Circus Report, April 28, 1980, Vol. 9, No. 17

9th Year

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April 28.1980 Number 17

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We came over here in early December for a Christmas show in Birmingham, England, which endedup being a great artistic success, and a great finan-cial flop. It was held Dec. 22-Jan. 12 at the Nat-ional Exhibition Center in Birmingham, and wastheir first attempt at a holiday show. They helda summer circus there this past year with a littlebetter outcome.As I said it was a great artistic success as it was asuper strong show with the following acts: Jerry,Jimmy and Johnny (Swedish trick riding act thathad won the world championships several yearsago); the Alexis Sisters (an outstanding balancingact, hand-to-hand, 1 arm on the head, etc); Ger-ard Edan (balancing trapeze); Scott's sea lions;Ray Oondy (one of Larry Griswold's former pu-pils with a comedy trampoline); The Flying Ji-menez (direct from their world championshipvictory and a very good flying act, indeed, withtwo triples, one blindfolded in each show and anover 90% accuracy); Joan Rosaire and Goldie (ahorse act which was very well received); BobBramson (hoop juggler par excellence, a realclass act); Pierre Picton (comedy car act); Bob-by Roberts, elephants (classed up with 6 RexGray dancers, who also appear several times inthe show); the Hassani Troupe (who have form-ed their own circus, but which I believe has sinceclosed); and ourselves. Actually, the Hassanisclosed the show and we closed the first half, af-ter Ray Dondy, with the Jimenez opening thesecond half.

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Anyhow, it was a super strong show and a greatdisappointment to all the artists (not to mentionthe management) that it was not better attended.We were day-and-dated by a very small circus indowntown Birmingham, who really plastered thecity with publicity, and they definitely hurt ourshow. I only hope they try it again this year, asthe management was just super as were all thepeople at the N.E.C. The show was put togeth-er by Roberto Germaine of the Noel Gay Agen-cy in London.From England we went to a one day gala in Dort-mund, W. Germany, where we worked for about12,000 people (probably close to 50% of the to-tal attendance in Birmingham) at their annualsports fest. On the program were mostly sportsfigures, plus us along with Berndt Wirengard onthe break-away swaypole making his last Eur-opean appearance before leaving for the USA,plus one other aerial number (a cradle act whosename completely escapes me). This was our se-cond appearance there in four years.

Our next show was in Vienna, Feb. 13-Mar. 9 atthe Stadthalle. On that show were the followingpeople: The Rheumatics (Czeckoslovakian com-edy act on parallel bars); Miss Maty (Munoz, agood contortionist); Sacha Houck. with a groupof Knie animals, including a Muppet pony drill;Sorin Monteanu (good juggler from Romania);the Knie Elephants presented by Franco Knie;the Munoz tightwire act (criss-crossing, two le-vel, father and son act, with each doing similar

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HOXIEBROS. CIRCUS

... by Larry Kent

Streamlined and featuring a strong performance,the No. 1 show of Hoxie Tucker opened its '80season on Mar. 29th at Miami Lakes, Fla., just10 miles from winterquartere.Several key personnel changes have been made.Joe McMahon returns as general manager, assis-ted by his wife, Donna, in the office. Also in thered wagon is veteran George Hodgdon. LongtimeHoxie employee John Lewis is handling publicityand radio/TV relations, while Gene Ryan is onthe front door.At the opening date, James "Dutch" Crawfordwas performance director, announcing the bigshow, plus handling the elephants and ponydrill. Band leader is Lee Maloney on organ, back-ed with trumpet and drums. Jim Jackson is theproducing clown, with a total of five Joey's.Prop boss is Walter Stimax, who also does "Prof.Miller & Chimps" along with his wife Millie. Theyhave just added a chimp to their act, a very tame5 year old male named "Koby". Lot boss is thereturning Hoxie veteran Thomas (Stash) Quinn.Midway includes a side show managed by RogerBoyd, Jr. and the Silver-lake "Giant Snake" pitshow. Also on the midway is the show-owned"Himalayan Monster" pit show, plus concessiontrailer, floss stand, novelties and the red wagon.Show was 100% re-painted while in winter quar-ters. New addition includes a combination cook-house and sleeper which is beautiful. This unithas three separate shower/toilet facilities, sleeps18 working men, the band and has private livingquarters for the cookhouse crew. Four new die-set tractors were also added to the fleet duringthe off-season.Truck consist is not numbered, but is as follows(all show owned):

Office and ticket semiBig Top canvas spool (pulls trailer which car-

On Saturday, March 15th, in Lakeland, Fla., atSt. Joseph's Church, Brenda Baker and PhillipCline were married at a Mass conducted by theRev. Father Sheedey.Brenda was given in marriage by her father, Aiford Baker and mother, Barbara Baker. TheMaid of Honor was her sister Rita Smith, whilePhillip's Best Man was friend Ronnie Wilson.Music was sung by Denise Pomeroy who accom-panied herself on the guitar. John Cline was theusher. The reception was held on the patio ofthe Bride's family home in rural Lakeland.Phillip is the son of Milonga (Escalante) Clineand the late John Cline, who had horses andelephants for many years.The young Clines who are landscape artists withPeterson Nurseries, Lakeland, will make theirhome on the Cline property on Old Tampa High-way.

ries side show equipment)Seat lumber and pole semiLight plant semiShop semi (also carries tires)Cookhouse/Sleeper combination semiHimalayan Monster Pit Show semiPick-up truck with welding equipment (pulls

flatbed with case forklift)Step-van with wardrobe (pulls sleeper trailer)Water truck and Stake driver (pulls midway

grease joint)Elephant semi (2 large and 1 punk)Menagerie semi (4 punks and lead stock)Props and lighting semi

There are approximately 20 privately owned rigswhich include house trailers and camper combos.Acts include the Ltsner Duo, Stimax Family, theCampa Family, Bill Brickie, Loyal-RepenskyTroupe, Dutch Crawford and clown alley. Thereis no cage act this year.Thanks to Hoxie Tucker and Joe McMahon foralways making me feel welcome on their lot.

