Monday, June 25, 2012

1963 Detroit Shrine #2

06-24-2012 06;49;41PM by bucklesw1
06-24-2012 06;49;41PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

You may notice the bell on "Lydia's" neck.
When working in a display with your competition, we knew no shame. Bells, gold bracelets, gold head pieces and gold toenails.
With a good crowd I would sometimes jump out on the track and do a "Tommy Hanneford".

Posted by Buckles at 6/25/2012 05:49:00 AM

12 comments:

Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
All of that, plus the Light Brigade cape, is probably where the term "hambone" came from. :)

Wade Burck

25 June, 2012 07:26
Ryan Easley said...

What's a "Tommy Hanneford?"

25 June, 2012 09:24
Buckles said...

Having already been taken to task, I'll let Wade handle that one!

25 June, 2012 10:03
Chic Silber said...

Although he was certainly not the

1st (or even the 51st) Tommy had

"Grandstanding" down to an artform

25 June, 2012 11:28
Buckles said...

......I can't hear you!!!

25 June, 2012 12:04
Chic Silber said...

That's the same cape that's shown

in 1 of your title page photos

In regards to "ring competition"

my very favorite was a memorable

ring 2 display with Barbara & Ben

"assisting" Anna May while a pair

of beautiful but useless cheetahs

dragged a chariot around in 3 while

musical cues & rimshots favored 2

I recall much tension ensued

25 June, 2012 13:31
Chic Silber said...

Correction as it may have been

the cheetahs riding in the chariot

25 June, 2012 13:32
Chic Silber said...

I also recall Jean Charles yelling

those exact words many times

Grandstanding was much better done

with a couple of battered pie tins

25 June, 2012 13:36
jerry digney said...

love the cape--very intellectual!

25 June, 2012 15:54
Jim Zajicek said...

For Ring Competition,...
My moneys on any little Kid juggling Fire while his Sister waves the American Flag...

25 June, 2012 16:00
Chic Silber said...

When all else fails Jim there's

always "Old Glory"

25 June, 2012 16:56
Buckles said...

Interesting you would mention that.
My mother and father closed the act with the three elephants on spindles waving American flags while the band played Stars and Stripes.
Barbara and I shared your opinion and changed it from flags to long chiffon streamers which kept the motion we liked but eliminated the schmaltz.

25 June, 2012 17:13

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