DENVER — From the time he was in fifth grade, Richie Harris aspired to be a rodeo clown. “Ever since that day, I said, ‘This is what I want to be,’” he said. Coloradoan Richie Harris (pink shirt) has ...

It's an hour before showtime and Rob Gann is running late. He has to get his makeup on, climb into his costume, and build a flash-bang firework that will provide the big noisy finish for his act.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From the time he was in fifth grade, Richie Harris aspired to be a rodeo clown. For Harris, who was raised in Westminster, going to the National Western ...

From the time he was in fifth grade, Richie Harris aspired to be a rodeo clown. “Ever since that day, I said, ‘This is what I want to be,’ ” he said. Harris followed his ambitions and, at age 16, ...