Thursday, August 6, 2009

Sneak peak for European fans--Ringling Gold, Coney Island, 2009



Filmed by Elizabeth Naughton, courtesy of Mike Naughton

5 comments:

henry edgar said...

this is the kind of show that made ringling the greatest show on earth. wish they could clone it for the red and blue units. congratulations to whoever put this unit together.

Wade G. Burck said...

Henry,
Best Circus Available, possibly. Greatest Circus Around, maybe. But it quit being the Greatest Show on Earth about 10 years ago.
Wade

Anonymous said...

Wade Mon Cherie.
Right on it...Bravo...
cant compared at all with Kaleidoscope.
the performers entrance. and the ring curve. is not at all attractive.
and the act same same.
sincerely Mireille.

Raffaele De Ritis said...

In Rome, Milan and Madrid, folks are used to see immensely better standards, and at at more affordable prices.
Good luck.

Wade G. Burck said...

Raffaele,
Come on, Raffie. Back in the day, folks could get away with that, "it is better in Europe" nonsense, and goofs just assumed it was fact, because there was no way to verify. With the new video, photo, and internet technology available today, we know for a fact there is as much junk over there as there is anyplace else, much of it over priced, even if it is free/gratis. I would assume that anything Ringling offers will be at least as good as the best available in Rome, Milan, or Madrid. I have seen pictures of some of the show's "rated" by the Italian Circus rating panel/board and you have to wonder why "garbage" and "really garbage" isn't one of the classifications. When folks get their underwear in a knot over winning second/silver or third/bronze at Monaco you got to wonder, why would you spend a career hanging, "I lost big time" paper.
Wade