tall for his age was able to join the carney guys and get himself a job. At the time of his call home 30+ years later, he was in Oregon. He never did come back to see his parents, but we were able to verify his identity with the aide of the Oregon State Police.

What was sometimes thought to be a runaway child turned out to be a kidnapping and murder by a stranger. Worse than that, we have since learned that many of the “supposed” runaways were murdered children committed by the parent or parents.
 
Butterfly said:
For some reason, the circus gave me the serious creeps. I went to ONE with my grandpa and never would go again. To this day, clowns and all that creep me out and the way the animals are treated makes me sick.
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I agree Butterfly, about the animals.

When I went once to a real circus, I didn't like it... I couldn't really see the acts like on the phony circus TV shows when we were little.

Now, Cirque du Soliel is something else. I've only seen video, but I imagine a live performance would be amazing. This is from 2013





https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/
 
OFF TO JOIN THE CIRCUS (2010)
https://blogs.mprnews.org/state-of-the-arts/2010/04/off-to-join-the-circus/

Noah Bremer is an actor, artistic director of Live Action Set theater, and soon to be a clown with Cirque du Soleil.

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Noah Bremer has always wanted to join the circus. And now, at the age of 33, his dream is coming true. The world famous Cirque du Soleil has offered him a part – a significant part – in its touring show “Varekai.” He starts training on June 3, which begins in Montreal (where he’ll learn how to do his own make-up – a 2 hour process – among other things) and then takes him to Frankfurt, where he’ll shadow the performer he’s replacing.

So, how does it feel to have a dream come true?

"Both terrifying and obscenely fulfilling. It’s funny – Cirque really likes people who are a little more established, who have a real presence and character. What’s difficult about that, is that by the time you’ve achieved all that, you’ve set some roots down. It was easier to contemplate running away with the circus when I didn’t have such a great community of friends, and my own theater company. "


 
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