Army of Sass Penticton brought the circus to the Lakeside this weekend with its presentation of Sideshow.
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The end-of-season performance from the Penticton dance school saw the ballroom of the hotel transformed into strongwomen, balancing acts, illusions and all the staples of the big top were brought to town.
Army of Sass Penticton took their own twists to some of the classic circus routines, from the tightrope walkers, to clowns and mimes, to the lion and lion tamer. With each act, there were plenty of cheers from the audience.
The Army of Sass was backed up with performers from around the Okanagan and even from Vancouver. From Kelowna, Cosmic Co Motion started off the show with neon-style, Kinshara Performance Troupe brought their illusions and a live-snake to the 360-degree stage, Boundless Belly Dance acted the part of lion tamer and the lion, and Aimee and Ropezilla balanced out the acts with a brief slow section in the action.
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Traveling all the way from Vancouver for the show, Jason Burns, better known by his stage name as Burns the Dragon, was another hit. He performed his own take on the bed of nails trick, balancing a board of nails on top of a cylinder before standing on top of them. For a finale, he let audience members staple a bill to his body, in a literal example of the saying, no pain, no gain.
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