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Beatty-Cole CircusApr. 28-29 Martinsville.W.Va

30-May 1 DublinMay 2-4 Roanoke

Garden-Johnson CircusMay 2-4 Grand Forks, ND

Carson & Barnes CircusApr. 28-29 Denison, Texas

30 DentonMay 1 Wichita Falls

2 Lawton, Okla.3 Chickasha4 Ada

Hubert Castle CircusMay 1-3Minot, NO

1-2 Swift Current, Sask.3 Moose Jaw4 Lloydminster

Circus Arts TroupeApr 30-May 3 Hampton, Va.

Circus VargasApr. 28-30 Fresno, Calif.

Fiesta de CircoApr. 28 Holister, Calif.

29 Soledad30 King City

May 1 Paso Robles2 Pismo Beach3 Morro Bay4 Lompoc

Hamid-Morton CircusMay 1-4 Morristown, NJ

Hoxie Bros. CircusApr. 28 Cleveland, Tenn.

29 Hixson30 Rome, Ga.

May 1 Gainesville2 Milledgeville3 Belvedere4 Fort Gordon

Emmett Kelly, Jr. CircusApr. 27 Fayetteville, Ark.May 3-4 Austin, Texas

Wayne McCary's CircusMay 2-3 Augusta, Me.

Sam T. Polack CircusMay 1-4 Toledo, Ohio

Ringling-Barnum - Blue Unitto June 1 New York, NY

i Ringling-Barnum • Red UnitApr29-May4 Rochester, NY

| Royal Lichtenstein CircusApr 28 Washington, DC

29 Wheeling, W. Va.30 Springfield, Ohio

May 1-2 Dayton3-6 Cincinnati

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Amazing ConklinsApr. 28 Huntington, Ind.

29 Buffalo30 Monon

May 1 North Judson2 South Bend3 Richmond

Blackstone Magic ShowApr. 29 to? New York, NY

Chiron Magic MachineMay 2 Macon, Ga.

3 Union, SC4 Charleston

The Maojc ShowApr. 27 Weslaco, Texas

28 Brownsville29-30 McAllen

May 1 Uvalde2 Seguin

Tom OgdenApr. 28 Ridgway, Pa.

30 Rochester, NYMay 1 Rochester

2-3 Cumberland, Md.

Felix Snipes- Magic/ESPMay 2-3 Arvada, Colo.

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Babes in ToylandApr 28-May 3 Indianapolis, Ind

I The BisbinisMay 1-4 Toledo, Ohio

Bryan Clowns, Inc.May 3 Mercer, Pa.

Billy Burr's Fun-0-RamaApr 28-May 3 Nashua, NH

; Oondi, the Baby ElephantApr. 27 Weslaco, Texas

28 Brownsville29-30 McAllen

May 1 Uvalde2 Seguin

3-4 Austin

James H. Drew ExpositionApr 28-May 3 Burlington, NC

! Firemen's MusterMay 3 Selma, Calif.

3-4 Columbia

Gutis Family - Gorilla ParodyMay 2-3 Augusta, Me.

Los Latinos-wire actMay 2 San Fran, Calif.

3-4 Marin

John MacKay - ClownMay 1-4 Toledo, Ohio

Mister Sensation - aerialistApr. 27 Ganesso, NY

Old Time VaudevilleMay 2 San Fran, Calif.

3-4 Marin

t Rolling Diamonds-skatersMay 2-3 Augusta, Me.

Tommy Scott's Medicine ShowApr. 28 San Angelo, Texas

29 Sweet water30 Midland

May 1 Pecos2 Odessa3 Seminole4 Level I and

Harry Thomas - tigersMay 1-4 Toledo, Ohio

White House in MiniatureMay 1-10 St. Louis, Mo.

CLOSEUPS: Among the talent skedded on BillKay's Syracuse date were The Pierto CanestrelhFamily, The Jordanas, The Flying Valentines,The Gutis Family, Tony and Irene Fossett, DeLisa and Johnny Jordan's new Globe of Death.. .At Hubler's Amarillo Shrine date (Apr. 18-20)were Barbara and Buckles Woodcock. EddieSchmitt's tigers, The Winn Troupe, Los Latinos,and the Wai-Tens.. .TINO WALLENDA ZOP-PE worked in the Wallenda High Wire Act fortwo months during the act's run with Atayde inMexico City. Word is that the Wallenda act hasbroken up.. .OLINKA walked a record break-ing 30 loops in breaking the record for "loopwalking" on the Guinness Game Show.. SHER-RY FOSSETT has joined JIMMY and EVY inthe SWAYING STARS swaypole act ..SUSANSHERYLL. is sporting delightful new wardrobefor the Zoppe Rhesus Monkey act and DAVIDEhas augmented her already flashy lighted dog actwith chaser lights on the high jump frame • it isa beautiful dog act, but then, everything thattroupe has produced has always been first classand excellent. Their Rhesus Monkey act is oneof the funniest animal acts in show business, al-so one of the most original.. .The Irern Templein Wilkes-Barre catered a meal for performers onSaturday and, at the same time, came up with ahuge birthday cake for JOHNNY ZOPPE, Sr.,who celebrated his 70th birthday ... Visting onthat date were the ALBERTO ZOPPE family,enroute to BOB SNOWDEN's dates; SCOTTPLUNKETT, now with the FLYING VALEN-TINES, enroute to Syracuse; GUNNAR AMAN-DIS, negotiating with JORGE BARREDA fornext year's Detroit date; TIBOR ALEXANDERand MIKE CLUCKER (Earl Michaels) ringmas-ter, enroute to Asbury Park for Hamid-Morton,and ARTHUR AND ISOLDE DUCHEC whowere "antiquing" in the area and discovered theshow was there and whom I hadn't seen sinceour years together with the late AL DOBRITCHArthur and Isolde will be at Magic Valley Parknear Bushkill Falls (Pa) the months of July andAugust with their KING ARTHUR and The Lionnovelty hi-wire act. Arthur told me he playsmalls with his mini-show and hasn't played a cir-cus date in years. They spent years in Europeand the Far East with a nightclub act and, ofcourse, those five years with Disney... BOOMBOOM BROWNING has moved from Ohio to

Chicago.. .PANCHO MAGANA has added newlighting effects to his whip act.. JIMMY andEVY FOSSETT cut short by a week their Mex-ico run to make the Hubler date in Wilkes-Barre.. JAMES and MALFADA ZOPPE are showingoff their luxurious new Fifth Wheel, completewith washer-dryer and full sized bathtub. . JO

