I was grabbing her head, but she started squeezing, and she got my arms down to my side and squeezed. It was closing time. We were closing for the night, and I was dependent on the ticket seller to finish counting his tickets and doing his work, and coming in… Read More
I was there when the band leader forgot the music. (Connie laughing) No, but there’s one story about snakes. I’ve been a snake lover since I was a little kid, and I had a job before my circus days. I worked for a man that had a show that people… Read More
Of course, they were quite different (chuckling) in our day, in our day than you see today. It makes me laugh about Papa. He was so discouraged when they stopped wearing tights. (chuckling) And that was a long time ago, girls come out without tights. But on some things like… Read More
Frank, do you have any when I was there story?… Read More
but my mother did. Read More
Did you make them?… Read More
Did she design them?… Read More
And on another circus that I was on with my family, Jimmy Cole, I believe it was Jimmy Cole Circus, I rode, what was the elephant’s name?… Read More
I also rode an elephant in spec. That was my only contact with elephants before I married Frank, was to be the girl on the elephant riding in spec around. Read More
Where did you get your costumes that you wore?… Read More
Let me see, who did I ride?… Read More
One-Eyed Modoc, I believe, is the elephant that I rode in spec. Okay. Read More
Oh, I rode one in the spectacular at the beginning, I believe that year. Read More
I wasn’t much into scandals. (chuckling) My mother and father sorta kept me away from that. Read More
Do you work with the elephants?… Read More
Was there any memorable stories?… Read More
Maybe one from each of you that, “I remember I was there when.” I see, well when you said blowdown, thank goodness I was never on a tent circus when they had a tragic blowdown, but I do remember there was a tornado sighted that was coming. All the weather… Read More
Like Frank remembers that first time when your father slid down on his head and did… It created such a memory for him. Read More
Anything or any great performances that you had the opportunity to see, someone doing the triple for the first time or something?… Read More
Are there any memorable stories from circus days that you can relate?… Read More