The Date Festival
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
The back ground of the date trees tells me this photo could have been shot in Indio, California at the National Date Festival. Guiding an ostrich is not an easy task. A house broom is needed. By placing the broom along side the head you can turn the Ostrich in the direction you wish to go……. […]
thecircusblog | December 4, 2008
Rickie and David Nelson, Babs and Del Graham. In the early 60’s Del trained Rickie as a flyer and David as a catcher. Del did a great job in teaching these young men. Rickie did five tricks and a passing leap with Babs. Everyone in the business was quite surprised that they were so good. In […]
thecircusblog | October 7, 2008
I met Jose while I was working in a motion picture called “Jumbo” at MGM studios. He was a couple sound stages away doing a Mexican character in a cowboy movie. When Jose was not working in movies, he did a comedy/musical act at Alvera Street in LA. It didn’t take long for us […]