Friday, May 17, 2013

1964 Program #1 (From Buckles)

Posted by Buckles at 5/17/2013 06:40:00 AM

5 comments:

BARBARA WOODCOCK said...

All of the shows in the entertainment area had TWO complete separate cast. That went for our show too. We did not have a day off. We did 4 shows part of the week then the rest of the week we did 3. The other unit did the same thing. But it was not hard because, there was no spec or finale. that I can recall....... Just do your act....... And the show was only an hour long..... So we were through early...... We had our trailer parked just 26 miles away in a trailer park. But we only stayed in it part of one night...... Buckles tried to tell them that you could not put elephants right next to the wall of the barn. They had the two horse acts and the elephants all in this small barn.......Well.... the elephants took the barn down for them like Buckles tried to tell them........Sooooo... we ended up moving into the semi truck front compartment......Ben was 11 years old he had a ball there with all the free entertainment. The food was also very cheap. CHUNG KING was $ 1.00 for a complete dinner including egg roll, dessert fortune cookie.....And I think we even got the drink with it...... And the BELGIAN WAFFELS WERE TO DIE FOR...... Barbara......

17 May, 2013 08:37
Chic Silber said...


Yes Barbara the food choices made

for tough decisions but aside from

the Schaefer Beer buffet that I've

mentioned another favorite was the

original Tad's Steaks (for $1) at

the State of Wisconsin pavillion

There are still a few remaining

Tad's in NYC & in San Francisco

17 May, 2013 10:23
Harry Kingston said...

Who came up with the design for the tent you used.
This is almost what the future holds for the tent shows today less the guy lines on the tent it's self and quarter poles guy lines.
Real radical design for the 1960's.
Did they ever have a full house at any of the performances.
Harry in Texas

17 May, 2013 12:55
Roger Smith said...

This clown is generally whomped up from someone's imagination, but the mouth design is taken directly from Chuck Burnes.

17 May, 2013 17:19
Chic Silber said...


In the summer of 1960 I worked for

The Music Fairs which was a chain of

tented summer stock theaters in the

Northeast & Phil Escalante who had

worked canvas under Leif Osmundsen

was boss canvasman for all 5 tents

That summer was the year that they

had installed a full set of exterior

poles with cantilever arms that were

cabled to the quarter points so to

eliminate the poles inside the tent

Phil worked with a structural guy to

come up with the specs & it worked

I'd bet that Art Concello was the

mastermind behind the Fair tent so

there would be no inside poles other

than the 6 truss king poles

17 May, 2013 17:22

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