Show Goes On

6th Year October 3, 1977 Number 40

Show Goes OnTrue to tradition the Happytime Circus continues its daily schedule of performances al-

though owner/producer Dave Twomey is hospitalized in Tacoma, Wash., recovering from a rup-tured appendicitis attack. The show recently wound up a weekend engagement at Newark, Calif.,and is currently playing at the fair in Bakersfield. The next date starts late this week where theshow will be a feature of the fair at Fresno.

This is the first time in the 18 years thated a performance. However, the show has beenpart of the family - Judy, Mike and Kenny,plus the help of Wally, Czigi and Toby Bick-more, Jack and Brenda Saxon, Tim Strauchand Dale and Elaine Lorzo.

Dave "Happy the Clown" became illwhile visiting fellow showman Don Moyer inTacoma, while on a booking tour in the PacificNorthwest. After being admitted to the hospi-tal Dave underwent three days of testing, fol-

Dave has operated his own show that he has miss-moving along smoothly with extra work on the

lowed by exploratory surgery. It was then thatdoctor's

lowed by exploratory surgery. It was then thatphysicians discovered the seriousness of his ill-ness and found that infection had already be-gun to spread throughout his body. He contin-ues to remain in isolation, which will be follow-ed by a lengthy period of rest and recuperation.

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October 3,1977

Show ActsThe program offered by the Emmett Kelly, Jr.,Circus at Brentwood, L.I. (Aug. 30-Sept. 5) un-der canvas, featured: Pat Anthony, lions and ti-gers, Veno Venito, swords; Emmett Kelly, Jr.;The Cyclonians, unicycles; Doubleday & Co.,aerial gorilla parody; The Smahas, horses; TheAshtons, risley; Los Comancheros, double trapand Vashek and Kathy, high wire. The show'sringmaster was Charley Van Buskirk. (Vashekand Kathy worked outside)

The program presented for the "Small Fry Cir-cus" (Jack McCarty), sponsored by the KiwanisClub at Little Rock, Ark., (Sept. 10) featured:The Juggling Jacksons, juggling; Doubleday ftCo., aerial gorilla parody; La Vonne (Johnson),break-away cloud swing; Ceasar, unrideablenule (Bisbini); Hunkie Johnson's bears; Lost andos, high wire; The Bisbinis, unsupportedla ders; Carlos Duo, perch; Carmen del Molino,ti .it wire; Los Comancheros, double trap; Hun-kie's comedy whips; Los Espanos, flying act.

PRINCE BOGINO and his lions have severalindependent dates set for the fall and winterseason after closing with Garden Bros..

PAUL HUDSON, formerly of Ringling-Bamumand the Freedom Train, has joined the Carson& Barnes Circus as a member of the show staff.

BILL PATTERSON (The Great Mayo) recent-ly worked on Sept. 16-17 at the Park PlazaShopping Center in San Pedro, Calif.

PETER WALKER will join Carson & BarnesCircus this week to do pictorial work on themany show trucks for the 1978 season.

DAVE TWOMEY (Happy the Clown) is hospi-talized at: St. Joseph's Hospital, 1718 SouthT St., Tacoma, Wash. 98405. Rm. 7-A-4.

CIRCUS ORGANIST a f t e r Nov. 1st.Contact: RAY HARTZELL, 404 So..Meadow Valley Drive, Las Vegas,Nevada 89107.Phoae: (702)873-5093

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Shrine DatesThe Shrine Circus, produced by Sam T. Polack,at Wilmington, N.C. (Sep. 14), Fayetteville, N.C. (Sep. 17) and Durham, N. C. (Sep. 18) featur-ed:Miguel, tightwire; Lilli-Ana, leopards; The Ber-tinis, aerial perch with breakaway; Cimse dogs;Gowns, levitation; Christopher James, tight-wire; Fulbrights, dressage horses; Clowns girsafee; Obandos, high wire; Miss Carolina; San-dy's ponies; Senorita Margarita, hair hang;Clowns, boxing; Erna's chimps; Carlos Duo,perch; The Plunketts, trampoline; Rex Williams,elephants; Espanas, flying act.Included in the show staff were: Al Dawley,ringmaster; Ron Kilroy, prop boss; John As-bury, bandleader; John Mac Kay, producingclown.

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The Circus Report

**BTO1 BIGTOP-On Aug. 21st, the Dixiana Circus played inBreaux Bridge, La. The weather was the worstthis community had seen in a long time, yetthehouse was packed to the ring curbs. What hap-pened after the opening whistle blew was reallya delightful surprise.The Dixiana Circus is owned and operated byMr. and Mrs. Peter Luvas and family. It is not ahuge conglomeration such as some shows are,and it doesn't travel much out of the deepSouth. The Dixiana show is a real family show,traveling on four or five trucks. They have anice clean big top with much of the style ofEuropean circuses.The show's tent seats about 1500 people and isa bale ring top. Their colors are blue, white or-ange and red. They use jacks and stringers, fivehigh for seating. A drop curtain at the main en-trance and for the performers entrance lends toan atmosphere of beauty and class. The ringcurbs are well done and lighting is adequate.Music for the show was taped, but a good selec-tion of music was used, with a fine sound sys-tem.The show opens with a spec featuring the en-tire cast. This was followed by a cradle act fea-turing Peter Luvas and his daughter. While theact was unable to work as high as (he famous

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Luvas act normally works, the audience wasthrilled by the aerial maneuvers seen sort ofclose-up. Following this Bill Slator and familypresented a good dog and goat act, which com-bines both comedy and skill. Peter's daughterscome back to do other numbers, including asublime web number that is unparalleled. I askyou, how many times do you see a good ironjaw number on a small circus? The Luvas familyoffers such a number that uses dance and skillto the maximum.The second half of the program opened withMadame Luvas and her Poodle Revue. I havenever seen a more graceful and elegant act. Thewardrobe and props are unbelieveable for ashow of this size and Madame Luvas only heigh-tens this with one of the most striking dog actsin the business. The Slator family returns for anumber on unsupported ladders, as well as aslack wire number that was well received. Theclowns do an exceptional job and a new act wasadded by Jeff Chalmers using balancing swordsand knives. There were two juggling routinesthat were all well presented.The highlight of the show was the work of ababy African elephant named Kenya. This ani-mal captured the hearts of the audience ard wasreally an entertainer. Not only does she do thestandard routines, she also plays the harmonica,rings bells and waves her trunk in a greeting toone and all. Peter's youngest daughter performswith Kenya and seeing the two children worktogether is a warm touch in a very good show.There is one break in the program for a fifteenminute intermission, to change some riggingand for the color book sale. There were bothnovelties and concessions but there was no con-stant hawking and pitches. Prices were realisticand people felt they had gotten their money'sworth.The Dixiana Circus has a warmth and charmthat is lacking in many of our shows in thebusiness. They realize that being honest andfair with the sponsor, as well as the public, isthe only way to make a success of a very toughbusiness.Because of the quality of the show as well asthe genuine desire of all connected with it toplease the sponsor as well as patrons, the Uix-iana Circus is winning more and more contracts

