thecircusblog | July 27, 2009
On the left Pete and on the right Hike….. The Siebrand Bros. These two men and their brother Sam created one of the finest combined Carnival and Circus Shows on the road and prevailed for over 50 years.
thecircusblog | July 27, 2009
Kurt Anden Schmidtona had a second act on the Siebrand circus in 1953. He and his daughter Tina did a very strong hand balancing and head to head act. Tina had perfect control of herself. She and Kurt, her father, practiced every day without fail. Tina was an excellent performer. I heard not to long ago that she […]
thecircusblog | July 27, 2009
Anden had a mixed group of dogs when I saw his act. As you can see in this photo, the act was quite different than other dog acts. He did a lot of head and foot balancing with the dogs, even though it was worrisome to the audience to watch the tricks they did enjoy […]
thecircusblog | July 27, 2009
Anden’s poodles at Radio City Music Hall. Photo taken 1951. During the 1952 season they were with the Siebrand Bros Circus.
thecircusblog | April 23, 2009
The Siebrand show train was tried for awhile, but trucks were the answer because the Siebrands wanted to move faster and play at least one town a week . Sunday night tear down, move Monday and set up open on Tuesday by 6pm. They kept this schedule for years on still spots. This system helped lead them to financial success.
thecircusblog | April 20, 2009
RePete at the controls of the Loop O Plane, This was one of many jobs that he did on his grandfather’s show. Often he would come over to the back yard and help me with the animals. He wanted to learn it all and he did……….we called him RePete in a loving way. He is the […]
thecircusblog | April 20, 2009
This photo taken in the late 1950’s of Peter Siebrand III. He is the grandson of Pete Siebrand. We called him RePete as his father’s name was Pete too. In this photo RePete is operating the Loop O Plane. This was his summer job and earned money for his school needs. Peter has his own family now and lives […]
thecircusblog | April 20, 2009
Billy Siebrand traveled on the show with his parents during summer vacations. He would work in the sweet shop or wherever a little extra help was needed. Most show kids are not lazy, whether they are in show business or in other work, they are all professional in what they do.
thecircusblog | April 20, 2009
There were many families on the Siebrand show. The Carters had game concessions. In this photo Debbie is working a color pan game where you roll a ball into a certain color and it wins a Teddy Bear. I guess she got tired of this so she built her own carnival with the help of her mother and father, as […]
thecircusblog | April 20, 2009
Jeff Carter was also raised on the Siebrand Show. Now he owns his own carnival and is on the road throughout Arizona. Photo taken in the late 1967. I have personally booked Jeff’s carnival several times in Arizona.
