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...there as friends of the new aristocrat. “They are cool dudes,” Rennell said while dancing, turkey leg in hand, in a costume reminiscent of King Henry VIII. However, the fun atmosphere of the party seemed to sum up the club’s circus philosophy. “It’s about this,” Skinner says, gesturing at the gyrating crowd of people dressed in Viking costumes, togas, Shumag’s, Renaissance dresses, and stilt-walkers. Despite their name, the Harvard-Radcliffe Juggling Club does not limit itself to juggling...
...When Golson’s career began to pick up and he was playing more and more dates in Philadelphia, his attention strayed beyond the city. “I wanted to go on the road so bad, I would have gone with a circus band,” Golson said, chuckling. Luckily for him, Bull Moose Jackson, an already successful jazz musician at the time, came to Philadelphia, auditioned Golson, and launched his professional career.While playing in Jackson’s rhythm and blues band, Golson met famous pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron...
...credit, they handled the conditions much better than we did,” Medioli said. “Ideally, the conditions shouldn’t play a big role, but in this case they did, and they affected us negatively.” “It was a circus out there,” senior Breffny Morgan added.The two varsity crews remained close throughout the first half of the race as both Harvard and Brown jumped out to a quick start. The Crimson made its move in the second 500 meters to take the lead and hoped also...
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...when a guy like Heston - and, really, there was no guy like Heston - walks onto a set, people line up to put him in majestic roles. Cecil B. De Mille saw his appeal immediately, casting him as the circus owner in the Oscar-winning The Greatest Show on Earth, then giving him the 31-year-old the role of Moses, where Heston, with an old man's beard and a young athlete's energy, holds his staff above his head, parts the waters of the Red Sea and beckons the Israelites to walk on through. That last...