thecircusblog | April 5, 2014
In finding these ads I am suprised that most of them, like this one, I do not remember doing the show. It had to be some time around 1959. Dad was booking one day events all over Southern Calif. He had that circus attitude, keep moving on to those one day spots, “keep the money […]
thecircusblog | April 5, 2014
In 1976 I was asked if I would bring Shorty to the Republican headquarters. They did an advance promo saying that one of the largest Republicans would host those who came to register that day.
thecircusblog | April 5, 2014
It was a one day gig just a few miles away from winter quarters….. “How sweet it was”. If I remember correctly one of the owners of the Midas shop was from the Christiana family.
thecircusblog | April 5, 2014
When you have a low budget and need entertainment, I found that if you promote local talent that is only looking to get recognized, and mix them with professionsals, the result is quite entertaining. My success was setting apart Sundays for what I called in my promo “Feasts Mexicana.” I never had a bad weekend. […]
thecircusblog | April 5, 2014
thecircusblog | April 5, 2014
Yes it is true, the title of our Maricopa County Fair was “Love A Fair “. It was was somewhat controversial but it worked. Tom Ringhofer, the manager of the fair came up with the title . There was more than one person that thought it was not in good taste but Tom stuck to […]
