Sawdust and Spangles

Good Morning,        As all of the Circus Historical Society members are now receiving their Bandwagons, they'll also find an election ...

          I don't try to voice my opinion very often rather, I prefer to share our circus history for all to enjoy. Sadly, the announ...

  Come to the Big Show - End of the Season Social at Baraboo All CWM, Inc. Members and all friends of Circus World are invited to joi...

Make your travel plans to the Asolo theater at the Ringling Museums tonight for a very special showing of "the Greatest Show on Eart...

     

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America's Greatest Circus Train, a 208-page hardbound, is authored by Bruce Nelson, a career transportation professional and historia...

     We all know and love Ward Hall for the amazing sideshows he has created through the years. Now, Ward promises the “Whole” story in the ...

With an early morning downpour overwith, the humidity had finally broken, blue skies were shining and the crowds were coming out. No sir...

The circus parade featured parade wagons and baggage wagons alike. Circus Parade or Horse Dung Trail, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themse...

Our CHS President, Judy Griffin, was given the ride of a lifetime as part of the parade this year. This is a Rick Purdue photo. His tu...

Every parade needs the marching bands and what better way to have a circus parade than a band playing circus music. Here's the ...

Here's Mr. Brian Miser, his wife Tina, and their daughter who is one of the performers in the youth circus.

Here's one of the all time great guys out there, Mr. Dom Yodice riding on the "Greatest Show on Earth" Betty Hutton Trapez...

There's nothing like an old fashioned steam calliope to bring up the rear of a great circus parade. Here is the original Gentry Bros...

Today was spent out at the International Circus Hall of Fame. Several talks were given about the circus under the Big Top. We enjoyed a ...

This was a small exhibit about the movie the Greatest Show on Earth.

When you talk about great circus music, you have the names of Fred Jewell, Karl L. King, Sousa and Merle Evans come up in the conversati...

This evening we were astonished at the professional performance of the Peru Youth Circus. Every performer is under the age of 21. We saw...