circus report, april 25, 1977, vol. 6, no. 17 2 april 25, 1977 show notes the emmett kelly, jr....

6th Year April 25, 1977 Number 17

Stock HoldingGulf & Western Industries, Inc., have obtained 1.8 million shares of Madison Square Gar-

den Corp., as a result of its recent purchase offer. The company had offered to buy all 2.9million outstanding shares of Madison Square Garden Corp., at a price of $10 per share.

Gulf & Western, which owns Paramount Pictures, Consolidated Cigar Corp. and SchrafftCandy, now owns 3.7 million shares of Madison Square Garden Corp. stock. This gives them a77% share of the New York entertainment facility.

In addition, Penn Central Transporta-tion Co., offered 207,618 shares, which couldgive the company an 81% ownership. Howeverthe sale of these shares must be approved bya U. S. District Court overseeing Penn Cen-tral's pending reorganization.

Madison Square Garden, home of abasketball and hockey team, has lost moneyever since it opened its new building in1968.

A New ShowThe coming third RBBB unit is to be calledRingling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey ThrillCircus and will be premiered at the Ohio StateFair in Columbus on Aug. 22-28. A good dealof interest is already being shown in the showand as a result several big fairs are expected tosign the show as their feature attractions forlate this year and next season.

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Area Code 213 • 462-600190028

April 25, 1977

Show NotesThe Emmett Kelly, Jr. Circus achieved anotherfirst when it became the first circus to play inthe new Sunrise Music Theatre at Fort Lau-derdale (Fla), showing there April 5-7. Circusperformances were scheduled at 11 a.m. and2 p.m. each day, after which the entire circushad to be dismantled and moved out to allowthe Tony Orlando and Dawn Show room forits 8:30 p.m. shows each night.

The program line-up included: Overture withStanley Friedberg and orchestra; Charles Wend-ley, MC; Cimse's Russian Wolfhounds andPomeranians; Emmett Kelly, Jr.; The BumpyFamily, aero; Karol's Feathered Fantasy;Wendley & Co., magic/illusions; The NavarroTroupe, bikes; Welde's Bears; Emmett Kelly,Jr. and Nancy; Veno Venito, sword balance;The Stevens, comedy trampoline; Prince Naj-vez, aerial; Finale and exit march.

The show's program for its April 8-10 date atMt. Prospect (Dl) featured: The Quassars, roc-ket ship; Johnny Zoppe's Rhesus Monkeys;

LOLA de FuMANCHU was recently named"The International Lady of Magic"LESLIE .SMITH, of Owen Magic, is writing abook about magic and magicians.

The Pharoahs, cradle act; Princess Sonja, aer-ial; Susan Sheryll's Royal Afghans; The Kents,balancing; Kent Clayton and Donna, whipsand ropes; The Wainwrights, trampoline/aero;and Emmett Kelly, Jr. who flew in from Flor-ida for the engagement. The Mike Pike Triohandled the musical background, while KentClayton was the show's announcer.

Acts appearing with the show at South Bend,Ind. (Apr. 21) and St. Louis, Mo. (Apr. 24)were: Kent Clayton and Donna, ropes andwhips; the Willy Lenz Chimps; the JohnsonBears; Carmen del Molino, trapeze; The Kents;Audrey and Bunny, low-wire; the AlbertoZoppe Troupe; Marco Polo. Kent Clayton wasthe announcer and the Doug Daniels Trio pro-vided the music.

FOR SALEFULL AND COMPLETE CIRCUS - READY TO GO - ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SET UP

Was the Wallace & Rogers Circus - Title also for sale, has best reputation of any show

BIG TOP - 80 ft. wide with a 40 ft. middle -120 ft. long Made of Blue and White vynalcoated dacron.

SEAT TRAILERS (2) 35 ft. and 31 ft. long.Takes one man five minutes to unfold aftertrailer is unloaded. Both trailers are bleachertype seats, 10 rows high. Also have a ten highset-up of bleachers for one end of tent, withsafety chains, stringers and jacks. Have extrableachers that attach to 35 ft. trailer, also tenrows high.STAGE TRAILER - Portable 33 ft. Frontside folds down to make a 30x1 6 f t . stage. Asection of floor lifts up to reveal an 8x16 ft.trampoline built into stage. Carries all props,ring curbs and rigging. When fully loaded cantake up to 10,000 Ibs. (All trailers can behauled by pick-up trucks).

