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Show DatesCanon & Barnes Circus

Aug 31 Lemont, III.Sep 1 Dowagiac, Mich.

2 Hillsdale3 Monroe4Willard, Ohio

5-7 Tallmadge

Circus Arts TroupeSep 2-5 San Antonio, Tex.

Hoxie Bros. CircusAug 31 Rochelle. III.Sep 1 Pontiac

2 Ottawa3 Hobart, Ind.4 HighlandSJol iet, III.6 Chesterton, Ind

Martin & Downs CircusAug 31 Newcastle. N.B.Sept 1 Sheila

2 Paquetville3 Berejford4 Dalhousie5 K edge wick6 Grand Falls7 Edmondson

Pickle Family CircusSep 3-8 Laguna Beach, Cal.

Ringling-Barnum- RedAug 25-Sep 1 Oakland, Cal.Sept 3-7 San Francisco

Roberts Bros. CircusAug 31 Bloxom, Md.

Royal Crown CircusAug31-Sep6 Lincoln, Neb

Royal Imperial CircusAug 28-31 Ogden, UtahSep 2-5 Salt Lake City

Royal Lichtenstein CircusAug31-Sep 2 Fresno, Cal.Sep 3-7 Sacramento

Royal Palace CircusSep 3-7 Layton, N.Y.

.---MAGIC----

KrystaliSep 1-3 Baton Rouge, La.

4-5 Monroe6-7 Shreveport

Pf. Mi l ler - Magic Time USASep 1 Chadron, Nebr.

2 Torrington, Wyom.3 Scpttsbluff, Nebr.4 Alliance5 Sidney

Texas Assoc. of MagiciansSep 4-7 Houston, Texas

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- • - - OTHER DATES---

Burr's Fun-0-RamaAug 30-Sep 7 Windsor, Me.

James H. Drew ExpositionAug 31-Sep 5 Pennington

Gap, Va.

Poco Plus..to Sep 20 Des Moines, Iowa

Scott's Medicine ShowAug 31 Wallaceburg, OntSep 1 Woodstock

2 Strathroy3 St. Thomas5 Simco

Tip Top Shows - BlueSep 3-7 Plymouth, Wise.

Tip Top Shows- GreenSap 3-7 Mineral Point,Wsc

Whizzerthe ClownSep 5 Jacksonville, Ohio

Dime and Connie WilsonAug 26-28 Clinton, Tenn.

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ReportHOXIE BROS. CIRCUS

BY PAUL HORSMAN

Just caught Hox ie Bros. Circus here in Au-burn (NY) . They moved across New Yorkstate with long jumps after having played itmore thoroughly in June. The big top hasbeen completely repaired, by a crew thatwas sent ahead, yet New York state wouldnot let them put up the repaired to, so theysidewalled it.

Weather was very good here and both per-formances drew good crowds, both beingclose to full houses.

Performance is good and the band is out-standing. Band includes leader Charles Mo-yer, trumpet, two other trumpet players,a trombone and drummer. When possibleGary Holveck doubled in brass on the tu-ba. Leader Charles Moyer also doubled inbrass at one point by playing both thetrumpet and drums at the same time.

Despite the long jump, the show got in andup on time, after coming from Johnstown.Performances were at 6 and 8 p.m.

PEOPLEBRUCE ANDERSON, high act, will be ap-pearing at the California State Fair in Sacra-mento, Calif., Aug. 28-Sept. 7th.

FORREST JARVIS, for many years on thestage with his own magic show, and later onthe Kirkwood Penn Premier and JoylandShows, would appreciate hearing from oldfriends. Write him at: Aivert Nursing Home,953 Airport Road, Ceredo, W. Va. 25507.

There were many visitors on the lot here,including James M. Cole, Roger and JuneMoore, independent Shrine Circus promo-ten from Dallas, Al Stopyra, Charles See-ly, Frank Howard, Dick Thompson, DonNinestine, Harry Clarke, Don and BarbaraKowell, Pat DiPonzio and daughter Laurieand Richard Flint.

The show will be using the repaired tentupon entering Ohio and for the rest of theseason.

