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JUNE 29-JULY 4; JULY 6-9, 2017  
LOG SHEET #1
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET
LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Connor Toole, Alice Hirschfeld
RECORDER NUMBER (MAIN): CFCH 5  
FILE NAME: CIRSTR54.wav
RECORDER NUMBER (BACKUP): CFCH 6  
FILE NAME: CIRSTR56.wav
PRESENTER: 
DATE/TIME: 6/29/2017
PROGRAM: Circus Origins & History  
STAGE: Circus Stories
Group Name: 
SESSION TITLE: 

[[2 columned table]]
| PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- | 
| Janet M. Davis | Historian |
| La Vahn Hoh | ↓ | Historian
| Dominique Jando | Historian and former clown |

CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back):

1. When were elephants introduced? Paris c.1812-1820
2. Very equestrian circus: horse main part of original circuses
3. circus in Europe a tradition, centered more on humans, horses, not elephants
4. circus d'hiver oldest circus in world-is in Paris-1852
5. circus stayed in one place, people came to it, not it to them 
6. John Ricketts brought circus to U.S. 1793 (first circus in America!
7. circus terms "got on the bandwagon" "holding your horses" "toss your hat in the ring"
8. European clown material went into vaudville
9. join circus, no language barrier
10. Ricketts & George Washington good friends, both horsemen
11. Gypsies, Italian, Jewish, main origin=people who had to run
12. 1825-first American tented circus-Joshua Perdy brown
13. etc. pto

Transcription Notes:
Joshua Purdy Brown