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Ringling Brothers is Fully Charged at the Crown by ERINN CRIDER Fresh salty peanuts, sweet brightly colored cotton candy and laughter are all tastes, elephants as part of the family. We also have two camels, two Arabian horses, two Shetland ponies, one mini horse and a baby camel who is 7-months-old named sights and sounds associated with the circus. For people young and old the circus Sable. He is so smart it is scary. I have 16 dogs, six of which are in training and 10 is a place to be awed and entertained by the amazing feats of the performers ��� of which are performing,��� she added. animals and humans alike ��� and from Feb. 28 until March Yet the Ringling Brothers Circus has far more than standard 3, the Ringling Brothers Circus will be in Fayetteville. circus fair. There are dancers and acrobats ��� acrobats from The Ringling Brothers Circus has been around since 1919, Russia perform on a moving platform that is elevated like a and is known for its extreme and awe-inspiring shows. Cathy trapeze/mini stage. They do ���ips on and off of the platform as Carden, an elephant trainer with the circus, described the it moves. upcoming show for us. ���We also have an award winning Cirque du Soleil personality ���It���s a really awesome high-energy show called Fully from Russia as well,��� said Carden. ���He does a trapeze aerial Charged. Everything lights up with color, and it���s very cool. act that is amazing. He takes a pad like a mattress and they We have a new ringmaster, David Shipman, who sings pull him to the top of the ring and he falls and does incredible throughout the show. We have a lot of original music, some acrobatics on the way down. I have never seen anything like it.��� pop tunes and we have a live band, which is a Ringling Another way Fully Charged goes above and beyond in its tradition.��� productions is by opening up the experience to the public. Almost all of the music is original music with a high���The one thing the kids really like is the preshow. It is free energy sound. It is upbeat. The show includes everything with your ticket and starts one hour before the show. They can an audience expects from a circus. There are jugglers and come to the ring, meet the performers, and take pictures with animals, clowns and acrobats. them. You can see the elephants up close and come back stage ���We have high-wire performers, and we have the globe and see the animals get prepped for the show and see all the of steel,��� said Carden. ���A steel globe is made out of strips props. That is one of the best parts of coming to the show,��� of metal and you can see inside. The motorcycles get Carden explained. inside and ride in it ��� even upside down. It is one of the The circus will be in town from Feb. 28, until March 3, most dangerous acts in the circus world. They have three at the Crown Coliseum. Tickets can be purchased online at motorcycles in there at one time! The one we use is the ticketmaster.com or at the Ringling Brothers Circus website smallest one in the business which means it has to be more Elephant trainer Cathy Carden has www.ringling.com or by phone at 800-745-3000. For more precise and the riders have to have a faster reaction time.��� been with her elephants for 39 years. information, call 919-510-0641. Remember, the Exotic and trained animals are another major staple of the preshow is free with circus. No circus is complete without an elephant, but the tickets and begins one ERINN CRIDER, Contributing Ringling Brothers Circus has all of that and more. Writer, COMMENTS? 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