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Big Top Tents and Events celebrates ribbon-cutting

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Big Top Tents and Events celebrated a ribbon-cutting event Saturday night with an open house event that included food and live music by the Sioux Falls cover band, 10 Miles From Nowhere. Pictured at the ribbon-cutting are (from left) Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere, Andrew Hamann, Jordan Smidt, Baylee Smidt (with scissors), Chamber assistant Amber Lais, Stacey Smidt, Jeris Niemeyer, Belle Smidt, Makayla Sterrett, Kaden Erickson and Chamber board member Cris Oeltjenbruns. Jordan and Stacey Smidt bought the tent business from Mike Jarchow in 2015 and in 2019 expanded to include portable bathroom rentals. In 2020 the business moved into the former Bomgaars building where it expanded to offer indoor event space and a 40-by-40-foot outdoor patio. Renovations were completed this year.

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