Long hot summer. for its first outing, the new Blue Unit, in 1969, spent 3 hot months in Houston at the Astrohall. Not too many around who probably remember much about this, can't imagine it was a
huge success, sitting there for 90 days, but since Judge Hofheinz was a newly-anointed circus co-owner and also owned the Astrohall (built in 1966 and now demolished) he probably needed a summer-
long tenant. Also i think perhaps that RBBB needed to buy some time to get a proper route in place for a second unit. Whatever this debut Blue Unit was, it was restaged and re-cast to some degree for 1970, becoming the still-memorable 100th anniversary show. |
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That lengthy engagement was offered
as a bonus to the Judge as part of
the desperate pitch for him to be
a partner so that he would cosign
the note from Wells Fargo where he
just happened to be on the board
Most folks involved that summer
were not happy & felt abandoned
Attendance was slim to none
The "New Blue Unit" contained the
remnants of the original show as
well as many extra elements
"The Red Show"(Circus Williams)
was the new unit (das is gut)
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