Friday, December 30, 2005

Only 5 more days! #1 Great Pageants await!


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Men do this in Basic Training for the the service. Men never will look this good. GO GIRLS

Anonymous said...

The world can barely wait for the GREAT REVEALING. I just want to know if the show can fit into five rail cars and we can book it for our next PTA fundraiser in the school gym?

Anonymous said...

In fairness when diesel jumped to $3.50+ this season in some places -- and with on-going insurance issues that everybody deals with -- I think that most shows have to ways to shave costs and cut trucks. Carson and Barnes will still be bigger than any other tent show; and they aren't cutting seats, they're moving the back door. If anything it's going to make for a more exciting show if you're sitting in the blues.

Anonymous said...

I assume this is Ringling Bros. Do you know what year? Was it spec or aerial ballet? It was a spectacular display.

Buckles said...

1942 Patriotic Finale!

Anonymous said...

To John Goodall: If I remember correctly, these pictures originally appeared in a multi-page feature article in LIFE Magazine. (Although the article ran in the early 1940s, your local library might have bound hard copies of old LIFE issues in its stacks.) The opening picture was an aerial shot of the layout of the tented Ringling show at New Bedford, Mass. It's a magnficent shot. In the backyard, you can see the Alfred Court cages. And you can see the Old King Cole/Mother Goose spec as it goes into he big top. You can actually see in detail the dromedary that's made up in white to, I think, transport Mother Goose. The article also had a spectacular shot of the elephant long mount circling the track in the old Madison Sq. Garden. You get the feeling there are so many elephants, they actually stretch all the way up 49th Street, around 8th Avenue, and all the way down 50th Street. Simply amazing. ToddP

Buckles said...

I just read a remarkable statement in a Ken & Nicole Press Release presented on Circus Verne, to the effect that this year's show "will have 3 rings of talent combined into 1 ring".
How could that be? The Dress Rehearsal I saw here last winter had 1 ring of talent divided by 3.

Anonymous said...

I dare anyone to re-tell the story of why announcer Art Springer hurriedly fled the Ringling lot over a moment in the Old King Cole spec.

Anonymous said...

To ToddP. The issue of Life Magazine you referred to is:
Erin Foley,Archivist reports that
Circus World Museum has that issue of Life Magazine! It dates July 28, 1941 (vol. 11, no. 4), and has the cover image of Hubert Castle helping his son Hal cross the wire to his mother, Mary.