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The big top fills up
Tigers, aerial stunts and clowns wow crowd

By Matt Arado
from: reflejos.com
September 30, 2012

Nunez said his children were most excited to see performances by the live animals.

“But they might get a little scared, too,” he said. “My little one took one look at the tigers just now and almost told us to take her home.”

Those tigers were the first act of the day. Trainer Ryan Holder got all five of them to sit on their hind legs, roll over on cue and take turns jumping over one another.

Ryan Holder of St. Louis with his striped sensations wowed the audience at the Kelly Miller Bros. Circus in Itasca on Sept 23.
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Kelly Miller Circus delights Point Place
Children of all ages welcome under big top

BY CASEY SUMNER
BLADE STAFF WRITER
AUGUST 10, 2012

"Children of all ages," he boomed. "Welcome to America's one-ring wonder."

Seconds later, five enormous Siberian tigers stalked their way into the center ring, followed by their trainer, Ryan Holder. So began "fascinating felines," the first act of the Kelly Miller Circus, which played two shows Thursday in Point Place as part of its tour of northwest Ohio.

A packed crowd of roughly 1,100 watched Mr. Holder, seemingly oblivious to any risk, bid the tigers to sit, jump, roll, and stand on their hind legs.

Courtesy of ToledoBlade.com

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