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RflUTESArabia Shrine Circus

Oct. 6-10 Houston, Texas

Bentley Bros. CircusOct. 8-9 Johnstown, Pa.

Circus VargasOct. 5-9 Yonkers, N. Y.

Fair Circusto Oct. 10 Danbury, Conn.

Hall & Christ Circus UniqueOct. 7-23 Dallas, Texas

Happytime CircusOct. 4-16 Fresno, Calif.

Hoxie Bros. CircusOct. 4 Gastonia, N.C.

5 Chester, S. C.6 Spartanburg

7-8 Travelers Rest9 Greenwood

Hoxie's Great American CircusOct. 3 Marshall, Pa.

5-6 Lynchburg7 Lexington8 Clifton Forge

Wm. Kay CircusOct. 4-5 Mobile, Ala.

King Bros. CircusOct. 3 Donaldsonville, La.

4 Bogalusa5 Pearl

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitOct. 4-9 Indianapolis, Ind.

Ringling-Bamum - Red UnitOct 6-16 Denver, Colo.

Royal Danish CircusOct. 8-15 Halifax, N. S.

Sells & Gray CircusOct. 3 Columbia, Mo.

4 Sedalia5 Boonville6 Cedar City7 Warrensburg8 Harrisonville9 Garnett, Kans.

John Strong CircusOct. 3 Lakeport, Calif.

4 WillitsSUkiah6 Healdsburg7 Petaluma8 Napa9 Milpitas

Swan Bros. CircusOct. 9 Folsom, Calif.

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusOct. 5-9 Macon, Ga.

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitOct. 3-8 Warner Robbins, Ga.

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitOct. 3-8 Laurel, Miss.

James H. Drew ShowsOct. 3-8 Cartersville, Ga.

Foley & Burk ShowsOct. 4-16 Fresno, Calif.

The Gong ShowOct. 4 Roseburg, Oregon

Lee Grabel Illusion ShowOct. 3 Davis, Calif.

4 Fremont5 Sunnyvale

6-7 San Jose8 Saratoga

Imperial Circus SeminarOct. 7-8 Indianapolis, Ind.

Magicazm ShowOct. 4 Ukiah, Calif..

6-10 San Jose

James E. Strates Showto Oct. 8 Winston-Salem, N. C.

Tannen's Magic JubileeOct. 7-9 Loch Sheldrake, N.Y.

This Is Hawaii . . . On IceOct. 5-9 Canberra, Aust.

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BILLY BARTON - .STAGG McMANN is not only one of the finest har-monica virtuosos around, but he is also a very funnyman. I had the pleasure of dressing with him at theA.N.E. in St. John (NB) and his droll sense of humorhad me laughing all week. Stagg has worked with virt-ually every great musician, comedian and night clubstar in the business, has ancedotes about each. Two ofhis more humorous tales deal not with human, butwith animal actors - the "trained" pelican, for ex-ample, that flew from a balcony to the theatre stagelanding short of its destination on a woman's head;or... the seal Stagg appeared with at a Californiabeach: no sooner did the animal smell the sea waterthan it undulated off the stage, across the sand, andinto the ocean, never to be seen again. Stagg shouldwrite a book.

THE NBC SPECIAL on the life of Karl Wallenda is tobe filmed in Sarasota this month. In this full lengthmovie Karl is expected to re-create the famed 7 per-son pyramid.

SNAPSHOTS: The late HUGO SCHMITT, who spent23 years on Riogling, once gained national media at-tention when he escorted 29 bulls thru New YorkCity's Lincoln Tunnel FLO OLSON, barmaid atShowfolks, visited brother GUY in Switzerland thissummer....BILL KAY will produce the Albany (NY)Shrine date, formerly held by Polack After 13weeks at Storytown USA, the Tommy HannefordCircus finally got a day off but everyone was too sickwith cold and fever to enjoy it The Royal Hanne-ford produced Thrill Show at the Minnesota StateFair was so successful, GLENN PARKINS re-signedthe event for 78 Illusionist RAY ORSZAK (also^ringmaster with R-H) was in New York City recentlysquiring Broadway actress HOPE LANGE about town.....HOXIE TUCKER is back at the Command Post onhis big show....The tent used by EMMETT KELLY,Jr., Circus at Louisville was too low for the FLYINGVALENTINES who were compelled to bow out...It'sbeen reported that V£HO VENITO and wife, KAR-OL, have separated....Bandleader CHARLIE SCHLAR-BAUM is using a BARBARA TAGGART tune,"Clowning", for a special production with TOMMYHANNEFORO.

UNDER THE HEADING "if you want somethingdone right, do it yourself," LILLI KRISTENSEN be-came so frustrated with delays of animal permitsfrom Washington when she was crossing into Quebec,that she and SVEND drove to the border where Lilli

took a cab into Canada and there sat in an office forhours fixing her papers. Her permits from D.C. finallyarrived, two weeks AFTER she had played the date.

