Sunday, May 25, 2008

Street entertainers along Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

I was walking along Michigan Avenue when I bumped into these entertainers. I stayed for a little while to watch them. I was amused at their skills on how to attract people. They possessed different skills to entertain people.

First, there is a group of African Americans who are playing the drums and cymbals. Some people on the side are dancing to their music.







Second, there is another entertainer just one block away. He is a contortionist, like a "rubber man." His body is so flexible that he can put himself inside that little box where he is standing on.



Third, a few steps away, there is another guy with leather brown paint all over his body. He is entertaining people by showing his skills to draw pistol and to pretend to shoot it in the air. From afar, you can see this guy looks like a statue if he doesn't move. Well, if you want to get a picture of him, you have to drop a dollar bill into the bucket!