An introduction to the subject.

My father, Charles W. "Doc" Boas, (d. 2002) was best known for being the college professor who ran away with the circus, and for creating and running Circus Kirk (1969-1978). The year before opening Circus Kirk, we took a two week dry run with a show under the name of Boas Bros. Previously, back when I was in elementary school, he tried out a show that played the drive-in movie theater between features that was called Toby Bros. All this was preceded by his walking away from a promising career as a young college professor to be a clown/electrician on a mud show.

But, before any of that, there was another circus in his life. Between the time he completed his PhD and the time he got his first actual circus job, roughly 1955 to 1960, he was a Circus Model Builder. His model circus was called Boas Bros Circus, and it has come down to me.

I have recently uncrated the equipment of Boas Bros (Miniature) Circus and now intend to clean, repair, and restore it.

The purpose of this blog is to chronicle this process. I do have other demands on my life, so postings may be sporadic, however, whenever I make any progress, I will post. My next several posts will be an introduction to the existing equipment, complete with photos.

Thanks for stopping by.