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  CNN - Flying Wallendas to build pyramid on Detroit high wire - March 6, 1998
DETROIT (CNN) -- More than three decades after a spectacular circus stunt ended in tragedy, the famed Flying Wallendas will try the same maneuver again Friday night -- in the very same arena where two members of the troop once plunged to their deaths.
The family high-wire act will be attempting to build a seven-person pyramid, in which four members on one layer use poles to support two on a second layer who in turn support one on a top layer.
The Wallendas are scheduled to perform the pyramid 38 times during the 17-day run of the Shrine Circus in Detroit.
www3.cnn.com /US/9803/06/wallendas   (333 words)

  
  EZGeography - Karl Wallenda
Wallenda's sister-in-law Rietta fell to her death in 1963, and his son-in-law Richard ("Chico") Guzman was killed in 1972 after touching a live wire in the rigging.
Gunther Wallenda (1927 - March 16, 1996), Karl's nephew, began training on the wire at age five, though he was already part of the act.
Angel Wallenda (March 20, 1968 - May 3, 1996) married into the family in 1985, when she was 17, and began training on the wire.
www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Flying_Wallendas   (521 words)

  
 The Flying Wallendas   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Karl Wallenda was born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1905 to an old circus family, and began performing at the age of 6.
Herman Wallenda (11 June 1901 – January 1985), Karl's brother, was one of the survivors of the 1962 disaster in Detroit.
He is the family patriarch of the Flying Wallendas and is still performing (2006) the 7-Man Pyramid with his daughters and son, his brother-in-law Sascha Pavlata, son-in-law Robinson Cortes and family friend Jade Kindar-Martin.
nba.servegame.org /en/Flying_Wallendas.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Printer Friendly   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 66-year-old was strapped into a chair and hoisted to the sky cycle, which was attached to a steel wire that ran from a crane on the north side of the river to another on the south.
Wallenda held one of the long bars that trapeze artists use to balance themselves as the electrically powered sky cycle made the trip over the river and back again.
Wallenda was injured when the family’s famed seven-person pyramid on which he was an anchor collapsed during a performance in 1962.
www.thewest.com.au /printfriendly.aspx?ContentID=7451   (375 words)

  
 Circus Flora - Circus Stars - The Flying Wallendas
Karl Wallenda began to walk the high-wire in the early 1920s, and the family tradition is being carried on by several branches of the Wallendas.
Now Tino leads the Flying Wallendas, traveling with his daughters and son eight to 10 months a year, recreating breathtaking versions of the pyramids that brought the Wallendas to the U.S. in 1928.
To debut the intricate maneuver, the Wallendas premiered their feat for the Hamid Circus Royale during the 1998 Moslem Temple Shrine Circus in Detroit, which was the scene of the Wallendas greatest tragedy 36 years before.
www.circusflora.org /troupe/flyingwallendas.htm   (348 words)

  
 CNN - Flying Wallendas to build pyramid on Detroit high wire - March 6, 1998
DETROIT (CNN) -- More than three decades after a spectacular circus stunt ended in tragedy, the famed Flying Wallendas will try the same maneuver again Friday night -- in the very same arena where two members of the troop once plunged to their deaths.
The family high-wire act will be attempting to build a seven-person pyramid, in which four members on one layer use poles to support two on a second layer who in turn support one on a top layer.
The Wallendas are scheduled to perform the pyramid 38 times during the 17-day run of the Shrine Circus in Detroit.
www.cnn.com /US/9803/06/wallendas   (333 words)

  
 A Circus Legacy
Karl Wallenda was born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1905.
In 1998, the current era of the Wallendas reunited the performing family members from three separate groups ­ the Flying Wallendas, the Fabulous Wallendas, and the Great Wallendas ­ to recreate their crowning achievement, the 7-person pyramid, reestablishing their legacy in circus history.
To debut the intricate maneuver the Wallendas premiered their feat for the Hamid Circus Royale during the 1998 Moslem Temple Shrine Circus in Detroit, the sight of the Wallendas greatest tragedy 36 years before.
www.wallenda.com /history.html   (1297 words)

  
 Flora0728
The Flying Wallendas have performed with Circus Flora every since 1987, with the exception of 2004 when the circus came to the island for the first time.
The name ‘Flying Wallendas’ came from a reporter who saw four of them fall when the wire slipped during a performance with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, where they performed as the headline act for much of the 1930s and 40s.
The Wallendas also performed a four-person act with Karl’s wife Helen standing on Karl’s shoulders while he balanced on a chair on top of a bar between the shoulders of two men on bicycles 50 feet in the air.
www.ack.net /Flora0728.html   (1602 words)

