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We present here for your consideration a collection of the Strange, the Unusual, the Amazing, the Shocking and Amusing... updates from the Midway. Ladies and Gentlemen these are reports, stories, photographs, poetry from Showmen/Women, Performers and Carnies who are sharing their experiences while their on the road, on and off today's Midways.

Updates From The Midway

Title

Date

HARRY DANN - AMERICA'S PICTURE CLOWN	05-12-2008
Paint the Well Red	05-08-2008
Pima Co Fair - With the Big Kahuna	04-24-2008
Alexandra �Lady Diabla� Kaminski, on the Cover Las Vegas Weekly	04-15-2008
Another 56.1 Miler Update	04-04-2008
A 56.1 Miler Update - The Museum is a Hit!	04-03-2008
Building a Big Cat Facility & Educational Show	03-29-2008
Celebrating My 42nd Year	03-14-2008
Road Trip to Austin	03-12-2008
What Blowdown?!	03-11-2008
High Winds thru the Night and Today...	03-09-2008
John Strong's Finest Shows.....BLOW-DOWN	03-08-2008
NOTICE: FreakShow Deluxe	11-21-2007
Another Gathering Gone!	11-18-2007
Crispy Family Carnival Tour 2007	11-15-2007
Franklinton LA	10-26-2007
Snake Girl	10-17-2007
Dan Meyer's Acceptance Photo & Speech lg Nobel Prize	10-11-2007
John Strong and the Sideshow in Roswell New Mexico	10-09-2007
John Shaw - Did he Impress Ed?	10-07-2007
Sword Swallower Receives 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine	10-05-2007
Photos from the Lot!	09-27-2007
Glub, Glub, Gulp!	09-25-2007
Tennessee State Fair	09-18-2007
Alive on the Inside of the Big Circus Sideshow	09-15-2007
Mephisto Inside the Big Circus Sideshow	09-12-2007
On the Midway with the Big Circus Sideshow	09-11-2007
Pigs, Pies and Pumpkins	09-08-2007
Eak the Geek Dominates National Press	09-07-2007
Celebrating the release of Weird Las Vegas	09-05-2007
The Fact is Coney Island's in Flux	08-25-2007
Darke County Fair	08-17-2007
Sunshine and Fun-Times...	08-05-2007
Capt. Don Leslie - Sword Swallower Lived Colorful Life	06-24-2007
Capt. Don Leslie Passes June 4th 2007	06-07-2007
GO WEST to the RABBIT FEST!	05-22-2007
Poteet Strawberry Festival	04-23-2007
Spring Fair	04-09-2007
Country Music Goes Sideshow...	03-13-2007
Auction at the ADM Prof. Ouch	03-09-2007
World of Wonders Florida State Fair 2007	02-10-2007
We Saw the Freaks and the Freaks are Us!	02-20-2007
Harvey & Zambora	02-10-2007
Gibtown Show	01-23-2007
Giant Octopus Show Pitchcard	01-03-2007
Red-Blue & Gold RBBB	12-05-2006
Emmett Kelly Jr.	12-04-2006
WOW! What a Season...	11-01-2006
FREAKSHOW a working title Oddities	10-29-2006
Rick Dennis - Snake Show - New for 2007	10-21-2006
Big Jump.......	10-03-2006
Bros. Grim - John Strong - Ozzfest	09-07-2006
Time with the Kolozsy's	09-03-2006
THE PIERCED and TATTOOED PORKER�	08-31-2006
New York State Fair	08-26-2006
You Can't Make this Stuff Up!	08-28-2006
WOW at the Ohio State Fair	08-26-2006
DATELINE from DAIRYLAND!	08-20-2006
!!!See the Strange Thing!!!	08-13-2006
Home Depot - all that was Missing was the Torches	08-08-2006
Halleluiah! Heat Wave Breaks..	08-04-2006
Weather Great, Attendance Down	07-27-2006
Carny Caravan Blows the Lone Star State	07-22-2006
"You Saw it Here"	05-18-2006
On the Road with the Royals	05-17-2006
Back in Dallas & Only 500 Miles to Home	05-11-2006
Higley's' ZIBITS On the Royal Road with the Amazing Kondini	05-08-2006
"99 Things Gone Wrong" (Learning Channel)	05-07-2006
"99 Things Gone Wrong" (Updated Info)	04-28-2006
"99 Things Gone Wrong" (Learning Channel)	04-27-2006
Two Days...Two Thousand Miles...	04-25-2006
Golden Triangle Fair April 14	04-16-2006
Prof. Laszlo & his Impressive Serpent	04-14-2006
Montgomery Co. Fair & Rodeo Mar 28	04-04-2006
Montgomery Co. Fair & Rodeo Mar 27	03-30-2006
Montgomery Co. Fair & Rodeo Mar 26	03-30-2006
Montgomery Co. Fair & Rodeo Mar 23	03-28-2006
Claude Bawls in Tiger Cage	03-24-2006
If You're With-It - You'll Know It!	03-23-2006
Texas Fair & Rodeo Season Moves Into High Gear�	03-17-2006
World of Wonders 2005 & upcoming 2006	11-26-2005
My Good Friend!	11-19-2005
CALL FOR ACTION	11-12-2005
Sorry Senor' No Speaky Spanish	11-04-2005
Strong's SS invades the Pelican State	10-28-2005
After the Bitch Blows Through Town	10-24-2005
`The State Fair of La.`	10-21-2005
Big Tulsa Fair!	10-13-2005
It has been quite a summer!	10-09-2005
"Live From the Midway..."	10-07-2005
"Live From the Tulsa State Fair...."	10-01-2005
"On Tulsa Time..."	09-28-2005
Circus Jump into Centreville.....	09-21-2005
Sword Swallowers Set Multiple Records	09-16-2005
"Horse Motel" in Amarillo	09-11-2005
Jimmy Z. is Shown the Gate�	09-09-2005
"BOSS HOG meets the PORK QUEEN"...	09-05-2005
Whats up at the Sideshow Convention?	09-04-2005
Bad Storm	08-28-2005
HOLY HOOTERS!!!	08-26-2005
Officials evacuate Kenosha County Fair	08-21-2005
Dateline Dairyland Monday August 17th	08-20-2005
"We Don't Accept Ones"	08-16-2005
Gawd I Love this Business!	08-13-2005
25 cents to play, 25 cents to win.....	08-09-2005
Datelines by Prof. Kolozsy	08-07-2005

Indiana Capy Convention

08-04-2005

Mayflies and a Red Convertible	08-04-2005
Back Roads	07-02-2005
The Daisy-Mae Hilton	05-26-2005
The New WOW	05-11-2005
Live Music on the Bally	05-10-2005

Wisdom from the Ages-Stories from Slim's DG Archives

Title

Date

Generation Gap?	10-25-1998 Harley Newman
Freaks	01-27-1998 Slim Price
White Tiger Kills Own	11-21-1998 Judy Tomaini Rock
POEMS ON THE SIDESHOW	12-18-1997 Slim Price
"We are Growing our own Giant"	03-09-1998 Judy Tomaini Rock
Unhappy Visitor	11-05-1998 Joe Bates
An Open Letter	11-06-1998 Slim Price
Forever Been Closed to Outsiders	08-27-1999 Judy Tomaini Rock
Royal American shows gorilla girl.........	10-09-2003 Ward Hall
"Diamond" Jim Parker Memorial	12- 29- 2003 Ward Hall
Re: single-o's chukaluk	01-29-2004 Ward Hall

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Royal American shows gorilla girl.........