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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter January 30, 2017
Alexandra Barcomb, Frances Broussard
Amadaos and Erendira Wallenda
Barbara Tye and Lauren Walsh
Bello Nock, Jennifer and Clarke Addison, Pedro Reis
Bello Nock, Jennifer and Clarke Addison, Pedro Reis
Bello Nock, Tony Natale, Anne Chauvet
Bill, Emma and Bob Johnson
Camille Golden and Kassidy Saba
Circus Sarasota
Claire Brown, David Charlton
Clarke Addison, Jim Bridges
David and Ilene Denton
Elizabeth Fisher, Rikki Hettig-Rolfemeaux
Emma Clarke, Julia Jacob-Barreda, Kellen Braren
Emma Weber, Sarah Catalano, Irma and Moritz Boll
Erendira and Nik Wallenda
Eric Fenton, Rebecca Blitz
Grace and Tom Johnson, Teagan Allen
Halina Kay, Mike Ash
Janet and Vic Hunter
Jennifer Mitchell, Lauren Walsh, Barbara Tye
Judi Nofs, Phyllis Siskel
Kay Rosaire and Nancy Nallin
Ken Abt, Bello Nock
Kim and Liz Davis
Kim Mancini and Donna Koffman
Marcia Jean Taub, Peter Swain, Carole and Paul Sprauge, Honey Mann
Marcello Perez juggles hats
Mark Ormond, Preston Scott
Matt and Krystel Beall
Molly Schechter, Gila Meriwether, Barbara Srur, Renee Hamad
Morgan McCarthy, Dolly Jacobs, Denise Schlink
Becky and Todd Bowden
Pedro Reis, Dolly Jacobs
Phil King, Diane and Timm Trettin
Rebecca Blitz, Melissa Howard, Renee Phinney
Rilee Grover, Elle Daily
Robin Eurich, Silas Richler, Doug Schuler
Sheeba Nesgahali, Heather Melton, DeeDee Bauler, Denise Schlink
Silas Richler, Karen Bell, David Culver
Kevin Moore, Noriko and Chucko Sidlow,Dylan Wynne, Sophie Watkins, Dana Havedank
Stacy and Joe Tocci
Steve Reeser and Grace Johnson
Suz Dahl, Cherie Gorenstein
Syd and Frances Broussard, Michelle Brauh
Among those in attendance were founders Pedro Reis and Dolly Jacobs, performers Bello Nock and Nik Wallenda, and approximately 450 other circus lovers.
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