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Show Flying Vasquez to Attempt Quadruple Somersault at Circus Performance Seventeen-year-old Miguel Vazquez is the only man in history who has completed a quadruple somersault from the flying trapeze to the hands of the catcher. This year The Flying Vazquez, the world's foremost flying act, will attempt the quadruple somersault at each of the 12 performances of Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Circus, coming to The Salt Palace Arena on Sept. 29 through Oct. 4, 1982. . ..i. .hiiiiui.l.iiii im i. iii n: The Flying Vazquez is one of the youngest flying troupes in the world. They have been performing on the trapeze for four short years and only began attempting the heretofore unconquerable un-conquerable quadruple in 1981. Miquel well remembers the afternoon af-ternoon of August 19, 1981 when The Flying Vazquez act was rehearsing in Long Beach, Calif. - the day he made Circus history by becoming the first human ever to complete four full somersaults (spinning at 80 miles per hour) from the flying trapeze to the hands of the catcher. Tickets for the all-new 112th Edition on Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Circus are on sale at The Salt Palace Box Office and all ZCMI locations. |