So you know how it is! I love bringing people to the circus with free tickets or discounted tickets! But there are occasions where I have felt like a TicketMaster kiosk!
I don't actually have all that many "Ringling" keepsakes. I've got some jackets that were made by a person here on the show, embroidered with the logo...these have my name on them so I don't think they're valuable to anyone but me. I have an elephant hair and a tiger whisker, which I keep for good luck. I have a jar of rhinestones that I've collected over the years. I have programs, but so do millions of other folks.
There are some things that I have that could be valuable or at least interesting to a museum, so I will hold onto them (was absolutely planning to anyway). I'm sure things will begin popping up on eBay once the tour closes, as employees sell their mementos and collectors try to profit from what they've gathered over the years. But many of the things I have are precious to me in a personal way, so they will stay with me for as long as possible.
I wish that we could build a smaller show with Ringling people (and Big Apple, and Cole Bros, as all of those circuses have closed this year/last year) but I think we'll need someone to organize that if it's to happen. I've heard it talked about a lot by former circus folks. The problem with a lot of the Ringling acts is that they're brought in from other countries, and when their contract ends they have to go home. Plus...there's the issue of how we'd be paid, I think...I suspect someone would have to have money to get it started.
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Date: 2017-01-22 04:45 am (UTC)So you know how it is! I love bringing people to the circus with free tickets or discounted tickets! But there are occasions where I have felt like a TicketMaster kiosk!
I don't actually have all that many "Ringling" keepsakes. I've got some jackets that were made by a person here on the show, embroidered with the logo...these have my name on them so I don't think they're valuable to anyone but me. I have an elephant hair and a tiger whisker, which I keep for good luck. I have a jar of rhinestones that I've collected over the years. I have programs, but so do millions of other folks.
There are some things that I have that could be valuable or at least interesting to a museum, so I will hold onto them (was absolutely planning to anyway). I'm sure things will begin popping up on eBay once the tour closes, as employees sell their mementos and collectors try to profit from what they've gathered over the years. But many of the things I have are precious to me in a personal way, so they will stay with me for as long as possible.
I wish that we could build a smaller show with Ringling people (and Big Apple, and Cole Bros, as all of those circuses have closed this year/last year) but I think we'll need someone to organize that if it's to happen. I've heard it talked about a lot by former circus folks. The problem with a lot of the Ringling acts is that they're brought in from other countries, and when their contract ends they have to go home. Plus...there's the issue of how we'd be paid, I think...I suspect someone would have to have money to get it started.
Circus 1908 is unfortunately in partnership with PETA (http://www.broadwayworld.com/sydney/article/Circus-1903-Invites-You-to-Name-the-Baby-Elephant-Created-by-the-Puppeteers-of-WAR-HORSE-20161005) and so although I would have liked to see the show, I will not. I think there would be interest, in either a show like this or a mini touring circus, but again, I think we'd need a business person and/or a sponsor to get it started.