  
 Deal Depot :: Biography - Flying Wallendas
The Flying Wallendas were one of the most popular and storied circus acts of the 20th century.
THE FLYING WALLENDAS uses performance footage and home movies shot over several decades to tell the story of this legendary family.
Karl's daughters, half-brother and adopted son tell family stories of their greatest stunts and darkest moments, and reveal how the Wallendas came to be legends of the high wire.
www.deal-depot.com /B000006QJY/Biography___Flying_Wallendas.html   (194 words)

  
 CNN - Wallendas' famed pyramid flies again - March 6, 1998
DETROIT (CNN) -- More than three decades after a spectacular circus stunt ended in tragedy, the famed Flying Wallendas Friday night succeeded with the same maneuver in the very same arena where two members of the troop once plunged to their deaths.
Audience members, who were cautioned to be quiet during the maneuver so the Wallendas could hear each other's commands, broke out in thunderous applause when the acrobats reached the other side.
The man paralyzed in that accident, Mario Wallenda, was on hand to witness Friday's triumph.
www.cnn.com /US/9803/06/wallendas.update   (367 words)

  
 The Seven Person Pyramid
The current era of Wallendas reunited the performing family members from all three separate branches - The Flying Wallendas, The Fabulous Wallendas, and The Great Wallendas - to recreate their crowning achievement - The 7 Person Pyramid - reestablishing their legacy in circus history.
To debut the intricate maneuver the Wallendas premiered their feat for the Hamid Circus Royale during the 1998 Moslem Shrine Circus in Detroit, the scene of the Wallendas greatest tragedy 36 years before.
Several attempts have been made by others to perform this intricate pyramid, but none have consistently succeeded in accomplishing the feat the way it was performed by the Wallendas, incorporating the chair and without the use of nets or safety devices of any kind.
www.wallenda.com /seven.html   (149 words)

  
 CNN - Flying Wallendas to build pyramid on Detroit high wire - March 6, 1998
DETROIT (CNN) -- More than three decades after a spectacular circus stunt ended in tragedy, the famed Flying Wallendas will try the same maneuver again Friday night -- in the very same arena where two members of the troop once plunged to their deaths.
The family high-wire act will be attempting to build a seven-person pyramid, in which four members on one layer use poles to support two on a second layer who in turn support one on a top layer.
The Wallendas are scheduled to perform the pyramid 38 times during the 17-day run of the Shrine Circus in Detroit.
cnn.com /cnn/US/9803/06/wallendas   (333 words)

  
 The Great (or Flying) Wallendas Biography - Biography.com
A family of high-wire aerialists, including Elizabeth Pintye "Angel" Wallenda (1968-1996), Gunther(1927-1996), Helen Kreis(1910-1996), and Karl(1905-1978), the Flying Wallendas is one of the most well known high-wire circus acts of the 20th century.
The family was headed by Karl Wallenda, the fifth generation of a Germancircus family, born in Magdenburg, Germany in 1905.
While performing the seven-person wire-walking human pyramid to the strains of “The Washington Post March” in Detroit on January 30, 1962, Dieter Schepp, Karl Wallenda’s nephew, who was on the bottom tier, reportedly lost his footing and fell, toppling the pyramid to the concrete floor in front of 7,000 spectators.
www.biography.com /search/article.jsp?aid=9542112   (558 words)

  
 The Flying Wallendas Information
The name in their native German, "Die fliegende Wallenda", is an obvious rhyme on the title of the Wagner opera, "Der fliegende Holländer" ("The Flying Dutchman").
There are several branches of the Wallendas performing today, comprised of mostly grandchildren of Karl Wallenda.
He still performs (2006) as a member of the Flying Wallendas.
www.bookrags.com /Flying_Wallendas   (1202 words)

  
 The Flying Wallendas Biography (Circus Performers) — Infoplease.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Flying Wallendas are perhaps the most famous high-wire act of the 20th century.
Family patriarch Karl Wallenda died in a 1978 fall from the wire in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Flying Wallendas Biography (Circus Performers) - Biography of The Flying Wallendas, Wire-walking circus family
www.infoplease.com /biography/var/theflyingwallendas.html   (146 words)

  
 Impact Artists: Flying Wallendas
The current era of Wallendas reunited the performing family members from all three separate branches - The Flying Wallendas, The Fabulous Wallendas, and The Great Wallendas - to recreate their crowning achievement - The 7 Person Pyramid - re-establishing their legacy in circus history.
To debut the intricate maneuver the Wallendas premiered their feat for the Hamid Circus Royale during the 1998 Moslem Shrine Circus in Detroit, the scene of the Wallendas greatest tragedy 36 years before.
Several attempts have been made by others to perform this intricate pyramid, but none have consistently succeeded in accomplishing the feat the way it was performed by the Wallendas, incorporating the chair and without the use of nets or safety devices of any kind.
www.duelimpact.com /Great_Artists/flying_wallendas.php?b=ia&l=eng   (131 words)

