Mystic’s Carnival is moving in!
As you can see, the crew is busy getting everything set up to insure our new digs will be spic and span—perfect for you and your entertainment.
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My name is Zeke and I will be your host for most of the time. Just give me a holler if you need anything. I’ll be enjoying my pipe and a few quiet moments on the bench just over yonder.
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I invite you to marvel at the great precision with which the fantastic crew moves in relocating and setting up the new site. Them good ol’ boys—and girls—are like a well-oiled machine. It truly is interesting to watch.
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*Watch the carnival relocate with the magic of time lapse video.
[Setup and teardown of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza in 2009. Filmed and edited by Josh Anderson and Tree Cowell]
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Heavy sigh.
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I still remember the day Mystic set up in her present location. There was a lot of work to be done. Not nearly as many rides and concessions as she has today, mind you, but there was a lot for the time. Higgins was there, he can tell you. Most of these youngins working Mystic’s Carnival today haven’t got a clue what it was like. As far as they’re concerned, the carnival has always been where she sits today. But where exactly is that? Do you know? Because I’m not so sure I have the slightest inkling anymore. Could be we finished setting up the tents and rides that last time but the carnival, she wasn’t done relocating. We could be anywhere.
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Torques his lips and crinkles his brow. Let’s out one quick chuckle.
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Yep. I guess that sounds about right. I do hope you’ll come and visit us sometime. Mystic is quite unusual—magical.
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Takes a long drag on his pipe.
Until next time—safe travels,
