Clowns, chimpanzees
and ‘greatest of ease’
CIRCUS from Page 8
not only for the skillful artistry of the
performers, but the heart-stopping
“mishaps.”
Grace McIntosh, producer for
the circus, said no single act is the
main highlight; instead, they are
“just all features in themselves .”
She was right. In the general
excellence of the circus, no one act
really stands out.
After the parade around the three
rings, the first act was 10 ferocious
Bengal tigers in a cage with Doug
Terranova, their trainer.
The motorcycles in the parade
had disturbed the tigers before the
act, but most of them settled down.
Two growled at Terranova, but this
might have just been part of the act.
Another one took a swipe at him,
and got slapped in the face for its
efforts.
The cats do tricks, jump through
hoops, sit and stand on chairs, but
still, it’s thrilling. Terranova sticks
his entire arm in a tiger ’ s mouth near
the finale.
The “Big Cat” act wasn’t as
thrilling as it could have been;
McIntosh said that once in Omaha, a
lion got out of its cage between
performances. She said she saw it
walk by the office.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God, my in
surance will go up,”’ she said.
After scaring a clown, the trainer
got the lion back in the cage fairly
quickly, she said.
After Terranova tigers, the
Kneisleys appeared in the side ring.
The Kneisleys perform a kind of
aerial ballet; he hangs onto a bar
with his feet, she hangs from him
and performs.
The couple is very striking; both
are dressed in white, and she has
long, red hair. The spotlight throws
silhouettes onto the wall, and the
visual image is beautiful.
Princess Zoe Anna rides into the
center ring on one of her High
School Horses. The horse dances,
skitters, bows and bucks.
McIntosh, the third generation of
a circus family, said her family had
a bareback riding act that she joined
when she was very young.
“Seems like I was forever work
ing,” she said.
McIntosh didn’t like cleaning up
after horses, she said, so her uncle
taught her trapeze when she was 12.
McIntosh’s family was inducted
into the Shrine Circus Hall of Fame
in Detroit last year, she said.
The clowns were darling in all
three of their acts. The childish
screams of laughter almost drowned
out the more adult guffaws.
Another circus family, the Ra
mos Troupe from Mexico City, had
acts throughout the performance.
Their most astonishing feat was
child juggling. The two older men
juggled their sons on their feet.
Lorelei, a solo trapeze artist, had
a thrilling act. She slipped once, but
still had the courage to do her daring
“twisting heel catch.” She hangs
from her hands from the high tra
peze, then twists and hangs from her
heels. It sounds impossible, it looks
impossible, but she didn’t fall.
The Lancelot chimpanzees al
most stole the show. They ride
bikes, do acrobatics, and flirt with
out shame.
Terranova appeared again with
three elephants. He had them bal
ance, play “London Bridge” and do
handstands. It’s amazing what 5 ton
animals can do these days.
The last act was the “Incredible
Nocks” from Switzerland and their
sway poles. The sway pole looks
like a flag pole, and teeters precari
ously. The couple climb the poles,
stand on their heads and then switch
poles. In the Coliseum, they don’t
nave a lot of room to work with
because the poles put them up in the
rafters.
The circus has quite a few per
formances left; Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday at 2:30 and 7:30
p.m., Saturday at noon, 3:30 and
7:30 p.m., and Sunday atl and 4:30
p.m. Tickets arc $2 for children and
$5 for adults.
The circ us has an aura of glamour
and excitement; McIntosh admitted
this, but she downplayed it
“I think anybody has pride in
their work,” she said. “Being raised
in the circus, I never knew any dif
ferent.”
The University of Ncbraska-Lin
coln Department of Art announces a
Print Sale, to be held in the Great Hall
of Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery,
April 29th and 30th, from 1-5 p.m.,
12th and R Street, Lincoln. Prints
created in a variety of methods, in
cluding etchings, aquatints, litho
graphs, woodcuts and silkscreens by
students, alumni and faculty of the
Department of Art will be on display
and available for purchase. Proceeds
from the sale will go towards the
purchase of a new etching press for
the Printmaking Department, as well
as towards the acquisition of prints for
the permanent collection of the Shel
don Memorial Art Gallery. The pub
lic is invited.
*****
Singer, Musical Therapist, Com
poser, Author, and Friend of the sick
and dying Deanna Edwards will be
performing at St. Marks United Meth
odist Church, 70th and Vine, today
Irom 1:30-4:30 p.m., and again from
6:30-8:30 p.m. The public is invited,
and refreshments will be served. A
free-will offering will be collected.
A story about lesbian illustrator
Alison Bcchdcl’s visit to the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln (Daily
Nebraskan, April 18) said her work
had been published in the “Women’s
Journal Advocate, among other gay/
lesbian magazines...”
The Women’s Journal Advocate is
a Lincoln women’s publication with a
feminist editorial slant, but is far from
an exclusively gay or lesbian publica
tion, and this was not meant to be
inferred.
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ample. But for those with a prejudice
against yogurt, they offer real ice
cream sundaes with several toppings.
This is probably my favorite food
chain.
The Plump Tomato Pizza Com
pany, also a local chain, has been
expanding into the Midwest. It sells
pizza by the slice or three sizes of pie.
Calazones, pasta and salad bars
(though apparently not yet in opera
tion), and combination meal pack
ages are offered on the menu. Soda
and other drinks, including two
brands of lemonade, are offered. Not
my favorite pizza, but still good and
priced reasonably.
Twin Dragon 2 is owned by the
owner of the Twin Dragon restaurant
on North Cotner Boulevard and the
Dragon Palace in the food court of
East Park Plaza shopping mall. It has
fast Chinese food with perhaps a
larger menu, at least more crowded,
than its neighboring food vendors. A
good variety of dishes are offered,
including many with chicken, beef
and pork.
The court apparently is off to a
good start. Though its management
and merchants are concerned about
the impending departure of the stu
dent population draining the number
of potential customers, there are plans
to attract customers from downtown.
A central computerized order-taking
and delivery service will allow people
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to order food from several stands at
once and have it delivered together.
Also in the Reunion and open now
is Astro’s Copy Center, with an Apple
Macintosh and laser printer as well as
film and processing service, and an
arcade with a good selection of recent
video games. A hair stylist, bike shop
and other stores, including American
Love Affair, a custom T-shirt shop,
are signed to move in or are consider
ing renting space. Union Bank has a
student loan center and a Bank-in
thc-Box instant cash machine near
one of the entry ways.
The Reunion food court is sup
posed to be open from 7 a.m. until 2
a.m., though so far it has been closing
at about midnight, and some stands
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