John ZimmermanTRAPEZE CATCHER / FLYER

CURRENT SAG MEMBER

COMMERCIAL /INSTRUMENT HELICOPTER PILOT

AIRPLANE /SEAPLANE PILOT

COLLEGE DEGREE

JOHN ZIMMERMAN, former flyer and

one-time director of PARTICIPATION CIR-

CUS (BE-A-STAR CIRCUS), is no longer

affiliated with RINGLING BROS, and BAR-

NUM & BAILEY CIRCUS WORLD THEME

PARK and is no longer catcher for the trap-

eze act known as the "FLYING ROBINS."

JOHN ZIMMERMAN542 East Bellbrook StreetCovina, California 91722

Phone: (213) 966 4885

ReportMAINE STATE FAIR ACTS

BY ELOISE HICKOK

Acts playing at the Maine State Fair, Aug.9-15, at Lewiston, Maine, were:The Rolandos, juggling; Roger DuBois, tra-

peze; Jim Davis, The Little Hobo and hisdog act; Marcelli & Janis, wire; Lipko's Com-edy Chimps; Roger, plate spinning; JoanneJennter, trapeze, plus the Billy Burr Fun-0-Rama Show on the midway.

HUBLERINT'L CIRCUS

BY KAYESCHEIMAN

George Hubler's Hublcr Int'l Circus playedLa Porte, Ind., for the County Fair on Aug.7th. Only one show was given with the fol-lowing program:

Cnme-in by 'Prof. Hardy' with a Howdycontest and balloons (Wayne Liikala); ColorBook pitch; National Anthem; George Han-neford Family, ponies; Miss Barbara (VanVoorden), foot juggler; Susan Sheryll's Roy-al Afghan Champions; George HannefordFamily, riding act; Prof. Hardy, magic; Da-vide Zoppe, unsupported ladder; PrincessMorningstar, trapeze; Clowns and 'Crack-shot'; Zoppe's Rhesus Monkey act; GeorgeHanneford's elephants.

FROM JOEY JORDAN

I would like to take this opportunity tocongratulate the International Juggler'sAssociation on their recent successful con-vention in Ohio, which I could not attenddue to my busy schedule.

I hear there were 600 conventioneers fromall over the world.

Also, my congratulations to my friend Tom-my Curtain who won top honors in the an-nual national championships.

FROM CIRCUS JOE VALENCIANO

Mama Valenciano celebrates her 84th birth-day on Aug. 5th. Her daughters, Ulla and Ingeare planning a trip to Europe next month.

Joe Goetz-Valenciano recently enjoyed a 15minute segment of 'Circus Vargas' on TheBig Blue Marble' TV Show. The following daya segment on Ringing's Clown College wasshown. On Aug. 6th, Harry Blackstone wason The Palace TV program.

Hedy Arturo has joined her brother Pepyon 'Holiday on Ice & Ice Follies CombinedShows.'

Mr. Arturo flew to England on Aug. 6thto visit his son, trapeze artist Cooky who iscurrently appearing at a park in Blackpool.Then he will go to Austria to see his family

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Show ReportBIG JOHN'S CLOWN CAPADES

BY RAYMOND SIL.S

Big John's production of Clown Capadescompleted its latest tour in Austin, Texas,on Aug. 30th.The talent line-up was: Minutes before the

curtain the audience was greeted by Crissythe clown. Suddenly musicians Neil Arm-strong and Jim Miller began a rousing over-ture which definitely prepared the crowdfor a fantastic performance yet to come.

Announcer Al Leonard greeted the audi-ence and was met with a thunderous ap-plause. The show began with the sensation-al Weller Family (rola bola and balancing)featuring two adorable moppetts - Shannonand Kelly. Comedy took the audience bystorm with the appearance of Giovanni'sComedy Plate Spinning. The Clown Capadesthen brought tears of laughter to the eyesof the audience with their marvelous pre-sentation of the sidewalk elevator.

Next came what had to be considered thehighlight of the show. Suddenly the auditor-ium was cloaked in total darkness as the an-nouncer introduced Dorian Blake. At oncered and blue lights began to flash in the dark-ness and Dorian Blake appeared in a midstof an explosion of flame on center stage. Hethen began a series of rapid and unbelievableproductions of assistants and then a bafflingseries of dove appearances and vanishes.

The audience was then treated to a briefintermission.The second half opened with the heart war-

ming and loveable presentation of Chris Al-berti's poodles. Then it was back to the com-edy theme with a classical presentation by theGreat Stradivario.

