From Mike Naughton

PA030105, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Visitors to the NEW CIRCUS VIDBEL THREE CIRCUSES REPRESENTED ON ONE CIRCUS LOT, friends and colleagues have a great visit. MJ (l) and Elizabeth(r), The Naughton Sisters from Yankee Doodle Circus visit with "Uncle" Ian M. Garden, Jr. from Canada's Garden Brothers Circus at the NEW CIRCUS VIDBEL. Ian announced the all-star line-up and presented his Welsh Ponies. Ian and family head to Sarasota after the Vidbel run. Elizabeth is Ian's goddaughter. The Vidbel show has a solid line-up of top-notch acts. Great Job! Mike Naughton Circus Vidbel is closing its new generation of the "Original Olde Tyme Circus" this weekend in New York. The three week inaugural tour opened in New Jersey. The show is a power-house and thoroughly entertaining. Ian Garden, Jr. announcer and liberty ponies, the Martin Alvarez Family with teeterboard, cradle and hula-hoops, Gennady and Svetlana with 2 comedy spots and their juggling/skip rope specialty seen on Big Apple, Mike Ashton Family risley with 2 year old Cheyenne, Suzanne Vidbel cloud swing, the Pat Davison Family with rola bola and unicycles. Mike Ashton and Wynn Murrah sound like a six piece band. At the end of the show on Friday night Henry Bush, cfa personified, presented a bouquet of roses to Suzanne. Both matinee and evening shows had plenty of fans from the New England area. Both shows had enthusiastic patrons and the evening show graced Suzanne's cloud swing with a standing ovation. Joyce Vidbel and several friends attended the matinee. After many years I ran into Ralph Steinherr, the father of Jennifer and Suzanne. Welcome back Circus Vidbel and all the best to Mike and Suzy from the Mike Naughton Family and the Yankee Doodle Circus. Mike Naughton