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NOW AVAILABLEBecause of a misunderstanding I am no long-er with Kelly Bros. Circus and as a result amnow available for Shrine Circuses, Parks andFairs, with my smalt 1910 Tin Lizzie ModelT Ford, radio controlled comedy car.

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MiscellaneousNEW FILM IS PLANNED

The creators and co-stars of the film "The LongRiders", James and Stacy Keach, are planning asequel to that movie. The new film will be aboutthe James and Younger brothers.In the new show, Jesse James will be shown ashe recovers from his wounds. Later he goes onthe road with his own wild west show, where hewill be featured in an act called "Crime DoesNot Pay."

GOOD COVERAGE

The show world gets good play in the hand-some new magazine "Museum". Robert Lund'sAmerican Museum of Magic, in Marshall, Mich,the John Ringing properties in Sarasota, andthe Buffalo Bill center in Cody. Wyom., are allfeatured in the March-April premiere issue.

LODGE BUYING CALLIOPE

The Moose Lodge at Yakima, Wash., is buyinga calliope from the widow of former memberJeff Webber. The calliope was played by Web-ber in numerous parades, concerts and specialevents, but since his death in 1977 it has re-mained idle.Af ter purchasing the calliope the Lodge willturn it over to the Yakima Valley Museum, whowill then become its permanent owner. How-ever, the lodge will be permitted to use it forvarious special programs and events.

THE CIRCUS REPORT i$ published each weekby Don Marcks, 525 Oak St., El Cerrito, Calif.94530 • Phone: 415 - 525-3332.SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $15.00 for a year. TheOverseas Rate via Surface Mail is $20.00 a year.ADVERTISING RATES: (Per Issue on a firstcome basts): Minimum Ad $5.00; Quarter$10.00: Half Paqe $20.OO; Full Page $35.00

NOTICE ..Due to a series of heavy bookings, coupled withexceptionally long jumps, plus a great deal ofwork wrapping up plans for publication of hisbook, has temporarily forced Billy Barton todelay his regular weekly column.

JAMES (Jim Bow) DECKER, a Dallas clown wasone of the first to be signed for this year's May23-24 "Mayfest" to be held at the Dallas StateFair grounds.

VESTA GRIMALUI ' of the Grimaldis. was named Queen of the Zenobia Shrine Circus at Tole-do, Ohio, on May 1-4, when she led the CircusParade riding in a convertible, along with thePotentate.

AL PAPE, MARTIN REEVES, JOE VINEYARD,EDDIE KAHAN, TROY WOERNER and EDMONZINGO, clowns, worked the annual Cham-ber of Commerce parade through downtownDallas on May 10th.

THE WINN BROS., high wire performers, arebusy working dates for Hubler, Garden andZacchini. They also have a great many parksset for later in the year.

AUSTIN MILES, the Show Business Chaplain,is presently having an elegent new ringmaster'ssuit specially tailored for him

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FELIX SNIPES SHOW.. . by Jules DeMarros

(A review of two shows presented by Felix Sni-pes (Fantastic Felix) of Atlanta, Ga.t at the Em-manuel Baptist Church in Lafayette, La., onMarch 7, 1980).Felix takes you on a journey into the 5th dimen-sion that travels beyond time and space into thatrarified, and as yet uncharted, relrn of the mind-the psychic dimension.The act opens with an explanation of Extra Sen-sory Perception and a short series of tests inwhich spectators, chosen at random, think ofsuch things as a color, a flower, etc. After beingsatisfied that the sepctators did, indeed, haveenough ability, more difficult experiments wereattempted. Quite successfully, I might add.Five E.S.P. cards of the type used by Or. Rhinein the Duke University experiments were exhib-ited along with a folded piece of paper whichwas clamped in a bull dog paper clip and remain-ed in view throughout the procedure. Four ofthe five cards were eliminated by members ofthe audience. The paper was removed from thebull dog clip and shown to be a prediction thatFelix had written earlier. It named the remain-ing E.S.P. card.Other experiments followed including an excel-lent and memorable exhibition of phsyic key

