“ROLL UP, ROLL UP”
You are all invited to attend the Greatest Show on Earth
“Aliba” Circus
This International, award winning circus will perform in each state twice before heading
back overseas. Their one and only performance in Victoria will take part in the chosen
township of Bealiba on
Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th June 2010
ENJOY!!
SHOW JUMPING – DRESSAGE – POLOCROSSE –
NOVELTIES - VAULTING - FACE PAINTING –
JUGGLING - CIRCUS ACTS (LEARN TO WALK ON STILTS)
POPCORN & FAIRY FLOSS MACHINES
The circus will feature a number of World Class performers.
Allan the “Amazing” has been a professional circus performer for many years. While no longer
performing Allan now spends many hours teaching others, he will take a group of keen circus
performers and teach them how to leap over tall obstacles with grace and ease.
Lyn the “Lovely” has spent many years working with the White Dancing Horses of Aliba Circus.
She will teach your horse to canter slowly around the ring in a balanced frame while you perform
amazing tricks on their back.
Chris the “Clown” has many tricks up his sleeve. He will teach interested participants how to juggle a few
balls while using a polocrosse racket.
Alister the “Allmighty” is a Magician. He is the youngest performing member of the circus
and is known for his all-round ability to juggle objects, vault at great heights and
fly through the air at great speed.
Please Note: Many people have been lured into joining the Circus – if this sounds tempting to you
please pack an extra bag of clothes and be sure to tell your parents where you have gone!!
Cost: Bealiba Pony Club Members $130.00
Outside Riders $150.00
One day attendance $80.00 –Members & Non Members(does not include meals)
Non PCAV Members must pay $5.00 per day Insurance
FREE - if you are prepared to assemble the tent, shovel the elephant manure,
sleep with the monkeys and feed the lions!!!
Cost includes CIRCUS FOOD (breakfast & tea)
Do you want to join the 2-Day Circus? If you do
PHONE FAYE – 54687440
Limited positions available
You MUST read the following rules and abide by them
if you will be attending the Two-Day “Circus Camp”.
9 Horses must be fit if they are to cope with all lessons planned for the clinic. You will need to
commence a fitness program at least 6 weeks prior to the clinic, your horse’s feed will need to
increase according to the amount of work that they are doing. If you make an effort to prepare
your horse for the camp they will have no problem coping with what is asked of them. Horses
that are too fat or unfit will be placed into a very low group or may not be able to participate in
some of the more strenuous activities.
9 Horses feet must be in good condition, either recently shod or have had their feet trimmed at
least one week prior to the clinic. To ensure that your horse is comfortable make sure that you
clean out their feet prior to your first lesson. This will be checked at gear check.
9 You must provide adequate high energy feed for your horse as well as good quality hay. Do not
change your horses feed program at the clinic. Introduce some high energy feed as their
workload increases. Make sure that you bring lots of feed – do not let your horse go hungry.
Allow your horse to nibble at a haynet throughout the day.
9 Each horse requires a waterproof rug in case of bad weather and as protection from the jaws of
nasty horses. Regular checks will be made to ensure that all horses are being well cared for.
9 Horses must be offered fresh water throughout the day. Remember to bring your own feed and
water buckets (large water containers that are not easily knocked over and are more suitable than
small plastic buckets) – do not share with others, as this is a sure way to share germs.
9 Riders are asked to hop off their horse’s backs between lessons so that the horse may be rested
prior to the next lesson. Loosen the horse’s girth and throw a light rug over them so that they
don’t catch a chill.
9 No one is allowed on the cross-country course while cross-country lessons are in progress.
9 Horses are not to be tied to unattached floats. All horses are to be tied to string.
9 Horses are not to be ridden during a FREE or LUNCH Break.
9 If your horse is spending the night in a small yard please make sure that you rise early and take
them for a walk around the oval to loosen them up. This could also be done prior to going to
bed.
Look after your friend
And he will look after you!!
