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It Is Easter On The Circus
thecircusblog | April 10, 2009
The Gil Gray Circus for an Easter performance. I believe this photo was taken in the early 1960’s. Trudy Strong shown here holding on to her Easter Basket Bonnet……………..Thanks Joanne.
The Circus Easter Parade
thecircusblog | April 10, 2009
The Gil Gray Circus, photo taken in the early 1960’s. Here are the “Ladies” of the show. Left is Judy Jacobs, center Trudy Strong, right Eva Cornia Williams. The spirit of the circus performers was contagious. Thank you to Bill Strong for the Gil Gray Easter photos.
Betty Carden
thecircusblog | April 10, 2009
The Easter float on the Gil Gray circus. Whatever the time of the season, the circus would theme itself to pay tribute to that holiday.
Ruby Landrus
thecircusblog | April 10, 2009
Admired and loved by many, because she is a “laugh maker” and a “good egg”. This photo is of the Easter parade on the Gil Gray circus.
Max and Gertie Crige
thecircusblog | March 25, 2009
This photo was taken at Max & Gertie’s anniversary. We called him Uncle Max as he was considered part of the Henry family, not by blood but by long time association. Max’s father was the band leader of the J.E. Henry circus in the early 1900’s. Max had a sister named Maxine on the show as well. She […]
Bill and Trudy Strong
thecircusblog | March 18, 2009
The Gil Gray Circus in 1961 created a production called the “Deep Purple Ballet” . In this photo are Bill and Trudy Strong….looking good. Like most performers, when we look back, we wish we could do it all over again.
The Ringmaster
thecircusblog | March 16, 2009
I remember Cleo Plunket well as he had the gift of being well spoken and his announcing was always flattering to the performers. We were on the Hubert Castle show in 1966 together. o make a long story short, we were five weeks into the season back east in February. It was freezing! Cleo got sick with […]
The Pharoahs
thecircusblog | March 1, 2009
This is a shot of Trudy Strong doing a toe hang in their cradle act and as you can see there are no gimmicks on her feet. I don’t know how high she was working as I never saw their outdoor act, but indoors some their rigging was at least eighty feet.
Gibbs Menagerie
thecircusblog | February 23, 2009
Bobby’s Dog and Bear act. This mix of animals is sure different, I bet it is a crowd pleaser.
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