Great London Circus Los Latinos
Posted By thecircusblog on September 19, 2012
Herbie and Marcela, Los Latinos. Herbie also did the slide for life on the show. Did I ever write about Herbie and how he could steal the applause from the other acts in a 3 or 4 ring display that he was performing with? It was easy… he would do his trick fall from the wire at the right time to garner all of the attention for himself. Then he would milk the audience for all it’s worth while the other acts stood in dismay. Herbie never did this stunt to be mean only to teach a lesson, that all acts should end their performance together and share the applause. There were those few acts that liked to be the last to finish in a display so as to get the greater applause but when they worked with Herbie I guarantee you everyone took their bows together. When Herbie was featured with his wire act, he alone did the trick fall as part of his act. The last trick of his act was jumping over Marcela on the wire, when he took the fall and then with the help of Marcela holding him up and leading slowly back to the wire upright. He would look around and slowly climb back onto the wire where he would attempt the trick over again..Drama..You could hear a pin drop. Of course the trick was completed and many was the time I saw a standing ovation. The fall closing his act for a few moments made him the greatest wire walker of all. That’s what showmen do.
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