Saturday, December 11, 2010

From Liz Dane #2


Scan00000010025, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

"Queenie and me waterskiing at Ponce De Leon Springs at
Ponce De Leon Springs, Florida in 1958-59.


(I might add that Ms Dane is the daughter of the late Bill Green
owner of the Rare Bird & Animal Farm- Fairlee, Vermont)
Buckles

Posted by Buckles at 12/11/2010 06:45:00 AM

3 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

Isn't this the same elephant that did this in the Hudson River when the Beatty show was playing the Palisades date for George Hamid?

In the newspaper releases they called the elephant "Beatty Hamid."

Also didn't Lalea Ray sometimes work in this act?

11 December, 2010 12:55
Anonymous said...

No, this is not the same elephant. To the best of my recollection, the time frame of the Hudson River sking elephant was 1952. According to Marj Rusing, she is the lady that skied with that elephant. There used to be a video clip on the internet that showed the elephant being unloaded from a Beatty truck. Unfortunately, I couldn't locate that website today.
I response to your second question, "Yes". Lalea trained both Queenie and myself to perform. I worked Queenie from 1956 thru 1960 and then did some fair dates summers thru 1962. In the meantime, Lalea worked Queenie until approximately 1964. Lalea was a great teacher/trainer!!

Liz (Green) Dane

12 December, 2010 14:30
Ole Whitey said...

Thanks, Liz

12 December, 2010 20:29

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