NEWS BITS: ERIK ADAMS closed with Garden Bros,the ALBERTO ZOPPE Troupe joined the show.."JEANNETTE RIX and TONY SMAHA, Jr. will ex-change "vows" in November or December, prior toJeannette's stint with CIRCO ATAYDE. Followingthe Mexican Circus date, the pair will go to Germany.....HERBIE WEBER and MARSHA HUNT played theRocky Hill State Fair (R.I.) with concessions and anelephant ride....The DUBSKY's Royal Palace Circuswas at a mall in Warwick, 10 miles away....SIMONEFINNER caught KIM KRISTENSEN's new dressageact at Victoriaville (Quebec). ...On that fair date forGASTONI were LILLI-ANA and the STRAZZANS(Bertinis) aerial act TINO and OLINKA ZOPPEare expecting their second child in February and hopeit will be a boy....OTTO HERMANN passed away onAvig. 4 and we're sorry to hear that....A TV Specialwith TONY CURTIS and GUNTHER WILLIAMSwill be aired late this year HARRY THOMAS wasspotted visiting Ringling Red, and SMOKEY JONESwas seen visiting JOHNNY HERRIOTT before Johnnyflew to the Ringling Thrill Show date where he wasjoined by MARY RUTH GUNTHER WILLIAMShas healed from the clawing he received from the roll-over tiger (same routine in which TAJANA wasclawed).

FOX "tracks": The producer of the Karl WallendaSpecial asked JENNY who she would like to play her,and Jenny replied: MARLO THOMAS....The "rain inSpain" is NOT in Spain, sez the Fox, but has beentoo long in Sarasota which was flooded by the over-wash....KARL WALLENDA was a feature at the Ring-ling Columbus Thrill Show which caused one wag toremark: "Apparently Ringling has lifted its age ban -from 30 to 70!" DELILAH's new baby was front-paged at the Wheeling Shrine date with great grandfdaddy Karl teaching the tot to balance....At Show-folks, a concessionaire (who'll remain nameless) wasrattling off a list of stands he would have at the MiamiTampa football game when everyone laughed. Turnedout he was a day late - as he was itemizing his standsthe game was taking place ADELE & G O R Y played fairs in New England, ditto CARLA WALLENDA.....Producer LEONARD GREEN has moved to Florida.

Getting away from it all (literally) Prince Najvez spent


Octobers, 1977

KING OF THE COSMOS

I would l ike to thank the f o l l o w i n g people for their help ande n c o u r a g e m e n t d u r i n g my f i r s t season:

Ossian and Em W i r e n g a r d

G u n n a r A m a n d i sA l b e r t S a h l s t r o mAbe FordB i l l y B a r t o nBill K o r m p a t e s

Ed Mig leyDon E. JohnsonAl M a r t i nN o r m a FoxKen Thomas

— Am i n t e r e s t e d in da tes for the r e m a i n d e r of this year —

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The Circus Report

YEARS AGOSells Floto Circus - 1931Pittsfield, Mass.The show's advance car was here on May 16thand it is painted all red.The Sells Floto Circus arrived here early onMay 30th, coming in from Albany, N. Y., inone train of 33 cars (8 horse cars, 16 flat cars,9 sleepers, plus 66 wagons, 14 cages).The show's colors are red and yellow; the sleep-ers are green; horse cars and flat cars are yellow,wagons red.The tents include: big top, 6 poles; menagerie5 poles; side show 4 poles; dressing top 6 poles;two horse tents; dining tent, cookhouse; twocandy stands, concession tops.The side show has 15 banners, bally stand, twoticket boxes, Mind Reader, Snakes, SwordSwallower, Midget, Giant, Armless, Fat Lady,Tatooed, Human Skelton, Escape Artist, BirdGirl, Tony, the Wonder Horse, Hawaiians, Band

and Minstrels, plus Scotch pipers, Punch andJudy.

Wagons include: two ticket wagons, two lightplants, four cookhouse wagons, two canvas wa-gons, poles, stringers, seat planks, chairs, triplestake driver, single stake driver, two tractors,train light plant, Funny Ford, Ford Touringcar, Express Truck, Brewery Wagon..In the Menagerie are: 10 cages, 15 elephants,10 camels, hippo, two seals, birds, monkeys,lions, tigers, hyenas, puma, emu.Two shows were presented to good crowds. Itwas a fairly good day up to dinner time whena heavy shower came up which lasted until af-ter the night show started. Then it rained offand on for the rest of the evening.At 6 p.m. the cookhouse and horse tents weretaken down and after the big show started themenagerie and side show tents came down. The.big top was down and loaded by midnight andeverything was on the train by 2 a.m.The circus played at Boston on June 1-6, set-ting up at Sullivan Square. This engagementwas in conjunction with the CFA Convention.

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Chuck Schlarbaum-Show BandsT H A N K S to the fol lowing for m a k i n g 1977 a BIG one:

T O M M Y H A N N E F O R D - Royal Hanneford CircusIAN G A R D E N — Garden Bros. CircusSTU M I L L E R - Magic Time U. S. A.W H I T E Y B L A C K - King Bros. - Cole CircusD. R. M I L L E R - Carson & Barnes CircusG E O R G E H U B L E R - Syracuse Shrine CircusDAN SCHILLING A G E N C Y - Miami Beach, Florida

V I S I T U S T H I S F A L L O N R O Y A L H A N N E F O R DS H R I N E C I R C U S E S :

Knoxville, Tenn. — October 7-9Ba l t imore , Md. — N o v e m b e r 1-6New Or l eans , La. — N o v e m b e r 21-27

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IT'S NEW -JUNGLE COLORING BOOKFor information write: Robin Brown,4332-A - 19th St., San Francisco, Calif.94114 (Phone: 415-626-6823)

GROTTO SHOWThe Sept. 10th, Lalla Rookh Grotto Circus wasproduced by George Hubler and presented atthe Auditorium Theatre in Rochester, N. Y. Allthree performances were well attended.The program featured: Jeannette and AlbertRix, bears; Joe Sherman, clown balloon gag;The Bumpy Family, acrobats; Donna Wilson,single trapeze; Susan SherylPs Afghans; TheClown Wedding; Johnny Laddie & Co., unsup-ported ladders.The second half of the show included: Los La-tinos, tightwire; Clowns and Dog Pie; Aerial bal-let with Princess Sonja on web; The Stevens ontrampoline; Kneisley Duo, aerial cradle andJohnny Zoppe's Rhesus Monkeys.Clown Alley included: Joe Sherman (producing)

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ART BARRETT has contracted the entirestate of Washington for production of an ElksClub Circus during July and August of 1978.

WILMA RENCH, organist and musical direc-tor for Famous Hunt, jumped 3,100 miles inthree days to join the American ContinentalCircus at Lethbridge, Canada.

with Prof. Hardy (Wayne Liikala) and BubbaHastings.The band consisted of: Bill Fisher, trumpet;Phil Sauvageot, organ and Ron Rose, drums.

