----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Pattle Hover To: CIRCUS-FOLKS-L@rootsweb.com Cc: itinerantroots@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:16 AM Subject: [itinerantroots] ALCIDO, WALKER, ENGLISH Anyone ever hear of Sid Alcido and his Royal Family of the Air? They worked on a double-trapeze up a very tall pole - the trapezes were suspended from a crosspiece near the top of the pole. "120 ft. up with no net" comes to my mind but my husband says that's pretty high up! I worked at the summer resort where they appeared, and Mr. Alcido wanted me to train to go with them. Needless to say, my mother said no, and I listened to her. Wonder if I should have? Mr. Alcido said, "We've never lost a student --- yet!" I have two letters from them, waiting to see if I was going to join them. Anyone remember a trapeze artist named Eve Walker? She also worked at the resort sometimes - I think she was English, as am I. Her rig was inside the resort theatre, which had a reasonably high ceiling. Also appearing at the Allen A Resort (Wolfeboro, NH) sometimes was a comedian named, I think, Teddy English.....his act began with him staring around at the audience, then saying, "Loooooooook at all the PEOPLE!!!!" and promptly falling straight backwards on to the floor in a 'faint!' One other act I remember was a little man in a bowler hat who'd walk round and round the stage and as he walked, his left arm would get shorter than his right, until it disappeared up his sleeve... Anyone else know anything about these people? Perhaps the Itinerantroots list would be more suited to these travelling folks. P.S. There was also a chimp act...I was asked to join as an assistant trainer...I just let all these offers go and became a dancer instead! Mary. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! http://us.click.yahoo.com/03IJGA/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/FCJVlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/