Saturday, November 08, 2008

Family Fun Circus #1 (From Dan Hinnenkamp)


7-29-08_Circus_001, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Chuy Davenport's Family Fun Circus taken in Northern Minnesota, in July.

8 comments:

Dick Dykes said...

Buckles I beleive the tent and physical equipment I see belong to Tommy Leibel. This must have been the show that was playing in towns with a free gate and no sponsor.
Dick

Anonymous said...

Betty Tucker would have loved this one! cc

Anonymous said...

The tent and trucks are Chuy's. The tent is a 120x90 top. I was told by Chuy that he had bought the big top, and a pony top from Tarzan Zerbini, and a near identical horse awning and Pony top from Dick Garden. Tomi, unaware of Cuy's purchases, bought the matching elephant top from Tarzam Zerbini.

Dick,
I booked the show through Minnesota this summer and in 18 towns we had 14 hosts. Never a free gate to be had. Chuy did fiarly well and I would have to, if Chuy didn't pull a "Gopher" and paid me like we had agreed to.

Lessons learned, like father, like son.

DanTheBooker

Chris Grieder said...

Buckles, These photos were taken by me at Norwood Young America, in southern Minnesota in July. You can see the rest of them at mncircusfan.blogspot.com

Chris Grieder

Anonymous said...

120x90 would that then be only a 30 foot middle?
A.K.A. a 90 with one 30? or a 90 with one 40?

Anonymous said...

mr. Hall, it is indeed only a 30ft middle. Th ring is notceably smaller becasue of that, but when Liebel's Nosey enters or Chuy Davenport's Percherons, the small ring complements them.

Anonymous said...

IF THE ring was any smaller it would be a miniature circus.
Ring so small the horses have to leave the ring to do the waltz.

Wade G. Burck said...

Hey, children the Circus is in town. Do you want to go?
Nah, let's do something else.
It's Ringling Bros Circus, children. Mom, we saw a circus last year, we want to do something else!!!!!!
Do you want to go to the Cirque?
Is that like the Circus?
No, children it is different.
Okay, let's go.

Wade Burck