ANN JENNIER (Aerialetta) back in action onGarden Bros.. JORGE and JOSELITO sportinga new Airstream Excella trailer.. .ALBERTOZOPPE will produce a Kiwanis Circus in LittleRock in Sept.. .EDDIE SCHMITT married non-pro CHERYL KING on Feb. 10. One of Eddie'stigers just had babies.. .Word is the TAJANAtiger act is on the auction block.. .And .. .DEN-NIS and ANITA ZOPPE are scheduled to jointhe Hanneford Riding Act in 1981.. .GEE GEEtook eleven people to catch the Holiday on IceNo. 1 Unit in Lakeland, Fla., went in pal DORISmotor home and partied all the way home.. GeeGee is getting her pit show together for her tourwith Gatini.. .VARGAS is using five poles, notsix wherever he can, wherever there is enoughroom, giving him four rings and extra seating...This also gives Cliff the largest traveling big topin the USA and one of the largest in many years... .DAVE MacMILLAN underwent surgery re-cently for a painful blockage of the sinus pas-sages. He also made a flying trip to visit MagicMountain in Calif.. .BILL HALL visited GardenBros, in Allentown.. .ELIZABETH BAUERspent two weeks in a recording studio tapingmusic for the Great Adventure Circus and thenspent additional weeks training a man to playthe tapes which includes cut-offs, chords, drumrolls, etc... ED MIGLEY, along with productiondesigner BILL GAVIGAN, are creating outstand-ing floats for the Circus Odyssey spec, includingone that would fascinate Jo-Ann Jennier • twoseals on a teeter-totter twirling two lighted balls• the entire float is mechanical.

BEARING UP: Albert Rix and his family nowhave 33 bears! They are raising and breeding po-lar bears also and bought the exhibition cagesfrom the Detroit Zoo which are being dismant-led and transported to their Middletown (NY)home. During the Wilkes-Barre date they showedoff four new Syrian Bear cubs.

EDDIE and ROMAN SCHMITT will be toge-


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CARSON & BARNES CIRCUS

Acts and personnel with the Carson & BarnesCircus, as listed in its program, include:Opening Overture; Aerial display with Pepe &Marta, Alejandro & Oriana, Resales & Rosalba,and the Castro Duo; John Anthony Marrone,lions and tigers; Sergio Vargas, low wire; TheEastwoods, unicycle; Juan Mendiola, hsley; Ricci Macias, hand balancing; John Anthony Mar-rone, lion riding an elephant; Clowns; La Chonaon the balance trapeze; horse display with MissLaura Herhott, Luciana Loyale and John Mar-rone; Phil Chandler & Co., illusions; Elephants;Clowns; aerial display with Miss Lucy, trapeze,Don Rafael, head balance trapeze. Miss Gloria,head balancing trapeze, Juan Ortiz, head balan-cing trapeze, Miss Chava, trapeze; Animal dis-play with Miss Barbara, goats, Laura Herriott,canines, Miss Paulette, dogs; Juggling displaywith Carlos Duo, Rosalba Perez, Wally East-wood, Lopez Duo, Rafael Duo; Clowns; Abel-ardo Lopez, hand balancing; Gloria Marque/Troupe, rolling globes; Juan Garcia, hand bal-

QUESTION FOR CR READERS. .

Does anyone who was with the Beatty-Cole Cir-cus in 1963-64 remember when Tito Gaona tur-ned and caught his first triple somersault on theflying trapeze?Tito thinks it was somewhere in Pennsylvania,but he can't remember the month of the town.He says he began his consistent triple in Swed-en, but that was in 1965.If you think you have the answer, please writeto: Harry Graham, 425 No. Fern St., Orange,Calif. 92667, so he can include this informationin the book "Born To Fly: The Story of TitoGaona" he and the famous flyer have recentlycompleted.

ancing; Elephant presented by Johnny Walker,Jr.; La Plaoma, hair hang; Clowns; Flying actdisplay with the Flying Castros, the FlyingLopez and the Flying Rafaels.

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Junct ion Boxes — 300 ft. 3 wire copper cable — Many otherextras — 24 ft. fo ld ing u n u s u a l r ing curb and pad — A b e a u t i f u lset-up for fairs or shopping centers.

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The program for the Tigris Temple Shrine Circusat Syracuse, NY, lists the following acts and staffpersonnel.Overture by Bill Pruyn and the circus band; Pie-tro and Joyce, acrobatic; Edca Schmitt's tigers;Miss Lisa, trapeze; Vidbel's Ponies; Clowns; Ri-cardo & Co., wire act; Killer Willard, boxingkangeroo; The Jordanas, aerial act; Intermission.The second half featured: The Flying Valentines;Clowns; Tongo, the Almost Human Gorilla; Ginaand her Royal Palace Leopards; Clowns; Chris-tina's Chimpanzees; Harry James, balancing act;The Fabulous Gutis Family, Jungle Parody; TheCanestretli Family; Hugo Zacchini, Human Can-nonball.Clown Alley included: Joe Sherman, John MacKay, Mike Naughtin and "Bubba" Hastings, Jr.The Circus staff consisted of: William Kay, dir-ector; Patricia Kay, auditor/talent coordinator;Bill Pruyn, musical director; Oottie Robinson,secretary; Fred Miller, supt. and Bob Johnson,lighting.

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

The Smithsonian's Spring Celebration in Wash-ington, DC (Apr. 25-27) focused attention onthree major forms of American entertainment •circus, vaudeville, carnival.-Performers takingpart in the programs were all veterans of showbusiness and came from throughout the coun-try.Live outdoor performances featured a swordswallower, fire eater, snake charmer and animalacts, plus an air calliope and ferns wheel.Inside the Museum six clowns offered a behindthe scenes look at their world of make-up andwardrobe. The vaudeville acts consisted of amagician, ventriloquist, rope spinner, jugglerand a whip artist. Craftsmen such as a Clownshow cobbler and a circus sign painter, were al-so part of the special programs.On April 26th, the U. S. Marine Band presenteda concert of traditional circus music, and a spe-cial conference was offered invited scholars andmuseum staff on the history of American popu-lar entertainment.

