Re: A QUERY

[Kame'a Media <media...>]

wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com wrote:

> Wolf,
>
> Which were you?
>
> Bob

Hi Bob:

I was what is sometimes called a "roustabout", although I
never heard this term used by anyone in the carnival and
have only seen it in print;  folks usually referred to themselves
as "carny/carnies".

One tears down and sets up the tents, rides , etc.

When you're entry level, they take the new guy and forcibly put him in
the lead car of
a ride such as the Wild Mouse  (a roller coaster with sharp turns) for a
test run.  That's when you pray you tightened every nut and bolt and
everyone else did too!

I worked on the rides and was soon promoted to foreman on the bumper
cars.

All the loose change I could find; all the graphite dust I could breathe.

Wolf


Wolf



>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kame'a Media <media (at) kamea(dot)com>
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: A QUERY
>
> >Dear Owen:
> >
> >When I was a kid  I left home with the carnival
> >(Conklin and Garret Shows) and travelled with them.
> >(Romantic, eh?)
> >This was back in the day of the sideshow that included
> >freaks, knife-throwers, fire-eaters and hoochie dancers.
>
> ...
>
> >Wolf
>

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