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There should be stilt-walkers, clowns, and acrobats.
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Doors open at 4pm and attractions include live gore-lesque by The Sedition Girls, as well as performances from Grim Squeaker, Siamese Scream, Azaria Starfire and circus turns including stilt-walkers and fire-breathers, with Monster Cakes' brain- and heart-shaped confections available for the inevitably hungry revellers.
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Getty Images Questlove of the Roots On Thursday, stilt-walkers greeted you as you approached the entrance to the pier, which had those crazy flashing lights that set off Pavlovian cravings for funnel cake.
Jay-Z's Big Hit: a Carnival Marshall Heyman 2011
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The midgets, the ladies dressed as tables and stilt-walkers packed up their things.
Jay-Z's Big Hit: a Carnival Marshall Heyman 2011
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As Siegfried follows his quest for Odette he encounters jugglers, stilt-walkers, contortionists and lovers who dance on unicycles.
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When Indian steel tycoon Pramod Agarwal married off his daughter Vinita in Venice last weekend, the entertainment included stilt-walkers, fireworks, two Indian elephants and a 45-minute private concert by the Colombian pop star Shakira.
In Search of Happily Ever After Francis X. Rocca 2011
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I detested the sight of dancers, performing bears brought by those dirty buggers from Agra, stilt-walkers, the one-leg-and-crutch of Abdul Saliq the Pir Gate beggar.
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“‘We have decided to employ fireeaters and stilt-walkers, and increase foot patrol,’ a spokesman said.”
You Don’t Have To Make It Up « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The Cirque du Soleil performers in the pregame show included six stilt-walkers who simulated stripe-shirted NFL referees riding atop flamingos.
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An added benefit is all of the activities in the square: living statues, singers, juglers, dancers, stilt-walkers, you name it - and the people-watching is great ... all viewable from your table.
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