Monday, January 17, 2011

Hoxie Bros. 1972 #2


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Posted by Buckles at 1/17/2011 05:53:00 AM

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is the year the Hoxie show hit the big time!!Perhaps the best show that Hoxie and John Hall put together.It was all circus and picture perfect from start to finish.Not to forget 11 bulls and their first ever flying act.
John Herriott as ringmaster was top notch.His dressage act was worth the price of admission.
Sadly it was the last time the show played my little hometown for 8 years.Residents of St.Cloud,Fl from 1967 to 1972 watched as it grew from a small show to its zenith.Every year getting better and better.
Americans today dont know what they have missed.Back in those days children didnt have "Christmas everyday!!"Circus day was an event that if you were lucky came once a year.Just getting a dollar to go wasnt always easy.
Sad part was just as soon as the magic began it was quickly gone.A wonderful memory to cherish forever.
Perhaps the only part better was the friendships I made with Hoxie and John Hall.
THey made the circus fans right at home on every lot.

17 January, 2011 09:32
Chic Silber said...

Hey Anonymouse if you made all

those friends why be afraid to

tell us (& them) who you are

I think my cousin Mike Bourbon

was clowning on the Hoxie show

that year (72) He had started

on CBCBC in the early 60s & also

spent several years on big bertha

17 January, 2011 10:21
William C.Shoop said...

Chic:
In regard to Chics comments I am anonymous.John Hall would right away know who I was.I am no showboat!
I believe Mike Bourbon was their in 1973.

17 January, 2011 11:38
Chic Silber said...

Thanks Bill

It's nice to know who makes the

comments as we are (mostly) all

at least aquaintances or friends

Mike also did a spell as "Clarkie"

the Clark Gum Clown

17 January, 2011 13:00
FRANK CURRY said...

HIYA CHIC!

Mike Bourbon was a dedicated clown.

Nice guy,good personality and great sense of humor!

I heard a rumor that he has left us.

Hope that it is NOT true.

17 January, 2011 18:47
Chic Silber said...

Yes Frank I'm sorry to say Mike

(aka Donald Burnhardt) Bourbon

died many years ago after several

serious bouts of health issues

The story of our getting back

together after many years apart

is pretty funny & I'll call you

He was a very good clown

17 January, 2011 23:33
Bud said...

Hoxie Circus was a Great One Ring Tent Show comming through my town annually in the 1970s . I ALWAYS looked forward to seeing & Photographing IT & one morning I was hangen around on the Lot watching them as they were Setting Up The Tent & a worker approached me ( in My Straw Hat & Shabby Suit Getup I wore to Special Events then ) stating : Mr. Hoxie sent him over to ask me " IF I wanted A Job with the Show " - I was Quite Supprised , Even Impressed ; although I did Declined - I soon focussed on this as a Meaningfull Quest , as I liked the thought of being involved with so many of these Unusual Animals & Human Tallents & Skills Combined & I lived very comfortiably in an Ole Hay Barn anyway making Unusual Pottery & Visual Art - often a Lonely but Very Focused Day .

I also recall meeting a Mike Burbon ( who wore an Eye Patch ) that Briefly came around The Elberon Ranch & West End, N.J. between 1972 & 1976 that was a Circus Clown & an Interesting Charactor in those times .

18 January, 2011 10:32
FRANK CURRY said...

TO CHIC!

I have been incommunicado for the past couple of days.

So sorry to hear that we have lost your cousin Mike.

We had some great laughs.

I look forward to hearing your story of the two of you getting back together after many years apart.


I'll bet that it is classic!!

19 January, 2011 20:04
Kevin Ray said...

Hi Chic,

Mike was my cousin as well.. on the Blum side.. His Mom was my Aunt Dottie (my grandmother's sister)..

Kevin

31 January, 2011 14:30
Chic Silber said...

Hi Kevin

Mike (Donny) & I grew up on farms

a few miles apart in New Jersey

I called her aunt Dorothy

Mike's sister Frankie had worked

in my office some years back

I new some of the Bloom girls but

I can't tell you which ones

I'd love to get in touch with you

I'm in the phone book in Sarasota

or maybe you could pass a number

through Buckles who has all my

contact information

Are you any relation to Barbara

(Woodcock) who is also a Ray

31 January, 2011 21:44

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