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8 Kids hung out on the vestibules between trains
9 Because there's no way to get off the train, you learn to enjoy the moment. Frequent beer & dance parties on the vestibules
CIRQUE DI SOLEIL 2015- Allowed to travel with 2 duffel bags. Traveled by truck over land & stayed in houses rented for a short term
Conversation between Jennifer's descriptions of historic circus travel & Tim's experiences today
Q+A -ERRANDS- Did laundry on site when trains were hooked up to water connections
(Note on myth of pink lemonade made from performer's bucket of water. In olden days, each person received 1 bucket of water on site.
Despite circus is associated with chaos, it is anything but chaotic. Everything is organized with a schedule & a step by step process
-Early German Army went to Barnum & Bailey to learn how to efficiently unload & load trains. Site managers arrived 1st, set up crew arrived 2nd & performers arrived later. Note wagons were moved on & off train by harnessed horses.
- Early 20th Century Train 100 performing horses, 400 draft horses
- Today animals (if any) travel via RV over land.
- Hollywood movies are not accurate Representations of circus life.

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