PLEASE NOTE: For a number of years our clinics have catered for Bealiba Pony Club members and
some Special outsiders. We are a hard working committee that work extremely hard to ensure that
everyone has an enjoyable time. Therefore we are asking EVERY FAMILY with a rider at the clinic to
offer some help in the following areas: In the Canteen – assist in preparing meals, wash/dry dishes, serve and clean up after meals.
Around the Clubrooms – clean toilets, empty rubbish bins, cut wood, sweep and generally tidy up
around the clubrooms.
On the grounds – delivering drinks, setting up equipment, gear check, helping Instructors as requested.
RULES & CONDITIONS – “CIRCUS CAMP”
9 While Full Pony Club uniform is not required all riders are requested to wear suitable Pony Club
attire (jodhpurs, polo shirt, windcheaters) approved riding helmet and fully soled riding boots.
9 A daily Gear Check will be carried out prior to rider’s first lesson. Only pony club regulation gear
will be acceptable. (No sleeveless tops or jewellery)
9 The Bealiba Pony Club District Commissioner may change a rider/s from a group if she feels that
they have been incorrectly grouped.
9 The District Commissioner may change the program of the clinic if necessary.
9 No refunds will be given unless a Doctors or Veterinary Certificate is produced & this provided to
the club within 10 days.
9 Dogs must be kept under control and leashed at all times.
9 Hot and Cold showers.
9 Some Bealiba Pony Club members have been allocated yards, if they are not in attendance yards
will be offered to other members. The rule is one yard per member. If you are bringing more
than one horse to the camp please bring suitable equipment to build another yard.
9 The oval may be used for horses overnight. The horses must be caught and tied up prior to the
first lesson the following day. Portable yards may also be built around the pony club grounds.
Please do not build yards on our cross-country course.
Camping arrangements are as follows:
This two-day camp will require lots of energy, so to ensure that everyone gets adequate sleep it may be a
good idea to pitch a tent, bring a caravan or sleep in your horse float to ensure that when the lights go
out you can get to sleep. Clinic participants may also bring a mattress & sleeping bag to throw down in
our large clubrooms. There will be lights off curfew for riders but this will not guarantee that you will
not be disturbed. Parents of small children are required to supervise them at bedtime.
CIRCUS SUPERSTITIONS
Never look back during a parade. (Some shows fined those who transgressed).
Never sit on the ring curb facing out.
Never whistle in the dressing room.
Peacock feathers are bad luck.
Accidents happen in threes.
Elephants must always have their trucks up in pictures.
Hair from the tail of an elephant is good luck. (Often made into rings or bracelets)
MONDAY EVENING
Gather around the fire as you enjoy a hearty meal. Catch up with friends, Instructors and club members
before having an early night. Circus life can be very tiring so make sure that you all get a good nights
rest.
TUESDAYS ACTIVITIES
Show Jumping – Dressage – Polocrosse – Learn how to juggle & walk on stilts
TUESDAY EVENING
After tea we will all sit down to a night’s entertainment of Circus Acts.
We will be holding a “RED FACES COMPETITION”.
Get together with your family and friends and enter this “Once in a Lifetime Competition”.
This may be your only chance to perform in the circus.
Book your act with Betty Klingenberg. At interval enjoy traditional Circus Food –
FAIRY FLOSS * DONUTS * POPCORN
.
WEDNESDAYS ACTIVITIES
Show Jumping – Dressage – Novelties – Face Painting
PLUS : We have a TELEVISION, VIDEO & DVD PLAYER
You can sit back on the couch and relax while watching some of your favourite shows. Feel free to bring
your own movies, please make sure that they are clearly marked with your name. Please be careful when
around the above equipment as it is expensive and we don’t want it damaged.
MEALS
Clinic participants are provided with Breakfast & Tea. Lunch is at your own cost.
**Note: Parents, relations and friends wishing to take advantage of the same meals
as clinic participants must purchase meals at canteen costs (this has changed from previous clinics.)**
All clinic participants will be given a wristband to wear over two days
The Canteen will open for Lunch each day, offering a variety of meals for SALE.
