Jesse Highley interview by Adrianne DeWeese

Jesse Highley dreamed as a child of running away and joining the circus. Beginning at age 5, Highley’s father would take him each year on his birthday to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Highley would return home from the circus and would teach himself new skills he had observed – juggling, riding a unicycle, gymnastics tumbling and walking on stilts, among others.

more at The Examiner 
(sorry, post is late and the event was on Fri, Feb. 19)