The Circus Smirkus tent crew prepare to raise the cupola after being attached to the tent canvas as the Big Top tent is raised last week for the first time. photo by Vanessa FournierNat Brown (left), co-owner of Crew That, a Massachusetts events logistics company specializing in tents, and Noah Pierce (right), make final connections to the cupola before it is raised. Brown worked for Circus Smirkus for 16 years as the tent boss and helped to design the new tent with Smirkus leadership. photo by Vanessa FournierNat Brown (left) of Crew That helped to design the new Smirkus Big Top and Rob Mermin (right), who founded Circus Smirkus in 1987, look on as the brand new big-top goes up at the circus barn headquarters on 1 Circus Road in Greensboro, May 7. photo by Vanessa FournierNat Brown (left) and Jacob Fritz (right), with eight other tent crew members helped to raise the big-top tent, May 7. This is the first time the new tent has been set up. Each side pole weighs about 40 pounds. photo by Vanessa Fournier
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