The Kent Family Magic Circus, a traveling troupe of seven family members, was one of the many acts at the Ulster County Fair over the weekend. Victor Kent, father or seven and head of the show, blogged about their day in New Paltz, which included stitches for one of his performing daughters and a milestone in fire-eating for one of his sons. You know, just another vacation in the RV with dad:
I love NY audiences. They really respond to my humor and they seem to click with us. All of our shows went exceptionally well. Even though I missed the last show. So did Olivia and Cynthia. You see, Olivia, somehow ripped a major gash on the top of her foot while in our box trailer. Cynthia thinks she knows where it happened but I won't know until I am back at the trailer tomorrow. We had to run off to the emergency room...it was a very nasty gash. Fortunately for us the ER wasn't busy and we were seen right away. The nurses, PA and entire staff where very friendly. They fell in love with Olivia and tried their hardest to keep her calm and happy. She took the Novocain injections very badly, they stung and burned she said. But after the juice kicked in she barely noticed the stitching. She got 8! Cynthia helped a lot at the ER comforting and holding her.
Mean while back at the fair, James and Miles put on a juggling, fire-eating, and bull whip show. The word I got when I got back to the fair was they did an awesome job. Miles apparently did one of his best fire-eating routines ever. He finally was able to light his tongue on fire. And his fire-blow was his biggest to date. James' humor made the day.
Thank God for such good kids. They mobilized and got everything done.
