Golden Horseshoe Revue, December 1976
I have a batch of slides with somewhat scarce views from the old Golden Horseshoe Revue. Cool! You'll see half of them today, and the other half in THE FUTURE. What about the third half? I'll never tell.
Oh boy, scantily-clad dancers, 1890's style. I love a good can-can performance! This slide was partially damaged, which explains the cropping.
Here's Wally Boag, making a balloon animal for a little girl. Wally had been sent to Walt Disney World to perform at the Diamond Horseshoe Revue in 1971, but had returned to Disneyland by 1976.
The young girl is the daughter of our photographer, so that must have made things extra fun! I hope she had her balloon animal bronzed - it could still be on her mantle, gleaming under a spotlight.
4 comments:
Major-
We miss you, Wally-! (And the real Golden Horseshoe, too).
Thanks, Major.
Wow, nice clear photos of the Revue; rare indeed! We've seen a few others, but not with this clarity.
Somewhere there are some ostriches that are shivering because their feathers have been used for boas. Which feathers are collected for the boas? Tail feathers? Wing feathers? Maybe they're not ostrich feathers at all! Maybe they're made of yak hair.
Wally's balloon animal is, of course, a llama. Yes, I still have my llama obsession from the other day. Maybe I should try Major's suggested cure and have a llama spit on me.
I shall await the 2nd and 3rd halves of your Golden Horseshoe Revue scans, Major. Thanks. (Maybe the boas are made of llama wool?)
These are some nice indoor shots! I was going to say "I wonder if that little girl has kept her balloon animal all these years"....but I guess she really could have if she took your suggestion and had it bronzed. But then on the other hand, I'm guessing the bronzing process involves heat, so maybe that would not have worked. She could have had a plaster mold made from it, and then she could cast copies from that mold. I bet today, you could get big bucks for a ceramic version of one of Wally's balloon animals, if it was made using that process.
Thanks, Major! And happy 7,001st blog post! :-)
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