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bending • bending keys with the power of themind alone. Some of the spectators in the audi-ence who were not directly participating in theexperiment found that keys were bent on theirkey rings and in their key cases.Felix continued the show with an example ofCrystal Gazing, reading the thoughts of the spectators. He did not use clip-boards or other apparatus, and although pieces of paper were passedout to the audience, none wen? collected.Fantastic Felix ended the show, which had beendirected at a young adult audience, by assuringthem that everything they had seen was donewithout the aide of supernatural power and war-ned them not to be taken in by those who claimto possess such power.As we all know, it was the faking of such powerthat led nearly a thousand people to theirdeaths following Jim Jones to Guiana. I thinkmore mentalist should warn young people, andpeople of any age, who are looking for a belterworld, not to follow such false prophits. This isa real community service.The following morning, Felix presented an en-tirely different type of entertainment for theyoung children - A Magic Show! Filled withfun and laughter and sparkling with color andall those strange, mysterious boxes and thingswe all remember as children ourselves.Felix brought the children into a fantasy worldof kings and queens and sorcerers with lots ofaudience participation.During both shows, whether for young adults or.children, Felix projects a positive, confident,happy, enthusiastic, and erudite image. His pac-ing, timing, and tempo hold attention and keepthe audience interested in what is going onevery moment he is on stage. His animationand projection, through body language andspeech techniques, establish an immediate andfriendly rapport with the audience, whatevertheir aoes.

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Show DatesBeany-Cole Circus

May 27-28 Lansdale. Pa.29-30 Exton31 June 1 Allentown

Garden-Johnson CircusMay 26-27 Brantford, Ont.

Carson & Barnes CircusJune 1-2 E. St. Louis, III.

Hubert Castfe CircusMay 26 Drumheller. Albta

27-28 Red Deer29-31 Edmonton

1 Grand Prairie

Circus Arts TroupeMay 28-31 Hanover, Mass.

Circus VargasMay 27-29 Cupertino, Calif

31-June 1 Concord

Circus Variety ShowJune 1 Mission Viejo, Calif

Hamid-Morton CircusMay 27-31 Pittsburgh, Pa.

Hoxie Bros. CircusMay 26 Radford, Va.

27 Clifton Forge28 Harrisonburg29 Front Royal30 Leesburg31 McLean

June 1 Clear Springs, Md

Pickle Family CircusMay 28 Sonoma. Calif.

31-June 1 Davis

Sam T. Polack CircusMay 30-June 1 Shreveport, La

Police CircusMay 26 Fairfield, Calif.

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

Ringiing-Barnum - Red UnitMay 28-June 1 Glens Falls.NY

Roberts Bros. CircusMay 26 Short Gap, W. Va.

27 Paw Paw28 Beckley Springs30 Mt. Holly, Pa.31 Rutherford Heights

TNT& Royal Olympic CircusMay 29-31 Mankato, Minn.

Wenatchee Youth CircusMay 31 Leavenworth, Wash.

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David GinnMay 27 Boston, Mass.

28 Manchester, NH29 Nashua30 Rutland, Vt.

Stu Miller's Magic Time USAMay 26 Aubum, NY

28 Dunkirk30 Homel31 Alleganey

Tom OgdenMay 28 Pottstown, Pa.June 1 Warrington

Felix Snipes- Magic/ESPMay 30-31 Minneapolis, Minn

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Babes in ToylandMay 27-June 1 Columbus, Oh

Bryans Clowns, Inc.May 26 New Castle, Pa.

Burr's Fun-0-RamaMay 26-June 1 Pawtucket, Rl

James H. Drew ExpositionMay 26-31 Oceana, W. Va.

Grund Western Collectionto June 15 Stockton, Calif.

Hall & Christ AttractionsMay 29-June 5 Memphis, Tenn.

29-Juiy 6 Honolulu, Haw.

Kaye Hollywood Elephantsto June8 Bentley Bros. Cir.

John Mac Kay - ClownMay 30-June 1 Shreveport, La.

Shanghai Acrobatsto June 1 Los Angeles, Calif.

Harry Thomas - TigersMay 30-June 1 Shreveport, La

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ZORAH TEMPLE SHRINE CIRCUS• • • by Kaye Scheiman

The 1980 edition of the Zorah Temple ShrineCircus, at Terre Haute, Ind., was produced byEddie Zacchim, with 6 shows presented on Apr.25 thru 27. The show's ringmaster was Bill B o r -ed and Keith Killinger conducted the band. Theclowns included Dime and Connie Wilson, Den-nie Pmson, Jr. and David Strong.

