New Brigade Member - Neal

Neal is a rescue dog that turn out to be the perfect therapy dog. He is really friendly and loves everyone.  

 

He is an American Bulldog mixed with some other stuff. He is smiling most of the time and is always ready to make anew friend. 

Neal is named in memory of Buddy who's real name was Neal. Buddy refused to respond to it.

The New 24 Hour Team

There is a tradition in the circus called the 24 Hour Men. They were the ones that went ahead of the circus and do the PR and secure the venues. With the expansion project we needed to give the committee a name. It was only right to use this old name for what we are doing now. 

The new 24 Hour Team will go ahead and start new Brigades for the new Order. Thus far we have identified Southern Maryland and Harrisburg, PA as places where new Brigades should be founded. Chieftain Gailey has already visited both places and is laying the groundwork for new Brigades. Over the next year a team with the goal of starting new Brigades will be formed. 

The new patch will go under one's Purple Lodge Patch if they have one.

 

Herman Makes Progress

 Herman continues his training even though he is a tiny terror. Here he is sitting as a table trying to be nice. 

Stay tuned for further developments.

New Puppy in Training

 We had really hoped to train Buddy's successor with him. Buddy had proven to us that a dog could be a valuable member of the team.

Shortly after we lost Buddy we got a call about a potential successor. We picked him and was cute and furry and everything a puppy is supposed to be.

My wife had that idea to name him after one of the Master Clowns that helped form the Brigade. So we have a mostly bull dog named Herman. As an extra layer of fun he is named after someone who did not really like dogs. 

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As a fun aside animals have their own rank system that resembles the one for clowns. So at this point Herman would be a Cadet and honorary members of the group. He will become an apprentice when he gets his Therapy Animal Certification. Until then he will come to our practices and we will be trying to teach him not chew on people's show laces. 

So when you are at Juggling on Sunday say Hello to Herman and scratch him behind the ears. I am sure he would appreciate it. 

SR Gailey