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JUNE 29-JULY 4; JULY 6-9, 2017 LOG SHEET #5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: RICKY GOMEZ RECORDER NUMBER (MAIN): CFCH 5 FILE NAME: 0063.WAV RECORDER NUMBER (BACKUP): CFCH 6 FILE NAME: 0065.WAV PRESENTER: STEVE SMITH DATE/TIME: 7/1 2:00PM PROGRAM: CIRCUS ARTS STAGE: CIRCUS STORIES GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: CIRCUS REVIVAL: THE BIG APPLE STORY [[2 COLUMNED TABLE]] |PARTICIPANTS| |INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION| |—| |—| |PAUL BINDER| |CO FOUNDER BIG APPLE CIRCUS| |ROBERT MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN| |CO FOUNDER BIG APPLE CIRCUS| |MONTANA MILLER| CONTENTS/NOTES (CONTINUE ON BACK): 1. CHRISTIANSEN STARTED OFF GETTING THEATRE DEGREE AND JOINED A MIME SCHOOL IN 2. 1970S 3. PAUL BINDER WORKED ON SHOWS SUCH AS JEOPARDY AND CAME UPON CHRISTIANSEN AND MIME 4. TROUPE IN SAN FRANCISCO JOINED THEM 5. -BINDER AND CHRISTIANSEN DID JUGGLING ACT FOR [CROSSED OUT] FIRST TIME IN LONDON 6. -MOVED JUGGLING ACT TO FRANCE WORKING ON STREET CORNERS IN PARIS 7. -SLOWLY MOVED SOUTH TO FRENCH RIVIERA AND ITALY WITH JUGGLING ACT AND THEN TO 8. ATHENS AND ISTANBUL -ENDED UP DOING A TOUR OF FRANCE -PAUL RETURNED TO U.S. FOR A SHORT TIME WHERE HE THOUGHT ABOUT STARTING HIS OWN CIRCUS (1977)