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Essex Circus Train

Image No. 1 | Spectators watch as an aerial silks artist performs under the Big Top as the Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Spectators watch as an aerial silks artist performs under the Big Top as the Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Image No. 2 | Jaime Morano entertains children as Sprinkles the Clown along the midway at the circus as Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Jaime Morano entertains children as Sprinkles the Clown along the midway at the circus as Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Image No. 3 | Maestro the Clown, Kenneth Lundquist, Jr. draws some laughs and funny looks as he runs through the crowd with a rubber chicken along the midway as the Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Maestro the Clown, Kenneth Lundquist, Jr. draws some laughs and funny looks as he runs through the crowd with a rubber chicken along the midway as the Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Musical singing duo "La La and Christopher" (Anastasia Lepore and Christopher Jankowski) perform children's songs about trains as the Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013.

Image No. 5 | Children run to pop large soap bubbles created by local children's musician Anastasia Lepore, known by her stage name as

Children run to pop large soap bubbles created by local children's musician Anastasia Lepore, known by her stage name as "La La," of La La and Christopher, as the Essex Steam Train and Valley Railroad Circus Train & Big Top Show team up for a day of fun at Essex Station Saturday, July 20, 2013. The circus continues Sunday and next weekend, July 27-28.

As kids and parents poured out of the Valley Railroad Circus Train Saturday, they were greeted by "El maestro," a clown clad in red sequined black pants, rainbow suspenders and a rubber chicken named "Giovanni" stuck in his pocket. "El maestro," or Kenneth Lundquist, blew enormous bubbles toward the kids as they drew near.