Circus Lingo
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Circus Arts / Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2017 July 01
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0701_Circus_Arts_Circus_Science_0001
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton (presenter); Karen Bell (Clown; Circus Arts Conservatory); Robin Enrich (Clown); Bekka Stasny Did you know that circus performers and crew members have their own way of communicating with each other? From "Aba-daba" (any dessert served in the cookhouse) to "ballyhoo" (the spiel shouted out in front of the sideshow to attract an audience), learn about the language of the circus.