The Canteen will also sell drinks, lollies, cakes plus tea & coffee. If you would like to donate a cake, slice
or biscuits to sell in the canteen it would be greatly appreciated.
DRINK BOTTLES
All participants will be given a named drink bottle filled with water to take to each lesson. These will be
refilled to ensure that everyone is drinking enough throughout
the busy daily program. Two parents from each group will be responsible for
delivering drinks to each lesson. Please check roster.
(The bottles remain the property of the Bealiba Pony Club)
FREE SUNSCREEN
Remember to slap on some sunscreen throughout the day –
GOING TO THE CIRCUS
Everyone remembers his or her first trip to the circus. Perhaps it’s been awhile, or perhaps you’ve simply never
had the opportunity to attend a true 3-ring circus under the big top. In either case a truly magical experience
awaits you.
As you near the circus lot, you’ll notice the mammoth tent set up on a large parking lot or empty field. It
appears to be a small city set up in the middle of nowhere. You buy your tickets at the ticket wagon and get in
line to enter the big top. When the doors open and you are ushered into the big top, you’ll notice the
performance rings in the middle of the tent, surrounded by a hippodrome track. Surrounding this track are
grandstand seats, with special (and more expensive) box seats down in front in choice locations.
The performance is conducted by a ringmaster, traditionally attired in colourful top hat and tails; he uses a whistle
to signal the start of each new act. A live circus band, heavy on the brass plays lively music, including traditional
marches from John Phillip Sousa. A typical circus performance will start with an opening parade of all animals and
performers, followed by several displays of jugglers, acrobats, aerialists, trained wild animals and of course clowns.
There is typically a 15-minute intermission approximately half way through the performance during which special
promotions are offered (such as programs, balloons or candy bars) and complex rigging is set up, often for the
lion or flying trapeze acts. Most performances conclude with circus animals. Following the show you’ll have an
opportunity to revisit some of the sites that you may have missed on the way in.
CIRCUS LIFE
Circus life is not nearly as glamorous or carefree as it may seem. Circus folk typically work 11 straight months
without a day off, with the show shutting down only for a few weeks around Christmas.
A typical circus day starts with a late-night drive into town, following the “arrows” posted by the 24-hour man
the day before. Once on the circus lot you get a few hours sleep before set-up begins first thing in the morning.
Set-up is the most gruelling aspect of circus life.
There will be one or two performances on set-up day, two performances on weekdays, and three performances on
weekends. Immediately following the last show at a particular location, everything is dismantled and packed into
trucks, and then everyone hits the road to the next town. Many circuses perform this entire ritual every day and
of course it goes on regardless of weather, fatigue, or the presence or absence of any paying customers.
Due to the amount of work involved and the inability to form any contacts outside of the show (since it is always
moving) circus folk form a very close-knit community. Children are schooled by their parents, following
correspondence school curricula and weddings in the centre ring are not uncommon. The circus community
tends to be very trusting and tolerant among its members, but untrusting of outsiders (“townys”).
Hardships aside, there is never any shortage of excitement on the road. Every day deals up new and unusual
events, from major catastrophes such as blowdowns, wild animal attacks, vehicle accidents, and aerial accidents, to
the humorous, such as a performer losing an article of clothing during a performance. Coupled with the very
colourful range of personnel attracted to such a life, and the not stop rhythm of life on the road, this makes circus
life unique.
WORD
CIRCUS TALK/SLANG
Arrows
Paper sign, consisting of a simple arrow, used to mark the route between towns.
The Arrows are taped to road signs by the 24-hour man the day before the show moves.
This is the Performer’s entrance to the tent.
An area behind the big top, where props, animals and performers wait for the
performance.
This is a large steel ring encircling a centre pole, on which the tent is attached and hoisted
up.
When the tent is destroyed by high winds or a storm.
Immediately after the end of a performance, when the crowd moves out of the tent and
into the midway.
