Saturday, August 23, 2008

For CMC--The cherry on the "oblique" discussion.

Gerd Semonit with one of his many beautiful cage acts

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Even after all these years, this is the first time I have seen a photo of an all male lion group.
And what a display this is. All uniform. Dion

Wade G. Burck said...

Dion,
You weren't around long, and when you started it had about reached it's peak and a lot of it started going south.
Wade

Anonymous said...

Hi Wade,
Is Mr. Semoniet still alive today. I think his daughter runs Circus Barum, but I have not heard of him in awhile.
_Chris

Wade G. Burck said...

Chris,
Yes he is. I learned a lot from studying video tapes of him. Most people don't see what an animal does, or how it does it, as they concentrate too much on the presenter. You would be amassed at how many times somebody will tell me so and so had a great act, and I will say what did they do, and the get stymied because they can't remember.
Wade