Sunday, July 01, 2018

CW FROM THE BANDSTAND


5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Can't recall whose swaypoles

Larry Louree said...

You answered my question before I asked it. I got there in July 77, the CDT had converted to a more conventional circus performance. In the year I was there, I don't remember having any sway poles. We had George Corona's wheel and the Zoppee's space ship, the Gaona's and the web act, but no sway poles.

Chic Silber said...


There might have been 2

Coronas wheels for a time

Larry & George sustained

serious injuries when he

took a bad buster during

a performance

Larry Louree said...

I was there and watched George's accident.

Chic Silber said...


I was part of a small urgent

task force when the show gave

up most of the original story

& became more traditional as

you mentioned above Larry

Led by Lloyd Morgan Sr we had

little funding to accomplish

the expectations of the brass

We hung 5 webs in a pattern

around the ring & I modified

many of the lighting patterns

Sort of lipsticking the swine