The program featured: Gina's Royal Palace Leopards (Antonette and Harry Dubsky, SO; TheClowns with eggs; Miss Dianne Valentine, trap-eze; Miss Maryse Begary, trapeze; Wilson's Dres-sage Horses (Joan and Dennie Pinson, Sr.l; Al'sLemon-zeen (Rose and Fay Alexander); SusanSheryll's Royal Afghans (Davide and SusanZoppe); Trudy's Dalmations (Trudy and BillStrong); Clowns; Watt & Wendy, teeterboard,(Walt and Wendy Patterson); The Pinson Duo,cradle; Intermission; The Flying Valentines;Clowns and Jargo; Benny and Yvonne Cristianiwith comedy mules; Mr. Bell, balancing (WaiterPatterson): Harry James, balancing (Harry Dub-

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EMMETT KELLY CIRCUS

The program for the Emmett Kelly, Jr. Circus atAustin, Texas, on May 3-4, lists the followingacts:

Clark's lions; Emmett and Want More; Grinn &Barren, casting; The De Daldos, aerial motor-cycle; Emmett and Balloon; The Kents, balan-cing; Emmett and Hankie; Francarru & Estrele-ta, perch; Intermission; The Castle Bears; Em-mett and Magic; Maradon Duo, wire; The Toys,balancing; Emmett and Hands; The Francarras,foot juggling; Emmett and Nancy thank theband; The Claytons, whips and ropes; Nancygives show times; Dondi the elephant; Emmettand Nancy say goodbye.Nancy Kelly was the ringmistress; Bob Sell han-dled lighting, sound and props and Bob Meyerprovided the music.

M & M CIRCUS

The line-up of acts with the M & M Circus at itsLincoln, Nebr., engagement (Apr. 22-27} includ-ed:Circus Spec "The Good Old Days"; HarryThomas, tigers; Francarro & Estreleta, hangingperch; Miss Loni, foot juggling; Don Phillips &Co., unicycle/juggling; The Freddies, rola bola;The Super Lokos, comedy; Willy Lenz, chimps;Intermission; Victor Julian's Little Stars presented by Leo Coffey; Aerial display with 4 girls onweb and featuring Miss Galla Shawn; The Sma-ha's horses; William Wilson, elephants; The VanNoys and The Kursawes, cycles; The Flying Va-tencias, flying act; Clowns and the Long Shirt.The circus was produced and directed by GraceMclntosh and Charles Marine; Jim Douglass wasthe announcer/equestrian director; Wm, BoomBoom Browning, was band leader; Vemon Wo-erner. producing clown, with lone and Donnie

Mclntosh handling concessions.The three elephants came from the Carson &Barnes Circus.

KORA TEMPLE'S SHRINE CIRCUS

The program for the Kora Temple Shrine Circuslists the following acts:Spec "Ceasar's Triumphal March"; Jorge Bar-reda, lions; Carmen del Molino, balancing trap-eze; The Great Alonzo, whips; Matched PonyRevue; Circus Clowns; The Rolling Diamonds,roller skaters; La Vonne, could swing; The Gu-tis Family, jungle parody; Intermission. MissDiana, foot juggler; Lou Ann Jacobs, aerialist;Johnson's performing bears; Circus Clowns; theIncomparable Joselito, high wire; Al and JoyceVidbel, elephants.The circus was produced by Wayne McCary; themusical director was Fred Petra; Ray Tayler,handled props and transportation, while CharlieVan Buskirk, was the announcer.

SCIMITAR SHRINE CIRCUS

The annual Scimitar Temple Shrine Circus pro-duced by Sam T. Polack, was presented at LittleRock, Ark., on April 25-26.The show included Al Dawley, ringmaster, RonKelroy, prop boss, Al Vernon, musical director,with clowns Joe Sherman, Phil Granger, etc.Acts included: Lilli-Ana, leopards; The Bertinis;Comedy Mule; Mafalda; The Grimaldis; JugglingJewels; Walt King's mixed animals; The Bisbinis;Tino Wallenda Zoppe, high wire; Poppini & Co.;Erna's chimps; Olinka, single trapeze; the ZoppeRiding act; Young Troupe, teeterboard; the WaltKing Elephants; Flying act.

