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A professional who rides horses at circus, carnival, exhibition, or horse show, performing acrobatic stunts on saddled or saddleless horse or feats of equestrian skill and daring to entertain audience. When performing stunts on horse without saddle, may be designated Bareback Rider.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who demonstrates daring and skill by bronco riding, calf roping, bull riding, steer wrestling, or similar feats in rodeo competition to entertain spectators and compete for prize money.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rides or drives horse before judges in horse show, exercising care to display best points of animal to judges and spectators.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who announces information of interest to patrons of sporting and other entertainment events, using public address system. Responsibilities include:
* Announces program and substitutions or other changes to patrons.
* Informs patrons of coming events or emergency calls.
* May observe sporting event to make running commentary, such as play-by-play description or explanation of official decisions.
* May speak extemporaneously to audience on items of interest, such as background and past record of players.
* May read prepared script to describe acts or tricks during performance.
* May furnish information concerning play to scoreboard operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs water-ballet routines to entertain audience, utilizing synchronized techniques of swimming. Responsibilities include:
* May swim underwater, using air lines.
* May serve as lifeguard, sell tickets, or perform other duties when not participating in show.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who entertains audience at fairs, carnivals, and circuses by performing daredevil feats, such as diving from high diving board into tank of water, parachuting from airplane, or being shot from cannon onto net. May be designated according to specialty as Comedy Diver; Human Projectile; Parachutist.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who walks across high wire or rope fastened between two stands or other uprights, performing acrobatic feats of balance, such as headstands, lie-downs, and somersaults to entertain audience. May walk ascending or descending wire or cable. May ride unicycle, bicycle, or motorcycle across wire. May perform as member of team.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who introduces circus acts, using presence and manner, to set style desired by circus management. Responsibilities include:
* Signals start and finish of individual acts, using knowledge of circus performance running order.
* Signals performers to coordinate smooth transition of acts and addresses audience to alleviate their concern in emergencies, such as accidents or equipment failure.
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A professional who entertains audience in amusement park by exhibiting special skills. Designated according to specialty act performed as Fire Eater; Hypnotist; Organ Grinder; Phrenologist; Physiognomist; Snake Charmer; Sword Swallower. May be designated Side-Show Entertainer. May entertain in nightclubs and similar establishments. May entertain for live variety show or for television production.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs as nonspeaking member of scene in stage, motion picture, or television productions. Responsibilities include:
* Stands, walks, or sits in scenes as background for stars actions, or performs actions requiring special skills, such as dancing, swimming, skating, riding, or handling livestock.
* Rehearses and performs pantomime, portraying points essential in staging of scene.
* Workers may be designated according to registration in union as General Extra; Special Ability Extra; Silent Bit Extra.
Industry:Professional careers