Elephant
A concessionaire who sells his/her wares by carrying them into the audience.
The tallest pole holding the tent up, located in the centre of the tent
Arial act in which an individual performs on a loop of rope suspended from the top of the
tent.
Prior to the start of a performance, when the crowd is moving from the midway into the
tent.
Place where circus people eat. (Also Pie Car)
Toilet
Order used to open the gates and let the public enter the big top
A rookie on the circus.
Cotton candy.
Cables used to stabilize aerial rigging.
A call for help among circus folk, usually involving fights with locals
A shortened performance
The property that a circus sets up on.
Safety harness worn by aerialists
The area outside of the entrance to the main tent, typically lined with concessionaires
The daily cost of operating a show. Legend has it that local authorities would remove a
nut from the wagon wheel of the circus office and keep it to ensure that everyone got
paid.
The second largest poles in the tent, between the centre poles and the side poles
The equipment used in aerial acts.
An acrobatic act in which one person juggles another on his/her feet.
A labourer on the circus
Wall of a tent
The smallest poles in the circus tent,, these run around its outer edge.
A parade within the tent, consisting of all performers and animals in full costume. This
usually at the beginning of the show.
A truck, which carries the tent canvas.
A sold-out performance
Take down equipment and ready the circus for moving.
Anyone not travelling with a circus
A circus employee who plans the route to the next town, marks the route with arrows,
and determines where the circus will be set up on the lot.
Long ropes (actually cotton-filled fire hose) hung from the top of the tent for aerialists to
perform on.
Circus musician
Back Door
Backyard
Bale Ringe:
Blowdown
Blow Off
Bull
Butcher
Centre Pole
Cloud Swing
Come-In
Cookhouse
Doniker
Doors
First of May
Floss
Guy Lines
Hey Rube
John Robinson
Lot
Mechanic
Midway
Nut
Quarter Pole
Rigging
Risley
Roustabout
Sidewall
Side Poles
Spec.
Spool Truck
Straw House
Tear Down
Towny
Twenty-Four
Hour Man
Web
Windjammer
APPLICATION FORM
Riders Name…………………………………………………….. Age……………….
Address………………………………………………………………………………..
Town……………………………………………………………..Postcode………….
Home Phone Number………………………….Mobile………………………………
Horses Name…………………………………..Horses Height……………………….
Will applicant be staying overnight?
Yes/No YOU MUST SUPPLY ADULT SUPERVISION
Name of Parent/Guardian attending camp…………………………………………….
I ………………………………………………………………….…..(parent/guardian)
Herby consent to allow ………………………………………………………………..
To attend the 2 Day “Circus” Camp to be conducted by the Bealiba & District Pony Club Inc. on
Tuesday 29th March to Wednesday 30th June 2010 and enclose payment Being For:
$……………………..being Clinic entry Fee ($130 / $150)
$..................................being for Day Insurance $5 per rider per day (Those with no PCAV no)
$..................................being for Camping with Power Access ($5 per night)
$ .................................: Total Fees
Method of payment
Cheque/Money Order/Cash/Direct Deposit
Signature……………………………………….(Rider / parent / guardian, person over 18 years)
Please send application form together with payment & medical permission form (Riders other than
Bealiba member)
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Cheques to be crossed and made payable to Bealiba Pony Club Inc. to be
mailed to: Mrs. Faye Barnett, 180 Bergers Lane, Timor. 3465.
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Direct Deposit Available: Bendigo Bank. BSB: 633-000
Account No:112958616 Please add Surname & Clinic to transaction detail
& then email confirmation to [email protected]
ALL CLINIC MONEY MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO THE CLINIC.
It is important that riders from clubs other than Bealiba Pony Club complete this section
DISCIPLINE
GRADING
Dressage
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Horse Trials
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Showjumping
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If you are unsure of these
Please speak with Faye.
Thank-you for your entry to our March Clinic, we hope that you enjoy your time, improve your
riding skills and make many new friendships.
Committee of Bealiba Pony Club