Next came unbelievable juggling dexterityby Flippo and Crissy. Once again the clownstook the audience by storm with Busy Bee.

Dorian Blake was brought back for a secondappearance and was greeted by an unbeliev-able round of applause (Note, this performerreally makes the ladies in the audience sit upand take notice). He performed one of themost rapid substitution escapes, leaving theaudience breathless. Needless to say, Dorianwas brought back for a second bow to a sen-sational round of applause and whistles.

The performance was concluded with a

SHOW NOTES OF INTEREST ...

BY WES HERW1G

Hoxie Bros. Circus played all of its Vermontand New Hampshire dates, except two, with-out the big top. The top was badly damagedin a blowdown at Saratoga Springs, NY, onJuly 19th. Management sent the torn top toSt. Johnsbury, Vt., scheduled for a week la-ter, to be repaired by part of the crew, andmade the next five dates side-walling theshow, beginning at Bennington on July 20.

Hoxie played Burlington, Vt, July 26th,following Roberts Bros., which played thearea July 6th. Bentley Bros, also showedthe city, playing there Aug. 4-5.

Chuck Clancy was in his home town ofRochester, Vt., on July 25th for the com-munity's bi-centennial celebration, takingpart in the parade with Bucky Steele's ele-phants and providing elephant rides.

Roberts Bros. Circus paraded its elephant,ponies and performers in the bi-centennialparade in Randolph, Vt., on July 4th, whichalong with a band concert and balloon ac-cension on the lot helped to boost circus at-tendance to the point where three showswere given.

Aug. ? - Canada - Animal trainer Kay Rosairelost her house trailer when it and a truck wererolled on a Canadian highway during a showmove. The unit was being driven by a driverwho escaped injury, but the house trailer wasa total loss and the truck, though damaged,will be repaired.

whimsical and colorful Burgalars and theSafe, featuring an all clown cast. The con-clusion to the Safe Gag was a series of fire-works and chase lights which left the crowdhowling for more!The show closed with Al Leonard's version

of "There's No Business Like Show Business"with all the clowns on stage.This was truly an evening of entertainment

that the city of Austin, Texas, will not soonforget.

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ReportPICKLE FAMILY CIRCUS

BY FRANK HERMAN

SRO was the order of the day for all fourperformances of the Pickle Family Circus atBandon, Ore., July 18-19. The troupe pre-sented their established wizardry for a wildlyenthusiastic crowd at each show.Their magic even extends to the weather.

Since they work within sidewalls with no topold Sol's cooperation is essential. The sky'swere threatening during setup but clearedby the first show and stayed that way forboth fun filled days.

The show is much like last season and relysheavily on solo, duo and mass juggling. Newbits include a maxi and mini gorilla surpriseand here, there and nowhere Mr. Pickle rou-tine that finished with multiplying Mr. Pic-kles,Watching the Pickle Family show is a post

graduate course in empathy • it has to beseen to be believed.

For the show's date here they had a 12 pageprogram that was filled with ads, plus a plea

for financial help to keep the show going.The cast included: Al Brown, Robert Burk-

hardt, Cecilia Distefano, Geoff Hoyle, JonahHoyle, Marc Jondall, Billy Kessler, Terry Lo-rant, Don McMillan, Michael Ohta, WendyParkman, Larry Pisoni, Lorenzo Pisoni, RoriReber, Gypsy Snider. Peggy Snider, JoanneSonn and Susan Travers.

The band included: Bill Belascu, RandyCraig, Mark Kennedy, Michael Moore andHarvey Robb.

PEOPLEHUNT BUSHNELLandWINl McKAY re-cently visited with DOROTHY KERBERTKENNARD at her home in Thousand Oaks,Calif.

BRIAN LaPALM, CINDI KING, DAVEGUIDONE, WAYNE LaCHARITE and JO-SEPH DiFRANCESCA, side show perfor-mers, were featured in a special photo storyin the Gazette of Essex, Conn, on July 15.

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QENNIS R. LOOMIS, magician, and ANNET-TE T. THORN8ERRY were married at LakeTahoe, Nevada, on Aug. 10th.

POP CORN and ETCETERA (clowns) arepresently with the Carson & Barnes Circusalter finishing up a tour with Big John Strongand his show.

I R V ROMIG has been busy with his RickyVariety Show at many Union and CompanyPicnics around the Detroit area.

