Saturday, April 13, 2019

HIGH #3



Posted by Chic Silber at 4/13/2019 12:03:00 PM

7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Charles Hanson sent this

with the caption La Norma

13 April, 2019 16:00
Roger Smith said...

We live and learn. I never knew La Norma did this act.

13 April, 2019 17:54
Charles Hanson said...

ROGER: I first saw La Norma work this act on Howard Suez show in Atlanta, Ga at the old city auditorium (long gone). She closed the show...for the finish she did a handstand into a breakaway from the sputnik/globe and fireworks went off as she and the rigging with the rocket were lowered to the ground. She had done many daring feats on the single trap including a one foot hang before the finish. Class act from start to finish.

13 April, 2019 22:48
Larry Louree said...

Didn't the Zoppe Family have a rug like this when they were at the Florida park?

14 April, 2019 17:28
Chic Silber said...


I can't recall them at the park

but Johnny & his then wife Betty

did either 1 or 2 years on Blue

with a similar rig that their

son unhappily ran the controls

He would announce to anybody

that would listen to him that

he called them "Pigs in Space"

Johnny was a hard worker but he

burnt his way out of many good

jobs & big time projects with

a trail of unfinished or faulty

results far & wide

When they split up they both

changed their proclivity

14 April, 2019 18:21
Larry Louree said...

They must have came in when Buckles an Axel swapped out. I thought it was interesting to have your young kid work the controls on it.

14 April, 2019 18:38
Chic Silber said...


I wasn't around the park in 78

It was an incredibly busy year

for me both domestic & foreign

Their son was a very bright boy

He did very well & very safely

No idea where he ended up

14 April, 2019 20:51

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