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3 unusual facts about Circus


Allin Kempthorne

He later enrolled himself at a Circus school where he learned various physical comedy acts.

Horsley Woodhouse

The prize was split in 2011 between the Stainsby Avenue residents' Circus float, and the Pre-School's Royal Wedding float.

Jerry of the Circus

The series followed the adventures of Jerry Dougan and his dog Rags with the Randall Brothers Circus from the time of his father's death in the spring to the end of that year's performance season.


Allen's Landing

In the late 1960s, Allen's Landing was home to the city's premiere psychedelic nightclub, Love Street Light Circus Feel Good Machine ("Love Street"), where bands with names like Bubble Puppy, Neurotic Sheep and American Blues performed mind-expanding music accented with strobe lights and pastel projections.

Bobby Eli

His credits as a songwriter include million-selling singles, "Love Won't Let Me Wait", by Major Harris (#1 R&B, #5 pop, 1975), which he also produced and arranged; "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" by the Main Ingredient (#8 R&B, #10 pop, 1974); and Blue Magic's "Sideshow" (#1 R&B, #8 pop, 1974), as well as "Three Ring Circus" (#5 R&B, #36 pop, 1974) for the same group.

Brother Power the Geek

The freaks in the Freakshow at the "Psychedelic Circus" were all based on the styles of "Big Daddy" Ed Roth and Harvey Kurtzman, both of whom were good friends of Simon.

Chappie Fox

In 1963, Fox and Ben Barkin, under the sponsorship of the Schlitz Brewing Company, began the Great Circus Parade.

Chromeč

Drásal was famous member of circus in his time with notable performance for French emperor Napoleon III.

Circus Devils

Circus Devils was originally conceived in 2001 as a side project to Robert Pollard's main work with Guided by Voices.

Clarence Chesterfield Howerton

The coach was drawn by two Shetland ponies, and Howerton was accompanied by "Tiny Doll", described as "the Major's sweetheart" and other circus performers.

Cole Museum of Zoology

Specimens include a male Indian circus elephant skeleton, a 5 metre Reticulated Python skeleton containing 400 vertebrae, a fossil of the largest spider to ever have lived, and a False Killer Whale skeleton.

De spectaculis

Written somewhere between 197-202, the work looks at the moral legitimacy and consequences of Christians attending the circus, theatre, or amphitheatre ("the pleasures of public shows").

Della Gould Emmons

Later he toured the Midwest in a fleet of white buses with his nine performing children, "Jay Gould's Million Dollar Circus." Documents also show that he gave Lawrence Welk of TV fame one of his first jobs as an accordion player.

El Paso County Coliseum

It still is host to a variety of events, including Disney on Ice, Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, George Carden Circus, Walking with Dinosaurs, Trade Shows, Monster Trucks, WWE.

Elena-Maria Smon Wolays

Smon Wolay has also deejayed at the Swedish Sex and the City 2 gala premiere, Way Out West Festival music festival, the wedding of Jan Bengtsson (heir to clothing company H&M) and Cirkusprinsessan - an international circus world championship for females only.

Finsbury Circus

Fronting the northwest quadrant of the oval, with fronts on roads entering the Circus from the west stands Edwin Lutyens's massive Britannic House (1921–25, listed Grade II), designed for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which became BP; its free-standing architectural sculptures are by Francis Derwent Wood.

Fireman Farrell

In the other stories in Showcase #1, Farrell fights a fire in a circus, and is profiled on a television news program called Let's Take a Look (based on Edward R. Murrow's See It Now).

Frank Lentini

His career spanned over forty years and he worked with every major circus and sideshow including Barnum and Bailey and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Fred Van Buren

The performance mantle has, however been passed on to their son Andrew Van Buren, a multi-talented performer who is recognised as the top expert in Variety specialising in the family trade of magic & illusions, also mixing in circus skills of juggling, unicycling, escapology & plate spinning, he keeps the Van Buren flag flying high over entertainment venues all over the world with his illusion spectaculars & is one of the worlds top platespinner experts.

George Seeley

He was nicknamed "The Lion Tamer" due to his having entered a lion's cage in a circus that was visiting Southampton.

Gun Blaze West

Viu and Will come across a travelling circus, where the star attraction is a young girl named Colice, who is in fact a native of Japan who had to flee the country after her home was destroyed in the Boshin War.

Hagenbeck

Carl Hagenbeck (1844–1913), German animal dealer, zoo- and circus-director

Hartford circus fire

In recent years, the Hartford circus fire has been covered in detail in several works of non-fiction, including an episode of The History Channel show The Wrath of God and a book Circus Fire by Stewart O'Nan.