HEIDI BOLZ, aerialist, is featured with theFranzen Bros. Circus and was the subject ofa special article in the Sheboygan (Wise)Press, dated July 16,1981.

"TERRIBLE" TED TURNER and his At-lantic-based TV station is producing "Atlan-tic City Alive" an hour-long weekly varietyshow. The program's format features at leastone specialty act such as a juggler, animalact, magician, etc., from Resorts Int'l.

CARLA WALLENOA's Thrill Show wasafeature of the Jacktown Fair at Wind Ridge,Pa., July 28-Aug. 1st.

ANGELA ADNEY, skater, is featured as Don-ald Duck in the new Disney World on Iceshow, which is now on tour.

BILL KARLTON, illusionist and show pro-ducer, of Richmond, Va., will be perform-ing at the Atlantic City Convention Hall inSeptember.

in the IT"CIRCUS MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

A special report by the Indianapolis, lnd.fNews, datelined Monticello, Ind., Aug. 13th.

White County authorities traveled to WestVirginia to arrest a Monticello man on acharge of writing a bad check of $6,000.The man faces lawsuits for several thous-

ands of dollars from Indiana organizationswhich claim he reneged on promises to stagecircuses in their communities.

James Begley, 32, was captured in Charles-ton after White County Prosecutor John MeLaughlin received an anonymous tip that ledinvestigators to West Virginia. Charlestonpolice already had arrested Begley on a chargehe conducted a false promotion there to raisemoney for battered women.

Me Laughlin said Begley may be charged withwriting other bad checks.

Officials had sought Begley since June, whenDelphi Jaycees and other civic organizationsfiled a breach of contract suit in White Coun-ty Court. The suit charges Begley collected$500 to $5,000 from the clubs, promising tostage a circus complete with trapeze artists,tightrope walkers, exotic animals and acro-batic clowns.

Before a circus performance set in Brazil,show sponsors there discovered Begley's cir-cus troupe included one snake, a raccoon, amacaw, a sharpshooter, one clown and a 9year old trampoline performer.

in tELEPHANT TAKES A WALK

Police in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, were re-portedly surprised and helpless when theyfound an elephant walking out of town onHighway 53, on Aug. 5th.The elephant, with a 4 ft. length of chain

attached to its rear leg, had gotten loose fromthe Carson & Barnes Circus and apparentlyhad decided to look over the countryside.

CLOWN CAPADES

BY K A Y E SCHEIMAN

The John Strong show "Clown Capades"gave one show at South Bend, Ind., on July23rd.

The Alberti family returned to the showfor this date after suffering a break-down atan earlier show.

The show was great this year and has al-ready been reported on several times in TheCircus Report.

Especially notable at this date was the factthat Floyd Bradbury and John Strong had achance to visit after not having seen each ot-her for some 28 years.

Visitors here included Floyd and BarbaraBradbury, coming in from the Holiday Hip-podrome Circus.

from

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We want to take a moment to say "Thanks"to all those who made contributions to Cir-cus Report to help it through a couple ofrather rough months. We appreciate yourhelp and continued support.We will certainly work hard to keep CircusReport going on a regular weekly schedule.For the present there are no changes plan-ned in regard to prices as we will wait tosee what the post office does about rateincrease which will probably come aboutthe first of the year.We also want to thank Dave and Judy Twomey, of the Happytime Circus, for the Cir-cus Report listing in their new coloring andprogram book. Their work and help is alsovery much appreciated.P. S. Please note that the Post Office has al-ready started to set up their new Zip CodePlus 4 system. As a result Circus Report nowhas a new zip code. Mail should henceforthbe addressed:

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JAMES A. HALEY (82) a former circus pres-ident, died Aug. 6th at his home in Sarasota,Fla. He was bom in Jacksonville, Ala., andwas an accountant (1925-1933) until he be-came the manager of the John Ringling Es-tate (1933-1943), then he was named 1stVice President of the Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and was president of the Ringling-Barnum Circus 1946-1948.

He was also an active Democrat and servedas a Delegate to the Democratic Conventionsin 1952 and 1360. He served in the FloridaHouse of Representatives 1948-1952 andwas elected to the U. S. House of Represen-tatives in 1952, then was re-elected to elevenconsecutive terms.

