Aw can you smell it? The end of summer?
It smells like indoor sand sculptures and buttered popcorn and corn dogs and people getting ill from eating maple-bacon topping on a deep fried pork filled croissant ...
Yeh, it's CNE time again
Our first visit to the Ex this year was not all about food ... OK we did start our day with a corn dog. Yes, a corn dog. It's what for breakfast. And a Pepto for lunch. But really, this isn't a post about the food at the Ex.
We will be going back to the Ex to see the Air Show but that takes up a good chunk of the day so this time we decided to check out a couple of other shows the CNE has to offer. First up was Tic Toc, an original "acrobatic" show in the vein of Cirque de Soleil
There was some kind of story here involving a kind of madhatter character, a gigantic clock, a kidnapped professor ... well really it was a bunch of performers and really that's all I care about. I never "get" the stories in Cirque de Soleil either. Just spin around the stage and pass me another corn dog
There was this guy in a hoop, and he had a girl to spin with him in the hoop which is really rather touching cuz if you're stuck in a hoop it's nice to have someone with whom to share the experience, and maybe grab you a coffee (or a corn dog) as you spin around.
If the corn dog is way up high for some reason you could ask this guy to help you get it.
Of course, the show had ribbon girls, a pair of them, working in tandem. I've seen lots of ribbon girls and I never really tire of them. Sometimes I want to know where they got the ribbons from and where they keep them .. and sometimes I just like to keep all that a mystery
Most of the shows contained rather familiar elements but the climax was worth the wait, featuring a series of acrobats bouncing off the giant clock face and swinging from the clock's "movements"
If Tic Tock represented the "new school" or even current school of shows one would see at a fair, the Ex offered up a perfect example of "old school" or should I say "classic" It really doesn't get much more classic than the Flying Wallendas.
Nik Wallenda is making a living out of doing high wire spectaculars, walking over Niagra Falls and the Grand Canyon but this Wallenda troup adhered to what made the family famous; controlled and perfectly executed wire walks without a net
From the clown that opened the show, to their costumes to the stunts themselves, this was classic Wallenda, stuff I watched on TV as a kid. Classic can sometimes be corny. But when you see it live, and see the grace and skill involved in what they do, it doesn't seem corny at all ... well corn dog perhaps ... but this isn't about food
And if the corn dog jokes are becoming a bit odious for you, check out the video. Music by Serena Ryder and 100% corn dog free.
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