Circus History Live! Featuring Nicole and Rom Portwood: A Match Made on the Red Unit

This episode of Circus History Live! features Nicole Marsh Portwood, a clown college graduate who worked on Ringling productions at Disneyland, Circus World, and toured Japan with the Gold Unit before she was transferred to the Red Unit to be part of the Farewell Tour of Gunther Gebel-Williams in 1989-90, and Rom Portwood, who was the first publicist ever hired to work exclusively with Gunther Gebel-Williams. The Portwoods tell stories of their golden years with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, how they got there, and what they have been doing since.

Circus History Live! is hosted by CHS vice president, Chris Berry with introduction by CHS president, Bruce Hawley. Video editing and production by Aíne Norris.

Circus History Live! is a free Zoom event open to all CHS members and non-members. Learn more about the Circus Historical Society and join today at https://circushistory.org/.

Want more circus history? Visit the Bandwagon collection on Internet Archive for over 500 fully searchable issues dating back to the 1940s: https://archive.org/details/bandwagon


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