Last night in Orlando, the double wheel had to be cancelled at the last moment due to some sort of malfunction. Following the Ken & Nicole mantra "When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout!" an order was called to close the show immediately after the elephant act. |
Friday, January 12, 2007
Panic strikes the Big Top!
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What ever happened to that old saying" The show must go on "? oh,and by the way I vote for rebecca too!!
Story is good enough to repeat!!I know the day will come when something like this will happen at Jerasic Park in Tenn. Birdy told me a couple have deserted the day to day care to concentrait on fund raising. I figure they don't want to be around at the next desaster just waiting to happen. One of them can't run as fast as he used to.
Buckles--
Forgive the familiarity. Didn't they used to send in the clowns?
I met you in 1976 at Circusworld when I was in Clown College and we came to learn to ride elephants. I rode Anna May. I remember watching you tell an elephant standing in line with a number of others to "back up" until she was up against a wheelbarrow some distance away.
You then hollared "dump!" or some other command and the elephant "dumped" in the wheelbarrow. We all thought it was pretty amazing that you would devote the time it would take to train such a trick . . .
I worked in WQ the year you came to the Blue show. Late one night I watched you tell another elephant "now think!" while your daughter stood styling on the track. Then you said "tail up" and the elephant took her by the hand and led her away.
I was a clown on Circus Vargas when Ben was there with Anna May. And I saw you every now and then here and there across America during my 19 years of assorted clown gigs.
I discovered your blog about a year or so ago after reading about it on Pat Cashin's blog, at the same time I discovered "Yesterday's Town's" (although I knew Bill and Donna way better than I knew Bill and Trudy).
And I write to tell you this--I spent almost 20 years living in the circus, but never appreciated the magnitude, the history, the on-going-ness of it all until now. I loved my part in it, and it was a great ride, and I was and am sorry in a lot of ways that it didn't last longer-- but reading everyday what you post, and seeing the photos you post, some of which feature stuff I touched and people I knew makes me realize how privileged I have been to have been part of your world, even if it was only for a short while . . .
Thank you.
Bruce L. Warner
(aka Bruce the Clown
or "brucedaclown@yahoo.com")
Didn't I hear somewhere that Billy from the Hawthorn herd went to Tenn.Several times she ran me out of the ring!! Those handlers better get wings.
Hey Bruce:
In your walk down memory lane you forgot to mention that you were the Best Man, Maid of Honor, and you caught the bouquet at our wedding. Hell, you were the only one at our wedding. Well at least we're still married after twenty three years.
Remember Ga-chinx-a-toya?
David Chabira
MD.Have also been following the saga on Dick Drake pic #3.I also cast my vote for rebecca ,as she could be fair and balanced on the subject being one of the few women that did't know if he were "natural".
There's more to be said about the Burck/Drake groupies. Whenever they start talking dirty, viewership increases dramatically.
David Chabira
Ga-chinx-a-toya . . . wasn't she one of the Jacksons?
No... wait-- I remember! Even if you give it to me it still costs too much?
Nashua, New Hampshire, Benson's, summer 1984 and still together. Good for you! Where are you now?Email me . . .
Bruce the clown
Well come on ladies,lets talk dirty!! I also know that he is not a natural blond.Just sign me anonymous #3 And I also cast my vote for rebecca.Is anyone counting the votes?
Buckles, you are in Fla. right? are you not afraid of being buried in chads from this voting thing? You know that old saying "a woman scorned". Just sign me not elgible to vote!
about the post :
They were running in circles ?
wouldn't that be running in diamonds ?! LOL
MD, You are very blessed indeeed if you got the opportunity to "run from Billie" several times. Most didn't get any opportunities to run, what with being airborne and all. Rebecca, the expression "5 pounds of junk, in a 2 pound sack", was coined the one time I tried to wear a loin cloth. I'm sure you will appreciate the apprehension the tigers felt that day. If it wasn't a new meat stick, they were surely in trouble. Wade Burck
Wade, How did you get that one past Buckles? He deletes my best comments. I wonder who WD is. I want to send her/him my e-mail address. I was [WAS] 85 pounds of dyamite in my day. Just love to hear from performers with [spunk]. Never a dull moment. The Circus was a Circus. Since JC reads the blog we might get our ears full when he gets there. [Germany]
rebecca,if you post your e-mail address I will write and tell you all about myself.It's been a long time since i've been in the ring{or is it a diamond now?}There are still a few family members working in the biz.Ohh and the stories I could tell.
oenuc42@yahoo.com
So rebecca you don't have to wonder anymore do you.We'll just have to keep the rest of the readers wondering won't we???
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