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DODGE TRUCK - 1974 - 2 ton - 4 speed trans-mission. 2 speed rear end. Excellent runningcondition. Original 318 engine, 50,000 miles.Has horse compartment behind cab, also a 15KW Diesel generator with 125 gal. tank and aspool for big top. Also electrical cables andan electric arc welder.'

MOON WALK - Midway attraction - In goodshape - Hardly used.

CONCESSION TRAILER - 33 ft. - This is acombination concession and office unit witha ticket window and living space. Lots of hoiholding tanks. Concessions in rear of trailer.Has 3 axles and is 2 yrs. old and in excellentcondition. Looks like any normal trailer goingdown the highway. No weigh station stopsif pulled by a pick-up or camper. Also havesome concessions left over.

HELENE HARTZELL2401 Kings Way - Space 23 (702) 873-4714Las Vegas, Nevada - 89102

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The Brazos Valley Folks, write! Anyone with Al G. Barnes Circusopening in Hollywood, Calif., in 1929, write! Also Dave Little, whowas with Taylor Bros. Circus in 1930, write!Anyone with these circuses — Sparks, John Robinson, Sells Floto,Cole Bros, in 20's and teens; C. R. Montgomery's Wild Animal Circus,Dailey Bros. Circus, Bud E. Anderson's Seal Bros. Circus or DormanBros. Circus.

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Opens TodayThe Famous Hunt's Circus starts its 1977 tourtoday (April 25) at Burlington, N.J., with anextensive tour that will see the show operat-ing along the east coast. The circus will offera 90 minute program in a one ring formatthat has proved successful for the circus inthe past.

All trucks have been newly painted and sev-eral new pieces of rolling equipment have beenadded, including two colorful advance trucks.In addition to novelties, candystand and aneating facility, the circus midway will featurea petting zoo, Jumping Jack and elephantrides.

The show program will feature: the MillerBros., cradle; Herriott's dogs and pony review;Congo & Co., gorilla parody; Barry MillerTroupe, comedy trapeze; Herbie Weber andMarcella, tightwire; Herriott's dressage horse;The Great Huberto, slide for life; Mary Ruth,aerialist; Miss Herriott, juggling, mixed ani-mals and elephant; Marcella and Mary Ruth,

swinging ladders. Clown Alley includes: Bar-bara Hunter, Carol tJillette and Mary Wise.

The show staff includes: Marsha Hunt Jonesand Don Jones, general managers; Harry Hunt,consultant and director emeritus; Bob Owen,boss canvasman/announcer; Arthur Brown,transportation supt.; William Thomas, electri-can; Bob Momyer, press; Terry Burke and RonDeHoff, advance; Barney Barnhart, drummer;Wilma Rench, organist; Sara Barnhart, cookhouse; Bill Thomas and Frank Dow, novelt-ies; Herbert Weber, candy stand; Jack Renchboss props; Rick Biddle, assistant canvasmanand Rick McConnell, 24 hour man.

WANTEDWest Coast Acts or acts passing throughthe state who have open time available.

TNT & ROYAL OLYMPIC CIRCUSEarl Tegge

P.O.Box 39, Garden Grove, Ca. 92642Phone: (714) 636-5608

BILLY BARTONTHOSE WHO THINK the last of the great femalesingle trapeze stars have all but disappeared with theretirement of LA NORMA and PRINCESS TAJANAI suggest you RUN - don't walk - to Hoxie's GREATAMERICAN CIRCUS where a brilliant chip-off-an-aerial star of-the-past (Aerialetta: Ethel Jennier) isshining like a fine cut diamond in the circus firma-ment! The luminary to whom I'm referring is thesensational JO ANN JENNIER who performs thesort of high flying, suicidal trapeze act, I had des-paired of ever seeing again. Miss JENNIER rolls upthe web, does a back-balance spin on it, goes nextto the swinging trapeze upon which she executes aseries of heart-stopping, rope-buckling, rapid-fireankle catches climaxed by a free, forward divingONE HOCK drop without "cheating" by lockingthe lag! On top of this, the pert and vivacious JOANN rolls back down the web! How this remarkabletalent has remained hidden from the major indoorShrine dates (as well as others) is a mystery AND atragedy that must be rectified. As for the diminu-tive Miss Jennier, if she'll take my advice, she'll be-gin to accustom herself to being what she truly is- A STAR !!TO CATCH A THIEF (can be dangerous). Giantclown BUCK NOLAN spied a thief stealing a bicycleat a Florida shopping center, gave thase with histruck, cornered the culprit and led him to the ad-ministration office where, as they were waiting forthe police to arrive, the thief attacked Buck and cuthis face. Luckily the cops arrived in the nick oftime. Buck, who is a flea market freak, advises thatit was agent HOWARD SCHULTZ who first discov-ered the fire at the Rochester War Memorial thiswinter.

