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Decap Herentals Organ in Circus Performance
By Wallace Venable

I accidentally discovered this Decap organ in a video while looking for
something else.  Circus Ronaldo calls the show "La Cucina dell'Arte."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQf13I7nTdY
Attachment thumbnail They use an organ built by Tony Decap as the background music for their act. The instrument is described as a barrel organ, but I suspect it is MIDI controlled. It appears to be based on a Decap accordion, with added plucked strings and percussion. I have not found a video featuring the organ itself. The act includes pizza spinning, which is worth watching even if you are not interested in music. Circus Ronaldo is a small Belgian circus which tours under canvas, but focuses on "circus theater" rather than traditional short acts. They have appeared at circus festivals in the USA and Australia as well as in Europe. A search on YouTube easily turns up videos of other performances, and of them erecting tents, etc. I envy their caravan -- traditional on the outside, but with a spacious modern interior. Much of the dialog on the videos is in Flemish or Italian, so I couldn't follow their interviews, but their performances transcend language. Their regular touring performances in Belgium include a lot of live music played by the performers themselves, with a lot of traditional European musical clowning. Wallace Venable

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Key Words in Subject:  Circus, Decap, Herentals, Organ, Performance

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