Red Unit, 133rd Edition, July 26, 2003, Anaheim, California

Story and Photographs by Carl Morrison

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Before the performance, you can look at all the animals up close and participate in the Adventure on the arena floor.

Blow Dryer for an elephant (to blow hay off their backs) You may view the animals before the show,	And get an autograph of Kristin Stewart on the arena floor,
Have your picture taken with clown, Richard Melendy	or, dress up like a circus clown.

And, before you know it, the clowns are all in the center ring and you hear Ringmaster, Lee Iverson's tenor voice singing the National Anthem and introducing The Greatest Show On Earth.

"Bello"the clown will make the kids laugh, yet the adults will marvel at his talent.
Sometimes Bello is watching, as in this five elephant jump.	Between acts, the clowns do a school lunchroom gag with 40 gallons of soap suds in the form of pies.

Sacha Houcke leads his light Arabian horses, in one ring, while Karin is in another.
	Soon Sacha has a lone Palamino surrounded by light Arabians, dark Freisians, and Zebras!

Mark Oliver Gebel performs with ten Bengal tigers

And ten Pachyderms

The Hebei Troupe's two-man imperial lion	The Globe of Death, Five bikers in a steel sphere.

And a well-deserved drink of 'Arrowhead' water after the two-plus hour show!

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