Survivors include his sister, Priscilla HaleyStatham, two nephews and two neices.

j,M HOELZER '391 of Chicago, III., diedsuddenly OR Aug. 6th. He was a member ofthe Circus Fans of America and had recent-ly Attended the CFA Convention in Scotts-dale. Art/. He was a friend of many fansand circus performers.

HAZEL L KING (91) retired circus performer, died recently in Gainesville, Texas. Shewas bom in Seattle, Wash., on Feb. 13,1890and had lived for the past 30 years in Gainesville.

She spent most of her life as a circus per-former and was well known as a dog andhorse trainer. She worked with the RinglingCircus, 101 Ranch Wild West, Disneylandand the Gainesville Community Circus, aswell as many other major U. S. circuses. Shewas also well known for riding her horse"Major" in several Christmas parades.

Survivors include two daughters, RomonaMaginiss and Pearl Hoxie, as well as severalgrandchildren.

PEOPLERICH DEPTULA, of Lorain, Ohio, visitedHoxie Bros. Circus at Chesterland, Ohio, onAug. 4th, where the show drew two strawhouses. The high school band played duringintermission, while hundreds of kids werelined up for the elephant ride.

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MiscellaneousGreat All American Youth Circus performer-trainer Danny Castoldi is diving this summerat Hanna-Barbera's Marinetand for the GreatAmerican High Diving Team. Unique to thisshow is Castoldi's diving from a flying trap-eze rigging engineered by Bill Brandenbergerand constructed by Jan Brinkman. WarrenC. Wood, director of the Redlands, Calif.,youth circus, assisted in the installation ofthe rigging over the dolphin arena at the Pa-los Verdes Peninsula Park in Southern Cali-fornia.

MARK WATSON (13) died in early Augustin England. He was the son of Ray Twink'Watson, Canadian aerialist and head of theCanadian Circus School in Toronto.

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Top-QualityBY ROBERT STODDARD

The TNT & Royal Olympic Circus playedthe Seminary South Shopping Center in Ft.Worth, Texas, Aug. 5-8.1 visited for the lastshow on the 8th.

The show has a whole new appearance thisyear because the Center had put three newsteel cables across the mall, and a brand neworange and yellow canopy covered the wholearea. A new red canopy also covered thegrandstand area, which is nice when the tem-perature hits 102 degrees.

The show was longer than it usually is (thisone lasted 40 minutes) and because of this,the Hnucs, Ingrid and Walter, did not do theplate spinning act. They are doing their finejuggling act, of course.Terry O'Brien and Camille (and sons Owen

and Liam), open with unicycles and closewith the slack wire, balancing and jugglingact.

Tim Tegge does his fire eating and a turn asTwinkles the clown. He also plays excellentdrums to the spirited renditions of the oldcircus tunes played on the organ by his mo-ther, Louise Tegge.

Earl Tegge is the ringmaster and docs a goodjob of it.

Good, responsive crowds for the twelveshows made everyone happy.

The last show on Saturday was at 4 p.m.which gave the Tegges a chance to see theother circus that was playing Ft. Worth • theRingling-Barnum Blue Unit at the conventioncenter.When I visited the show, some of the other

members of the Ed Millelte Tent No. 5, CFAwere also visiting: Bill and Mildred Hooper;Winston Sparks; and Sylvan Walker. The man-ager of the unicycling King Charles Troupe,Ted Hansen and wife (from the Ringling cir-cus) were also visiting.The TNT show jumps to Joliet, III., and will

then have two weeks off in Chicago, whichwill give them a chance to have their van re-paired, after being rammed in the side doorby an uninsured motorist in Dallas.They'll reopen in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and

that means a party with Herman Brandmillerand the CFA's in that area. (Darn, 1 forgot totell them to say Hello to Herman and Elsiefor Lou and I).

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in theCIRCUS WORLD CHIEF UNHAPPY

(by John Wark - as reported in the SentinelStar of July 1,1981).

Ever since Mattel, Inc., held its annual stockholder meeting June 12, news stories havebeen popping up that say the toy conglom-erate is considering selling its group of enter-tainment companies which includes RinglingBros, and Bamum & Bailey Circus World.In the wake of the stories, Mattel and Cir-

cus World executives have scrambled to putthings in perspective.James Murphy, president and chief operat-

ing officer of the Central Florida theme park,wa: at the stockholder's meeting.