  
 The Flying Wallendas
In the early 20th century, Karl Wallenda was performing at the age of 6.
For decades the Wallenda family headlined the circus as the Flying Wallendas.
In 1998, 21 years after the Wallenda family performed the last 7-person pyramid, they decided to do it once again in the exact place that the family had fallen in 1962.
www.chevroncars.com /learn/odds-ends/circus-flying-wallendas   (566 words)

  
 IJA Gallery :: Cascade of Star Show
The routine was charming, viscerally enjoyable and almost perfectly juggled --- Steve's only drop was on an attempted five-ball multiplex start that he decided to stick in on the fly since the rest of the routine was going so well.
This is absolutely one of my very favourite routines of all time, and it was a real treat to see it performed live in front of a truly appreciative audience.
The Flying Wallendas (Jay Gilligan and a large number of friends) fill the air with clubs in a routine that was almost entirely choreographed and rehearsed by email, with participants on two different continents.
www.juggle.org /gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=2005cosshow   (251 words)

  
 Mackay Entertainment (Circus Acts)
"The Flying Wallendas" have been performing in circuses all over the world since 1780.
Seven generations later they are still one of the best high wire acts in the world.
The Wallendas accomplished a trick never even attempted.
www.mackayentertainment.com /circus.html   (298 words)

  
 Flying Wallendas combine danger, grace   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hundreds of visitors watched the Flying Wallendas' amazing high-wire show at Opening Night of Circus Sarasota.
The Flying Wallendas treated visitors at Opening Night of Circus Sarasota on Feb. 3 to a display of danger and grace on the high wire.
The Flying Wallendas practiced in T-shirts and blue jeans for about a week, then took on the high wire in their glimmering, form-fitting body suits for the opener.
www.heraldtribune.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/FEATURES/602140346   (192 words)

  
 Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: February 6, 2006 - Flying Wallendas
He taught me all the elementary skills: how to hold my body so that I remained stiff and rigid; how to place my feet on the wire with my big toe on the wire and my heel to the inside; how to hold the pole with my elbows close to my body.
The issue again comes down to being a Flying Wallenda.
If we were on a trapeze, would we be wise to let go of one in order to fly through the air and catch the trapeze on the other side of the tent?
www.hussman.net /wmc/wmc060206.htm   (1327 words)

  
 Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: February 6, 2006 - Flying Wallendas
Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: February 6, 2006 - Flying Wallendas
“ When I was seven years old, my grandfather, Karl Wallenda, put me on a wire two feet off the ground.
With that combination of factors, the case for accepting short-term market risk is more tenuous.
www.hussmanfunds.com /wmc/wmc060206.htm   (1327 words)

  
 AACOM | Medical Education Article Review
UK recommendations on undergraduate medical education and the Flying Wallendas.
I leave it to your reading to see the link with the Flying Wallendas.
For more information about this article and author(s), visit the Medical Teacher website.
www.aacom.org /education/journal-reviews/articles.asp?Id=73   (270 words)

  
 The Flying Wallendas - Legends of the High Wire
The Flying Wallendas - Legends of the High Wire
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www.canadianshopping.org /products/The+Flying+Wallendas+-+Legends+of+the+High+Wire   (44 words)

  
 Karl Wallenda -   (Site not responding. Last check: )
For the British musician with a similar-sounding name see Karl Wallinger
Karl Wallenda (January 21, 1905 - March 22, 1978) was the founder of The Flying Wallendas, an internationally known daredevil circus act famous for performing death-defying stunts without a safety net.
The act moved to the United States in 1928 and began an association with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Circus.
www.gurgaongrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Flying_Wallendas   (203 words)

  
 The Flying Wallendas   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y. Civic Center kicks it up a notch
The 'Roxyettes,' as they were then known, shared the stage with an eclectic mix of 17 acts, including the Flying Wallendas and dance pioneer Martha Graham.
Although the Rockettes began touring outside of New York 13 years ago, their 46...
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 Biography - Flying Wallendas : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Click the following link to view the cover of Biography - Flying Wallendas.
1) VHS Tape Video Biography - Flying Wallendas by A & E Home Video.
Biography - Flying Wallendas, Video, Image © A & E Home Video
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 New Urban Arts
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Congratulations to the Flying Wallendas for winning our first ever Community Scrabble Tournament with a score of 528 points.
Congrats also to all 8 teams for being disqualified at least once for not using words in the dictionary.
www.newurbanarts.org   (341 words)

  
 Biography - Flying Wallendas
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 Bunnie Diehl: If you don't like it, just go away: Flying Wallendas!
Bunnie Diehl: If you don't like it, just go away: Flying Wallendas!
"Tino Wallenda got Expo visitors to lift their sights literally and figuratively when he performed a highwire walk under the roof of the Opryland Convention Center.
Some 70 feet above the hotel's food-court island, he crossed without a safety net, stopping on the traverse to kneel, complete a headstand and share his faith in Christ with the crowd below."
bunniediehl.worldmagblog.com /bunniediehl/archives/012404.html   (231 words)

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