Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Circus Vidbel #3


IMG_8033, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

4 comments:

Mike Naughton said...

Arianna Alvarez and her brother, Gianni.

Their father is Martin Alvarez and grandfather, Raul Alvarez of the Flying Alvarez.

Their mother, Meda, came to the US with the Romanian troupe, La Femina and she was the girl in the act that did posing act with the Pivarel Brothers on top of the platfrom on top of King Tusk on RBBB.

Gianni and Arianna's aunt is Carolina Alvarez Garden, wife of Ian M. Garden, Jr.

Their grandmother, Maria Alvarez, just finished a 20 year association with The Greatest Show on Earth.

Jim Cole wrote a story about the Alvarez family that appeared in the Circus4outh section of the CFA website.

As you can tell, we are all very good friends.

Anonymous said...

Mike - You'll have to remind me when Meda was a part of the King Tusk act with the Pivaral Brothers. I recall a former dancer named Katie Bretz was center ring with Nelson and Arturo that tour.....while Natalie Osborne was in the ring with Michael Gautier and Barbara Kinkade was with Kevin Gautier.

Mike Naughton said...

I am going to ask Meda; your info sounds correct, too.
I remember her telling me how difficult it was trying to balance on the platform on top of the elephant because of Tommy's shifting.
Drop me a line anonymous, MikeNaughtonCircus@verizon.net.

Wade G. Burck said...

Anonymous,
You are correct that was Katie with the Piveral brothers. Tusk and anchored down by Jimmy Silverlake.
Wade Burck