Pretty Good Crowd

| April 30, 2011

I remember this day well. There weren’t any more seats available in the grandstand. We had to put down some of the side wall on the ground for extra seating.   Al was very proud of his show and when he saw the crowds he would always pull me over and ask the same question, “What […]

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Al Kayda

| April 30, 2011

In the 1960’s Al Kayda was a circus producer in southern California and I might add very successful. He and his wife Irene put together about thirty non profit organizations to sponsor his circus”Kay Bros”. It was nothing more than a side wall show that mostly showed in ballparks but the show looked clean and […]

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Mel’s Frist Act

| October 10, 2010

                                                      This I think was Mel’s first act.

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Mel and Friend

| October 10, 2010

                                                                                  Mel Werkmiester a fine young man.

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Yvette’s Critters

| September 11, 2009

Yvette was a southern California based act. She had two or three different animals acts and did very well .  Her acts were clean and could be worked anywhere. The last time I saw Yvette was in 1959. Bill Strong made a comment…………. Thanhs.

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The Flying Souths

| September 9, 2009

I never met these artists….. maybe someone out there in the circus world might have a little information about them.

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