Phone:815-965-0079

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CFA ENTERTAINS TNT SHOW... by Bob Stoddard

Continuing a long standing affair between theTNT & Royal Olympic Circus and the Ed Mil-lette Tent No. 5, CFA, of Dallas, Texas, tentmembers entertained the circus performerswith a dinner at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Wm.Hooper, tent secretary and national presidentof the CFA.The party took place after the performance onFriday, Apr. 4th and many things besides thegood food were enjoyed.A TV video tape of the evening performancewas shown; Bill Hooper's model circus was view-ed by all who had not seen it. The room is sofull of model circus equipment that only a fewpeople can see it at one time; scrapbooks of per-formances of the Ed Millette Amateur Circuswere examinded and much good conversationwas exchanged.The circus people attending included: The Teg-ges, Earl (ringmaster), Louise (organist), andson Tim (Twinkles the ctown and drummer).

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Waco, Texas - Apr. 17-18-19

934 CalderBeaumont, Texas 77704

Phone: 833 - 3341

Vicki Hendricks and Gary Baker (novelty act"Spielzeug" the Toys); Bob Christians (Grinn& Barrett); Barbara Van Voorden (foot juggler);The Luvas Family, including Pete and Isabella,daughter Tavanna (Petrova, trapeze) and herfiance Joe Lnpez, and daughter Tepa (web) *ndher new husband Jimmy Hall (Kassel's Bears),and daughter Tajana (elephant girl); Myna Moon(trapeze); Ed Carlson; Henri French (Frenchiethe clown).Bill Gowan (children's show producer for malls)and everyone is looking forward to seeing thenew TV commercial for the 7-11 stores whichfeatures Bill Hooper's future daughter-in-law,Debbie Hunt (actress, singer, model, dancer).The circus fan members present included: Billand Mildred Hooper and future daughter-in-lawDebbie; Loncy Leake and Betty and grand-dau-ghter; Vanus and Venus Walker and daughtersSylvan and Vana; Robert and Lou Stoddard andgrand-daughter Rena; Jackie and Harry Jenkinsand son Jon; David and Carol Evans and sonShane and daughter Elaine; Jeff and ElaineCromeens and son Gayle; Winston Sparks; Tom-my Randolph; Shelly Burchfield; James Decker;Wayne Borden; Mary Lee; Bill Gowan; Warrenand Linda Satterlee and daughter Heather; andundoubtedly some forgotten ones.

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CARSON & BARNES CIRCUS

... by Karen Cart

Carson & Barnes Circus opened for the seasonon Friday, April 4th in Hugo, Okla. The pasturebehind owner and general manager D. R. Millerhome was an ideal location to set up. The wea-ther was beautiful, and there were nice crowdsat both the matinee and evening shows. Friendsand spectators that came to see them off andwish them well were not disappointed; as theysaw an excellent performance that went smooth-

ly for the first day.As is customary with Carson & Barnes, the ward-robe was beautiful. The audience was provided aspecial treat when Traci Byrd, 0. R. Miller's 7year old grand-daughter, performed her swing-ing ladder act for her Hugo friends.Saturday, April 5th was spent enroute to Bed-ford, Texas, where they showed for two days,Sunday and Monday. Sunday being Easter, Bar-bara Byrd held her annual Easter Egg Hunt forthe 20 some children on the show. This was noeasy task, considering the hustle and bustle ofopening day and their first move, but she wasn'tabout to disappoint the kids.

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CHARLIE CAIROLI (70) a French-born clownwho was popular with English circuses, died inMid-February at Blackpool, England. He hadbeen performing in English circuses for 39 yearsbefore ill health forced him into retirement

JOHN JESSICK, Jr. (66) of Youngstown, Pa.,died on April 4th following a heart attack. Hehad toured with numerous tent shows includingKing Bros., Hoxie Bros, and Big John Strong'sCircus. Survivors include his wife Mary Joan,and a son Louis.

FRANK J. LEE (94) a retired Army captain,died April 6th at San Antonio, Texas. For manyyears he worked for an advance man with variousshows including the Beady-Cole Circus. At onetime .•<! wrote a daily newspaper column and wasactive in numerous San Antonio organizations.Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Lee and a sonGene.

ROSINA NELSON BROWN, eldest daughter ofArthur and Sara (Warren) Nelson of the OriginalNelson Family of tumblers and risley acrobats,

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died March 26th at Mt. Clemens, Mich, after along illness. She was featured on many showswhere she "kicked risley" and did a tightwire act.She also appeared in vaudeville and films, includ-ing "Laugh Clown, Laugh" with Loretta Young.She lived in Detroit for many years where herlate husband was a dentist. She regularly attend-ed the Moslem Shrine Circus and often came outof retirement to appear with her cousin BobbyNelson (son of Adell Nelson) and his trained pigact. Survivors include her sisters Theol NelsonMarlowe, and Estrella (former Mrs. Zack Terrell)and a brother Paul.


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Bill-IllJIMMY JAMES, who has been with the Clowndepartment of Beatty-Cole Circus for manyyears, is now that show's ringmaster.

CHUCK WINOLEY, magician, has been bookedfor 12 weeks on a tour in South America whichwill close in Peru about the middle of July. Theshow is called "London Palladium" and will beplaying in an inflatable tent.

PAT BISSONETTE, clown, has been engaged inphone sales during most of the past wintermonths.

JOHN LEWIS, of Hoxie Bros. Circus, was seenin a Timax TV commercial on March 15th, atAlexandria, Minn. The Hoxie gorilla also appearsin the commercial and eats the watch.

GARY HOLVECK, magician on tour with theShowtime Follies, visited with PHILLIP MOR-RIS while playing near Charlotte, NC.

MARJORIEand DAVID HACKETT attendedthe Bahia Shrine Circus at Orlando, Fla., and re-port it rained most of the time during the showengagement.

BILLY FORD and EDDIE BUSCH, clowns, arestaying at home this season due to the ill healthof both their wives.

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PETE FOUNTAIN, musician, recently made aguest appearance with the Beatty-Cole Circusand rode an elephant during the show's spec.

BOB EMERICO, clown, will be performing atthe Sisktyou Golden Fair in California for Aug.6 thru 10th.

REV. AUSTIN MILES, the Show Business Cha-alain, held a special Communion service for per-formers of the Aut Mori Grotto Circus in Youngstown, Ohio, on April 23rd.

