 Globe sections are bolted together and for tear down--or load out as it is now more commonly termed--they are stacked on the same wheeled cart (seen in the back right) used as the base to move the globe in and out on the arena floor before the whole ensemble is loaded in a wagon.  |
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
From Richard Flint #4
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The first time I can remember seeing a Globe of Death motorcycle act was when the 110th Edition Blue Unit was in San Diego in 1980. I also recall an incident that occurred at one of the performances. We were playing the music for the Guerrero Troupe wire act when all of a sudden bandleader Ronnie Drumm left the bandstand and started running down the track towards the opposite end of the arena. Apparently, while they were wheeling in the Globe of Death, it started to get away from them, and all available hands rushed in to help. (I thought that it was pretty neat that Ronnie Drumm realized what was happening and then chose to get involved.) The 1980 Globe of Death act used music that sounded like it would have been more at home on the Red Unit: “Ease on Down the Road” from the musical “The Wiz,” theme from the film “Rocky II” and the theme for the TV show “Kojak.” This act (and its music) eventually moved over to the Red Unit where it fit right in.)
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