Typing on a Circular Path in CS6

I've found lots of tutorials, but all of them leave me in the dust. Most seem to be for versions earlier than CS6, or they omit an important step or mention some function I can't find.
Anyway, can someone tell me what steps to follow in order to the following?:
I'm creating a state seal, with a blue band around the design. Inside the circular blue band, I'd like to type the words "Great Seal of" at the top and "Washington State" at the bottom. But I actually need two separate sets of text, because I don't want "Washington State" to be upside down.
Anyway, how do I do this?
Thanks.

Draw a circular path with the ellipse shape tool, hover your text tool over it - magic.
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