This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
JUNE 29-JULY 4; JULY 6-9, 2017 LOG SHEET #5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: RECORDER NUMBER (MAIN): CFCH5 FILE NAME: CIRSTR.048.wav RECORDER NUMBER (BACKUP): CFCH6 FILE NAME: CIRCL2-00084.wav PRESENTER: Tim Mack DATE/TIME: 7/7/17 - 2:04 p.m. - 2:45 pm PROGRAM: Circus Stories STAGE: Circus Stories GROUP NAME: Panel SESSION TITLE: Circus Travel - On the Road with the Circus [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Jennifer Lemmer Posey | Associate Curator of Circus History - Sarasota, Fl | | Timothy Mack | Ringmaster - Omphaa Circus, Atlanta | | [[strikethrough]] Kathleen Elise Hawley [strikethrough]] | CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): [[left margin]] Circus Train is a city w/o a zip code [[left margin]] 1. Traveling on the Barnum Bailey Circus Train 2016 2. 1. 300 people total on the train - 1 mile of trains 3. 2. Rooms were known as coffins 4. 3. Ringmaster & his family had their own car 5. 4. Pie car -for food & Little Pie Car - for snacks 6. 5. Some performers had a side business 7. 6. Selling toiletries, snacks, etc. 8. 7. Train leaves the city around 21:00 p.m. & travels to the next town. Performers slept while train was traveling, woke up at 8:00 a.m. in a different city, at breakfast & went to the site by 9:00 am. 1,2,3 shows per day