Monday, January 13, 2025

Toby Circus Ballantine

 


Toby Circus Ballantine, son of Ringling clown, artist, author, and dean of Clown College, Bill Ballantine, photographed by Marc Hauser in 1981 on what I assume is a Shrine date.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Trey Key

 


Here is Trey Key performing a Barnum's Animal Crackers walk around when he was a student in the Ringling Clown College class of 1990.
Trey performed as a clown on Kelly Miller Circus and has owned Culpepper Merriweather Circus for many years. 

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Otto Griebling

 


Otto, photographed at the Boston Garden in 1955 by P. Tharp.

Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Happy Lou Year!


Here's wishing everyone a wonderful, laughter filled 2025!