14:26 Nov 22, 2016 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Circus | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón Mexico Local time: 21:04 | ||||||
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teamster those who deal with the animals Explanation: Teamsters were originally those who drove teams of horses or other animals pulling cargo carriages. There is a Teamsters' Union in the USA for truck drivers. Here I think it must mean those who look after the animals, as opposed to the performers (clowns, acrobats etc.) and the crew, who erect and dismantle tents and do ll the other routine jobs. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-11-22 15:40:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Found one or two. The teamsters certainly drove teams of horses, and I imagine they must have looked after them too. The original calliopes produced music by forcing steam through banks of whistles. They were played by a keyboard or by mechanical means, after the workings of a player piano. Carried on wagons drawn by teams of horses, driven by a teamster, they were a standard feature of circus parades and, because they were extremely loud, would alert people from miles around that the circus was in town. https://garystormsongs.com/tag/teamster/ From “Staging the Great Circus Parade”, by Jim & Donna Petersen: Teamster meetings were held pn Saturday after all possible runs were finished. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=97w4CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg... DVD- From The Drivers Seat - Circus World Baraboo www.circusworldbaraboo.org/product/dvd-from-the-drivers-sea... Ever wonder what it is like to be a teamster for the Great Circus Parade? This DVD puts you in the driver's seat while they load the circus wagons for the Great ... |
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teamster truck drivers Explanation: They drive the trucks full of equipment that the crew sets up so the performers can perform. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2016-11-22 14:31:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teamster -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2016-11-22 17:00:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I used to own a sound and lighting company in the USA and worked more shows and tours than I can count. I stand by my answer. BTW, The polite way to respond to an answer you disagree with is to say "thank you" and then pick another answer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2016-11-22 17:19:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As you wish. Don't worry about learning from it as you will never have the need to use it again, at least not with me and probably not with any of the other contributeurs that have seen your remarks. |
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