Sunday, January 06, 2019

FEATHERS #9


Posted by Chic Silber at 1/06/2019 12:20:00 AM

7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Margarita Vasquez Ayala

came to the Beatty Show

as a teenager under the

watchful eyes of Chatta

& Pablo Martinez

Some 8 years later she

married Miguel Ayala &

they have 2 daughters &

they both do hair hang

Her RBBB performing name

was Margueritte Michelle

06 January, 2019 15:52
Roger Smith said...

I can tell you, nobody got near that girl with Pablo watching.

06 January, 2019 17:56
Paul Gutheil said...

I thought so, thanks. Wonderful people, classic hair hang.

06 January, 2019 17:57
Charles Hanson said...

She took a bad fall in Atlanta, Ga at the old Omni many years ago. From what I was told, it was during the finish spinning trick. Apparently, something came loose ...from the rather involved process of preparing for a hair hang act. I met her once many years later and she asked me where I lived. When I said Atlanta, she frowned her face and said bad memories. Just a beautiful person and performer.

06 January, 2019 19:22
Chic Silber said...


The gimmick (if you will)

to hair hang is to have

a completely wet head of

hair & scalp before you

have it braided into the

special hardware which

unifies the distribution

of weight evenly across

the scalp & prevents any

breaking or ripping out

On very cold days or if

the performer is feeling

very uncomfortable they

may try cheating on the

wetting which makes the

whole shebang dangerous

& more likely to fail

06 January, 2019 21:39
Chic Silber said...


A circus trivia item is

that Red Hartman used to

braid Olga Rigel's hair

hang back on Beatty

06 January, 2019 21:41
Chic Silber said...


I get to see the Ayalas

now & again in town

06 January, 2019 21:43

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