Lawrence Busker Festival
- Aug. 22, 2011
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Lawrence residents and tourists gather downtown for the Lawrence Busker Festival August 19-21. Local and global acts including Mama Lou Strongwoman, Cate Flaherty, and Thom Sellectomy performed on the downtown streets this weekend.
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- Crowds of people stand by for the next performer as a busker walks to her next gig at the Lawrence Busker Fest in downtown Lawrence August 20. This was the Busker Fest’s 4th year here in Lawrence with acts from all over the country and the globe. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Fred Anderson, the Prop Comic, catches his audience’s attention at the Lawrence Busker Fest by breaking a cigarette in half with the snap of a rope whip. The Lawrence Busker Fest was held all over downtown Lawrence August 19-21. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- A balloon artist creates a dog on a leash for a girl downtown at the Lawrence Busker Fest August 20. Although a few acts were booked for the festival, many of the side attractions showed up to Busker Fest on their own to make a name for themselves. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- A side show act lets several children take turns holding a top spinning on a pen at the Lawrence Busker Fest August 20. This year’s acts included acrobats, sword swallowers, flame-throwers, hula hoop artists, and many more. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Kansas City based performer Mama Lou Strongwoman brings in a large crowd for her performance Saturday at the Lawrence Busker Fest in downtown Lawrence. This was Mama Lou Strongwoman’s third year performing at the Lawrence Busker Fest. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Mama Lou Strongwoman shows off her strength with one-handed pushups during her afternoon performance Saturday at the Lawrence Busker Fest downtown. Mama Lou made several appearances throughout the entire weekend at the festival. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Bending metal with her body, Mama Lou Strongwoman impresses her audience at the Lawrence Busker Festival downtown at 9th and Massachusetts August 20. Mama Lou stressed a feel-good message during her set to the children about being an individual and being passionate about what they did when they grew up. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- To involve the audience at the Lawrence Busker Fest, Mama Lou Strongwoman volunteers two men to help prove her strength Saturday afternoon in downtown Lawrence. Mama Lou performed her human tug-of-war act where two volunteers tried to pull hands apart with bands looped around her. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- During her Saturday afternoon act at the Lawrence Busker Fest, Mama Lou Strongwoman squishes an apple with her biceps to demonstrate her way of making applesauce. The Lawrence Busker Festival brought hundreds if not thousands of people to Lawrence this weekend from all over the Midwest. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- As her final and most popular stunt during her Saturday afternoon act, Mama Lou Strongwoman tears an entire phonebook in half at the Lawrence Busker Festival. The festival has been an economy booster for the local shops every year with the numerous tourists who stroll the streets of downtown Lawrence. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- A sideshow act poses before his rope-lengthening act downtown During the Lawrence Busker Festival August 21. National and Local street acts performed during this three-day weekend event in hopes to get the community involved and to continue making a living in a non-traditional job field. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Trio act Les Cerises d’été swoons the passer-bys of downtown Lawrence at the Busker Festival Sunday afternoon. The festival had four official stages set up throughout downtown Lawrence and also had performers like Les Cerises d’été strewn about the sidewalks of Massachusetts Street during this three day event. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Juggler and acrobat Cate Flaherty wows her audience during the Lawrence Busker Festival downtown by balancing an orange on the back of neck while holding herself with one hand on a platform above flaming torches and knives Sunday afternoon. Based out of Ft. Lauderdale, Colo., Cate Flaherty has traveled the globe performing her acrobatic performance. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Showing off her balance and strength at the Lawrence Busker Festival, Cate Flaherty grabs her orange, which was balancing behind her neck, and poses for her final act Sunday afternoon. This was Cate Flaherty’s first year performing at the 4th annual Lawrence Busker Festival. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Cate Flaherty receives money and speaks with the audience after her final act Sunday afternoon downtown at the Lawrence Busker Festival. The money received after acts like Cate Flaherty’s is what many buskers use as their primary income. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Using a volunteer from the audience to pull a sword from his mouth, Thom Sellectomy shows off his dangerous skill during the Lawrence Busker Festival downtown August 21. Thom Sellectomy has performed across the globe with his comedy and sword-swallowing duo act. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- Sword-swallower Thomas Sellectomy wows the crowd at the Lawrence Busker Festival by holding a sword in his mouth as the crowd counts down from three on Sunday afternoon. Thomas described how he swallows his swords during his act, but also discouraged the audience from trying his dangerous talent at home. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
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- For his final act, Thomas Sellectomy hammers a nail in his nose Sunday afternoon at the Lawrence Busker festival at the 8th and Massachusetts Street stage. The Lawrence Busker festival celebrated their fourth year with street performers from across the globe throughout the downtown Lawrence area August 19-21. Photo by: Rebecca Dreyfus
