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.
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!
Some of the Aerial Acts were, Gabby & Kitty Wendt, with their Hanging Perch Act,"The Areo Stylites", & Kitty's "Girl In The Moon"; Elly Ardelty, Balancing Trapeze; Betty Pasco, Chandelier Trapeze; Josephine Berosini High-Wire; The Flying Hartzells; & The Kimris Duo, "Saber Jet Sensation"
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 6:38 PM
2 Comments:
These Kimris costumes remind me that when we took over the act, Lee & henri gave us a set of White Satin suits that had at least 2" wide Rhinestone banding down the arms and legs. They weighed easily 30 to 35 lbs, one of our riggers jobs was to catch mine when I threw it down after stripping it off. Can you imagine catching 30 lbs. that has fallen 70 ft.
Right on Bill. That Detroit thing is classic.
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