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We were at the last Circus Juventas performance of Yulong tonight. As always, the performance was fabulous.

Unfortunately, just after the last ovation, when Dan Butler (co-founder) came out to speak, the north side bleachers collapsed (we were on the other side).

As we were leaving, I only saw one person with an injury, she was sitting near where the bleachers had been holding her elbow. However, there were many people still around, so it wasn't easy to see.

The crowd was very well behaved, after an initial gasp, everyone started filing out of the building and the performers and staff started helping to move chairs away from the collapsed area and instructing people to leave.

I noticed at least a few people on cell phones to 911, and by the time we'd gotten out of the building several emergency vehicles were on site. (I'm pretty sure at least a couple squad cars had already been there because they usually direct traffic before and after the show.)

This is all the news I've seen so far: http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_13138110?nclick_check=1