A look at the man behind the ringmaster
Jason Gibson has been circus production manager for 15 years. / FELD ENTERTAINMENT IMAGEWritten by Josh Davis For Go! Magazine
Feb. 9, 2012
SALISBURY,MD -- Plenty of kids have dreamed of running off with the circus.
It's a fantasy world -- something perfectly within the wheelhouse of an imaginative child. Beyond that, however, there's a certain amount of magic involved in a circus show that often finds a way to transform adults into the wide-eyed optimists they were as small children.
For Production Manager Jason Gibson, that magic is an enormous part of his everyday life.
"I just love it," he said. "We get to meet new people every day, and whether I'm wearing my Ringling Bros. shirt or my Ringling Bros. jacket, people always come up to me and say, 'Oh! You work for Ringling Bros.!' and then they want to ask a million questions. It's definitely not a 9-to-5 job, and it's just so amazing; we're just ordinary people, but we have an extraordinary job. My friends and my old army buddies just shake their heads and say, 'I cannot believe you get to do this!' "
Although many people in Salisbury enjoyed Ringling's stop in town in 2011, Gibson promises an entirely new experience this year.
"This is a different show than what you saw last year in Salisbury," he said. "Barnum Bash is all about the party; It's a big party and it's a lot of energy and a lot of fun. From the second you walk through the door at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, the party music is going on, and the pre-show -- this is how we roll."
Salisbury audiences will also have the privilege of seeing one of the very first stops on the tour.read more:http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120209/ENTERTAINMENT12/202090355/A-look-man-behind-ringmaster?odyssey=nav%7Chead
It's a fantasy world -- something perfectly within the wheelhouse of an imaginative child. Beyond that, however, there's a certain amount of magic involved in a circus show that often finds a way to transform adults into the wide-eyed optimists they were as small children.
For Production Manager Jason Gibson, that magic is an enormous part of his everyday life.
"I just love it," he said. "We get to meet new people every day, and whether I'm wearing my Ringling Bros. shirt or my Ringling Bros. jacket, people always come up to me and say, 'Oh! You work for Ringling Bros.!' and then they want to ask a million questions. It's definitely not a 9-to-5 job, and it's just so amazing; we're just ordinary people, but we have an extraordinary job. My friends and my old army buddies just shake their heads and say, 'I cannot believe you get to do this!' "
Although many people in Salisbury enjoyed Ringling's stop in town in 2011, Gibson promises an entirely new experience this year.
"This is a different show than what you saw last year in Salisbury," he said. "Barnum Bash is all about the party; It's a big party and it's a lot of energy and a lot of fun. From the second you walk through the door at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, the party music is going on, and the pre-show -- this is how we roll."
Salisbury audiences will also have the privilege of seeing one of the very first stops on the tour.read more:http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120209/ENTERTAINMENT12/202090355/A-look-man-behind-ringmaster?odyssey=nav%7Chead
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