Wednesday, April 01, 2009

From Mike Naughton


IMG00039-20090328-2222, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

The Tallest and the Smallest at Hamid's Shrine Circus, Canton, Ohio.
Mike Naughton checks out Tina Winn's portable dressing room that features a lighted vanity/mirror/chair with tons of room for storage and garment racks that extend from the sides of the "Johnny Box", named after the creator John Daly, Jr.
There is a flat screen television plus other amenities. Mike placed an order for his portable dressing room upon seeing Tina's.
Hamids had three units working this past weekend throughout the Northeast.

Posted by Buckles at 4/01/2009 06:44:00 AM

14 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

I guess it DOES get color! Great Ringmaster coat! Any relation to Wally Naughton?
~frank

01 April, 2009 18:51
Frank Ferrante said...

(I meant that the portable dressing room gets color, not the coat!) ~frank

01 April, 2009 18:53
Mike Naughton said...

No relation to the Wally Naghtin Family.

Tina's portable dressing room is a traffic stopper backstage - it is THE TALK OF THE SHRINE DATES this spring. Great idea.

I showed the photo to John Kennedy Kane, a/k/a EGGROLL, when I ran into him at the Jordan date in Utica, NY and EGGROLL wants his "Johnny Box" to have a microwave oven.

02 April, 2009 01:14
John said...

Is that all Mike's checking out?

02 April, 2009 06:15
Wade G. Burck said...

John,
I didn't see Mike. If I wanted to get my nice looking coat noticed, I would sure pick someone else to pose with. Tina sure is a beauty.
Wade Burck

02 April, 2009 07:55
Pat Cashin said...

As long as we're placing orders...

I'd like to order a few more pictures of Tina!

02 April, 2009 15:04
Mike Naughton said...

Tina Winn is one of The Scotts of Great Britain fame, although I believe Tina was born in the USA; her sisters are: Pom Pom Donoho, Stevie Coronas and Vivian Scott.

"Galaxy Girl Tina" is an astute businesswoman and has a slew of fair bookings with her thrill show. Her crew members told me that there is a line with a 45 minute wait to get her autograph and pose for pictures at the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts.
Further info is available at galaxygirlevents.com

02 April, 2009 16:38
Anonymous said...

I wonder if she gets as much for an autograph as Brett Favre used to.

02 April, 2009 19:07
Circus Photos said...

What was the line up of acts at canton,oh show?

thanks
D Powell

02 April, 2009 20:29
Mike Naughton said...

Flying Pages
Thom and Toddy; clowns
Neecha Braun and her Wild Angels (dobermans enterting in the sidecar of Neecha's motorcycle)
Ashley Winn, hoops
Mercedes Pages Ponies
Shane Hansen, juggling
Ashley and Neecha, aerial lyras
Alicia Hansen, blacklight butterfly
interval
Webs, "Flying Down to Rio"
Thom and Toddy, clowns
Neche presenting Terranova's tigers
Rolling Diamonds, tabletop skaters
Doug Terranova Elephants
Tina Winn Troupe's Cyber Dome Drivers
Finale

Thom Wheaton and Todd Zimmerman, 7 year veterans of Ringling and multi-year entertainers at Sea World and Disney World made their Shrine Circus debut in Canton with two very clever clown gags that registered many laughs throughout both spots. Please note that both gags, plus the come-in were done without the aid of a whistle.
American Clowning was well represented in Canton.

The Tadmor Shrine has a tradition of local 8th graders in the Green Middle School who are invited to sing the National Anthem at each performance.

The first girl was fantastic and our hopes were elevated to stratospheric heights that these kids were going to be all right. All hope was lost with the remaining contestants; I felt like I was hosting the out-of-town tryouts for American Idol.


For those historians of circus music, the aerial ballet featured "The Peanut Vendor" which was mentioned in this blog a while ago regarding the Ringling elephant number.

02 April, 2009 23:17
Wade G. Burck said...

Mike,
Great Britain fame???? What's up with that? Sounds like Tina is of the United States of America fame. That's a leg up in my book.
Wade Burck

03 April, 2009 02:40
Mike Naughton said...

NOTE: Neche (sp?) is a performer from Colombia, South America who presented the Terranova tigers on the Universoul Circus last season.

The Scotts came to the USA for a 2 year contract the King Brothers Circus and ended up stranded in Macon, Georgia when the show went broke. They joined Pollack Brothers. The Scotts were part of a conglomerate that included the Bill Stebbings and Tony Fossett branches of the family. Pom Pom clued me in to this info when I visited in Utica a few nights ago.

Inside joke - I am a contributing editor to Burke's Peerage and Gentry, circus edition.

03 April, 2009 06:42
Mike Naughton said...

Neecha Braun's Wild Angels is going to be the next "hot" act on the Shrine Circus circuit; recently returned from Japan and a multi-year engagement with the FLYING FARFANS at the POP CIRCUS.
Neecha is Eric and Fannie Braun's daughter.

The aerial lyra's announcement when the girls descend to the floor was, "From the Boardwalk in Atlantic City..........The Steel Pier Beauties".
As a nod to the rich heritage of the Hamid Family and their Famous Steel Pier.

There was a Broadway Musical, Steel Pier, which didn't last long, as well as SIDE SHOW, a story based on the lives of the Siamese Twins, The Hilton SIsters. Both shows have tunes that could be used for circus. Chic might have more insider information.

I proposed the "Wild Angels" part of the announcement to Neecha who OK'd it, along with Fannie. This was inspired by the long forgotten Peter Fonda movie about gals, guys and motor cycles.

03 April, 2009 07:21
Circus Photos said...

Thanks, Mike! I wish I would have made it over.

D. Powell

03 April, 2009 09:48

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