Sunday 29 August 2010

Alex Larenty, Hippodrome Circus, 1985

Presenting Amadeo Folcos' Elephants



8 comments:

  1. Do you know how many elephants Amadeo had in that time ? Now he has 2 and Adriana got 1 !

    Thomas

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  2. I know Amadeo had five elephants around that time, as there were 2 at Yarmouth and 3 at Blackpool in 1987, but not sure if there were more?

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  3. The elephant acts Amadeo supplied for Peter Jay shows were as follows:

    Hippodrome 1985 – 2 Indian Elephants presented by Alex Larenty.
    Blackpool Tower 1986 - 2 Indian Elephants, presented by Alex Larenty.
    Blackpool Tower Circus – 1987 3 Indian Elephants, presented by Amadeo and Adriana Folco.
    Hippodrome 1987 – 2 Indian Elephants presented by Carlos Mcmanus.
    Hippodrome 1988 – 4 Indian Elephants (2 groups combined) – presented by Amadeo Folco and family.
    Blackpool Tower Circus 1988 – 3 African Elephants presented by Mario Hani.
    Blackpool Tower Circus 1989 – 3 elephants (same group as 1987).
    Hippodrome 1989 – 1 Indian Elephant (Sharon) and Pony, presented by David Hibling.
    Superdome Circus 1995 – 3 Indian Elephants, Julina, Sharon and Jenny , presented by Amadeo Folco and family.

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  4. Thank you very much for al this information ! I saw his daughter Sharon working with an African elephant in 2005 at the Great Russian Circus of the Smitt family but I don't think she is still working with that elephant. The elephant was called Ludi I think, not sure !

    Thomas

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  5. Just got more information the elephant called Lupni and she worked also with him in "Circus No Name" in Denmark in 2006 !

    Thomas

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  6. Thanks for that info Thomas, any idea what happened to the other Africans? Amadeo had quite a few horses at Blackppol in 1995, whch were not in the show. I think Adriana did the courier with them, but this was not in the programme.

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  7. He still has 2 african elephants I think and the elephants he is now working with are Sharon and Julina. He also still owns some horses I now he has a liberty act with 6 white horses and one with friesian horses.

    Thomas

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  8. The horses he had at Blackpool were Lippizaners and Fresians, so they must be a good age now, if they are the same animals
    Gary

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