THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO MY TWIN BROTHER, BILL DYKES (1943-1995). WE WERE NOT ONLY BROTHERS BUT PARTNERS IN BUSINESS AND BEST FRIENDS!AND TO ALL THE "BUTCHERS" THAT HAVE PASSED ON TO THE BIG LOT IN THE SKY!
Dick... back in the '70s, dont ask me what town or what year... thats all a blur now, but one morning we unspooled the tent and when we took the first fold..there was a kid in the canvas... I thought he was dead but he was asleep. when the tent got folded the night before he had tripped and got covered up, lucky for him (and the show) it was on the end and the last fold, otherwise he would've been crushed & smothered. In the excitement of teardown no one noticed. We gave the kid twenty bucks & put him on a bus back to the last town . That would probably be cause for a big lawsuit these days, I can just hear the lawyer now saying "psychological damages".
Jan Damm: Circus Flora
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Here is Jan Damm, who just finished touring with the new Ringling show,
performing in the 2023 Circus Flora production, 'Undercover'.
From the New England...
Adjusting to town ways
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It has been 7 years since I went on the road
I never thought I would get acclimated to the ways of town folk life.
I miss our life as circus people but t...
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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The Days of Noah
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* By now my nephew, Noah has had a couple of good nights sleep at his home
in Florida. He flew out from Minneapolis with his sisters, April and Lana
earl...
"LADY! Get your kid!"
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Hi, everyone, Steve Copeland here. Well, the time is almost upon us; in
just a couple of days Circus World’s 2017 summer season will be just a
memory. It ...
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,...
Mickey Mouse Circus
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Family Entertainment On The Midway With The Mickey Mouse Circus One of the
most popular shows on the midway was the “Mickey Mouse Circus”. The name
was s...
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...
Dick... back in the '70s, dont ask me what town or what year... thats all a blur now, but one morning we unspooled the tent and when we took the first fold..there was a kid in the canvas... I thought he was dead but he was asleep. when the tent got folded the night before he had tripped and got covered up, lucky for him (and the show) it was on the end and the last fold, otherwise he would've been crushed & smothered. In the excitement of teardown no one noticed. We gave the kid twenty bucks & put him on a bus back to the last town . That would probably be cause for a big lawsuit these days, I can just hear the lawyer now saying "psychological damages".
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