Under a big top

Circus starts in Piedmont at 2 p.m. with second show at 4:30 p.m. Saturday

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Scott Dunn, left, with family, Clyde, Sara, and Eleanor, learn how a circus tent is pitched for the Culpepper & Merriweather Great Combined Circus. Showtimes Saturday are 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Photo by Robert Medley)

The Culpepper & Merriweather Great Combined Circus is ready and the tent is up Saturday for showtime in Piedmont.

The circus troupe performed to two sold-out shows Friday night in Okarche.

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Shows will be 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday just north of Williams Foods, 410 S. Piedmont Road.

Leo Acton, Culpepper & Merriweather Great Combined Circus tour guide, explains the ins and outs of the business before the tent was raised Saturday north of Williams Foods. (Photo by Robert Medley)

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