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JOHN CAMPBELL has returned to the hospitalin Minneapolis for further surgery necessitatedby injuries received while working with the RexWilliams elephants.RICH and CHERYL DEPTULA (Lorain, Ohio)hosted a dinner party for several Beatty-Colepeople in their circus room last month. Amongthose attending were: DAVE, LOIS, GEORGEHOOVER, FRED LOGAN and Family, LAR-RY BEARD, P.R. man, and Clowns JULIUSBAUMANN, Jr., and JIM LANDY, PAUL ACKER, CHERIE CUNNINGHAM and BRADSTEWART.DON and FRAN BRIDWELL (Whizzer andSpunky) play the Danbury, Conn., Fair CircusOct. 1-10 along with PAUL (Abra) PARSONS,advance clown for Garden Bros.PAUL PARSONS, (Abra, the Magic Clown) ad-vance bill poster for Garden Bros. Circus, willhave his own magic/illusion show playing sever-al dates in Canada this fall and winter.

Show Organist, Comedy Chimps, Poodles,Announcer. Wilson, Box 1167, Concord,N. C. 28025. (704) 786-4536

In Memoriam .MRS. IDA ROSENTHAL, mother of Mrs. EdnaAntes, secretary of the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.Circus, passed away on Aug. 30th, after a shortillness. Burial was in Monroe, Wise.

BOB and ROSA GIBBS closed at the CircusWorld Museum on Sept. llth and opened withthe "Texas dates" on Sept. 12th. During thelast week of the Museum's season elephantsfrom Carson & Barnes were used in the show(Gus, Bombay and Ramar). They were return-ed to the C&B Circus at Euclid, Ohio.Bob and Rosa, who will be touring with CircusGirard in 1978, have sold all of their Petting ZooAmong those on hand for the closing show atthe Museum were: Kathy and Marie Thielitz,Manuel King, Kaye and Gerry Scheiman, and"Tex" Dreyfus.

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The Circus Report

JOHN HEFFELFINGER, a professional snakehandler, was listed in critical condition after hewas bitten by an Egyptian cobra during a per-formance at the fair in Sequin, Texas, lastmonth.

DAVE MERRIFIELD, helicopter trapeze act,will be featured at the Alabama State Fair inBirmingham on Oct. 6-15.

DOLLY JACOBS, aerial ring act, and the FLY-ING SEGURAS have been invited to participatein the annual Monte Carlo Circus Festival. Bothacts are with Ringling-Barnum's Red Unit.

THE GUTIS FAMILY with their Junglelandcomedy act are appearing at the Fair in Tops-field, Mass, on Oct. 1-10.

HENRY F. BARRETT reports that SAM T.

POLACK will be producing the Shrine circusat both Salt Lake City and Ogden (Utah) for1978.

JANET and FRANK BURGER had their ani-mals at the National Cattle Congress in Water-loo, Iowa, then jumped into St. Paul, Minn., fora one day stand, followed by an Oct. 8-9 en-gagement at lohnstown, Pa.

CLARK McDERMOTT and his Cold Nose Fivecanine act were featured at the Pet Fair in SanJose, Calif., this past weekend.

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Musical ReviewThe following musical program for the J. P. Booker's Early American Circus was compiled by 'Mark A. Gee for the show's Aug. 29-Sept. 5 engagement in San Mateo, Calif.

OVERTURE -Ringling Bros. Grand Entry

SPEC -Early American Circus March

HARRY THOMAS - TigersJesus Christ SuperstarTheme from 2001Theme from SwatTheme from Star Wars

CLOWNS -Merry Widow WaltzRock Around the Clock

SUE McMILLAN tiger, dog, horseSwatTheme from Mission ImpossibleLawrence of Arabia

MARK'S SLACK ROPE -Over The RainbowMy Favorite Things

CLOWNS -Hot Time In Town TonightPink Panther

JESSIE'S BAREBACK ACT -Thank Heavens for Little GirlsIsn't She Lovely

CLOWNS -Hakensack

TEX'S CHIMP -Theme from Patty Duke ShowDaisy DaisySatin Doll

CHRIS - JugglerIf I Were A Rich ManMaple Leaf RagEntertainer

YOUNG DUO Cradle(own music)GodfatherSunshine of My Life

INTERMISSIONBillboard March

TINA'S PETSCandy ManMy Cheri Amour

CHRIS - Slack WireSleepMy Favorite ThingsTell Me Your Dreams

VICKIE'S PONIES -March of the ToysThree Blind MiceChim Chim ChereeTheme from Bonanza

MISS EVITA - single trapezeWhere Is The LoveMasqueradeWedding of the Winds

JEFFRIES SEALSStar WarsIt 's Going to Be A Long TimeIsn' t She Lovely

LANI'S DRESSAGE HORSECabaretMarch of the ToysSpinning Wheel

ZAMUDIO'S HIGH WIRE -Ringling Bros. Grand EntryTheme from RockySaturday in the ParkLa Fiesta

WILD WEST & ANNOUNCEM'TSComing Around the MountainBack In The Saddle AgainRelease MeYellow Rose of TexasWalking the Floor Over YouWabash Cannon BallI'm An Old Cowhand

The show's band included:Mark A. Gee - leader/saxLouis Musser - trumpetWalter Ross - electric pianoMartin Souverbielle - drums

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Tour EndsGarden Bros. Circus wound up its 1977 tour atSt. John's, Nfld. ,on Sept. 16-18. The season be-gan in Montreal in March and included a first-ever train trip to Labrador City, Labrador, inAugust to play that city. All-in-all the seasonwas a good one with many dates up in attend-ance over that of last year.

The show's staff includes: Ian M. Garden, own-er; Paul Parsons, advance clown; Ray Foley,show manager; Frank Dailey, Gen. Supt.; LeoMascitto and Michelle Dulfor , music; Don(Whi/./,er) Bridwell, producing clown; Arthur

Grotefent, electrician; Ron Morris, concessions;Nick Makos, announcer/vocalist.The program included: Prince Bogino, lions (8);Clowns; Miss Maya, single trapeze; Karsak Duo,teeterboard; Miss Elizabeth, foot juggling; TheAlberto Zoppe Riding Academy; The Bertinis,unicycles; The Riding Zerbinis, horses.

