Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Our Circus Day

Darla,

Just wanted to send you this letter and maybe you could pass this
along to everyone on the show.

The Carson and Barnes Circus is a very Professional and remarkable group from the owners Mr. & Mrs. Byrd to the animal trainers and the circus hands. From the time that the show rolled it's first truck into town on Wednesday August 30th, it seemed like everyone who lives in our small town was out ready to welcome them here and they were having the time of their lives. I believe that we parked just as many cars and had just as many people stop by to see the tent go up as we had at the 4:30 show. After set up people walking back to their vehicles stopped to talk to me and were saying that this is the best thing that our Fire Dept. has ever done for this town. Then there is showtime young and old having fun elderly folks looking and acting like kids that made this whole thing worth while for me. Also would like to mention that Aaron Broderick your ringmaster does such a fine job he made it so everyone new what was going on and also working himself into some of the acts made them fun and hillarious. You should really make sure you never loose him he is also a true professional. The next day I walked around our little town and everyone was still commenting on the Circus and how we should do this again. So hopefully in 2-3 years we would like to do this again and outdo ourselves to make it bigger and better than we did this time.
      I would also like to thank you Darla for the help you gave me each time I called you. You had the answer for me each time I called. Also Bill and Jennifer helped us out and were great thank you to them and even after they left they continued to call to see how things were going.
     So "HATS OFF" to everyone with the Carson and Barnes Circus for making everything going smooth and our Circus Day fun.
     Please pass this along from the Au Sable Forks Fire Dept. we thank you and wish you all the best of luck.

Chris Thwaits
Chief
Ausable Forks Fire Dept.