CLIFF VARGAS, owner of Circus Vargas, visit-ed with TOMMY HANNEFORQ, JOHN McCON-NELL, STEVE GRANT, and PHILIP MORRISat the Shrine Circus in Detroit, Mich.

ANGELA WILNOW and Her Collies played datesat Frankfurt and Lexington for George Hubler'sCircus while enroutefrom Albuquerque and San-ta Fe, N.M., to the Shrine Circus at Indianapolis.

iM. J.) JOHNNIE MARSHALL is currently tour-ing with the Franzen Bros. Circus.

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Big John Strong's "Circus Variety Show" an in-door stage presentation will start its tour at Mis-sion Viejo. Calif., on June 1st. The show will beplaying primarily in the south and mid-westernstates, with advance promotion handled by theHolloway Productions.Performers already signed to appear with thenew show include: Kim Dixon, show manager,plus magic/illusions; Swami, fire act/swordswallower; Marsha Griep, trapeze; the BillyGunga Family and Randy Runyon, juggling andunicycte. Neil Armstrong will be the show'sorganist and Rick Jones will be the drummer.Phil Shear and Paul Niebauer will produce cir-cus clown numbers for the "Circus VarietyShow". They have also been signed to do ad-vance publicity work for the tented showFiesta de Circo, headed by Ed Russell. In thefall they will assist John Strong with the pro-duction of "Clown Capades."

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Acts appearing on a recent show in the PacificNorthwest, a program produced by the PhilDowning Agency, were:Howard Hardin, juggler; Bavees, bars; Kramien,MC and magic; Dave Miller, ventriloquist; DaveMitchell Duo, band; Yvette's Pets, dogs; the MeKinleys, banjos; The Montynes, hand balancingand Bob (Hi Fi} Emerico, clown numbers.

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FAY and ROSE ALEXANDER visited TOMROBIN at Circus World in Haines City, Fla.,where Tom works in the Participation Circus.A few days later the FLYING VALENTINESstopped to visit Tom, who always enjoys visitsfrom friends.

JAMES M. COLE, DORIAN BLAKE and GARYSHEFFIELD were the guests of HARRY RAWLSon the Beatty-Cole Circus on April 6th.

SAN ANTONIO NOTESby John W. Beard

The Jungle Wonders Circus played several datesin the San Antonio (Texas) area early this monthShows are scheduled for 6 and 8 p.m. with oneearly show on Sunday.This is a streamlined version of past years, but itstill has three elephants, a camel, zebra and a fewhead of lead stock. The Rhino and elephants are

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exhibited on the front end.This year the show seems to feature youth. Own-er Gopher Davenport supervises the show set-up,and it looks neat on the lot. Last year's big topis still in use, at least until summer.Absent this year is Jack and Jean Gobble. Theperformance features the Lawrence Grant cats,.presented by Jones, two elephant spots, jugglingclown numbers and whips.

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Off the main road, in a little cabin, lived a beau-tiful young girt and her granny; in the mountainsof Tennessee.She found a yellow dress. All she ever wore wasthe yellow dress, and she became known as thePrincess in Yellow.One day a father and his brother were drivingto a dance in the next town when they saw thePrincess in Yellow walking down the road.Stopping, they asked if she were going to thedance? She said she was and so they all droveto the dance together.Coming home, quite late, it was getting cold.The father took his coat off and put it aroundthe Princess' shoulders. Later she got out ofthe car and walked up the lane leading to hercabin.The father didn't realize it right away, that thecoat was missing. The next day he drove to thecabin to get his coat. There he asked Granny if

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the Princess was there. Granny's reply was "thtPrincess died three years ago. She is in the cem-etary up the road."They then drove to the cemetery and much toeveryone's surprise there was his coat fotededneatly across the tombstone.

Years ago in Detroit, there was a Medium Ma-dame LaTour, who Houdini was trying to ex-pose.

He and his wife, Bess, went to see Madame LaTour, but they had gone under another name.Madame LaTour said you are not Mrs. Hough,you are Bess Houdini and you have come herein an effort to expose me.Continuing, she said that Bess would die on atrain going into Chicago. Bess Houdini did dieon a train as they were coming into Chicago,some 25 years later.Madame LaTour was a Catholic Priest's grand-mother.


D A V I D COMB, daredevil skater with the IceFollies, jumps through a revolving hoop ofknives as a part of his feature act.

TONY BILA, of the San Francisco, Calif., Zoopresented an illustrated talk about wolves atthe Oakland, Calif., Zoo on April 17th.

CHARLES TICKNER, figure skater who won aBronze Medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics hassigned a contract to tour with Ice Capades.

HAL HAVI LAND worked advance for the BobSnowden Enterprises in New England, then ap-peared in the circus performance with his papertear, dogs and pony-in-pajamas.

CAROL BUCKLEY reports that "Baby Tarra"will have a footprint made which will be set upin the mall in Burbank, Calif. They are also busyworking with a political campaign program.

COLE CIRCUS FEATURED ON WNPE/WNPI

Northern New York's Public (non-Commercial)Television Station. WNPE and WNPIGouverneurCable featured the Cole All Star Circus in a halfhour showcase. The show was filmed on March17th, at the Indian River Central High School inGouverneur, N.YThe show encompassed the life of James M.Cole, including his circuses, past and present.Also interviewed were Miss Susie Lang (of theLang Family of acrobats) giving an insight to achild's life and education on the circus.Various acts featured on the show were MissVictoria, presenting her Spanish web number;Buttons the Clown; Dorian Blake, with magicand illusions and Billy Martin, juggling and rotabola.The show was indeed a brilliant tribute to JamesM. Cole's 42nd annual tour.

CIRCUS GREATS - The above p ic ture was taken in 1928 and shows, left-to-right: Bert Ruther-ford. General Agent for Christy Bros. Circus; C. W. Finney. General Agent for the Miller Bros.101 Ranch Real Wild West Show; Gene Whit more, a writer; Nat Green, editor of the Billboard;and Charles McCurren, Contracting Agent with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show.


