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The Gutierrez Family Bus
thecircusblog | May 4, 2010
Home away from home…. 1950 Siebrand Bros Circus. Standing for a photo is Alica Gutierrez, a fine performer. SEE COMMENT BELOW. By Ward Hall.
Armida Gutierrez
thecircusblog | May 4, 2010
Armida on the tight wire. As time goes on you lose track of your friends …and so it is in our business also. I was involved in a TV series in the early 1960’s called Greatest Show on Earth with Jack Palence. On one of the show the script called for two wire walkers, myself and Armida. It was […]
Arturo Gutierrez
thecircusblog | May 4, 2010
Arturo Gutierrez ….what a performer! He did bounding rope as seen here, tight wire and slack wire pulse and about five other acts. The Gutierrez family were from Mexico and between his brother and sisters they could do 15 different acts. Our family and theirs worked many seasons together on the Siebrand Circus and the 101 […]
Johnny Gutierrez
thecircusblog | May 4, 2010
Johnny Gutierrez, like his brother Arturo, was a skilled performer. This is called “The Drunk”. Johnny got a lot of laughs in this part of his act. He would do a series of very difficult tricks all the while acting as a person that had just a little to much to drink. Photo taken in the early […]
Ciro Suarez
thecircusblog | April 18, 2010
Circus Suarez
thecircusblog | April 18, 2010
We spent an entire season with them in 1970. The adventure was great and so was the money. The Suarez family are the nicest circus people I have ever worked with. We did the chimp act and I trained and worked the elephants. I have nothing but good memories. We made alot of friends with […]
The Mexican Dancer
thecircusblog | April 5, 2010
Perri Andre was a feature on the Yankee Patterson Circus and the Esclante Circus. Perri did have two other dancers with him in the act. He also did a tight wire act. I remember him only because he would watch over me when my mother and father were performing. Spanish and Mexican dancers were very popular in […]
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