| Since Shannon and Melissa worked late, Barbara decided to stay home with Jamie. This was my gang plus the daughter of our next door neighbor. |
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Red Show 2009 #2
Red Show 2009 #3
| Blanket on every other elephant. I suggested that they might cut them down the middle and hang one half of each on the outside so they will have a full set. |
Red Show 2009 #5
| The Vanishing Elephant! Mr. and Mrs. Zingmaster in the background. |
Red Show 2009 #7
| No flying act this year and has been replaced by these Chinese contraptions that glide slowly back and forth while people wearing mechanics are vaulted from catcher to catcher. For some reason they appear to be wearing surplus Bello wigs trimmed down. |
Red Show 2009 #10
| Once the leapers take flight the men on the ground hold the swing steady and then drop it when he returns. In other words a leaper will be vaulted straight up, do a double somersalt and return standing to the to the same swing he had just left. |
Red Show 2009 #11
| Joe Frisco has vastly improved the elephant act since the last time I saw this show. |
Red Show 2009 #12
| Not only works the elephant act but makes the coloring book pitch at intermission. |
Red Show 2009 #14
| Closing act, double wheels. The man in the foreground did a standing somersalt while the wheel was in motion. |
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Blue Show 1978 #1 (From Eric Beheim)
| Playing in the band, I would never get to see the Ringling show when it was in San Diego, and would always have to drive up to Anaheim or Long Beach to catch a performance or two there. In 1978, for the 108th Edition (my all-time favorite) I saw the show in Anaheim and again in Long Beach. I arranged to be in Long Beach on a Saturday so I could take photos in the backyard during the morning show, and then attend the matinee and evening shows. Here are my Kodachrome color slides from that day. (I’m counting on Buckles to provide us with background information on who and what we are seeing in these photos.) Eric In this picture Gary and I watch Ted as he wipes out "Anna May's" mouth prior to the leg-carry." Buckles |
Blue Show 1978 #8
| The groom is Ricardo and I believe the kids are Desi and TaTa from the Ferias flying act. |
Blue Show 1978 #10
| Ben and Shane ready for Menage, he still refers to this as his "diaper". Elephants are "Mala" and "Barbara". |
Blue Show 1978 #11
| Winston holding the horse that Barbara rode during the prelude to Menage. The blanket matched her wardrobe, Don Foote covered all the bases. |
Blue Show 1978 #12
| "Carmen", "Peggy", "Gilda", "Zina", "George", "Hugo", and "Anna May". |
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Cirque Des Fetes #1 (From Jimmy Hall)
| Buckles, |
Cirque Des Fetes #11
 DSC03314, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. "This picture brings up an interesting debate among elephant men. Being lazy, I always loaded headed the other direction and walked counter clockwise, placing me on the inside and walking the shorter distance. I have been told by several parties that the above arrangement is best since it allows you to see if all the riders are loaded and secure however this attendant is behind the elephant. I see that the camels are headed clockwise as well, a beast with which I am unfamiliar." Buckles |
Monday, January 05, 2009
From Raffaele DeRitis
| Buckles, |
RB&BB 1956 #1 (From Jim Cole)
| I have been going through my color slide collection these past few weeks, and just happened to find these in a box labeled "misc circus". Thought they might be of interest to the blog readers. |
Ringling Trucks
| "This picture taken during that brief period of time 1957-59 when the Ringling Show had come full circle and moved overland. The exception being the animals that were transported in system baggage cars. |
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