YESTERDAY'S TOWNS

HOWDY, MY NAME IS BILL STRONG, I'LL BE YOUR "24 HOUR MAN", ROUTING YOU INTO THE PAST TO SEE WHAT THE CIRCUS WAS IN DAYS GONE BY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, AND MISS WHAT IT USED TO BE, THEN COME ON ALONG AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD FOLLOWING THE ARROWS BACKWARDS, TO "YESTERDAY'S TOWNS"! IF YOU HAVE CIRCUS RELATED PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE POSTED, SEND THEM TO,,,,yesterday1@verizon.net,,,,AND WE WILL TRY TO FIT THEM IN. "24 HOUR MAN" WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON POSTING.

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Three years at CWM made me a real traditionalist, and I keep remembering Bob Parkinson saying, "I want the people to see what the circus used to be, not what it is today. That's what this site is about!

Saturday, August 19, 2006

SNAPSHOTS: HIGH ACTS # 1 RUDY BERG





Billy Barton once said in his Circus Report column that Mike & Hope Kent were the last of the High Acts, right away all the younger aerial acts were up in arms. What they didn't know was a High Act was a particular group of acts, most had Trapeze on one side of their high pole, and Rings on the other, some finished with a Swaypole on top, a High Dive, or a Slide For Life, as the one shown here. This is Rudy Berg, in photo #1 he is just finishing his walk up the incline wire, in #2 he is doing an upside down loop walk, in #3 a little sky dancing, & in #4 a neck slide, or possibly iron jaw.

posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 7:04 PM