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Show ReportTHE M&M CIRCUS

...by Bill Galloway

Omaha, Nebr. • Apr. 15-20 - This was the thirdyear for the M&M Production in Omaha and allattendance records were broken. A strong line-up, coupled with good weather had the attend-ance 8,000 ahead of last year for this TangierTemple Shrine date. M&M has resigned to pro-duce the Temple's 1981 circus.Program: Shrine Activities; Overture; Spec "TheGood Old Days"; Harry Thomas, tigers; Francarro & Estreleta, perch; The Freddies, rola bola;The Albertis, rolling globes; Super Lokos, come-edy knockabout; Miss Loni, foot juggling; DonPhillips & Co., juggling/unicycle; Frank Clark &Co., foot juggling; Willy Lenz, chimps; Clownswith Fire Crackers; Display with The Bertloffsand Mario Alberti; Victor Julian's Little Starspresented by Leo Coffey; Intermission; The

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MANZINI, escape artistes starring in the Broad-way show "Barnum" thru June 13th, after thathe goes to Great Adventure Park in New Jerseywhere he will be presenting his thrilling escapes.

DIETER WICHERT, wild animal trainer, nowworks two of the Cuneo animal acts • the cat actof 8 tigers and 1 lion, plus the three elephant act.

COL. LUCKY LARABEE writes he is feeling bet-ter every day. He has signed with the Hubler Int.Circus for its dates at Bellevue and Granite City,and he will also appear with the Hubert CastleCircus at Flint in 1981.

VINCE CARMEN, illusionist, reportedly set anew record in escaping from a strait jacket whilesuspended upside down by a huge crane. Theevent took place in Buenos Aires early thismonth.

GEORGE CORONAS reports he has signed all ofhis circus dates for 1981 again, and that he is nowsetting new dates for next year, including tenShrine dates.

GORDON SMITH, Executive Act Producer, forTV's "Circus of Stars" show is presently scout-ing new acts for the upcoming annual presenta-tion. They hope to provide all new acts for thisnext presentation.

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JOE JEFF and NANCY LYNNER, are the Mimeartists who star in The Wonder Company, whichcompleted a three day stint at the Town EastMall (Mesquite, Texas) on May 10th. The sur-prise for Mom theme included something foreveryone, even with audience participation.Their son MAX DARWIN (5 yrs old) almoststole the show, with his red clown nose.

JERRY COLLINS, owner of the Beany-ColeCircus, was pictured in the magazine "Tourist"for the Spring of 1980. The feature included afull page plus story about the circus.

CAROL BUCKLEY and "Baby Tana" will bepromoting the Sparkelbarry School, a charityfor handicapped children. Baby Tarra, is theworld's only roller skating elephant.

MARTIN (Lancelot Goodperson) REEVES andJOE (Jo Jo) VINEYARD, of Alley 85, COA. inDallas worked that city's "Homer's How To"show, and the Hella Shrine Clowns worked theKiddie Corral for the 3 day event.

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The Lee Stevens Duo (Steve Mitchell and SteveRibochonek) visited with Stu Miller's MagicTime USA show on May 3rd, while the showwas enroute to New England.Stu and Sara both look great. They've had thewhole fleet repainted and it looks very flashy.While visiting we, along with Stu's stage manager, Peter Sturgis, and Rick and Bonnie Percy(trumpet and organ), decided to catch the Cor-onas show in West Orange, NJ.Mary Ruth's new standard poodle act is a win-ner. We cut up jackpots with Circus fans TinyPhillips, Henry Bush, Albert House, David Bar-nes (from England) and his nephew David MeConned. David Barnes, by the way, writes forEngland's "King Pin" magazine, which is sortof the equivelent to Circus Report in theircountry.

