Great kid gets shot from cannon

[lola]

(caution: clowns in the related videos)

Elliana just got this gig a few months ago, and is touring the US with Ringling Bros. "Built To Amaze." I understand she gets her own train car and is the youngest human cannonball around.

www.ringling.com/TourSchedule.aspx?action=findshow&zip=showall&utm_source=WINGS+TO+WHEELS%21&utm_campaign=circus+time+sensitive&utm_medium=email

Elliana was in my Drama Club from the time she was 9 until our kids graduated, and was always a joy to work with: great work ethic, solid, prepared, smart.

[bixaorellana]

Wow! What a happy, wonderful young woman with, as she clearly sees, an exciting life in front of her.

Helmet??

[mossie]

Excellent. She is an inspiration. It must be exhilarating to fly like that, I would be too chicken to try.

[lola]

Thank you, Bixa! Her second career choice was I think sign language interpreter.
And yes, what's up with the helmet?

Mossie, you and me both. At our local European-style circus, featuring some kids Elliana's mother has trained, I don't even like to look at the airborne acts. Bring in the clown, specifically Nino, my favorite ever. The kind of guy who makes you not be afraid of clowns.





A nice Wall St Journal article about Elliana.
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578338484129712680.html