SNAPSHOTS: CAROLINE JACOBI has been wing-ing from one end of the country to another - start-ing in the East, flying West, back to the mid-west,down to the Southwest and back to the East. "It'sgetting to be a way of life," sighs Caroline....BILLYGUNGA, now with Hoxie's G-A, told me they have-n't had a day off since they closed the show lastfall until they reopened Apr. 2nd. They've beenplaying club dates and a string of Sports Shows.Billy's "glass balancing" act, by the way, is an orig-inal....Young BOB HANNIGAN, G-A office mgr.,spent 3 seasons with Circus Kirk....BILL HILL re-ports an excellent run of Christmas dates, producedand promoted in tandem with his son, Allen. BothAllen, and Bill's other son, Ted, are promoting forthe two Hoxie owned shows....Just because the Hox-ie Big Top Circus is for sale, don't think anyonewith the loot can just walk in and buy it! And Ican understand Hoxie's feelings. The circus was built

on one man's blood, sweat and tears, and he has nointention of seeing that which he created be des-troyed by another's indifference. "Nobody," Hoxiedeclares, "has put as much money back into hisshows as I have over the years." Which is true! Theonly reason Hoxie considers selling the show is be-cause as he puts it, "I'm tired."

When HEIDI GUTIS GROGAN flew to San Juan torecupperate from an operation, wouldn't you know,hubby JIM came down with a severe and very pain-ful ear infection!FRAGMENTS: CYNDY MIGLEY's beauty will havean extra glow when her Virgo baby arrives in Mid-September....KAROL BEROSINI (Veno'swife)dresses her birds up in • are you ready - feathers!G A R Y HENRY returned from Puerto Rico to wifeZOE ANN with a face like a lobster (from being inthe hot sun so long). He says be lost 20 Ibs, butI'll just have to take his word for it!....Nobody onthe G-A Circus seems to work as hard or as long asCharlie Meyer's wife, JESSIE....A Crandon Park Zoo(Miami) elephant gave birth to a 120 Ib , 3 ft. tallinfant. Handlers thought she was just gaining weight.Boy, were they surprised!....The "People" story(Apr. 4) on RBBB's DOLLY JACOBS was very nicebut a bit "unfair" of the writer to refer to LU ANNas the "older sister, a trapezist who performs with alesser troupe". Seems to me "lesser," like "beauty"is in the eye of the beholder!....PRINCE NAJVEZcelebrated half-a-century while with Circus Odysseyin Puerto Rico, marking his 43rd year as a centerring performer. It was a Gala Celebration.Circus Odyssey bandleader WILLY MARAMBIO is anut, but a delightful one. Enroute from Ponce to SanJuan the band bus pulled alongside the performer'scoach on the freeway and for several miles, seren-aded the performers with German Beer DrinkingMusic, while the performers raised beer cans in "pro-sit"! At the end of the concert Willy twirled histoupee aloft as their bus pulled ahead with a squealof tires and a cacophony of horn toots! ....If MAN-UEL RUFFIN and BOBBY GIBBS are competing tooutdo each other as "practical jokers", forget itboys. It's a tie VIVIAN (Scott) and RICK HAL-BROOK have moved from the farm to civilization!BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS: BILL HILL,RICK PASCA and others, were standing under theG-A marquee cutting up jackpots when HOXIETUCKER displayed a very sore finger, explaining:"See that cut? I was rinsing my partial plate likeI've done hundreds of times when the damn thingbit me!"See you down the road, luvs...

ROUTESBeatty-Cole Bros. Cmb. Circus

Apr. 25-27 Durham, N. C.29 Dover, Dela.

30-May 1 Wilmington

Carson & Barnes CircusApr. 25 Garden City, Kans

26 Lamar, Colo.27 Genoa28 La Junta29 Canon City30 Colorado City

Circus CarolApr. 30 Concord, Calif.

