I'm so very glad I discovered this today. I would have loved to have known her. She is the real deal and more. Her mention of Lou Ann Jacobs made me sit up and smile wide. Lou Ann was the first circus performer I met, in the spring of 1981. She was doing her aerial contortion and loop walk and assisting her man's whip act. I met her outside the Augusta, Maine Civic Center where the annual Shrine Circus was playing. she was between shows, walking her small dog. I asked how to join a circus as a juggler. She suggested Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. I dropped out of music school and joined CBCBC March of 1982, worked with them as a juggler/clown 1982-90. I eventually met Lou Ann's sister Dolly, am friends with her on Facebook now. LaNorma, I am sure, knew brother and sister jugglers Francis and Lottie Brunn, who also worked with RBBB. Francis was a big influence on my juggling styles. I met Lottie once when she visited CBCBC 1989. LaNorma's dedication to trapeze and circus life is really admirable. It would've been wonderful to have seen her perform in a one-ring show in Europe, back in the day. I must read more about her. Thank you for sharing this and allowing me to recall many fond memories. I had a crush or two on some trapeze ladies, back in the day. 😊
I'm so very glad I discovered this today. I would have loved to have known her. She is the real deal and more. Her mention of Lou Ann Jacobs made me sit up and smile wide. Lou Ann was the first circus performer I met, in the spring of 1981. She was doing her aerial contortion and loop walk and assisting her man's whip act. I met her outside the Augusta, Maine Civic Center where the annual Shrine Circus was playing. she was between shows, walking her small dog. I asked how to join a circus as a juggler. She suggested Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. I dropped out of music school and joined CBCBC March of 1982, worked with them as a juggler/clown 1982-90. I eventually met Lou Ann's sister Dolly, am friends with her on Facebook now. LaNorma, I am sure, knew brother and sister jugglers Francis and Lottie Brunn, who also worked with RBBB. Francis was a big influence on my juggling styles. I met Lottie once when she visited CBCBC 1989. LaNorma's dedication to trapeze and circus life is really admirable. It would've been wonderful to have seen her perform in a one-ring show in Europe, back in the day. I must read more about her. Thank you for sharing this and allowing me to recall many fond memories. I had a crush or two on some trapeze ladies, back in the day. 😊
She really led a wonderful and adventurous life traveling all over the globe. Well done LaNorma and good luck.
Norma er bare så inspirerende ❤️