On The CoverThis week's cover picture, painted in water col-ors by Robert B. Johnson is also titled "On TheWay to the Lot."It shows a big herd of elephants who have stopped for a moment enroute to the circus lot. Oneman who dismounted is now climbing back upon his elephant and other animals are excitedabout the new smells and sounds of a strangecity.

SYLVESTER and BARBARA BRAUN, westernperformers, will be featured with the HappytimeCircus during the coming summer season.

HARRY CHIPMAN is planning a vacation tripto Florida which will include visits to both theBeany-Cole and Carson & Barnes shows whileenroute.

JACK KELLY, formerly of TV's "Maverick"show, has been elected to the City Council ofHuntingdon Beach, Calif.

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IN SHOW BUSINESS it sometimes is the littlethings that bother and worry us. We can dodge arut • tornado - horse or an elephant, but we can'tdodge a fly.

THE GLORY OF SPRINGTIME is the same toall people but there are different points of view.A showman sees it's worst from the middle of amuddy lot.

THERE was a show playing in a small townin the South that had so many shotgun mar-riages in a month that the elders were consider-ing calling the church'WINCHESTER CATHE-DRAL'.

A FEW SHOW OWNERS found out last sea-son that they made too much money to buyfood stamps and not enough to buy postage.

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Great publicity by Joan of Art, the return en-gagement of Johnny Jordan and what was term-ed by the Syracuse (NY) Press as one of the fin-est circuses ever brought full houses on Saturday1

.and Sunday matinee sell-out crowds to the WarMemorial Auditorium when the William Kay Cir-cus presented three matinees and three eveningperformances, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.April 11-12-13.Johnny Jordan was honored by the nurses atUpstate Hospital where he spent 6% weeks lastyear following a fall while performing his nowdefunct Geronimo Dive for Life. They present-ed him with a bedsheet showing painted art ofJohnny in bed, a nurse standing by and the mes-sage "The Nurses from 7-A love Johnny Jordan."

ED WIDAMAN and GLEN HENRY visited withfriends on the Carson & Barnes Circus recently.They report the show is carrying 33 elephants.

LITTLE MIKE FERRIERA, MIKE PADILLA,GARY COOPER, MIKE SNIDER. KEVINBROOKING, DAN BUCKLEY, JOHN KANE,TONY BLANCO and SANDY KAYE, are theclowns with the Beatty Cole Circus this year.

RICHARD BRANDON, of Hollywood, Calif..operated the famous "Turnabout Theatre" inthat city from 1941 to 1956. He also had thefirst puppet theatre on Olvera Street, operatingas the Yale Puppeteers some 50 years ago. TheMay issue of Westways magazine has a specialstory about him and his activities.

COCO the Clown, and illusionist DORIANBLAKE will tour several southern states duringApril and May with the Holiday CavalcadeShow.

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AFIFI SHRINE CIRCUS... by Mike Sporrer

The Afifi Shrine Temple of Tacoma, Wash.,sponsored its 35th annual circus, Apr. 4-6, inthe remodeled University of Puget Sound Field-house. For the third year the American Contin-ental Circus, a Gatti Production, produced avery fine show.Many new and novel acts, plus some regularswere on hand for a packed house at the Saturdaymatinee. Due to a loss of floor space elephantrides were held out in front of the box office.The show was as follows:John Miller, ringmaster; Herb Miller, bandmas-ter; Shrine Color Guard; Circus on Parade; JosipMarcan's lions (10); Shrine Clowns with cannongag; The Ventura Duo; The Bilroys; Oriana Duocradle; Lemke's Chimps; Vasquez Chimps; DougAshton and Sally, musical revue; The Hargitas.juggling and ladder balance; Three Toni's, rolabola; Miss Martha, contortions; Dominas Duo.balance; Fess Reynold's Brahma Bulls (5);theClowns with 2 ton gag; Myoshi Amoto, hairhang; Tika, single elephant; Aerial ballet; MissSuzette, single trapeze; Spanish webs (10); In-termission and color book pitch; Flying Lunas;Torno Troupe, trampoline; Raphael's poodles;Shrine Clowns in the Surgical team; Suarez Fa-mily of bareback riders; Miss Louise, slide forlife; Zanita (mirror ball) single trapeze; CharlesTroupe, teeterboard; Gary Johnson, elephants

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MANUEL ZUNIGA, former catcher for the Fly-ing Gaonas, is working on a somersault to add tchis rola bola routine which he and his brotherare performing on Circus Vargas.

DAVID COPPERFIELD, illusionist, was a spec-ial guest on TV's "The Big Show" which wasaired the night of April 22nd.

DANNY CHAPMAN, former flyer and acrobatand now one of the top tramp clowns in thebusiness, has completed the writing of a circusnovel. The Broome Literary Agency of Sarasotais handling the rewriting and marketing of thebook.

RAMON ESPANA, who does a fine triple withabout a 99% consistency, is reportedly workingon a rebounding dismount trick to the catcher'sbar. The rebounding seated to the catch trapwas a trick introduced by TITO GAONA in1967 and has been his trademark ever since.

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VisitorsVisitors seen at the William Kay Circus in Syra-cuse, N.Y., included: Gunnar Amandis, TieborAlexander, Shrine leaders from Utica, Buffalo,Binghamton and Toronto, Dr. Rhoda Fisher ofSyracuse University (an author), all of whomspent some time with William Kay and HugoZacchini.Joe and Mary Snyder, personal friends of manycircus personalities (Joe is the 1981 Potentateof Tigris Shrine Temple) had a party in honorof Johnny Jordan, on hand for the event werethe Jordans, the Dubskys, Bill Kay and HugoZacchini.

