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Aug. 15, 2012: Chase Culp of Houston checks his clown makeup before the performance of Circus Smirkus in Montpelier, Vt. Circus Smirkus, based in Greensboro, Vt., is an award-winning international youth circus founded to promote the skills, culture and traditions of the traveling circus.
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