St. Charles native performs with Greatest Show on Earth

KSDK -- A 19-year-old St. Charles native will perform for the first time in front of his hometown crowd with the Greatest Show on Earth.

Click here to see photos of Book Kennison's performance

Book Kennison, a 2008 St. Charles West High School graduate, is a member of Clown Alley in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. He joined the circus in November 2008 and started touring with the show in January.

Kennison shared stories about his experience and performed a few tricks for Circus Harmony students at City Museum Thursday morning.

He said his father taught him to juggle when he was 9 years old, then he started performing at Circus Harmony when he was 12. By 16, he had been on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' and the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno.'

People can meet Kennison and other performers during the All-Access Pre-Show one hour before each show as long as you have a ticket to Zing Zang Zoom at Scottrade. There will not be pre-show event prior to the Friday 10:30 a.m. performance.

Performance Schedule
Thursday, October 15th - 7 PM
Friday, October 16th - 10:30 AM and 7 PM
Saturday, October 17th - 1 and 5 PM
Sunday, October 18th - 1 and 5 PM

Tickets are available at www.Ringling.com, Ticketmaster or the Scottrade box office.