He left chagrined."The news conference (after the meeting)

was a disappointment/' Murphy says. "It's(the publicity) not needed when we're tryingto establish credibility and stability."

As Murphy tells it, "a persistent reporter"at the end of the news conference, "lookingfora story ... twisted the words of (Mattelchairman) Art Spear."

Murphy says Spear was asked if Mattel hadever considered selling Circus World and Spearreplied, "Yes, there have been times in thepast few years when we considered it"The newsman said he noticed that Mattel

was not emphasizing funding of its entertain-ment group but was concentrating its finan-cial resources on building up its business intoys and hobbies, publishing aod electronicgoods.

Spear, says Murphy, replied "that's a fact,"but said the company was not ignoring itsentertainment companies, which includeCircus World, the two traveling RinglingBros, circus shows, the Ice Follies and Hol-iday on Ice.

Spear also was asked if Mattel would ser-iously consider an offer for Circus World ifsomeone made one.

"Art said if in fact someone were to ap-proach us and we checked them out andthey made an offer we were interested in,we would consider it," says Murphy.

"But that would be true of Six Flags, Dis-ney, any business/* Murphy added. "Nextthing we know these articles come out."

Murphy says the stories were "not true".Every year there are stories about Mattel

selling Circus World, he says. Murphy saysSpear made it clear that Mattel is not in-volved in discussions with Circus Worldsuitors.

"I guess it is one of those misquotes, a mis-interpretation.

"We're continuing on. We completed oursecond phase of capital expansion. We'rejust wrapping up some loose ends and pre-paring for a stronger summer. We have newshows, we're constantly bringing in moreanimals and more acts. We're increasing ouradvertising, going into TV and radio."

Murphy who was hired by Mattel last Sep-tember to turn the theme park around fi-nancially, has been battling uphill. Atten-dance at the park which last year had drop-ped to 1.1 million annually, has continuedto slip.

"Overall, it's (attendance) still slow. But itparallels tourism in the entire state," saysMurphy.

Meanwhile, industry insiders were passingbets on whether the Marriott Corp. will makea bid for Circus World. The company ownstheme parks in Gurnee, III., Santa Clara, Ca.and Rye, N.Y., and is said to have sought anattraction foothold here several times.John Anderson, Marriott's vice president in

charge of theme parks, said the rumor "iswithout foundation."

"It's ironic," says Murphy, "that this comeswhen we're in the final stages of campgroundand hotel studies (for Circus World). We'vejust presented our three year plan/' which isawaiting Mattel approval.

"I'm sure not counting on anything like that(selling Circus World) happening in the nearfuture."

PEOPLEDOUGLAS MacVALLEY (stunts) has beenofficially named talent and acts coordinatorfor Peter Jackson Productions, New York-Atlantic City.

JOEY JORDAN, juggler, will remain at thePlayboy Hotel-Casino in Atlantic City forthe duration of the summer and into the fall.He will unveil his new juggling act in Sept.

TERRY HEAD, comic and RICHARD EWELLsoloist are featured in the Ice Capades showin Atlantic City, playing there through Sept.4th.

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ReportHOXIE BROS. CIRCUS

BY DON SANDMAN

Hoxie Bros. Circus played the Clark CountyFairgrounds in Springfield, Ohio, on Aug. 9,for the Grotto.The show was set up with the ticket wagon

and office, plus pit show on the right of thefront lot. Novelties and refreshments were inthe center and the side show and pony rideon the left.

As you entered the big top a novelty boothwas on the left and refreshments were on theright. All seating is blues as there is no reser-ved seats. The show is presented in one ringEuropean style with the band in front ofthe performer's entrance.

The band for this performance was made upof five pieces: Charles Moyer, trumpet, andleader, Al Gouge, trumpet, John Smith, drum-mer, Steve Michael, trombone and Gary Hoi-veck, baritone horn.

The performance was as follows:Circus Overture by the band; Gary Molveck,

announcer; Spec 'Circus on Parade'; TheBruski Trio, bikes; Adagio with the Bertloffs;Randon's Chimps (2); Holveck & Co., magic;Pochina, aerialist on trapeze; Clowns and thewater gag; Rajah, elephant presented by MikeRice; Intermission with elephant and ponyrides and refreshments.