David arrived on May 2nd, then on May 3rd hewas to catch the Coronas show, on May 4 theHamid-Morton show, on May 5th he was off toGreat Adventure Park to visit with David MeMillan, May 6th he planned to spend on theRinglingshowat Madison Square Garden, May7th he was going to see the stage shows "SugarBabies" and "Barnum". then on May 8th, he

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GEORGIA NOTES.. ..... by Dr. Paul Fitzpatrick

On Monday, April 21st, Hoxie Bros. Circus setup at the Indian Lake Fairgrounds in Jonesboro,Ga., where Charlie Cambetl, Bob Brisendine, JoeBradbury and I, along with an out-of-state cir-cus fan visited the show. This is a good show,with clean equipment and a tent that is in goodshape. They had to set up on a soft lot here.On May 1st, the Great American Circus playedat Barnesville. Ga. and my thanks to both BobGreen and John Silver-lake for a pleasant day.

was to visit Ringling's Red Unit in Providence,and on May 9th he planned to see Radio CityMusic Hall, prior to leaving for home May 10th.

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.... from Beverly Wa//a»

Business here in Rio de Janeiro (4 weeks) hasbeen fair to poor. Our concession man is goingto leave and already we have lost several peopleincluding dancers and crew members. Both ofour boys now help to get the show set up andthen tear it down on moving day.During the set-up here at Rio, Omar was on thetruss (40 ft. high) when the end he was on slip-ped 3% feet. He came down the ladder just asthe other end of the truss slipped loose fromthe ceiling. It was broken in two pieces and isnow wired together.The opening show was a half hour late gettingstarted, and in the comedy car number themain and only character in the skit never gotout on the stage. In the Banana Boogie numberwe dashed out on stage (in costume) to deadsilence, the tape had broken.A few nights later, the driver who comes to takeus home, had been drinking. He went too fastdownhill, had to make a quick turn, then jump-ed the curb and ended up in a ditch. One girl

suffered a cut tip, another chipped a tooth andeveryone had sore muscles and backs.A bit later on at the hotel all of the power wentout and I was stuck in an elevator, with severalother people in total darkness for about 15minuts • really was scary.But the city of Rio is beuatiful and we've beenmaking all of the sightseeing tours. We evenspent two evenings with Circus Orfei and en-joyed it.

CIRCUS HALL OF FAME

Acts currently working at the Circus Hall ofFame in Sarasota, Fla., include:Miss Barbara (lee), ponies and poodles; AlfredoLandon, clown; Rudolph Del Monte; Clarissa,tightwire; Miss Barbara with Los Dos Cabalitosand the Rolls Duo, cradle.Music is provided by Leo Mascitto and the Halltour includes a magic show presented by RogerTaube.

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PICKLE FAMILY CIRCUS

In recognition of this the sixth year of the PickleFamily Circus, San Francisco's Mayor Diane Feinstein proclaimed May 19-26 as "Pickle FamilyCircus Week" in San Francisco.To celebrate the event the circus presented aspecial sneak preview performance in the Ro-tunda of the City Hall.The performance was at12 noon on May 19th.This year's program features the return of Lum-mox, the show's huge dancing and performingdog, the Pickle Family Circus Band, playing se-veral new and orginal tunes, the Pickle FamilyAcrobats on the trampoline, Miss Wendy on thetrapeze, plus Lorenzo, Peggy, Mr. Sniff andWilly T. Clown, in bits of clowning and juggling.The entire troupe has only just returned from athree month stay in Malta where they workedon the upcoming movie "Popeye". The film wasproduced by Robert Altaian and stars RobinWilliams and Shelley Duvall. It is scheduled tobe released about Christmas time.

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fciGEORGIA NOTES. . .

• - • by Dr. Paul Fitzpatrick

On April 4th, Franzen Bros. Circus played atthe Rex Road Shopping Center here in Morrow(Ga). I attended the afternoon performancewith Dr. Emmett Tec, Asst. Supt. of Schools,while in the evening I went with Charlie Camp-bell.It was a good show and Charlie said it was thebest animal oriented circus he has seen in a longtime.

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CIRCUS QUIPS. . . .by KARL J. BISCHOFF

ABOUT THE ONLY THING some showpeople do better than other* ... is read theirown handwriting.

ROUTING A CIRCUS successfully is that youcan't be sure if the other show is FOLLOWINGyou or CHASING you.WHEN it's lunch time on some circuses some

wives are the FASTEST 'THAWS' IN THEWEST.

