Sunday, October 19, 2008

From Harry Kingston

Buckles,
We just got back from seeing Carson and Barnes family 3 ring Circus at the Ft Worth shrine.
This is the best circus performance I have seen in a long time. They put on a great performance and the shriners and locals had many compliments to Barbara Byrd and Traci and Kristin.
Barbara purchased many new costumes and she had many on some good looking girls and they were hot looking. I asked if any would be interested in baby setting me, ha ha.
The opening spec was all around the Will Rogers arena with the shriners also in it.
They had a cat act from them and Adam Burke had his animals trained great as they looked wonderful and another crowd pleaser.
The 7 man high wire act brought down the house and they were the wizards of the wire.
Also Tim Frisco and Billy Morris presented 7 elephants in 2 rings. and they put them through there paces for a very good display.
Tim also did a single elephant number with little Obert that he walked the plank, beat a drum, danced and really entertained the crowd.
They also had a 5 man motor cycles in the globe of death.
Many more great act's were presented in 3 rings that all that attended loved.
They had many full houses for there stay in Ft Worth and the shriners want them back for next year.
Barbara, Kristin , and Traci attend all the shows presented and I had the pleasure to set with them for two on Saturday and the place was full.
There were very long lines for the elephants rides as they had 3 elephants going in two rings and most all the moons bounces and other stuff was well attend.
All this and they bucked the State fair and still came out a winner.
The circus goes on to Tulsa, Ok and then finishes the season for this year.
Barbara Byrd wishes all that send here good wishes in a speedy recovery the best. She looks great and was all over the building making sure all went well with the show,
She was also spotted trying her hand at riding a motorcycle, so now i can call her motorcycle mama, ha ha.
I sure had a great visit seeing this fine circus family and what a fantastic circus performance it was.
I plan on seeing them open in March with many more surprises for the circus going public.
Harry Kingston
Carson and Barnes number one fan

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I saw the show in Chino California a little while and even without the extra acts it is now in a legue of its own. A three ring circus under canvas for a whole season. Once routine now unique.
Added acts seem to by the cats,2nd elephant act,and the globe. Also I only saw three in the wire act and Obert didn't work.
Best hour and a half in the country.Counting TV and movies.
How long did they run in Fort Worth?
Mark Horton

Harry Kingston said...

Mark,
The run was Oct 10th to the 18th with 3 shows on Saturday and Sunday.
The shrine just loved the show and never had any other circus that was that good. The shrine just loved Carson and Barnes.
They also had a clown comedy exploding car number that was a winner.
Tim Frisco always put's on a great elephant act and his little girl was in the spec and she is a real cuttie.
Those beautiful latin women in those new costumes made my heart skipp a beat.
The circus performance was 3 hours long when first presented but had to be cut some.
Most shows were capacity.
Thanks for the kind words about CB as they try man and are with it and for it and a great circus family.
I had a great visit with them all and they are tired bunch of hard working folks.
Kristin and Traci did there best to run the show while Barbara was gone but Barbara ran some of it from Rochester. But both daughters did a gerat job and they have a great bunch of folks with the circus that makes it real easy for them.
Barbara said Ringling is ahead of them in Tulsa by 2 weeks but they will try. and do there best.
Harry