David Eulitt

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Jonathan Vasquez with the Carson & Barson Circus practiced his unicycle balancing on a wire set up outside his trailer on Thursday morning while the big top tent was under assembly at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Gardner, Kan. The circus, in its 73rd year of traveling the nation, held an afternoon and evening performance before heading to St. Joseph for three days of shows staring on Friday.
The Circus Life, photo by David Eulitt / The Kansas City Star ©

Jonathan Vasquez with the Carson & Barson Circus practiced his unicycle balancing on a wire set up outside his trailer on Thursday morning while the big top tent was under assembly at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Gardner, Kan. The circus, in its 73rd year of traveling the nation, held an afternoon and evening performance before heading to St. Joseph for three days of shows staring on Friday.