HOW ABOUT the blacksmith on a railroadshow years ago who was instructing a new em-ployee how to bend a horse shoe. He said 'whenI nod my head you hit it with this hammer.' Theapprentice did exactly what he was told. FROMTHEN ON THE BLACKSMITH WORKEDALONE.

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EMMETT KELLY, J r . S e zCircus acts, especially those with animals, while

traveling on the N. Y. Thruway. and looking fora place to stop overnight. All circus acts are wel-comed at the Herkimer Diamond DevelopmentCorp. ( K O A m the KOA Directory), R. R. 1, Rte28, Herk.mer, NY 13350 (Phone: 315-891-7355}Located just 6 miles north of Thruway Exit 30,on Route 28 North-.You can also dig fur Herkimer Diamonds whilethere if you have time. The fee is $2.00 per dayper person. Keep all you find or dig. Bring yourchisels, and a 2 Ib. hammer, and a 10 Ib. sledge.You can also buy Herkimers in the gift shop.You can also buy rocks from all over the world• he has the largest mineral and gem museum inthe U.S.These fine people are Virginia and Van Any, andthey advise that if people are coming in over theholidays that advance reservations are needed.For people who might want open area, awayfrom everyone else, there is roughly 15 acres ofgreen lawn on which you can stake out animals.It is a problem to unload manure while travelingso while discussing this with Van he said he'd"welcome it • to spread on his grounds".By the way, if you are there on a Saturday nighthis Crystal Chandelier Club is open, offeringmixed drinks, beer, wine, etc. There is a countryand western band and its a good place to kickup your heels.

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... by Jon Seaver

I write for your help and the assistance of yourreaders in locating Bob Kline. He had been withKing Bros, and I'm told he might not be withthe Beany-Cole Circus.Arthur Provencher, new owner of Benson's WildAnimal Park, Hudson, NH (where new circus actsare performing including Frank Mogyorosi andhis lions), suggested that I write you. He has alsolost contact with the former handler of a spec-ial elephant.Jackie, a "peg-leg" young elephant that Art pro-vided a loving home for (July 4,1976 to July 4,1979 when she died) is the subject of a book Iand working on.She had been stepped on by a larger elephant intransport when she was with the King-Cole cir-cus. Art took the 10 yr. old Jackie when thecircus, then in Nashua, NH, could no longer sup-port her. She could no longer stand the dailytravel. She proved the catalyst for the start of awhole new family entertainment center in NewEngland.

STRONG'S CIRCUS FARMSeveral show folks were laying over at Sill andTrudy Strong's Circus Farm early this month.They included: The Flying Lanes, Dime andConnie Wilson. Joanne and Dennie Pinson, andWalt and Barabara King.Other visitors have included the Eugene Nockfamily. While there Eugene, Jr. bought himselfa classic 1957 Cadillac, which he plans to re-store.On May 13th, the film crew from the "TodayShow" were at the farm, filming its activitiesand the show folks there, for a segment of thatTV show. No date has as yet been announcedfor its airing.

Mr. Kline could provide me with invaluable in-formation on Jackie's life prior to her stay withthe Provenchers. If you know him or his where-abouts, please ask him to call me collect at: 603• 669 • 3362 in the early evenings or write me at66 'B' St., Manchester, NH 03102.

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DIAMOND HORSESHOE THEATRE, DisneyWorld. Orlando. Fla. - by Frank Herman

You have to have a ticket. They do six showsevery day and if you do not have a ticket by10:20 a.m. . . you are out of luck . . .it's SROfor every performance. An enviable record fora show that has been running in the same theatrefor nine years.The theatre-showroom reproduces a CaberetMusic Hall of the Gay 90's period, completewith orchestra pit. box seats stylized footlights,asbestos front curtain • the works.The show opens with an overture from the livepit band that sets the mood. This musical groupreally knows how to cut a vaudeville show andparticipate in the comedy bits. Overture is fol-lowed by a series of satirical slides that lead intoa fast chorus of four pert dancers. The costumesand choreography are perfect.David Haine is the perfect "leading man" typesinger and Shirley Mattschc in Eva Tanguey at-tire is the star female vocalist. Both work effeclively in solo sopts with nostalgic melodies, ef-

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fective audience participation and return towork in comedy skits with top banana BevBergeron.Disney World has a large turnover audience,however, Bergeron has built up a loyal follow-ing of repeaters who greet his first appearancein the review with spontaneous applause. Hisfirst spot as the "Traveling Salesman" combinescrossfire banter with David Haines and then Bevcontinues with solo magic, juggling loaded withsurefire comedy. Highlight of his first routineis with a youngster from the audience who getsentangled in a maze of magic wands that keepmultiplying.The show continues with more bright chorusnumbers and vocal spots building to a "PecosBill" finale that uses the entire cast. Bev Berg-eron is the central figure in this segment andhas the audience rolling with an amazingly fun-ny bean shooting routine.Audience response is great throughout the showand ends with a rousing explosion of applauseand cheers.

