The show used to play the NC State Fair for years; now only Ringling uses the fairgrounds siding here in Raleigh, and they don't even play in the arena on the fairgrounds anymore (a newer venue always wins out).
I helped scrap several of their former sleepers once. I never spent so much time just moving trash and junk (an astounding variety thereof - some animal, some mineral, some vegetable, some unknown)! It was somewhat disorienting to walk into the car on the ceiling (they had been rolled upsidedown with a bulldozer).
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
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This was one of my favorites. I even had a one-sheet of it on paper until the dog got hold of it! The dog isn't with us now!!
The show used to play the NC State Fair for years; now only Ringling uses the fairgrounds siding here in Raleigh, and they don't even play in the arena on the fairgrounds anymore (a newer venue always wins out).
I helped scrap several of their former sleepers once. I never spent so much time just moving trash and junk (an astounding variety thereof - some animal, some mineral, some vegetable, some unknown)! It was somewhat disorienting to walk into the car on the ceiling (they had been rolled upsidedown with a bulldozer).
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