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I stopped going when they dumped the Sideshow.
Those Mexican circuses out in CA are doing ok, or seem to be. They probably get over with cheap illegal labor.
Where does a bearded lady go to find work?
I got close to some trapeze artists once and their costumes were filthy. I got back stage at a Conway Twityy concert and the band’s costumes were filthy, too. Just sayin’.
If this is due to over-regulation, maybe things can change.
Maybe they could make it a fixed attraction, in Florida near all the other touristy things? That would cut down expenses quite a bit.
When I was maybe 7 or 8, I would watch every second of the TV commercial for the Ringling Bros circus with my face inches from the screen. I thought it was the most amazing and interesting thing in the world.
At the end of the commercial I saw that the dates of the show included my birthday, but I never dared to hope to go to the circus. My family never did anything like that because we had no money and the bills were treated like a member of the family.
At dinner one night my mom asked what I wanted for my birthday. I was expected to say something like a coloring book or a squirt gun, but I said I would like to go to the circus. Every head turned and the table fell silent. It was a bold move.
When my birthday came, instead of a present there was an envelope next to the birthday cake. Circus tickets for the whole family!
It was the best birthday I can remember, and I have loved the circus ever since. But when they took the elephants out, I knew it wouldn’t be long before it would be lost to history.
That is where it all started and they have the Circus World Museum there. I used to go through that town a lot in my younger days since I worked for a guy who was from there and had several small logging jobs to finish around there.
That’s a shame. An American institution, I regret never going.
Congress was already the leading home of clowns, now it stands alone.
I wonder if they will still hold this in Baraboo? The Big Top Parade!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgxtaFzQXAI
Now this is one thing that should be considered in the National Historical Registry and kept up somehow under that.
The longer I think about this, the more upset I become.
They’re destroying everything that was right and good about this country.
What a shame. Remember my parents taking me to see them as a child.
Afro Circus ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMub4NtrSk
Sad. I saw them under the canvas tent back in 1953, Denver. I still remember the elephants being used to pull up the tents.
This is not a good thing.
The Circus defined human / animal interaction and provided the audience with the ability to witness wildlife close up.
I will miss my childhood.
Both former President Bush’s, Ronald Reagan’s, and Donald Trump’s fault!
So, sad. An American institution. I only went to see Ringling Brothers because my grandmother wanted to, it was already in decline.
Though I saw it at a convention center, it was easy to imagine the old magic with the tents, acrobats and animal acts, the excitement of each town as the circus approached.
I guess the big theme parks are the successors. The sleazy carnivals that visit cities and villages are bastardized/low-rent versions.