Interview 24153 – Caption Index: 405
Was there any memorable stories?… Read More
Was there any memorable stories?… 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
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
Anything or any great performances that you had the opportunity to see, someone doing the triple for the first time or something?… Read More
Any big storms where there’s a blowdown, any animal escapes, any scandal, anything?… Read More
Are there any memorable stories from circus days that you can relate?… Read More
I mean, everything new came out of the leader’s trunk, and the music was passed around, and it was different every day. In that sense, every show was different. The scheduled acts were always the same or primarily the same. But the before the show music, that 15 minutes before… Read More
Frank, did you have more time as a musician than Connie did as a performer?… Read More
Because you had your sheet music out. You already knew what you were gonna play. Probably played it 3,000 times. Not quite. Getting ready to play, just walk on the bandstand and take your drum out and play the prescribed music. The show we were with had a very good… Read More
And when did you interact with each other?… Read More
So what was a kind of a day like?… Read More
And you had your two different jobs to do and so forth. Well, the way I see it in performing, everybody’s very serious about what you have to do, and you get a routine, and, of course, passing each other, working around the backyard, getting ready for the performance, getting… Read More
I mean, you’re not together all the time. Read More
Well, I think they thought he was nice. Probably though when they thought we were getting serious, they looked at him in a little different light, I guess, for a while. (chuckling) “Well, now,” you know? (chuckling) Of course all circus families like to keep the kids close by, I… Read More
And after you, what was, for both of you, what was a day in the life of on the lot like?… Read More
Did it surprise you that Frank was sleeping with the elephants?… Read More
He told me that story later. (chuckling) No, he didn’t smell like an elephant. (chuckling) And how did your family take to this young drummer?… Read More
(laughing) Not then. Read More
Well, on Sundays, we always had Sundays off. You’d go to the movies, usually go to the movies, after the girls that did… I thought this was funny. Read More
My father insisted that they be white. And so early Sunday morning, all the girls would be scrubbing their webs, and they had to be dried. Then after that, you could do whatever you cared to do with your rest of your Sunday afternoon. Read More