Miss Andromeda, balancing ladder; Ran-don's Canines (Wolfhounds, Oobermans andGreyhounds); Clowns with the strong man;Miss Que Yen Cheng, hair hang; Holveck &Co., The Metamorphosis (with four bewil-dered helpers from the audience); Clowns,Steve Michaels and his trombone (on vaca-tion from the Broadway show 'Barnum');The Hoxie Elephants featuring 'Hoxie' theAfrican male, presented by James 'Dutch'Crawford.

As usual the fans were made to feel at homeon the show by manager John Lewis and hisstaff and the performers.

The following fans and CMB's were seen onthe lot: Larry Lyons, Al Conover, Sally Weit-loff, Ed Jones, Jean Jones, Fred Pfenning, Jr;Jim Saunders, Dale Haynes, Ricky Pfening,Richard Shillahan, Dick Shillahan, John Win-ter, Norm Vodrey, Forrest Traylor, Jake Con-over, Smiley Brewer, Ann Brewer, Porky SouthStan Dillan. Wendel Cultice, Roger Harris.

ACTSFEATURED ACTS

Several novelty acts were featured in the Me-dora, N. D., Medora Musical extravaganza pre-sented June 12th thru Sept. 6th.

The shows, presented each evening at 8 p.m.featured The Fabulous Darnells, Magic with aTouch of Class; Lamberti, juggling extraordin-ary; Dynamic DeMille, Swashbuckling Star ofthe Tight Wire; and Victor Julian's Little Stars.

MiscellaneousHE VISITS THE OLD HOME TOWN

For the first time in 19 years, Bruce "Char-lie" Johnson returned to the town where hestarted school when the Carson & BarnesCircus played Brush, Colo.The top half of the front page of the Brush

News-Tribune was filled witti a picture andstory heralding his return. The paper sent aphotographer with a car to take him to theplaces he remembered as a small boy and torecord his visit. Large crowds attended bothcircus performances to welcome him back.

AMERICANMUSEUM^MAGIC

Oqedaysoorispend twGor three tjpufswith four hundred years

of magic.

Marshall,Michigan 49068 U.S.A.

Maryann Harris, Bill Plant, Warren Downing,Donna Downing, John Saunders, Doug Saun-ders, Charles Dewein, Don and Grace Sand-man.The show, this year, is not selling a program

book. They do sell an Enquirer Printing Co.coloring book with a program insert.

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ReportTHE ENGESSER ANIMALS

BY ROYCE R. THOMPSON

Thousands of excited shoppers in the Graf-ton County Faire Mall (Grafton. Wise) enjoy-ed the rare opportunity to view, up close, theDon and Roxy Engesser's Exotic Felines, onAug. 11-15.

Included in the exhibit were their tigers,lions, black leopard and Indian Leopard, withMr. and Mrs. Engesser were Vates and RobyEngesser, Hollis Luce and Bill Wallace.Hundreds of children were made happy by

having an instant color photo taken of them-selves with a live baby lion. Roxy was verypleased to answer all of the many questionsthat were asked about the animals.Their next date was scheduled for Aug. 18

22 at Lima, Ohio.

THE HANNEFORO CIRCUS

BY CLARENCE HASTINGS

For several weeks prior to closing on Aug.9th, trained animals of the Royal Hanneford

Circus were presented at the Detroit Zoolo-gical Gardens.

The presentations alternated between: theHanneford tigers, the Hanneford Riding Act,featuring Nellie Hanneford, Mark Karoly andTommy Hanneford, Uncaged leopard Sabu,presented by Tajana, Mark Karoly, dressageand the Hanneford elephants.

Tigers were presented by Bill Golden, ring-master was Senor Rai.The other unit was Philip Anthony's Holly-

wood Liberty Horses, and Sergengeti Lionstrained and presented by Andre. The ring-master was George Da Deppo.

As a result of the animal circus zoo atten-dance increased dramatically.

