Saturday, March 30, 2019

ADELA "ADA" SMIEYA BLASZAK


9 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Ron Gill of Star Attractions

in Glitter Gulch & a former

aerialist learned from Brunon

that his mother Ada Smeiya

had passed away after a long

decline in her health

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Chic Silber said...


Adela & her husband Klaus Blaszak

came to Big Bertha from Poland

in 64 & they both defected a few

years later & spent some time at

Jungle Compound in Thousand Oaks

Chic Silber said...


Ada had a cat act of female lions

Klaus had a comedy male lion act

Chic Silber said...


They framed a gorgeous single

ring tenter in 77 that opened

in Oxnard California & only

went on to a few more cities

Stardust Circus was amazing

but a short lived total loss

Chic Silber said...


Their son Brunon is still

presenting a tiger act

Chic Silber said...


In her later years Ada

became partnered with

Bunny Bartok's widdower

bear trainer Janek Perz

Richard King said...

I remember selling "junk" for Jimmy Hamid. I finished "working Chinese" and wandered into the arena. Bunon had the cat act and Jorge and Louann had the elephants. I knew Louann from Circus World so when I saw her sitting there I went to say hi. She was sitting with Ada and introduced me and I got to sit with them for a while and listen to those 2 lovely ladies cut up jackpots.

Bob Cline said...

She was a fine lady. I was fortunate to work a date with Brunon and his dad years ago that started a friendship. I also got to know Ada by sitting in the bleachers visiting. My sympathies to Brunon.
Bob

Chic Silber said...


Sorry to have misspelled

her name which is Smieya

I have it correct in all

my notes & address book

In Polish it's Smieja