Sawdust and Spangles

As many of you know, things don't always go the way they used too. Working the Fairs and sleeping in the back of the truck was a normal...

The summer season is just about upon us once again. That means it's time for another chapter of "As the Stomach Turns" at you...

How's this for a great super market display?    

Well, the weekend is over, the cotton candy and sno-kones have been sold and consumed and everything is put away, once again. Let's do ...

Back in 2010, my daughter was introducing me to a thing called " selfies" Who knew that almost everyone would be doing it sooner ...

Our first outing of the season is coming up this Saturday and the weather looks to be beautiful. Hot Dog! No wait that's not right . . ...

One thing that has always grabbed my attention is how the same ride is called something different every where you go. If you go to Cedar Po...

For all of us growing up in Ohio, Cedar Point, was a household word. In the 1960s and 1970s, a lot of the park was owned by others paying a...

The huge Circus Historical Society Convention is planned for October 12th to 15th in Sarasota, Florida this year. There will be four days o...

Do you remember being at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio in the early 1960s when there was a double Ferris Wheel at the front of the Park? If...

If you want to exhibit at the 2016 CMB Annual Convention in Baraboo, you need to mail in your registration before April 30th. Get it in the...

Social media is a huge part of my life. Not necessarily for me but for others. I am the administrator for the Circus Historical Society Fac...

Wow, after over a year of giving up hope with this blog, it actually worked yesterday for the first time in months. I have trued and tried ...

As many of you know, the Circus Model Builders website was hacked into on at least two occassions. We are in the process of rebuilding the ...

I have reluctantly walked away from my blog here as I am having more and more trouble trying to get anything to post. I had a great time doi...

I was saddened to learn today that fellow circus blogger, Dick Dykes, known as the Balloon Man, passed away in a Dover, Delaware hospital. ...