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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
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Joshua Purdy Brown