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HEISINGER'S REPORT (Continued)routines - very unusual and very good); the Mul-lins Chimps (4 young chimps); and the Swensons(pas de deux and comedy horseback riding andt believe Silver Clown winners at Monte Carlo).The second half featured Dieter Fared (also a Si)ver Clown winner at Monte Carlo with leopards,black panthers and tigers); Tino Rodriguez onthe Mexican cloud swing; Old Regnas, comedydog act; Liberty Horses from Circus Knie presented by Sacha Houck and Erica Knie; Rolf Knieand Gaston (best clowns I have ever seen); andfinally, we closed this outstanding show. Thisshow is traditional, and was very well attendedand well received by the Austrian audiences.Now, we are on Circus Knie. We will be here un-til Nov. 30th. For us the 61 ups-and-downs re-presents about 3 yean work, but on the otherhand, we will travel about 2500 miles total forthe season, which represents perhaps one roundtrip for us in the States. So, I guess it balancesout. Here we have had to cut down the riggingby 5 ft. to fit into the tent, which definitely haschanged the tempo of our act, but to which wequickly adjusted. There is a lot of work involvedwith a show such as this, as we have to guy therigging out each show from pretty near scratch,as it is hoisted to the top of the tent until justbefore the act, then lowered on two electricwinches, and guyed out to the king poles. Eachshow seems to be different, regardless of how Imark the lines. So far, though, we have donepretty well, and the act seems to be well rece-ived by the people here.The line-up for this show is: Opening AnimalSpec featuring the four Knies (2 sets of broth-ers) and many exotic animals from the travelingKnie zoo; Miss Maty (who, along with her fatherand brother came here from Vienna); a singleelephant number featuring 5 yr. old Louis Knie,Jr. as Tarzan; followed by a 6 elephant numberpresented by Germaine (Theron) Knie; the first

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of two numbers presented by a group of Taiwanacrobats; the Munoz tightwire act; a new comedynumber by Rolf Knie and Gaston and Pipo; TheGreat Arturo (Cookie Trostl on single trapeze);a high school horse number presented by MaryJose and Fredy Knie; Borra (magician and pick-pocket supreme, making his 5th appearance withCircus Knie and first since 1971).

The second half opens with Louis Knie with alion, 2 tigers and 3 elephants; the Duo Zalewski(good perch pole act from Poland, using a me-chanic, but doing 3 very good tricks); an eques-trian carousel number with 21 horses and speciallighting effects; the Taiwan Chinese troupe againand we close the show.Oh yes, I should pay special mention to the re-prise clowns both in the Vienna show (JockoFossett and Little Paul) and here (Pipo and Gas-ton) who do a terrific job of filling in pauses inthe show for ring changes and problems.

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ther on the PAU L KAYE produced Hawaiiandate where Roman will finally debut the twozebras mixed with three elephants. Roman puttogether his new act after being discouraged bya lack of interest by producers for his uniqueRhino act. The Rhino is at home in Florida in aspecially constructed pen and Roman's wifeJEAN told me they plan to breed the animal.

PAUL MacCLAUSLAND and TOBY andCHERYL REED debuted the Motorcycle Aer-ial Thriller (purchased from REGGIE ARMOR)in Lexington (Ky) for GEORGE HUBLER. Theact is called the AERIAL PAULSONS and willopen with the new DAVID SMART CIRCUSin London at Battersea Park in mid-June.

THE IREM TEMPLE Shrine Circus producedby GEORGE HUBLER in Wilkes-Barre (Pa) Apr.7-12, for the first time this year has been award-ed to the producer for 1981 with an increase inbudget. Shriners were lavish in their praise of theshow, press coverage was extensive, and word ofmouth built the Saturday three show day to re-cord-breaking attendance. George, as usual, hada powerpacked performance. It is a known factthat George uses only the best talent on all hisdates, including the smaller shows he produces.But the Wilkes-Barre Circus was NOT one of hissmaller shows by any means. The program ranas follows: Jorge Barreda, lions; Mister Sensa-tion, aerial; display with the Edwardos, PanchoMagana, the Laddies; clown camera with WayneLiikala and Bobby Davis; Don Giovanni, lamppost; Lou Ann Jacobs, aerial; the James ZoppeResinback Riders; Tino Wallenda Zoppe, highwire; Susan Sheryll's Afghans;The Flying Va-tencias. Second half kicked off with Albert andJeanette Rix's mixed bears and polar bears;Miss Evelyn, Girl in the Moon; Clowns; JohnnyZoppe's Rhesus monkeys; The Super Locos; Ro-man Schmitt's elephants; the Swaying Stars. Au-stin Miles was ringmaster; Boom Boom Brown-ing, musical director; Paul MacClausland, prop

boss, assisted by Toby Reed.HUBLER had an overlapping date with the

Stuebenville (Oh) Police Circus and flew out ofWilkes-Barre Saturday night to be on hand forthe closing of the Ohio date on Sunday, afterwhich the show played a string of one dayShrine dates in Kentucky, culminating with thetwo day Lexington date. In Stuebenville wereKay Rosaire with her new wild animal act; theQuassars; Trudy's Dalmations; Joselito, highwire; Walt1 King's elephants and llamas; The Fly-ing Lantonys; Erna's Chimps; The Bertinis, aer-ial perch and others and some of the acts on theKentucky dates included the Edwardos, TheGirl in The Moon, Tinp Wallenda Zoppe, Roman Schmitt, The Aerial Paulsons, Olinka anda new cradle act with Paul McClausland andCheryl Reed. From Wilkes-Barre the acts fannedout, with the Valencias and Boom Boom Brown-ing going to Omaha; Lou Ann Jacobs, Jorge Bar-reda, Joselito, Pancho Magana heading for theMaine dates (and there joining the Gutis andthe Vidbels), Mister Sensation to Circus Odyssey

Gorgeous LOU ANN JACOBS with her delight-ful new aerial presentation unveiled a "specialtrick" for my eyes only during a matinee in Wilkts-Barre but we both decided it was just toomuch for the public.. .JIMMY ZOPPE's ridingact looked like an Italian Festival with all thoseZoppes surrounding his riding act. Never saw somany Zoppes in one show in my life,. .And Hu-bler's prop crew, during the twin cage tear-downswas augmented by a slew of performers witheverybody pulling steel and pushing cages, and,in general, lending a hand wherever needed. Nowthat is the sort of teamwork we always had inthis business but only our friend GENIALGEORGE can inspire!SEE YOU down the road. In vs.


AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN... by Albert F. House

On March 26th. some 91 friends of the circus,including 31 CFA's, with their friends and 60COA members, attended the Ringling-BarnumCircus performance at Madison Square Garden.With the show starting at 7:30 p.m. we all hadto hustle home from work to get to the Gardenin time. For the past few years the NYC open-ing night show has been starting at 7:30 p.m.to allow the reviewers and reporters to meettheir newspaper deadlines. As it was, the N' Y.Times review didn't get in until the "Late CityEdition" which was available by 8 a.m. the fol-lowing day.Incidentally, the review written by Richard F.Shepard, was well done. Although not an exper-ienced reviewer, Mr. Shepard was able to do acomprehensive piece, one that was fair and brief.He obviously was a person who respected thecircus and was not a critic. In the past manyreviewers have let their own bias show, thus de-stroying much of the value of the review.

