Private Message added 2012-05-06 |
Date | 2012-05-04 |
Message | I grew up in North Carolina although I have lived more than half of my life in Virginia. I was never lucky enough to see the Royal American Shows, but I know that they were the biggest and the best. I grew up in Winston-Salem and the large rail road carnival World of Mirth went bankrupt there in 1963. I remember watching the bally of a "brown skinned" show there, but I was too young to go inside. The thing I remember the most was the large stage band on the bally with the sax players. What a great sound that one does not here anymore. I also went to the State Fair in Raleigh with my scout troop and camped in Umstead State Park no too far from your home in Durham. I was with Strates in 1975, but the only girl show left was Broadway Play Girls. I have always loved microphones and had aspirations of being a talker. The closest I ever got to that job was Age and Weight Guessing which uses a mic and I am also an Auctioneer. |