Little Miss Chauncey Dover, Heidi Jo McGrady, 7, of Logan, Ohio, screams and cries during a portrait session after her favorite horse, Freckles, crewed on her brand-new pink dress, on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Heidi immediately yelled at her father, “Freckles ate my dress!”

While waiting for an all-terrain emergency vehicle to reach them, friends hold and console one of their own while he screams and moans about his broken ankle during Six Fest, on Saturday, May 16, 2009. Heavy rain, mud and a massive amount of alcohol made the Ohio festival a wasteland of mud and intoxicated people.

Chieftain backup quarterback, Jon Neff (11) and fellow seniors, jump on top of the pile of players and attempt to motivate each other before the start of their game against the Zanesville High School Blue Devils, on Friday night, Sept. 26, 2009. Playing at home in front of a sold out crowd, Logan High School, Ohio, narrowly defeated their opponent, 16-14, to stay undefeated at 6-0.

While several secret service agents watch his every move, democratic senator from Delaware and vice-presidential candidate, Joe Biden, greets supporters at Ohio University’s Lancaster campus, on Oct. 15, 2008.

Girlfriend and boyfriend from Athens, Ohio, Heidi Welch, 16, and Matt Russell, 17, try on masks in Athens' Halloween USA store grand opening, on Sunday afternoon, Oct.12, 2008.

Abbey Bacon throws a decoy duck into the "Dock Dogs" pool while her chocolate Labrador, Zeus, jumps in after it, on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, in Nelsonville, Ohio. Held at the Hocking College campus, Dock Dogs was one of many events in the Rocky Great Outdoor Adventure festival.

Cindy Pelc, otherwise known as Crystal the Clown to children ion the western N.Y. region, waits for customers to entertain with her repertoire of balloon animals, face painting and magic tricks, on September 2, 2008, in Rochester’s Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurant. Pelc and her husband have been professional entertainers, primarily clowns, for over 20 years.

Scott, a self-proclaimed alcoholic, shares a moment with his intoxicated girlfriend after hours of physical fighting in the middle or rain, mud and alcohol, during Six Fest, in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, May 16, 2009. Scott and his girlfriend often fight inebriated about his drinking problem. Almost 13,000 young people from Ohio and surrounding states attended Six Fest. Heavy rain and a massive amount of alcohol made the festival a wasteland of mud and intoxicated people.

While reading her farewell speech to a large crowd of parents, supporters and local residents, Racheal LeAnn Frost breaks down in tears and falls into the arms of her longtime friend and pageant chairman, Kevin Bennett, on Saturday afternoon, June 6, 2009, in Chauncey, Ohio. Frost, the 2008-09 Jr. Miss of the Chauncey Dover Spring Festival, said, “I will miss all the girls but especially you Kevin.”

High school athletes jump over a hurdle during the steeplechase, on Friday morning, April 10, 2009, at a track meet in Costa Mesa, Calif.’s Orange Coast College.

Hannah Lanning, 8, of New Lexington, Ohio, watches the Jonas Brothers on T.V. while her grandmother, Cathy, applies rollers to her hair the night before the Little Miss Chauncey Dover beauty pageant. Considered the favorite by many for this year's crown, Hannah won first attendant last year.

Senior knight at Buena Park’s Medieval Times, a diner and show establishment, Max Naylor hits a pose with his favorite horse after winning the night’s tournament on Sunday night, Aug. 30, 2009. “The best part of the job is hearing 300 people cheering you as you battle the other knights on horses,” Naylor said.

Austin Sutliff, 16, of Reading, Pa., receives medical aid from Hocking College emergency medical technicians after being thrown-off and stepped-on by a bull, on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2008, in Nelsonville, Ohio. A cowboy for the past four years, Sutliff competes in the Bull Ride Mania rodeo circuit and similar competitions.

Orange County Sheriff’s Department diver, Deputy Chris Corn, poses yards from his dry office in Newport Beach Harbor Patrol headquarters, on Monday morning, Aug. 31. “The thing I like best about my job is when we have a successful dive and find a needle in a hay stack from secondhand information,” Corn said.

A 15-year veteran of Aquadettes, a senior synchronized swimming group, Margo Bouer, 73, strikes a pose after rehearsals, on Wednesday night, Aug. 26, in Laguna Woods. Aquadettes is preparing for their 45th annual Aqua Follies show in Laguna Woods Village. "The nun was my idea because I used to be a psychiatric nurse; same costume," Bouer said.

Crowds of people gather outside the ticket booth to buy admission for the first Dallas show of the Carson & Barnes Circus, on Tuesday afternoon, March 24, 2009. Carson & Barnes advertise their circus as “clean, affordable and kid safe entertainment.”

Late for the 3:00 p.m. show, Greg Norton and his son Dave, 11, enter the brand-new and state of the art tent, on Sunday afternoon, March 29. “I have no idea what to think; the tent is enormous,” Norton said.

Kevin Zandrac, 15, from Colombia, stretches before a performance on Thursday, March 26, 2009, in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas. Zandrac has been a contortionist in the Carson & Barnes Circus since he was an infant while his father Julio is the head tent engineer. Doctors have told him to stop contorting his body so extremely because eventually it will lead to long-term joint problems in the future. “I want to be in Cirque Du Soleil so I don’t care what the doctors think,” Zandrac said.

Marquino, a veteran clown from Venezuela, waits outside the tent on Sunday afternoon, March 29, for the part of the show where he sells the official Carson & Barnes Circus coloring book inside center ring. All artists, entertainers, clowns and vendors receive a percentage of the money they make selling circus merchandize and concessions.

Peruvian Trapeze artist, Gabriela Cavallini, flies atop the tent with a fellow performer and member of her extended family, Marco Cavallini, on Saturday, March 28. “I’m not as good as my husband but I feel comfortable in the air,” Cavallini said. Although accidents do happen in the circus, the trapeze act has one of the best safety records of the show.

During a show intermission on Sunday night, March 29, Jessica Roberts, 4, doesn’t know where to look as she reluctantly poses with a large white and yellow python while her father figures out his camera settings.

From left, artists Ana Claudia Dos Santos and Gabriela Cavallini prepare to open the backstage curtain for the elephants to enter the main ring during the show’s finale, on Thursday afternoon, March 26.

Melvino the Clown gets ready to run into the main ring during the last act of the night, on Tuesday, March 24. One of the youngest clowns with Carson & Barnes, Melvino has been in several circuses in his short yet eventful career.