The second half of the show featured. The Mar-cias and Miss Souray, balancing; The ClodoxBros., comedy acrobats; Miss Theresa, revolv-ing trapeze; Zoppe's Riding Canines; The Cor-inis, low wire; Clowns; The Great Oscar, cloudswing; Gary and Gale Johnson, elephants.

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ifMTERVIEWBy M. L. Dupont - Sept. 20, 1977

The following is an exclusive interview with E.J. McDaniels, President of Showtime Corp. ofDayton, Ohio,CR - "We know that you have a lawsuit for amillion dollars against Gil Miller and severalothers in reference to Showtime USA. Wouldyou care to comment?"E.J. - "Yes, I would. First I would like to cor-rect several things before I make my statement.I want both fans and circus people to know Idid not shut down the show, it was shut downby people who were supposedly in charge andstampeded."CR - "That may be true, E. J., but our informa-tion was that no one was being paid."E.J. - "I was away from the show when thiscame up, but was headed for the show with pay-roll from the backers when all the things cameto a head and my equipment began to disappearAnd the show was shut down. Also my son al-most got killed by their carelessness."CR - "Assuming that you are correct, we'd stilllike to know about the lawsuits that are now inthe courts."E.J. - "OK, here is where we stand. I recoveredmost of the equipment but some is still out. Inprotecting myself I had set up this corporation.Gil Miller and one of his acts sued us for $40,000 for a contract we did not even know exist-ed. It only came to light later."CR - "How does Gil Miller enter into Show-time USA'"E.J. - "Well, Mr. Miller booked an awful lot ofacts. At the advice of my attorney we entereda counter suit of one million dollars. Now thisis the suit that you reported in an earlier issuethat was being delayed. Well, I want it knownthat we nor I delayed the case. Miller's attorneyrequested the delay."CR - "Has it come to court'"E.J. - "Yes, we came to court not too long agoand once again they requested a further delay.The judge gave them a delay until October andthen we go to court again."

,CR - "Well, E. J. how do you feel about your•case?"E.J. - "Very good. We have lots of good affida-vitts. We have knowledge of equipment that

was taken and by whom and where. In fact, myattorney is now getting in touch with the FBIas some of it was moved across state lines. Weeven know of serial numbers that were chisel-ed off. Plus other things. People must think I'mreal stupid or something."CR - "Well, what is the future of ShowtimeUSA. Is it a dead show?"E.J. - "By no means. Showtime USA will comeback out. But first I must recover all my equip-ment in full, clear up this law suit, clear somedebts I created. And I will in time as I've alreadymade some payments on some I owed. But todo justice to my show I must have people likeI have on my Ice Show. Good managementpeople that will work for the show and perfor-mers."CR - "Mr. McDaniels, we thank you for theabove comments. We would like to ask you twoother questions. What is the future of 'This IsHawaii... On Ice' and what are your plans?"E.J. - "Well, you can also quote me on this -Hawaii On Ice has had an extraordinary year.Our state-side tour was excellent and our tourin the Far East has really been above our expec-tations. Since you have been running our routeyou know how much of the world we have cov-ered. The new 1978 show will open in the U. S.at Troy, Ohio, in the 5500 seat Hobart Arena,on Jan. 13, 1978 for three days."CR - "When you speak of the '78 tour will itstill carry the Hawaii theme7"E.J. - "Yes, by all means. It will be bigger andbetter and some changes will be made. First wewill go on real ice in the larger cities and theplastic ice or as you have referred to it as un-ice in the one day stands and mid-week dates."CR - "What changes have you made7"E.J. - "Well, the show is now able to run itself,but I have secured the services of J. J. Jackson,formerly with Ice Capades and he is now movedup to associate producer. This will give me moretime to front the show and do advance. It willalso let me concentrate on other aspects of mybusiness. I have also secured a female directorfrom 'Chere Spicy' of Las Vegas, who I can'treveal her name at this time.""The show will have several 'firsts' too. We willbe the first Ice Show in Springfield, 111., Pueblo,


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The first week of September was no differentfor the children with Carson & Barnes Circusthan it was for the regular town kids, as schoolstarted for everyone at the same time. Showowner D. R. Miller brought on Ms. Cindy Wal-ker to hold regular school classes for about 17children who travel with the circus. Ms. Walkeris from New York and has a degree in educa-tion from the University there.

Classes are held in the dining tent for an hourand a half each morning and two hours eachafternoon. The show children go to school sixdays a week to get their required number ofclassroom hours in.

Like all the other kids, the second day of schoolfound Armando, son of Lucy Loyal, going un-der the sidewall and playing hookey, with thestory of "well Moma, I needed to practice myact and that is learning isn't it?" Needless to sayLucy applied a little back-hand and young Ar-mando attended the next class session.

Standard school text books were brought fromOklahoma so it will be easier for the children togo into public school there when the show goesinto quarters for the winter.

FOR SALELETTERS HOME FROM RBBB(Easy to read, full of on-the-spotcircus material).1930 (When I joined)1931 - (My 2nd season under can-

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MiscellaneousTwo groups of Model Builders Rings (CharlyBaumann and Capt. Wm. Curtis) will co-host amodel builders meeting on Hoxie Bros. Circusat Greenville, S. C. on Oct. 8th.

Members of the Merle Evans CFA Tent held aSept. 9th luncheon meeting at Joplin, Mo., andawarded Alton Jones a special circus paintingin recognition of his many years of service asCFA Historian for the tent. Members at the af-fair included: Duke Wellington, President; Ar-thur Austin, Secretary/Treasurer; Joe Milligan;D. J. Poynor; Rolla Stephens; Everett Dobbs;Russell Ekstrom; Alton Jones and Don Walker.

The Famous Hunt Circus elephant ride is cur-rently with the Funorama Shows. Show per-

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As a follow-up to your recent article "JumboHonored" your readers may be interested toknow that Jumbo's hide was mounted and dis-played at Tufts College, Medford Hillside, Mass.In fact Jumbo was almost an unoff icial mascotfor the Tufts College football teams. They usedto display a banner with an elephant on it atthe football games and I recall seeing it manytimes in the Pathe News and Fox News shownin theatres.

