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Monday, May 18, 2009
LEWIS & CLARK CIRCUS 2007 #1
I just happened across these pictures last night from the 2007 tour of Bob Childress's Lewis & Clark Circus
They were featured in the Blairsville, Ga Newspaper. Date--September 7, 2007
And since this show will be in my area in a couple of weeks I couldn't resist posting these.
Mike Bourbon
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Classic American whiteface clown, Mike Bourbon, who clowned on many shows
in his career. I know he was with Clyde Beatty, Ringling, and Hoxie, but
wo...
Early Forms of Entertainment In America
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History of Traveling Shows In America Long ago, when the country was still
young and everything was infinitely possible, mile-long railroad trains
loaded...
Ideal route EMR – What exactly is it?
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Whats the Ideal route EMR in your follow to choose to fulfill and fulfill
every...
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I'm Seeing Double!
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Hey everyone, Steve Copeland here. We are down to the wire here in Baraboo;
only a little over a week left to go before the end of the summer season.
I’m...
Day 158, 71 to go
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The world is in that backward place. I never thought people ( mostly men)
would try and overturn Roe V Wade. I never thought the Planned Parenthood ,
a g...
Shooting star (Patrick Berta, 1964-1993.)
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August 11, Columbia.
My brother Patrick died twenty-two years ago today on the wings of a
shooting star.
He was twenty-nine years young and bold and crazy,...
Familiar Territory
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* Today we drove 240 miles to one of our very favorite west coast spots,
Garberville. I'm so thankful we had the day off to make this jump. *
* Our trek i...
Washington Park Children's Zoo - Indianapolis
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Indianapolis' first zoo opened in 1964 and exhibited animals until its
closure and subsequent transfer to a new site in 1988. This facility first
exhibited...
ATLANTA BOOTLEGGERS
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Atlanta Bootleggers
I was working on the Cristiani Wallace Circus in the early sixties and we
were playing around North Georgia. It was a Saturday night i...
BOB CHILDRESS, IS A SUPER NICE GUY. AND I ENVY HIM, VERY MUCH FOR FULFILLING HIS DREAM, TO HAVE A SUCESSFUL CIRCUS, TOURING TODAY.
ReplyDeleteDick,
ReplyDeleteYou'll really enjoy the show. Jose Ayala is one of the best clowns working solo that I know of. The crowds absolutely love him.
Bob