Circus Performers

After the animals the performers paraded down the street...one year the acrobats came to the local swimming pool and gave an impromptu performance on the poolside turning somersaults as they dived into the water. Everybody loved it, of course, but sure enough small boys started to emulate them and the lifeguards were obliged to stop the show.

The Circus Comes to Town..

Valbonne is a village in Alpes-Maritimes, in the south of France, very popular with tourists and my stamping ground. I don't actually live in the village itself but benefit from its advantages like this circus parade..
The occasion is the Fete de St Roch and as part of the celebrations the Arlette Gruss circus paraded a selection of its animals through the centre of the village. These sweet ponies led the procession..