Interview 24153 – Caption Index: 413
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
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
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
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
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
Oh, I rode one in the spectacular at the beginning, I believe that year. 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
Are there any memorable stories from circus days that you can relate?… Read More
Any big storms where there’s a blowdown, any animal escapes, any scandal, anything?… 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
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
Frank, did you have more time as a musician than Connie did as a performer?… 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
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
And when did you interact with each other?… Read More