In 1922,1 took the first orchestra to ever broad-cast from radio station WGI which was operatedby, or in conjunction with Tufts College. I didbroadcasts from that station many times dur-ing 1922-23 and also took part in an aviationtalk show with a fledgling newspaper writerfriend of mine, George Hamblin (deceased) ofthe Boston American.

In going to the little studio which was sandwich-ed in among offices of the college, I often sawthat colossal figure of Jumbo in the Museumroom. Jumbo was truly awe inspiring.

When I was at the Circus Hall of Fame as organ-ist for the show put on by Bill Garden (1971-72)I saw the comparison painting they had thereabout elephants. They included:

Jumbo 10 ft 10 in - Barnum 1885Tusko 10 ft 4 in - Barnes 1933Manderin 9 ft 9 in - Ringling 1902Tip 9 ft 6 in - Forepaugh 1895Jumbo II 9 ft -Cole Bros. 1936Joskey 8 ft 4 in - Ringling 1957Emperor 8 ft 1 in - Sells Bros. 1895

.... Harry J. Jenkins

In Memoriam.;?JAMES A. MORAN (57) a former Ringling-Bar-num Circus clown and member of the CFA diedon March 6th at Kissimmee, Fla. Survivors in-clude his widow, two daughters and a brother.

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The Cleveland area has been blessed with twomajor tent circuses here of late. Both the bigBeatty-Cole and Carson & Barnes shows haveplayed the area thoroughly That runawayelephant of the Carson & Barnes Circus cost abundle. Barbara's two runaways cost the showan estimated $80,000 in damages.Bobby Gibbs and family are now working theTexas dates after a quick trip south from Bara-boo. Bob's semi broke down enroute to Dallasand repairs ran $700 Neil Franzen and hiselephant 'Butch' are with Kelly Bros., as arethe Canestrelli Family, the Frauensteins, theRicardo Troupe, Miss Joyce and Retro (see CRfor Sept. 19th - story by Jack Bennett).Earl Allen reports that Kelly Bros, came intoSikeston with very little fanfare. The first win-down card appeared only five days ahead of theshow and only one newspaper article appearedand it was in a free throw-away paper. The cir-cus was sponsored by Heritage House, whilethe Lions Club sponsored Sells & Grey there on

the 26th Reports reaching this writer indi-cate that a law suit is about to be filed by ayoung circus producer, against a circus talenagency.Piggly Wiggle Grocery chain of Monroe, La.,has booked Do Do, the Clown for the La./Ark/Miss. Fair in Monroe. Do Do will ride a specialfloat in the opening parade and is to work withthe Animated Pig of the grocery chain.Reports indicate Fisher Bros. Circus is in thegeneral Louisiana area, but despite efforts onthe part of law enforcement people and CB'erswe've been unable to locate the show At thiswriting tentative plans have been approved toallow the city of Monroe, La., to accept thegift of a circus owner, the donation of an ele-phant for its zoo. Details will come later.Ralph Duke, who was working advance for theFisher Bros. Circus is with the Texas ShrineCircuit....Fans and friends are being invited toa big day at the Dr. Pepper Circus, at the StateFair in Texas on Oct. 14th.

... M. L. DUPONT

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Colo., and Augusta, Maine. We will be makinglong jumps. One of our dates is Washington,DCWe've been booked for far more dates than lastyear and have many military bases to play. Wehave grown and I have good people on the show"

CR - "E. J., I'm not a Howard Cosell, but I dobelieve in telling it like it is. In the last twoyears you've created a lot of smoke."E. J. - "Well, maybe so, maybe not. In the sametoken I have bden taken and lots a ton of mon-ey. I will say this, all the dates that the Hanne-ford Circus failed to honor in '75 and all thedates of Showtime USA that were not made in'76 have been recontacted and offered the IceShow if they want it. Naturally, all dates thatwere lost were not regained as some had goneout and contacted other shows.""My other plans for '78 may include anothercircus if I can find proper management. Goodperformers, there are plenty of, but good hon-est front people are hard to come by. At thepresent time I am also sending acts into Alaskaon a flat fee basis. Plus, we're still dickeringwith this Las Vegas request for a small ice show"CR - "My last question and I'll let you go. Canwe expect to be informed on the outcome ofShowtime USA9 It has been a topic of discus-sion for two years now."E.J. - "I will keep in touch. Some reports havetried to make me out the heavy. I appreciateyour reporting the facts."

PLEASE NOTEOfficials of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture heldtwo publ ic hearings last month on proposednew standards for captive marine mammals.

The proposed standards, developed by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide for the humane care,handling, treatment and transportation of ma-rine mammals maintained in captivity.

Copies of the hearings are available for publicinspection. For details write: Dale F. Schwin-daman, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Animal Can-Staff, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, Rm.703, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road,Hyattsville, Md. 20782.

ZOO PANICSeven crazed monkeys escaped from their cageat the Kuwait Zoo and killed two children in agroup of panic-stricken holiday visitors. Theincident occured as crowds of people visitedthe zoo, relaxing for the Moslem feast of Enid,a four day holiday that ends the 30 day Rama-dan period of fasting.

After escaping from their cage the monkey be-gan attacking the bystanders, setting off a pan-ic. Two children were killed as a result of bitesand scratches and the zoo keeper was seriouslybitten before police shot and killed one monkeyand captured the others.

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A FIRSTOn Sept. 7th, during the afternoon perform-ance of Circus World's Participation Circus,Ricardo Gaona, 20, completed his first tripleSOT lersault to the hands of the catcher. Ricardois ihe son of trainer and director of participa-tion at the circus park, Victor Gaona, and theyounger brother of Tito. Ricardo also does adouble layout and full twisting double.

Approximately 30 minutes later, in a practicesession, John Zimmerman, another member ofthe outdoor flying act, completed his first

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triple somersault to the hands of the catcher.John, 26, also does a full-twisting double anda two and a half for the passing leap.

Both triples were caught by Manuel Zuniga,26, who was a former catcher for Tito Gaona.The female member of the flying act is LauraRappa, 23, who does a full-twisting somersaultand one and a half.

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BRETT SHOCKLEY, unicyclist, recently visit-ed with WARREN WOOD and CHUCK CRAW,Great All American Youth Circus directors, andshowed them newsclips and affidavit for his un-believeable and record breaking 20 ft. long rideon a 50 ft 9'/2 in. giraffe unicycle. The new re-cord was achieved on July 15th at the South-dale Shopping Center in Minneapolis.

