Friday, March 29, 2019

ROUTE CARDS


6 comments:

Richard King said...

Interesting how many of these shows didn't play on Sunday. The only concession to Sunday I ever saw was to do the shows early and have it in the truck by 8:00.

Chic Silber said...


My favorite (or actually least favorite)

Sunday shows schedule was from the years

I worked for Jimmy Harrington in San Juan

for his "Gran Circo Panamericano" that

ran for 6 to 7 weeks early every Spring

The 1st 5 or 6 years we played in the

Estadio Hiram Bithorn ballpark before

the Coliseo Roberto Clemente opened

We worked 7 days a week but only had

an 8PM show Monday to Friday but then

2P & 8P Saturday & then we paid for it

on SUNDAY with 3 shows at 10:30 2 & 7

Chic Silber said...


After parties on Saturday night

those early Sundays were brutal

Charles Hanson said...

The so called "Blue Laws" prevailed during that time period and circuses/shows did not work on Sundays. How times have changed......

Roger Smith said...

On the Beatty show, we had Sunday Matinee-only shows. Nothing was cut. The entire show as set up, and we gave them everything we had. Early tear-downs meant at least one jump of the week when we could see some country.

Richard King said...

On Royale we had 3 on Sunday for the first couple of weeks but the crowds were so bad it was cut to 2 on Sunday. Stayed 3 on Saturday though.