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Once in a while one is tempted not to buy abook because it may be a little expensive or thefunds are low, or maybe one hopes it will be-come available later on in a cheaper edition orat a special price. Too often one just loses out,for many times a book just sells out, then goesout of print more often than does a book getdumped onto the bargain counters.Unfortunately, there is no way of telling whatsort of treatment a book will get and so oftenone finds a book on the bargain counter afterhaving paid full price for it.One that I thought was too good for cut-ratetreatment has made the grade, so to speak, andthose who paid $7.95 for their big "100 Yearsof Magic Posters" now find it is selling for just$4.95 (plus $1.03 postage, 50c ins.) I was oneof those who when the book came out in 1976suggested that you buy two since the postersare all printed back-to-back.This big beautiful book was a good buy at itsoriginal price, with 112 pages, 11x16 in.andits color posters. A special section describeseach poster and one owes Charles Reynoldsand his wife Regina a deep debt of gratitude forcollecting these treasures. It was no easy job,let alone providing the story for each one.The posters range from the "golden age" of ma-gic posters (1875/1925 to some of the currentones for Mark Wilson and Doug Henning. Don'tenvy your friends who already have this book,get your own copy while you can. A year or sofrom now they'll all be gone, (to repeat $4.95,plus $1.03 postage and 50c insurance, with salestax of 30c for Californians).Another book bargain that has turned up is"Street Magic". It's an illustrated History of theWandering Magicians and their Conjuring Artsby Edward Claflin, in collaboration with JeffSheridan, Street Magician.I let this one slip by in 1977 when it came out,not only because it was a paperback and pricedat $5.95, but I thought it was just a build-up fora local N.Y. street performer. Today it is avail-able for $3.49 (postage is 81c, ins. 50c) and it'sa great buy.

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Measuring 8 x 11 in., it has 157 pages of text, abibliography and an index. It tells of the earlyperformers with their bags and balls, wide cover-age embellished with fine prints of noted collec-tions. Mr. ClafHn has done his research well andan informative book results.There is much of interest and explanation of thework of the fakirs, the oriental, the htndu won-der workers and only a chapter on the modernstreet performer, and this being the New Yorkperformer Jeff Sheridan. Each city has its ownworking for tourists or show attenders. I'vewatched them in London and San Francisco andthis book would have been better if mention hadbeen made of these other entertainers. You'llfind Houdini here, as well as Kreskin and Geller,street performers?

This is a book that seems to have missed itsaim, but nonetheless it is interesting and desire-able and is just $3.49.Searching further for bargain magic books wecome across "Professor Hoffman's Modern Ma-gic", edited by Richard Robinson. Published in1977 for $6.95. copies are now available for

On The CoverThis week's cover photo is another of the watercolor drawings by Robert 6. Johnson. It is titled"Early Day Truck Show."This is a small truck show, just getting set up onthe lot. Animals are being unloaded, a cage hasbeen opened and a dog scampers about, enjoyinghis new location.

$4.95 (postage 81c, ins. 50c. Calif, sales tax 26c)A big soft covered, color covered book, 8Vi x 11in. with 173 pages of text. This desecration of aclassic has been "improved" by photos, an indexand a brief bit of information on dealers, andsuch magical information.With the Dover reprint of Modern Magic in 1978now available for $6.00 (postage 8k) one canget the full treatment instead of in sections ofwhat Houdini stated was "by far the greatestbook of its kind in this or any other language."The beginner or teenager, however, might likethis rehash while a collector would shudder up-on seeing it. The curious will find many secretshere that are explained and will appreciate themodern photos, etc. At $4.49 it is a good value.