Buckles Blog: Ringling_1970

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Ringling_1970_9, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Antoinette rehearsing a spec number at Venice in which several girls twirl under giant mirrored diamonds.

Frank Ferrante said...: One of the greatest female fliers ever and I believe that she was the first woman to complete a triple. ~frank (The ever present cigarette must be in her other hand.) :-); 30 October, 2009 04:14
Frank Ferrante said...: I don't know why, but she always reminded me of Lauren Bacall. ~frank; 30 October, 2009 04:15
Jack Ryan said...: Yes, Frank. She was the first woman ever to complete the triple. She and Art both performed triples in their act.

Antoinette was very kind to me in my first Ringling years.

In the Garden, she always went into the seats to watch the flying acts. I joined her when I could.

She would quietly explain tricks and techniques to me and, to this day, I can't watch a flying act without hearing her voice.

During that time, in her 50s, she occasionally filled it for Chela Gaona. She could still accomplish the passing leap with the best of them!; 30 October, 2009 10:52
Frank Ferrante said...: I think I remember her filling in for Chela after Chela fell into, then out of the net in either Cincinnati, or Toronto in '72. I may be wrong. ~frank; 30 October, 2009 14:38

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