Tim Orchard:  

Life High school was great. After graduation I spent a year living with my grandmother in Liverpool trying to figure our where I came from and what to do next. I returned and accepted a soccer scholarship to attend Div ll soccer powerhouse CAL STATE Hayward graduating in 1984 with a Bachelors in Business. Although I was not a stellar student at CHS (5 PE classes and an Outdoor Living class my senior year), I figured out quickly that college life was too much fun not to continue and selected St Thomas University in Miami (a leading Masters program in the field of Sports Business) to further my education. I graduated in 1986 and waited for the job offers to come pouring in. I waited and I waited and I waited. After almost a year I abandoned my dream of working in sports mgmt and started sending resumes to anyone who would pay attention. Divine intervention appeared when I answered an ad in The Oregonian for marketing. A rep at 'Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus' and 'Walt Disney on Ice' called for an interview and my first thought was....this has to be a prank from my not always funny former college roommates. I soon realized this was meant to be and ran off and joined the circus (and ice shows) as an advance promoter traveling the USA and working in cities such as San Deigo, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Chicago, LA, NY and best of all Portland. Coming back to Portland's Memorial Coliseum with the circus and ice shows was always a thrill. It was a great ride. Six y...Expand for more