ART BARRETT has signed to handle conces-sions at Flint, Roanoke, Canton, Akron, LasVegas, Ogden, Reno and other cities in conjunc-tion with the regular circus dates in those cities.

The WESTERN WILD CATS BAND, owned by12 year old ROLY ENGESSER, drew 2,000people for the opening of the Safari CampGrounds in Cross City, Fla., while his 14 yearold sister, LOLA, sang and received three stand-ing ovations.

DeLAGE & MARGARET were the featured actat the Juniata County Fair, Pt. Royal, Pa., theweek of Sept. 5th. While there they renewed

VisitorsVisitors who stopped to chat at the Hall &Christ Circus Unique in Columbus, Ohio, in-cluded: Buck Nolan, from Hoxie's Great Amer-ican; Dick Flint, from the Strong Museum; DougLyons and Tim Simson, promoters; Bill Sirosand Jim Lawrence, from Thrillorama; D. R.Miller and Tom Inabette, from Carson & Barnes;Kenneth Feld, Chuck Smith, Allen Bloom, andJohnny and Mary Ruth Herriott, of Ringling-Barnum.

i » ifriendships with WALTER SMILEY, organist,who played for their act ten years ago. DeLagehas a new dog production that is a big hit.

THE MARQUIS CHIMPS were featured on theTIM CONWAY TV Special which was aired thenight of Sept. 17th.

THE SAXONS, unicycles and juggling act,worked with the Happytime Circus at its Ne-wark (Calif) Days Celebration the weekend ofSept. 17-18.

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GLENN MARTIN'S review of the show at theOhio State Fair credited Unique McPeak withthe wire walk when it was actually PHILIPPEPETIT who dazzled the patrons with the longhigh wire walk.

ANGELA WILNOW and her trained Collies isplaying the Shrine Circuses in Macon, Ga., andColumbus, Ga., which are produced by EddieZacchini. The booking was arranged by theGunnar Amandis Agency.

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Aerialist HurtHigh wire walker Roger Regor, of France, suf-fered minor injuries when he slipped and fellduring a Circus Vargas performance in Canadaon Sept. 16th. The accident occured shortly af-ter Regor began his act. He wa

He was attempting to ride a unicycle across thewire when the bike slipped from beneath himand crashed to the ground. Regor grabbed arope and slid to the ground.

He was taken to the local hospital and treatedfor rope bums to his hands and chest, then wasreleased.

A L DAWLEY handled the MC work for theJonny Rivers Show at the Upper S. C. Fair datelast month.

SALLY RAND returned to her dancing with anengagement at the Lincoln Park Nightclub inDetroit last week. The 73 year old dancer washospitalized with a lung ailment several weeksago.

JAN JOYNER, aerialist, was the subject of aninterview written for the Cape Breton Post onSept. 17th. The story included two photos.

ED SMITH, a clown on the Ringling Blue Unit,dislocated his shoulder and was scheduled forsurgery at Redlands, Calif, on July 21st.

Thank YouIan Garden, Ellie, Paul, Klara, Klarinka,Leo, Michelle and all you wonderful Gar-den Bros. Circus folks for making a rough1977 tour easier for us. We'll not forgetyour Special Kindness and Help.P.S. A Big 'Special' Thanks to two greatpeople - Ray and Terri Foley.

DON & FRANNY BRIDWELL"Whizzer and Spunky"

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From FloridaDoc Miller reports he visited the King-Cole Cir-cus at Gainesville, Fla. and states Whitey Blackhas a fine organization that runs as smooth asclockwork. The performance is first class andthe wardrobe is surprisingly fresh and clean forso late in the aseason.

It was a real old home day for Doc, the firstperson he saw was Jimmy Cole, a friend ofsome 50 or more years. Both broke into thetented world in 1924, Jimmy with Floyd King'sGentry show and Doc with Billy Burke's tentshow (managing a sledge hammer and otherhigh class situations). Doc met a total strangeruntil Jimmy advised it was Tex Maynard, of theold J. Cole Circus.

Man Jo Couls looks as young as ever and saysshe hasn't been a bit itchy for the road (surethat wasn't a fib?). Patti Couls Rucker was busylooking up old friends and remarked it wasgood to be 'home' on a corporation show.

Jimmy introduced Doc to the demure younglady at the organ and both were surprised to

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learn who was who. Doc first saw Marsha ColeMaynard (when she was a little child) singingon the wagon tailgate of her father's tent show,to the flickering light of an old banjo gasoline .flare torch. Both she and Tex were importantfolks around the J. Cole Circus, and now do afine job on King-Cole with drums and organ.

As Doc strolled out of the top, he appreciatedthe fact that it was the old time big showsmoothness, the only thing missing was thattime honored feature of the railers for the blowoff — the bally stand right across the midwaywith the cooch hard at work to ding the suckersfor that last two bits in their pockets.

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Octobers, 1977

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Write for Prices: JACK MILLERStar Route Box 147-BBuffalo, Missouri 65622

CROWD PLEASERThe Ringling-Bamum's Red Unit engagementat Fresno, Calif., was one of the best of thewest coast stands for the big circus. Full housesand turnaway crowds were the rule. The showalso drew good crowds during its tour of datesin Southern California.

At both Oakland and San Francisco it was ob-vious that there were many empty seats duringthe performances in those cities. Despite thisthe show drew well, but attendance was prob-ably not up to the records achieved by theBlue Unit last year.

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

an "active" week at the Foxboro (Mass.) Racewayfeeding flocks of wild Canadian Geese that landeddaily enroute to their "winter quarters". Only ex-citement denting the boredom was when assistantBOBBY DAVIS was chased one night by an irate _skunk and almost missed the act.

See you down the road, luvs.

RouteClyde Bros.-Carden-Johnson Circus

Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Salina, Kansas

WANTEDMan to Work and Care for six (2 yearold chimps. Act well broken and nowworking. Year around work for rightperson in South America.

Man wanted to train and produce bearact. We will pay all production fees,props, feed, cages, etc., plus trainingfees - would be interested in buyingtrained act of two or three bears.

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The Circus Report

Acts SetSeveral novelty acts have been booked by Si-mone Finner Enterprises, West Coast theatricalagency specializing in circus and variety acts,for network television appearances.