Her Highness and Silk

In the story Her Highness and Silk join forces with long time Marvel Family foe Aunt Minerva, another old criminal lady, and attempt to use Uncle Dudley as a cover to steal money from the circus.

Joseph John Richards

When not playing for a circus, Richards studied music at Kansas State Teachers College and the American Conservatory of Music.

Live at Koncepts

The album features seven of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Very Very Circus with Mark Taylor, Brandon Ross, Masujaa Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, and Larry Bright.

Makupa Causeway

The road runs for approximately one and a half miles between the Magongo Circus and Makupa Circus.

Mona – The Carnivorous Circus

"Carnivorous Circus" is a montage of song and spoken word, featuring interviews with a Hells Angel and Steve Took, the latter recounting time he spent in Ashford Remand Centre, as well as recordings of political speeches.

Piccadilly Circus in popular culture

Its starting point was Roth's encounter with the collection of postcards of Piccadilly Circus owned by Richard Hamilton and his wife Rita Donagh.

Pocketbike racing

Pocket Bike racing, also known as Minimoto or circus racing, is a category of racing where miniature racing motorcycles (known as pocket bikes or minimoto) are raced around kart tracks.

Princess Python

Zelda DuBois, born in Darlington, South Carolina, developed an act as a snake charmer and circus performer using a twenty-five foot python as a young adult.

Randy Piper

Lawless later changed the name of the band to Circus Circus, allegedly after attending several performances by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Roberts Radio

The company was initially based in central London, near Oxford Circus and then at Rathbone Place, but moved to East Molesey in 1941.

Shootin' Goon

The EP was reviewed by skateboarder Bam Margera for rock magazine Kerrang!, in which he declared "I thought I was at the f***ing circus!" prompting the band to sell T-shirts with the quote printed on them.

Spirit of Nuff...Nuff

The album and features seven of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Very Very Circus with Curtis Fowlkes, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Marcus Rojas, Edwin Rodriguez, and Gene Lake.

Stardust Circus

Stardust Circus (established in the early 1990s) is a circus that tours in Australia.

Stian Carstensen

He played the accordionist in the circus band (and the soundtrack) of the 2005 Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean film MirrorMask.

Tarragona International Dixieland Festival

On several occasions, Tarragona has worked with the Jazz Festival of Terrassa, in Catalonia, and since 2006 it has been working with the Dixieland Festival of Cantanhede in Portugal and with the Catalan Trapezi Circus Fair from Reus.

Têtes

Têtes Raides, French folk rock group blending French poetry, theater, visual arts and the Big Top circus antics

The Adventures of Blinky Bill

The animals he rescued were Ling Ling the Panda, Slippery the Seal, Yoyo the Monkey, Princess Penelope the Poodle, Leo the Lion and Tico Toucan (who originally works for the Circus Bros.) They went to Antarctica, the African Plains, China, the Amazon Rainforest, India and Paris.

The Great Santini

Believing that the film's title - giving the perception that it was about circus stunts - would be the problem, it was tested as Sons and Heroes in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as Reaching Out in Rockford, Illinois, and The Ace in Peoria, Illinois.

The strongest man in the world

Zishe Breitbart, a Polish-born circus performer, known as "Strongest Man in the World"

Tumblepop

Moscow, which is a circus-like stage, enemies being clowns, invisible conjurers, fire spitters; the boss is a giant clown held by balloons who juggles with bombs.

TwentyWonder

Scheduled to appear are comedian David Koechner, Vaud and the Villains, Matthew Sweet, Lucha VaVoom, Joel Hodgson, Cinefamily, Kate Flannery and the Lampshades, games from Two Bit Circus, Mat Plendl, Mac King, an Ernie Kovacs museum, Two-Headed Dog and Diandra Leslie-Pelecky.

W. Joe Hoppe

He was a regular at readings and performances at the Rifle Sport Gallery, Circus to the Trade, and Speedboat Gallery.

Wanderlust Circus

Wanderlust Circus, under the direction of founders Noah Mickens and Nick "the Creature" Habar, is known for showcasing circus, music, and specialty acts, usually with an accompanying original storyline.

Wannado City

The system are functioned by the idea of participation in different activities, gain capital and spend their earnings in luxurious visits such as the Wonka Factory, The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, a Publix supermarket, the Wannado City Fair and a permanent circus.

Westhay Heath

This is the only site in Somerset where the nationally rare Marsh Harrier (Circus areuginosus) breeds.

What Goes Around... Comes Around

The video starts off with Timberlake flirting with Johansson on the rooftop of a 1950's Moulin Rouge circus-style club.

When Night Is Falling

When a carnival subsequently comes to town, Camille is confused by her unexpected lesbian attraction to Petra (Rachael Crawford), a sexy, free-spirited circus performer.


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