Wednesday, April 14, 2010

From Robert Perry #8


Buckles how many out of 10 would you give my brother Alby for his circus skills photo of him doing a back on rhe wire through a hoop being held by our good friend Leo stLeon he made the tent in the background also the animal cages done a wire act a hand balancing act also a spring board act worked the lions & elephants & tigers ponies & monkeys

Robert Perry Australia


Robert, I would have to give him an 11.
Hard to imagine the amount of time spent in the practice ring!
My career was solely spent presenting elephants however as a
youth I was an accomplished trampolinist!
Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 4/14/2010 05:57:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thank,s Buckles i also forgot to mention he was a good knuckle man
if we had any Mugs around i think you call them (Jerks)
Robert Perry

14 April, 2010 09:05
Anonymous said...

THE tent MY brother made is the red & blue one in the first photo
Robert Perry

15 April, 2010 19:39
Steve said...

Alby Perry Jr was terrific on the tight wire but even he will tell you that his Dad was better.

Alby Sr was offered a contract to go to Ringlings like Con Colleano but chose to stay in Australia with the family show.

If he had gone, Robert might be talking with a drawl now!!!

Towards the end of Alby Jr's wire-walking career the Moscow Circus came to Brisbane. It was arranged that some of the Russians would come out to the Perry's circus to see some Aussie acts. Alby practiced for days to put the flip- flap back into the wire act and to redo a standing back somersault on the ground. [He was still doing a feet to feet back on the wire, crutch drops and back somersault etc]. After all the sweat and pain you can imagine how he felt when the Russians failed to arrive.

16 April, 2010 06:46

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