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In the News (Fri 4 Dec 09)

  
  Ethical Considerations for the Conservation of Circus Posters
The key to success for every circus was advertising, and the key to advertising for the first 175 years of the circus in America was the circus poster.
The circus also invented the concept of saturation advertising, often posting in cities with 50 to 100 standard sized billboards, 15,000 to 20,000 poster sheets, or the equivalent of 626 to 833 standard billboards.
While circus posters remain some of the greatest examples of 19th and early 20th century lithography, the question of whether they were works of art or not was a consideration at the turn of the century.
palimpsest.stanford.edu /waac/wn/wn17/wn17-2/wn17-205.html   (7572 words)

  
 Welcome to Yankee Doodle Circus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Yankee Doodle Circus, "America's Circus for Children" was founded in 1987 by professional circus clown Mike Naughton from a suggestion by a Parent-Teacher Group that was searching for a wholesome, affordable event that could be enjoyed by the entire family.
The Yankee Doodle Circus has proven to be a guaranteed success for many organizations, and as we provide all the personnel and know-how needed to insure the profitable success of the venture, there is no experience or financial risk of any description required by your organization.
The Yankee Doodle Circus is a complete, professionally produced fund raising program-- from the advance sale through the show itself -- and absolutely guarantees your organization against an unprofitable or undesirable situation.
www.yankeedoodlecircus.com   (325 words)

  
 CircusTown
The dramatic flared rooflines of both buildings evoke images of the circus big top; their Moorish influences and tile roof may have been a result of Peter and Mary Sells' trip to California in 1891, where the same styles and materials were (and are) common.
However, the strong family bonds that kept the circus going were weakened by the death of Ephraim, the eldest brother, in 1898.
Peter was considered a family man by his friends and reportedly built the mansion at 755 Dennison as an expression of his devotion to his wife and their daughter Florence.
www.shortnorth.com /CircusTown.html   (4664 words)

  
 MiniHunt--The Family Circus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The cartoonist of The Family Circus is ___, born October 5, 1922, in ___.
Today, "The Family Circus" is the most widely syndicated comic panel in the world, appearing in ___ newspapers.
The author's "Family Circus" characters are based on his own family: himself, Thel and his ___ children--Gayle, Neal, etc. Name the rest.
www.fairgrove.k12.mo.us /swadley/minihunts/familycircus.htm   (284 words)

  
 The Family
Katie, as she was known in the Family, was part of the death squads sent to Cielo Drive and the LaBianca house in Los Feliz.
The Family settled in the ranch rent free after Charlie talked to the owner, George Spahn, and arranged for the girls to take care of him.
At the ranch the Family fucked and sucked to their hearts content and Charlie became the resident midwife after delivering three babies.
www.mayhem.net /Crime/manson.html   (1613 words)

  
 Societies
Although the NFA does not have a separate archive relating to the history of circus, further information can be obtained by contacting the CFA, which has an archive and library devoted to the study of this form of entertainment.
Circus today faces plenty of problems, but if it is to overcome its difficulties to look to a rosier future in Britain, it will only to do by all those who love the circus making the effort.
That of course means those in the circus itself but also all members of the Circus Friends' Association - if we are to look forward to 2034 and a celebration of 100 years of CFA achievement.
www.shef.ac.uk /nfa/societies/cfa.php   (1074 words)

  
 Circus Sarasota More Than a Circus
Founded in 1997 by Pedro Reis and Dolly Jacobs, Circus Sarasota is a not-for-profit performing arts educational organization.
Circus Sarasota is committed to broadening the artistic contribution of circus, while raising the level and perception of the American Circus to that of the other fine arts.
The presence of circus as an institution and its artists as individual citizens has contributed substantially to the cultural richness and diversity, which is now synonymous with the Sarasota area.
www.circussarasota.org   (128 words)

  
 Blackpool Circus School - Circus skills workshops
Blackpool Circus School was formed in 1999 by a group of circus artists who had recently come to live in the Blackpool and Fylde area.
Allen McPherson ran away to join the Circus when he was only 13 and since then has worked as an acrobat, ice dancer, magician and ring master.
Yuri Gridneff came from a Russian Circus family and met his wife Tonya who was a dancer and together they have played and toured the world with their special "Un-supported Ladder Act".
www.blackpoolcircusschool.co.uk   (472 words)

  
 Bil Keane, Creator of The Family Circus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bil Keane has found the “funny” in families and has shared the chuckles in the creation of his comic panel, The Family Circus.
Scampering onto the pages of 19 newspapers in February of 1960, The Family Circus began with characters of parents, pets, neighbours and three kids.
The children’s dotted meandering around the neighbourhood, Billy’s placement as substitute artist “while Bil is away” and the panel’s base of a circle rather than the usual rectangular format all scream “Keane” to his readers.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/cartoonists/93007   (485 words)

  
 A Circus Legacy
He was performing in the family show at age six and doing stunts in beer halls at age eleven.
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.
It was the standard for excellence in pyramids on the high wire and was performed in the United States by the Wallenda family between 1928 and 1947.
www.wallenda.com /history.html   (1297 words)

