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Find here sites personal, academic and commercial pertaining to the great entertainers of the past and present, including but not limited to the likes of Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Groucho, Harpo, Chico and even Zeppo Marx, James Stewart, Janet Gaynor, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn Eddie Cantor, Bert Lahr, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Lucille Ball, Paul Muni, John Garfield, Fred Astaire, James Cagney, George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Midler, Danny Kaye, Henry Thomasefsky... these are but a few of the actors, many (but not all) of whom who also sing and/or dance (or swim! Anyone got an Esther Williams site?) whose work and lives make them more than a passing fad. If the subject of the site is a keeper, you may just find it here! Pictured on this page: Danny Kaye stepping lively with Vera-Ellen. On the NavBar: James Cagney, himself a hoofer.
We arrived at our site just as the sun was setting. It had been a long day so far with packing down the big-top, loading the trailers and all of us dealing with mild heat stroke. Luke had gone ahead with the first trailer and by the time I arrived, he'd magically laid out the entire tent on the grass, hammered in the peg line and preset everything...
Our cast were out and about promoting the show this morning, when a lady from a near-by shop bustled out, newspaper in hand and held it up to us - Would you look at that, a huge 2 page spread about our little circus!
The circus is back at home base for a few days collecting ourselves after the huge week in Braidwood NSW. We were hosting a show as a fundraiser for the Braidwood Central school P&C and at the same time doing a preview performance of the show that we are touring. I can not explain my amazement when, after loaning an extra 100 seats from the sc...
We have had an epic couple of weeks, with our international artists flying in, our first tent-up as a group and the final development session for the show. Over the week we had numerous interviews with press and now some of those have gone to print.. just thought I'd share BMA Magazine This is a local arts mag, gig guide and local news magazine - ...
It is Saturday morning and things are heating up in the house of the circus. Luke is visiting family across the ditch for a bit, so Sharon, Jerry and I are rushing around trying to complete the last few tasks before he gets back. We have less than two weeks now until the rest of our cast fly in from New Zealand and the final rehearsal stage begins...
It is a delicate form of dance that one invents when a sledgehammer meets the gentle flesh of fingers.. It involves a complex series of steps, leaps, aggressive marching, and grabbing at ones hand.. It also has an expressive facial distortion and sometimes even a vocal element. This, my friends, is the Sledgehammer waltz. Jerry...
The count down has really started now with only six weeks until we put up the tent for the development and preview show in Braidwood NSW. Luke has been beavering away with the business plan, and I have been up to my elbows in thread and fabric, making our costumes. This has been the busiest Christmas and New year period ever, but things are starti...
It is a funny thing trying to organise something from the ground up. Especially to those of us who are used to flying. I had heard tale of adminis-trivia nightmares but never had I truly experienced it first hand. Even the simplest thing seems to have to involve 10 different people, all of which greet me with that glazed eyed look at the mention o...
The web site for the circus is gradually taking form. More photos are going up each day, and behind the site, the show is starting to progress too. We are two weeks into our residency and acts are really starting to come together.. No time to chat now though! Visit the site and see for yourself.. http://www.bitesizedcircus.com We'd love to link ex...
Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! We have for your delight and delectation, a written account direct from an extended season in the exotic south. Roll up! Roll up!.. the 'great southern tour' is about to begin!
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