Charlotte Johanson, 4½, of Hatfield watches a tightrope act in the Circus Smirkus big top show, "Midnight at the Museum," at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton on Tuesday.
Charlotte Johanson, 4½, of Hatfield watches a tightrope act in the Circus Smirkus big top show, "Midnight at the Museum," at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton on Tuesday. Credit: GAZETTE STAFF / KEVIN GUTTING

Thirty troupers in Circus Smirkus, the Vermont-based traveling youth circus, brought their 30th anniversary big top show, ‘Midnight at the Museum,’ to the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton on Tuesday and Wednesday. The four Northampton shows, presented locally by North Star, comprised the 11th stop on a 17 city tour. (Kevin Gutting / Gazette Staff)