tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post4077729119458496874..comments2024-03-24T11:56:43.208-07:00Comments on Showbiz David: This One's for John Ringling North IIShowbiz Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08921904778000552196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-11580512461953419312013-04-24T10:06:54.662-07:002013-04-24T10:06:54.662-07:00Thanks, Harry,for your wonderful affirmation of th...Thanks, Harry,for your wonderful affirmation of the tented circus, and you make some very good points about Kelly Miller's traditional content.Showbiz Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921904778000552196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-55439203247820257782013-04-23T17:56:23.197-07:002013-04-23T17:56:23.197-07:00I had the pleasure of visiting the Kelly Miller Ci...I had the pleasure of visiting the Kelly Miller Circus in Jasper, Texas on a very cold but sunny day.<br />Not seeing it last year I wanted to take it all in from the get go.<br />To my surprise John and Shirley North II was there and had not headed back to Ireland yet.<br />I am a die hard circus fan and like the tent shows the best as that is the real circus to me under a big top.<br />We all know the days of the 104 car railroad circus with a 600 foot top and 3 rings and 4 stages and seating 14,000 plus are gone with the wind.<br />Like D. R. Miller said it is a war and you got to win the war every day with a circus.<br />Kelly Miller has the tent, animals, live band, performers, painted up trucks and real clowns and circus folks with it and for it.<br />God help the person that does not take care of there animal as Shirley North will see to that for sure.<br />Mr. John is spending more time on his circus and is at every performance seeing what is going on.<br />I was setting in the seats and next thing I knew Mr. John was right next to me and said do you mind if I set here well I was thrilled he was there so I could ask a million questions.<br />Each year Mr. John adds to the performnce to make it better for the public.<br />I know on a traveling show it costs money and big money and it adds up and you got to make the nut to stay on the road.<br />You hope more money is coming in that going out.<br />Steve and Ryan always do a great job on there clown gags and they bring on the laughs.<br />All us fans need to thank Steve for his blog route book as his day by day with KM sure beats the one at the end of the season like they used to be.<br />The Rices animals are just super this year as Mike has liberty zebras sans of Al G Barnes from the past.<br />Carolyn has a mixed animal review with the help of Shirley North and the music for it is a foot tapper.<br />You get a good bang for your buck with the KM performance.<br />Mr. John and Jim Royal are a great team pulling together to make Kelly Miller succeed in these times of a so so economy.<br />To do what these show folks do every day you got to love it rain or shine.<br />As a fan I am looking from the outside in, into to a spun candy world.<br />But I hope these tent shows we have today make it as that is the real circus under the big top with the flags flying, painted up trucks, circus music, and a great bunch of show folks.<br />Thanks for all the great times as us fans have many great memories to carry with us forever from our favorite shows.<br />Harry in TexasHarry Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362053177536772325noreply@blogger.com