  
 The Family Circus History Summary
Bil Keane's daily single-frame comic strip began chronicling the mild misadventures of a white, middle-class suburban family on February 19, 1960 and is currently distributed to over 1,300 newspapers, making it the most popular panel in the world.
Barfy the Dog and Kittycat are the pets of the family, and all are occasionally visited by a stereotypical crew of in-laws, neighbors, and schoolchums—with the principal focus remaining exclusively on the central family of parents and children.
The perpetual preadolescence of the brood enables Keane to ignore the more disturbing issues of parenting which arise with puberty, and a typical Family Circus panel is a simple illustration of a child's malapropism, mild misunderstanding of the adult world, or parental eye-rolling.
www.bookrags.com /history/popculture/the-family-circus-sjpc-02   (303 words)

  
 CIRCLE OF FAITH: Cartoonist Bil Keane
It is "The Family Circus," a comic strip that appears daily in more than 1,500 newspapers in the United States and throughout the world.
The "Family Circus" strip inhabits a small corner of American culture that hasn't been infiltrated by cynicism, said Robert Thompson, professor of media and popular culture at Syracuse University.
The characters in "The Family Circus" are "absolutely like members of your family," said Mike Peters, creator of the comic strip "Mother Goose and Grimm." He added: "Everyone knows the kids, the mom and dad.
www.baptiststandard.com /2003/3_17/pages/family_circle.html   (1071 words)

  
 family circus information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Today, The Family Circus is the most widely syndicated comic panel in...
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 CIRCUS HILARIOUS
Now in its eights year Circus Hilarious established itself as one of the leading forms of entertainment Dedicated to providing Top-Class entertainment and armed with tons of: Props - Costumes - Sets and scenery.
Behind the scenes the Circus Hilarious set has gone in for a refurbishment and we are adding more special effects this year.
The lorries and minibus are having their regular maintenance checks and a wash and brush up to start their annual trek in good shape.
www.circushilarious.co.uk   (541 words)

  
 American Circus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In, 1793, Englishman John Bill Rickets introduced Americans to the circus at his arena in Philadelphia where trick riding was featured along with clown acts in the same show.
They soon combined the menagerie show with the acrobatic entertainment of trick riding and these early circus entrepreneurs began taking their show on the road.
The circus had a large impact on the Town of Southeast as it provided employment for many local businesses, flsmiths, feed and grain stores, wagon makers and painters.
www.southeastmuseum.org /html/american_circus.html   (380 words)

  
 Las Vegas Mercury: Goldberg: Family circus
I know many would think that pulling "Family Circus" from the pages of their morning paper would signal an end to all that is good and right about the world, that with the recent deaths of Mr.
At any rate, what I figured out that morning on the toilet was that reading "Family Circus" has always made me mad--in the same way that watching "Leave It to Beaver" has always made me mad--because it reflects a society based on such formulaic Americana that it renders the reader nearly comatose.
Let's face it, in the real world the kids of "Family Circus" would already be well-versed in downloadable Internet porn, would be killing space aliens with hyper-powered laser rifles on their Gameboys and would likely be living in a single-parent home.
www.lasvegasmercury.com /2004/MERC-Feb-05-Thu-2004/23118680.html   (743 words)

  
 BACK YARD
The circus was and is an important component of American popular culture.
The circus coming to town was a very exciting time for rural America.
My family has left me with many journals, telling of the expenses and income made in the circus business; performance contracts with circuses, stating their salaries and dates and towns of the performances; scrapbooks with many newspaper and magazine articles and programs from the shows they worked for.
members.tripod.com /back-yard   (297 words)

  
 Circus History Message Board
In 'Memories of Circus, Variety, etc. as I knew it' by Henry Whiteley (pub'd 1981 tho' written 1944), Whiteley states that 'Bob Hanlon was the father of the trampoline act known in later years as the Four Julians' (p22).
It was a treat when her family circus would perform for the school, but it was a special treat to see my friend Linda in her tutu riding her elephant around the schoolyard.
The purpose of the Circus Historical Society Question board is to engage in informative discussions with others interested in circus history by exchanging useful resources, offering direction and/or information, defining terms or just shedding light on a confusing aspect of circus history.
www.circushistory.org /Query.htm   (16071 words)

  
 Texas Monthly August 2002: Family Circus
By one o'clock on a 90-degree spring afternoon, Victor's 22-year-old daughter, Frances Flores, was suited up in a polyester, cobalt-blue pant-and-vest outfit that she had made years ago for the Globe of Death act.
She surveyed the family's simple arrangement on the grass-spotted fairgrounds: stage left, a contraption called a breakaway sway pole; a white-and-cherry-red center ring decorated with hand-painted blue diamonds; stage right, the Globe of Death.
The circus for whom he had worked his entire life hosted his funeral under a big top in Chicago, and Tim's casket was drawn into the tent by his elephants.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2002-08-01/feature5.php   (1699 words)

