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duce an old fashioned Punch and Judy show.
“I put on four puppet shows daily, alternating with four circus performances. That’s when I saw my first circus. I met a handsome circus performer, we dated, we got married. Now we've been married for 25 years. He's the announcer, the ring'1master, and, as Dr. Hank E. Panky, he’s the magician. And I’m a clown,” Bobbino announces.
She’s the little fellow, less than five feet tall, who gets kicked around and pushed about by life.
“Everyone identifies with him — he always wins in the end,” she says.
Bobbino doesn’t like to tell her age, but add 25 years of teaching to 25 years in the circus plus the 19 years before she began teaching, and the answer is close to 70. Isn’t that a little old for touring up and down the East Coast from March through the end of November, setting up the tents almost every night?
Not according to Bobbino.
“My kids are so glad that Mom’s got something to do that she enjoys doing. They don’t pressure me to quit. I love every minute of it, every bit of the 11,000 miles I’ve covered so far this year. I’m going to keep on being a clown as long as I can!”
On this swing, Bobbino will be one step ahead of the circus, doing advance work, and so will miss the performances in Amissville next week.
But the remainder of the Roberts Brothers troupe will be raising the big top for shows at 6 p.m. and at 8 p.m. Advance tickets at $4 for adults, $3 for children are available at Hackley’s Store or from any Ruritan member. The show is sponsored by the Amissville Ruritans who will use the proceeds to support the club’s community service work.
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