PHOTO GALLERY: Circus comes to town

Published 8:07 pm Thursday, March 28, 2019

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A fire-eater performs with The Great Benjamins Circus during the show at the Vicksburg City Auditorium Wednesday night (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

Performers with The Great Benjamins Circus dance during the show at the Vicksburg City Auditorium Wednesday night (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

A performer with The Great Benjamins Circus juggles during the show at the Vicksburg City Auditorium Wednesday night (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

Performers with The Great Benjamins Circus juggle knives during the show at the Vicksburg City Auditorium Wednesday night (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

A contortionist with The Great Benjamins Circus performs during the show at the Vicksburg City Auditorium Wednesday night (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

A performer with The Great Benjamins Circus does aerial acrobatics during the show at the Vicksburg City Auditorium Wednesday night (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)

The Great Benjamins Circus performed their one night only 90-minute show Wednesday evening at the Vicksburg City Auditorium. The traditional circus had everything from a fire-eater to aerial acrobats.

About Courtland Wells

Courtland Wells is a staff photographer at The Vicksburg Post. He is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in Photojournalism. Following graduation, he started at The Vicksburg Post in the fall of 2016. Courtland has won numerous awards through the Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors and the Mississippi Press Association. His work has also been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post as well as other national publications. Courtland is a member of the Vicksburg Young Professionals.

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