  
 19th & 20th Century Circus People & www.circusbiography.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
"Whoever is foolish enough to attempt to write a history of the circus and of circus families will perish in a madhouse".
These volumes are based on some 9,000 records in my biographical database, with over 6,000 records of circus visits.
Circus and allied performing arts have been relatively neglected but this situation is being remedied.
www.circusbiography.co.uk   (229 words)

  
 State: Irene Bale, circus family matriarch, dies at 87
VENICE - Irene Bale, a circus acrobat, animal rider, trapeze artist and trick bicycle rider who belonged to a longtime circus family, has died of complications of Alzheimer's disease.
The Bale family, whose circus roots go back 350 years, was inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame in 2003.
Bale was an acrobat before her marriage to E. Trevor Bale, a former animal trainer and ringmaster with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
www.sptimes.com /2004/09/08/State/Irene_Bale__circus_fa.shtml   (153 words)

  
 X-Entertainment: A Family Circus Christmas!
Still, every high head has a low ass, and the proof is in 1979's "A Family Circus Christmas." Based on the strips everyone makes fun of but still reads anyway 'cause it takes about two seconds to digest 'em, the holiday toon probably wasn't as bad as you're suspecting...but it's close.
I guess the same could be said for "A Family Circus Christmas." If you grew up with it, you can probably look past the negatives.
Somewhere off in the distance, the founders of The Family Circus Fan Club march onward with pitchforks, touting "A Family Circus Christmas" as one of the all time classics.
x-entertainment.com /articles/0852   (2719 words)

  
 Circus News
Circus News.com is your source for circus news and information on the internet.
As most of you know, the Second World Circus Festival was held this past September and October in Moscow.
Great Circus Parade raised the funds necessary to cover costs for the spectacular event and surrounding festival and to provide extra income for Circus World Museum in Baraboo.
www.circusnews.com   (1309 words)

  
 Life and Times of Bil What'sisname
The TV repairman was at our house so much I thought he was part of the family.
"Family Circus" has appeared on TV in holiday specials and has been published regularly by Fawcett Gold Medal Books in paperback collections.
There are over 14 million "Family Circus" books in print.
www.familycircus.com /mylife/mylife.html   (481 words)

  
 Bil Keane's Family Circus - November 2001 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
IF THE CHILDREN of the wealthy are said to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths, then Bil and Thel Keane's children could be said to be born with a drawing pencil in their hands.
Loyal readers have long known or suspected that the family featured on the funny pages (Mom, Dad, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy and PJ) is based upon the lives and laughter of Keane's own circus: daughter Gayle and sons Neal, Glen, Christopher and Jeff.
Religion is part of The Family Circus, however, because it is part of the experience of the real Keane family—and millions of other families.
www.americancatholic.org /messenger/nov2001/feature1.asp   (2765 words)

  
 The Family Business, 163 Years Under the Big Top - New York Times
Zoppé is the patriarch of the Zoppé Family Circus, a traveling band of men, women, children and animals that races between county fairs and suburbs like this one near Chicago, playing a few shows a day for a week or more throughout the summer before splitting up into their solo acts again.
The Zoppé circus evokes something from a picture book: the clown, the trapeze, the dancing dogs, the ring and the tent.
DeMille's Oscar-winning film, and rose in circus lore with his signature act: a backwards, flat somersault - his torso straight as a pole, not tucked into a ball - off the back of a running horse.
www.nytimes.com /2005/08/21/national/21circus.html?ex=1282276800&en=bc186ac06edf0060&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (941 words)

  
 Mystic Family Circus - Reviews
I remember thinking, the model of the circus: possibly an ideal interface between what "we" do and the rest of society.
Normals are used to the circus, they accept the freaks, the mad spectacle, the sideshows.
Well, here we are a few years later and the circus does seem to be taking form.
www.mysticfamilycircus.com /OriginalSite/Pages/reviews.html   (1188 words)

  
 Circus City Festival, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Circus City Festival in Peru, Indiana will host the only Circus Heritage Parade in the United States on July 22, 2006 at 10 a.m..
Experience the beautifully costumed young performers who are so skilled that circus fans find it hard to believe they are amateurs; enjoy the rides, food, games and more on the main streets of Peru and for the grand finale, Peru's own Circus City Parade, one of Indiana's largest parades, steps off on the final Saturday.
Circus City Festival, Inc. • 154 N. Broadway • Peru, IN 46970 • 765.472.3918 • Fax 765.472.2826 • info@perucircus.com
www.perucircus.com   (178 words)

  
 Bobby Roberts Super Circus
Thank you for taking time out to visit our Circus web page, for many people the circus is a magical place, full of clowns, horses, ponies, dogs, acrobats, jugglers and much much more, we hope that you find our Bobby Roberts Super Circus web site just as magical, with something inside for every circus lover.
Additionally, we have always been absolutely clear that we will not be 'retiring' Anne to any sanctuary or other environment because in our view, and the view of the many vets we have consulted, it is simply not in her best interests.
Any members of the public giving to the Sunday Mirror appeal need to be aware that Anne appears to be being used by Born Free as an emotional 'tool' to encourage people to part with their money and raise funds for other Born Free causes.
www.bobby-roberts.co.uk   (347 words)

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