Circus OdysseyApr. 24-27 Providence, R.I.

Circus VargasApr. 25-27 Thousand Oaks, Cal.

Famous Hunt's CircusApr. 25 Burlington, N.J.

Franzen Bros. CircusApr. 25 Obion, Tenn.

27 Hickman, Kty.28 Clinton29 Wickliffe30 Smithland

Hamid-Morton CircusApr 30-May 1 Cherry Hill, N.J.

Hagen Wallace-Sells & GrayApr. 25 Barnesville, Ga;

26 Carrolton27 Forest Park28 Dalton29 Rossville30 Madisonville, Tenn.

May 1 Maryville

Int'l All Star CircusApr. 26 New Haven, Conn.

27 Waterbury28 Bristol29 Torrington30 Holyoke, Mass.

May 1 Worcester

King Bros.-Cole CircusApr.. 25 Kinston, N. C.

26 Goldsboro27 Wilson28 Rocky Mount

M & M CircusApr 26-May 1 Lincoln, Nebr.

Olympic Int'l CircusApr 30-May 1 Monroe, La.

Polack Bros. CircusApr 29-May 1 Oakland, Calif.

Ringiing-Barnum - Blue Unitto May 1 Largo, Md.

Ringling-Barnum - Red Unitto June 5 New York, N! Y.

John Strong CircusApr. 25 Oroville, Calif.

26 Corning27 Red Bluff

'28 Redding29 Roseville30 Pleasanton

May 1 Monterey

Strong & Luvas CircusApr 29-May 1 W. Monroe, La.

Yaarab Temple Shrine CircusApr. 15-24 Atlanta, Ga.

OTHER ROUTES . . .

Harry Chapin ShowApr. 27 Salt Lake City, Utah

28 Logan29 Phoenix, Ariz.30 Las Cruces, N. M.

James H. Drew ShowsApr. 26-May 1 Greensboro, N.C.

Lee Grabel & Co. (Magic)May 1-2 Tacoma, Wash.

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Circus performers traveling with James Het-zer's circus staged a daring act on May 4th inthe midst of the swirling waters traveling ap-proximately 35 miles per hour in the town ofWelch, W. Va.

The Grace Memorial Hospital was caught inthe midst of the flash floods that hit the area.Water was already entering the hospital whena cry went out for help in moving the pa-tients to safety.

Walter Taylor, David Locke and Lee Maloneyrushed through the five-foot deep water to getto the hospital. Immediately, they went intoaction moving patients from the first floor tothe third floor of the hospital, cutting offelectricity to avoid fires, saving precious hos-pital equipment and preventing the oxygentanks from exploding.

Downtown Welch was 24 feet above floodlevel when three men were discovered ma-rooned at a gas station 100 feet from thehospital. Taylor rigged a hand-line to helpsave these men. One of the men, a 15 yearold youth, went into shock and released thehand-line. Thinking quickly, Taylor dove intothe freezing water and caught the boy just ashe was about to be hit by a treet floating withthe raging current. Taylor broke two fingers asa result.

The Hetzer Circus is traveling throughout WestVirginia and Eastern Kentucky. Acts with theshow include: Randon's Dogs; Mr. Bell, bal-ancing; Joe Jackson, Jr., break-away bicycle;

• REWARD-$100.00 for RECOVERY of thefollowing:

1971 Yellowstone - Serial 80768 -sold to Sam and Henrietta Wexler

1968 Pathfinder - Serial 22719 -sold to Harry Nelso*

Contact Rick Swann collect(813) 870-1800

BOB MITCHELL, former ringmaster on thePolack Bros. Circus, is handling advance pub-licity work for the Hagen Wallace-Sells & GrayCircus this season.

GRACE WECKWERTH , GFA, recently under-went major surgery at the Kaukauna Commun-ity Hospital at Kaukauna, Wise. She would en-joy cards and letters. Mail should be sent to:1312 Oak Ridge Drive, Kaukauna, Wsc.54130.

ROUTESFamous Hunt's Circus

Apr. 25 Burlington, N. J.26 Bordentown27 Allentown28 Trenton29 Hightstown30 Presidential Lakes

.Kelly Bros. CircusApr. 25 Brownsville, Texas

26 Rio Grande27-28 Laredo

29 Alice

Tip Top ShowsApr. 27-May 1 Stevens Point, Wise.

