thecircusblog | January 31, 2012
Kerby Grant was a special celebrity on many circuses. He did not travel with the shows, his appearances were only in the big spots and generally in southern California. In this ad he is featured with Carson & Barnes Circus. To my knowledge the only show that he did travel with. The actual date of […]
thecircusblog | December 10, 2011
Kirby Grant was not only a T-V star, He also was sort of a circus star. When Kirby wasn’t shooting his television show, He was a special guest star on many different circuses. We did numerous shows with him through out the years. I can tell you this , He loved every moment of being […]
thecircusblog | December 10, 2011
thecircusblog | October 3, 2011
All of the knife throwing acts that I knew and worked with always made their own throwing knives because they had to be perfectly balanced. I also learned that each revolution of the blade, is from anywhere within 8-10 feet from the target. Note they usually stand 8-10 feet away from the target board […]
thecircusblog | October 3, 2011
This act was a comedy hand balancing act. I was told by Dorothy Carson that they were non stop with great tricks and side splitting comedy.
thecircusblog | October 2, 2011
Photo from the Dorothy Carson collection. The Carson’s skating act was known as the Royal Rockets. They not only did circus tours, but also played many fairs and theater stage shows. This explains why many of the photos that you see in the circus blog are from a wide variety of show business.
thecircusblog | August 7, 2011
thecircusblog | August 7, 2011
This is very interesting. They created a trampoline casting act. You have to hand it to these circus performers for putting together two different acts and making it work.