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The Garden was decked in the traditional bunt-ing, of the color of the unit playing there. Thisyear royal blue or dark purple prevailed. Otherhanging included a banner titled "WelcomeHome, Blythe, I Love You, J.W.'M have seenbanners at baseball games and other sportingevents, but never at a circus. Is this the start ofa new trend?Upon entering the Garden the New York Citycircus program is offered for sale. According toone source, a new program, updated with cur-rent pictures, is available for the New York en-gagement. This year's program, still $2.50 is agood buy. It's filled with colorful pictures, butthe inroads of inflation are evident. The pagethickness is considerably reduced from previous


TO ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS IN OUR WONDERFUL

CIRCUS WORLD - GOD BLESS YOU!

Although I really didn't want anyone to know of my recent 7 hour surgery for cancer, Ithought it over and decided that it is only fair to let my good friends know that I came thruit all OK and am well on the road to complete recovery and will start the radium treatmentsas soon as I am completely well as this will give me much greater odds of it ever recurringagain. It was touch and go during surgery but I made it again and hope to be around forawhile longer!

Since I no longer have my dogs, ponies, goats and monkey, this has to be my swan songand no more "farewell tours" for me at my age. However, I have thoroughly enjoyed my45 years as a performer (with the exception of 4 years service in the armed forces of thegreatest country on earth) but one has to give up sometime and at age 65, I thought it wastime for me to call it quits!

So to all my friends in the biz, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you thevery best of everything and have a fine season - 0 K?

The best therapy for me right now would be a few lines from friends • so if you can findthe time, won't you send them along? Don't need any help - just some good wishes tospeed my recovery.

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years. However, this is an asset for thw>e whobuy more than one, the weight is still the same.One of the hardest working groups of people onthe show are the clowns. They go out and meetand greet people for about 20 minutes beforeshow time, then work the show from start tofinale. The clowning is cute and well done.The entire opening night show was well receiv-ed by the opening night standards. AlthoughNew York audiences are noted for their "stiff-ness" they didn't applaud enough for the thingsthe performers were doing. According to my"applause meter" acts that were well receivedwere the native New Yorkers the King CharlesTroupe, the Cossack Riders and the Richters,bareback act. Unfortunately, the 8th display,the perch pole acts didn't work.

Two acts not seen in the New York area prev-iously were the aerial rocket with the Zoppefamily and the Globe of Death riding motor-cycles. Both of these acts were very well re-ceived.The elephant displays, led by Axel Gautier andhis family were well done. The theme of the

BIG DATE

The Syracuse (NY) Tigris Temple Shrine Circuswas a tremendous success (Apr. 11-13} present-ed at the Onondaga County War Memorial Build-ing.

Tigris Potentate George L. Snell, announced theShriner's advance ticket sales and advertising to-tals were well ahead of that of last year.The block buster, however, was in ticket sales atthe box office. Several shows were delayed be-cause of long ticket lines and people waiting togel inside the building.Producer Bill Kay reports that Joan White, localpublicity gal, is one of the best ever. She did anoutstanding job, he added, and it sure paid offin packed houses.

production number this year was "ElephantCalypso". The circus has 17 show owned ele-phants, plus the three bulls owned by the Rich-ters.Harold Ronk, ringmaster, visited with our In


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cal group during intermission. Despite whatsome might say, he comes across quite well.Ronk was in fine voice for the performance,and he regaled us with stories about the snow-in at Norfolk and the results. It was all goodfora few laughs.The performance, despite the elimination of No8 display, ran a full three hours, and at 10:30it was all out and over.The opening night saw a well filled house withonly a few vacant seats. Even the end balconyseats were filled. A few evening gowns andtuxedos were noted in the audience.Those in the personal box of Mr. Felds weredressed formally. Noted were: Irvin Feld, Mrs.Israel Feld, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Feld, andMr. and Mrs. Allen Bloom.After the performance we all agreed that theBlue Unit has its definite imprint, completelydifferent from the Red Unit, and each show hahas its share of features. Truly the statementthat each show is equal but different is true.The train formerly was parked at the 3rd Streetyards of the Penn Central (now Conrail). Nowthe train is at the 60th Street yards, which hasa nice view of the Hudson River.

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The annual Bahia Temple Shrine Circus, held inthe Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla., was pro-duced by the Coronas Circus Productions. It'sstaff consisted of: Charles Coronas, Sr., produ-cer; William Pruyn, musical director; John Her-riott, ringmaster; Serge and George Coronas,staging and direction; and Charles J. Landkas,Jr., prop boss and transportation dept.The program featured: Shrine Introductions;National Anthem; Overture; Bahia Temple Cir-cus Clowns; The Hawthorn Tigers; Serge andStevie Coronas and the George Coronas Duo,aerial thrills; Marina's Little Stars; Mary Ruth'sdogs and pony; Miss Monica & Co.; Warren Ad-ams, aerial escape; Clowns; Trampoline Titans;Daring Bravado; Dazzling Danachek; Miss Ste-evna, moon goddess; Miss Herriott; John Herriott; Mary Ruth Herriott (horses); George Cor-onas, Gyro wheel; Serge Coronas, Gyro wheel;Intermission; Bahia Dixie Land Band; BahiaTemple Horse Troupe with western riding; Jugg-ling display with Miss Laura, Olympic Trio andthe Great Adams; Shrine Clowns; Rolling Globeand wire walking by The Albert Troupe. TheValla Duo; the James Zoppe Riding Troupe; theShrine Clowns; Hawthorn performing elephants;the Coronas "Rocket Cannon"; Finale paradewith all artists; Exit March.

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The Ringting-Barnum Blue Unit animals are shown here as they headed for the circus trainafter being snowed in for the night at Norfolk, Va. Both the circus and its patrons werestranded over night when a blizzard hit the area forcing them to stay inside the Scope Arenafor the night.

Documents

Circus Report, April 28, 1980, Vol. 9, No. 17