Scheduled to be seen throughout the countrythis month are: John Baldwin's CharmingChimps, appearing on both "Truth or Conse-quences" and the new ABC Children's series"Red Hand Gang"; The Great Tomsoni & Co.,Poland's Finest Magician and Antonio's Poodleson the "Merv Griffin Show"; Les Romanos,French bicycle trio and Antonio's Poodles on"Stars on Ice"; and Lucien Meyer and Friends,ice-skating chimps on "Donny & Marie Show."

FLASH !A team of Belgian horses being exhibited at afair in Hamburg, N. Y., last month bolted twiceduring the exhibition program.

The horses bolted and ran into a fence, thenwere calmed down and placed back in the com-petition. Shortly afterwards they bolted again,this time running into the crowd of spectatorscausing some serious injuries and the hospital-ization of those injured. A 7 month old babygirl was narrowly saved when Frank Burgergrabbed the youngster and rolled with her awayfrom the charging horses.

JOHN NICCOLINI, owner of the Famous Nic-colini Brothers Chimp Act, recently returned tothe U. S. to take care of some business and sell 'a truck and trailer. His sons .are working withthe act in Europe, Jerusalem and Israel.

GEORGE (Perky) PERKINS, clown, is featuredin an article called "Redlands Clown Club" inthe 'Caliope' magazine for July/August 1977.

POPO deBATHE, clown, celebrated his 77thbirthday in conjunction with the annual MagicDay at Children's Fairyland Park in Oakland,

DOROTHY TROWER, who with her late hus-band Ralph, collected early American circusposters, will have her collection displayed atthe Museum of Our National Heritage, in Lex-ington, Mass., from Sept. 24, 1977 to April 16,1978.JOHN MacKAY, clown, worked the Mid-SouthFair for EDDIE ZACCHINI and is now appear-ing with the Sam T. Polack Circus.

LITTLE CASPER, HA HA, the Clown and HOPO, The Maine Clown, worked a series of parks

, month (Sept. 25-26) worked at the Fair in Cum-berland, Maine.PAUL WESSLER was visiting friends in theSan Francisco (Calif.) area this past week.

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ATTENTIONA recent report concerning the Shrine Cir-cuses at Akron and Canton, Ohio, was inerror. Those shows will be presented inMarch 1978, produced by Sam T. Polack,under contracts provided by Henry Barrett.

CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS.The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus opened athree day run at the Forest Park Plaza in Day-ton, Ohio, on Sept. 12th. There were plenty ofwindow cards throughout the area, local paperscarried a considerable amount of publicity anda ticket booth was set up within the mall. Freechildren's tickets were distributed through themerchants and show times were 4 and 8 p.m.The program featured: Dave Hoover, tigers (4)and lions (5); Clown Walkaround; Miss Carmen,tightwire; Miss Ethel, sword balancing; TheGlorians and Elba and Rita, cradle; The Ruwillsplate spinning; Senor Francisco, comedy jugg-lii •»; Clowns and truck; Prof. Kurt Schiman,ch mps; Color Book Sales (75c); Aerial Balletwiih 16 girls on swinging ladders and featuringRon and Mitzi, iron jaw; The Arturas, top spin-ning; The Ferreiras and The Rays, perch; Mitzi,slide for life; Miss Ethel, greyhounds; The Pa-dillas, single traps; Clowns; Francesco's Troupe,Teeterboard; Hans & Sigfrid, adagio acrobats;The Dionnes, balancing; Clown Big Head Walk-around; Fred Logan, elephants (9); Side Showpitch and Souvenir Sales; The Rayells, high wiremotorcycle and the Gaona Troupe, flying act.

The ringmaster was Count Nicolas and the eightpiece band was directed by Charles Bertini.

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COLLECTORS ITEMWindow cards and half-sheet lithos made up forthe Ringling-Bamum Thrill Circus at the OhioState Fair have already become collector'sitems. Offers of $50 to $75 have been made tothose who were lucky enough to obtain them.Early this month Hoxie's Great American Cir-cus and Kelly Bros. Circus day-and-dated eachother at Blooming ton.

The show's midway includes a side show/men-agerie, pony ride, concessions, ape show andticket wagon.Among those seen on the lot were George Hub-ler, Don and Grace Sandman and Smiley Bre-wer. George recalled that this lot was once anopen field, then a picnic area and AmusementPark, and where he saw his first show - SellsFloto. .. Don Sandman

A V A I L A B L E F O R W I N T E R D A T E S A N D 1978 S E A S O N

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The Circus of the Amazons7

An all new-circus has become a popular attracttion in Italy, according to news reports fromthat country. Called "Circus of Amazons" theShow is operated by Liana Orfei and features acomplete program of women performers. Theonly male members of the show are those whoserve as prop hands and roustabouts.The idea of the all-woman circus was developedafter Liana visited a University exhibit devotedto ancient Rome's women gladiators. Then ac-cording to the show owner, it took two yearsto line up the talent, acquired from all over theworld. The hardest job, she says, was to findwomen clowns.

The show opens with a group of 20 chorus girls(none under six feet tall) who are armed withswords, spears, bows and arrows, shields andplumed helmets. They go through Amazonarmy paces wielding their threatening weaponsin simulated battle array.Anita Orfei follows with a group of six femaleBengal tigers. Other relatives in the circus areVesna Orfei, who directs the elephant act, Cris-tina Orfei, horse trainer and young Ambra Or-fei, who literally steals the show with her group

of trained doves.One of the most sensational acts is presented byMiss Jenny who does a sword balancing act. Sheclimbs a ladder and does other feats while bal-ancing a sword atop a dagger which is held inher mouth.The show's finale is an eye-boggling event. AsAnita gallops around the tent dressed as the"Queen of the Amazons" a huge Trojan Horseis wheeled out, and from its sides emerge oneAmazon warrior after another, in full battledress waving big swords and lighted torches,and pulling behind them some bedraggled andshackled male prisoners (prop hands, etc). Thepublic eats it up.

DIXIANA CIRCUS (Continued)and support from each and every sponsor thatthey play for.All that I can say to sum up my feelings aboutthe Dixiana Circus is that it brought back tomind the joy we all felt under the big top aschildren. It doesn't matter if you are youngor old, after you have seen the Dixiana Circusyou feel that you have relived a part of a greattradition. Jeff Chalmers

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