| B. K. Silverlake 07/01/2011 & 01/18/2012 |
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, also from a circus family. B.K. explained… |
| Barbara Miller Byrd 11/19/2011 |
Third generation circus owner, Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent… |
| Carol Rawls Mendez & Irene Kellogg 08/12/2011 |
Carol Kellogg Rawls Mendez, born in 1952, married into the circus business in 1972 and remained in the business for twenty-five years. She and her husband trouped with various circuses and in 1983 they… |
| Charles Baggett 07/01/2011 |
Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community, and in particular with D.R.… |
| David Rawls 06/15/2011 |
David Rawls, born in 1948, was interested in learning all aspects of the circus industry and began doing so at a young age. He has worked in just about every occupation within the circus. In 1984 David… |
| Donna Moos 08/11/2011 |
Donna Moos, born in 1966, became a member of the circus community in 1975 when her father joined the circus to run a cookhouse. She shared memories of performing at the age of ten, of becoming a showgirl… |
| Dudley Hamilton 06/30/2011 |
Dudley Hamilton, born in 1929, joined the circus in 1982. He shared his life experiences that brought him to the circus as well as what various jobs he has held within the circus. Dudley described the… |
| Faye Marie Loter, William Loter, Terry Loter Parkinson, Moira Loter Curiel & Alfredo Curiel 06/14/2011 |
The Loter family has been in show business for generations. Siblings, Faye, Terry, and Billie, born in the 1940s and 50s shared stories of their childhood and described the various jobs they had in the… |
| Jill Jones 06/15/2011 |
Jill Jones, a 1995 graduate of Hugo High School in Hugo, Oklahoma shared her memories of attending school with children involved with the town’s circus community. Jill also explained how she came to work… |
| Jim Royal 06/15/2011 |
Jim Royal, born in 1948, became interested in circus work as a teenager and 1967 he joined a circus sideshow. He talked about his experiences as fire-eater, a sword swallower apprentice, and his work in… |
| Joel Mashburn 06/14/2011 |
Joel Mashburn, born in 1947, described his interactions with members of the circus community from attending high school with children of circus owners and performers to employing children of circus owners… |
| John Frazier 09/19/2011 |
John Frazier, born in 1932, spent a lifetime in show business beginning with performing a boxing act with his brother in the 1930s. He has held just about every position within a circus and has worked… |
| Kristin Parra 11/19/2011 |
Kristin Byrd Parra, born in 1975, talked about her grandparents D.R. and Isla Miller, and about growing up on the family’s circus. She shared memories of performing the swinging ladder and working with… |
| Luciana Loyal & Zefta Pirtle 06/30/2011 |
Cousins Luciana 'Lucy' Loyal and Zefta 'Dolly' Pirtle are members of the sixth generation of the Loyal Repensky family which was renowned for their bareback riding acts. Lucy and Dolly shared memories… |
| Luciana Loyal 09/19/2011 |
Luciana 'Lucy' Loyal, sixth generation of the renowned Loyal Repensky family, was born in 1949 in Sarasota, Florida and also performed a horseback riding act for much of her circus career. Lucy shared… |
| Mark Cannon 06/15/2012 |
Mark Cannon was born in 1951 in Hugo, Oklahoma and is grandson of Vernon and Jewell Pratt who invited the first circus to establish winter quarters in Hugo, Oklahoma. Vernon Pratt was in the grocery store… |
| Mary Rawls 06/13/2011 & 06/30/2011 |
Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her circus career which spanned a lifetime. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much… |
| Mike Fulton 08/12/2011 |
Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the… |
| Mike Moore & Martha Moore 10/11/2011 |
Mike Moore, born in 1942, and Martha Moore, born in 1950, shared memories of their parents who owned the Tex Carson Show, later the Carson & Barnes Circus. Mike held various jobs such as elephant caretaker,… |
| Popcorn the Comic 07/02/2011 |
Popcorn the Circus Comic was born somewhere in the east and he talked about his early interest in magic and how that led to his career as a circus clown. Popcorn described the life of a circus clown, how… |
| Robert Rawls 07/02/2011 |
Robert "Bob" Rawls, born in 1949, shared his childhood memories of being with the circus, performing a rolling globe act with his father, a trampoline act with his brother, and learning tight wire walking… |
| Traci Cavallini 11/19/2011 |
Traci Byrd Cavallini, born in 1972, talked about her grandparents D.R. and Isla Miller, and about growing up on the family’s circus. She shared memories of performing the swinging ladder, and later performing… |
