Hay everyone!! I feel terrible about not keeping my promise and updating my blog every week... My computer broke a while back and the only access I have to the internet at the moment is on public computers :( and to top everything off my dang camera broke too!! :( ugh! I hope everyone doesn't think I forgot about this place haha! I am excited to fill everyone in on what has been happening with me lately! :) I have been on allot of thrift-store hunts and I have found some wonderful things! one of those things being a wonderful pair of long evening gloves!!! :) (If I had a camera I would show you! :(
On another subject, my contortion is still going wonderful! :) progress has slowed a bit because of the cold weather and holiday season, but I am still very happy with my progress! :) I am excited to share with everyone that along with my contortion I have added a few new acts to my sideshow act, I have added fire preforming (fire eating, fire breathing, fire poi, fire fans, fire hoop, etc..), I am training in sword swallowing right now!, block head (not the most dainty thing in the world, but thats that haha), and I am hopping to start cyr wheel sometime very soon when I can afford one, knife throwing and target girl, and blade box! haha those are just some of my newly added acts to my forever growing act!
Now since I have started sword swallowing training I have been just a bit obsessed haha :P I found some wonderfully amazing vintage pictures of female sword swallowers that I am beyond excited to share! here they are!
The photo below is of lady Margurite
The photo below is of Edith Clifford swallowing 10 swords
The photo below is of lady vivian 1920-1930
This photo below is of Lady Vivian and Mimi Garneau
This photo below is of Mimi Garneau and another unknown male sword swallower
This photo below is of Mimi Garneau swallowing a saw
This photo below is of Mimi Garneau swallowing an early neon light up tube, she was the first person to ever swallow a neon tube!
haha I love sword swallowing! I find it a wonderful and amazing art!
Now for the last thing I would like to show is this incredible video of a female knife thrower who uses her two young daughters ages 5 and 2 1/2 as target girls! their act was very popular in the 1950's
I hope everyone enjoys!!