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Fuji Safari Park

T-410-12

Fujiwara 2255-27

Suyama Aza, Swono City

Shizuoka Prefecture

Japan

„ HOTY

Ford Bros. CircusKEN BENSON WANTS:

CAPABLE ELEPHANT MEN

DIESEL MECHANIC

BOSS CANVASMAN

BOSS PROP MAN

Call:

1 - 800 - 824 - 7888, Ext. M-4260

Ask for

John Ford or Gopher Davenport

- Attention: Jimmy Long, Call -

FOR SALE2 FLYING NETS

1 FLYING RIGGING

1 PORTABLE WIRE•

AND OTHER

APPARATUS

Contact on Weekends:

JUNE MILLS

(813) 377 - 1846

A MAGIC REVIEW .. .by Tom Piccard

New for magicians who work with doves.Having been in the business of both per-forming magic, creating magic and clowningfor over 15 years now, it's refreshing whensomething worthwhile and serviceable popsup.I work with doves myself when performing

magic shows and I had thought I had usedabout every dove harness device ever creat-ed • and they always gave me problems -fumbling for snaps to release the bird madethe trick look clumsy and sloppy.

I tried one type of harness and had to useboth hands and my elbow to get the thingopened, I tried another kind and while itwas fast opening, the metal band was toomuch for the bird. I injured a bird beforegiving up on that one.

Now, a friend of mine. Jimmy Ray, him-self a super star of magic - solves all theproblems with his new Dove Harness. Hehas made the action of the release so simpleand so smooth that if you can just move thethumb of one hand, out pops the bird. Sosimple a child can do dove steals like a pro.

RttentionCLOWNS AND SHRINERS

- FOR SALE -Many Clown Numbers and Props - Package Deal - Good Shape - Send S.A.S.E.for details to:

CLOWN PROPS21556 W. Ten Mile RoadSouthfield, Mich - 48075Phone:313-357-0754

There are no metal bands inside the harnessand the dove rests safe and secure 'til youwant it to appear and "bingo" with one handaction it does!

If you work with doves, this harness willhave you throwing away all of the old onesyou've had. The harness is available directlyfrom Jimmy Ray at a price of $18.00 with-out silk and $20.00 with silk included.State whether you want right or left hand

harness and red or black. Order from: Jim-my Ray, Crazy Morley's Club Avalon, No.Wildwood, NJ 08260. After September sendto: Jimmy Ray, 61 West Whitehorse Pike.Berlin, NJ - 08009.

SPECIALTHE VACANT LOT

BY KEN HODGE

When the circus rolls its canvasAnd disappears from sight,When the soft light of morningPushes back the night;Gone is billowing canvas,Remaining there insteadIs crushed and rumpled grasslandby hoofs and pachyderm tread.Pungency of tanbarkSpoor of spitting snarling catSmell of fish where seal had barked,Peanuts sweet aroma where chattering mon-

key sat;Odors strangely blendidTo rival perfume's scent.The only remaining vestageOf a happy day well spent.Where barker's rasping voiceAnd beat of rhythmical drumExtoled the wonders within.Inviting all to come.Where Calliope screamed its momful song

ReportSUMMERFEST'81

BY CHRISTINA ENGLIASH

This year's Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wise.,which ran from June 25 to July 5, featuredsome of America's finest entertainment amongwhich was Ron Kelroy's Festival Circus. Itwas by far one of the finest productions hehas ever produced up there (it's his 9th year).

Leading the way was the intro and ringmas-tering of Col. Lucky Larabee; Overture '81directed by Keith Killinger; The Great Hu-berto; Hollywood Stuntman; The Jupier Trio;Miss Loni and Miss Barbara, foot jugglers; Al-onzo & Co., whips and ropes; The ChapmanSisters, revolving ladder; Renee & Michele'sslides for life; Katinka's Poodles; Lou AnnJacobs, single trapeze; The Nock Bros., swaypoles and the Le Moine Troupe, aerial mo-torcycle, ending with a grand finale featur-ing a patriotic salute to America.

Once again Festival Circus has outdone it-self with color and extravagance. For elevendays the show played to capacity includingSRO and viewers from adjacent bleacherseats. Not one show was lost despite severewinds.The circus was rated a 4 star special by the

Milwaukee audiences. There were two blueand white checkerboard stages topped withred ring curbs, red and white sidewall canvascordoned off the circus area with blue pen-nants at the juncture of each section of blea-chers, a total of 75 flags. Along each of theoutdoor riggings were bright multi-coloredpennants and the band tent was white andbright yellow.

And crowds with approval roar.There is but the crowing of the cock.That and nothing more.Where antics of the clumsy clownAnd aerialist's graceful flightHad boggled the imaginationAnd challenged human might.A lonely piece of paperWas wafted like a kiteAnd sailed across the vacant lotThen disappeared from sight.