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The King Charles Troupe is a group of basketball-playing unicyclers performing choreographes routines of comedy and athletics. The troupe is a top act in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus, which opened on Wednesday at the Patriot Center in Fairfax and will hold shows now through April 20.
"We perfect a skill and make it our own," says "Kip" Jones, the troupe's leader. "No one else can duplicate it in the way we've done it."

The King Charles Troupe is a group of basketball-playing unicyclers performing choreographes routines of comedy and athletics. The troupe is a top act in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus, which opened on Wednesday at the Patriot Center in Fairfax and will hold shows now through April 20. "We perfect a skill and make it our own," says "Kip" Jones, the troupe's leader. "No one else can duplicate it in the way we've done it."

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