SNAPSHOT:BERTHA NONNENMACHER # 1
If you've seen pictures I have posted of the Hamid-Morton Aerial Ballet, you'll see that Bertha was one of them, however she was not just another "web girl", she had been on the show before as one of the girls in the High Act, "Peaches Sky Review", which had as many as 12 girls in the air on one rigging. Bertha then worked in The Wallenda Productions, before becoming a member of the famed Wilfred Mae Trio Hoop Juggling Act seen here with Wilfred Jr. who retired. That is Bertha on the left in the composite picture. I'm not sure if the top picture is actually Peaches' act but is a good example.
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 5:06 PM
2 Comments:
I don't know about the Georgia thing, but yes, Vicky was one of the girls, Trudy says the picture is right but when she saw it there were only 6 girls. She remembers them doing kicks on the platform above the trap bars.
hey Bill,
Peaches and Simmi were great people, I met them when I was a kid in West Virginia growing up. They were there many times with the Tom Packs Show. Later forming their own act the "Simru Duo" ballroom dancing 100 feet in the air, on a 4ft plexiglass platform.
Alot of work just to set up, well you know all about that. thanks for the memories
Dale
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