DuBois Chimps; Marco Polo, swords and lad-der; Montrose Stallions; J. T. Rogers; DiscoDuck; Marcelli & Janis, wire; the Rolando's,juggling; Ms. Loreli, trapeze; Wendy & Walt,teeterboard; Playboy & Bunny, wire; Stupe-fying Jones and the Three Little Pigs; MikeRice's elephants; Hetzi, ringmistress/vocalistand Con Hall, percussionist. David Locke isproducing clown, along with Yo-Yo, Frizzo,and Eddie Swan. Walter Taylor is show supt.,Eddie Henderson, prop boss and Lee Maloney,musical director. Buzzy Cuttin, Mark and TonyCuttin and staff have concessions.

... Tom Greene

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COCO'S M U S I C A L C O M I X

Slapst ick Comedy

Clowns P l a y i n g Music

Appearing at

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July and August

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A V A I L A B L E

AFTER AUG. 31st, 1977•

PHONEMICHAEL POLAKOVS CATLETTSBURG, KY. 41129 606-928-9313

KARL WALLENDA is scheduled to make askywalk across San Francisco's CandlestickPark midway between a double-header gameon Sunday, May 8th;

MARY CULLEY and her Poodle Revue work-ed on April 16-17 for the French Hospital's125th anniversary in San Francisco.

BUCKLES and BARBARA WOODCOCK, plusBENNY WILLIAMS will join the Ringling-Bar-num Blue Unit for its 1978 tour, with 21 ele-phants. Benny, who is in Brazil, wil l return tothe states in time for the fall /winter show re-hearsals.

AXEL GAUTIER, Ringling-Barnum elephanttrainer on the Blue Unit, will take his herd ofelephants into the Circus World Park in Floridaat the conclusion of the show's current tour.

In Memoriam

BETTY WHEELER DAW, owner of the Cir-cus Hobby Hall at Coral Gables, Fla., died ather home on April 5th. Betty and her sister,Elinor, toured as the Wheeler Twins, and mether husband, Freddie, when he was a bandleader in Chicago. They both appeared on TVin Florida many times and entertained thou-sands of children at their Circus Hobby Hall.Betty was the first woman ever elected to of-fice with the Circus Model Builders. She issurvived by her husband, Freddie, and hersister.

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Contracting AgentCAN PLACE 2 AGENTS FOR 1977 TOUR OF MAGIC TIME 'USA'

Must have car and be familiar with telephone contracts. Must have qualityreferences and be able to firm strong badge deals. If you qualify, you willlike our proposition.

ABSOLUTELY NO COLLECT CALLS

Call: MEARL N. JOHNSONNorth American Productions

Johnson Bldg. - 151 W. Union Street - Somerset, Pa. 15501(814)443-4644

G&B Show32 elephants, count 'em 32 — little ones,middle sized ones and big ones too. They areall there as advertised when Carson & BarnesCircus comes to town. They also have camels,llamas, zebras, miniature donkeys, goats, sheep,sheep, black bears, hyena, lions, tigers andother animals.

It has been 30 years since this reporter hasseen so many animals in a menagerie and cir-cus patrons are treated to this rare thrill whenthey pass through the new Carson & Barnesorange and blue marquee on their way to thebig top. The big tent is the longest on theroad and has five center poles with two rowsof quarter poles. Reserved seats are on thefront side, with general admission on theshort side, along with the bandstand and per-

M I X E D A N I M A L A C T

Elephant (African male), Pony, Dog,Llama, Chimp and a Yak

Featuring a leg carry of the chimp bythe elephant

Also: Petting Zoo, Pony Rides andElephant rides

F O R A V A I L A B L E T I M EContac t : Ed D r a k e

Star R o u t e Box 336Tehachap i , C a l i f . - 93561

Phone: (805) 8 2 2 - 4 0 9 4

formers entrance..

When Carson & Barnes came to Monroe (La.)on Mar. 17th the first units on the lot wereDorey Miller's travel trailer and the seat truckwith poles and sidewall, driven by Jim Silver-lake. This year each truck cab has a beautifullogo of the show's title on its sides. The semiunits are painted with red and white stripes,while the cabs are blue.

The cookhouse and mail, plus route cards arehandled by Jackie Moos. The show's manageris Gladys Black, while Jim Silver-lake is incharge of canvas and lot supt., with Don Carrtaking care of the animal dept.

The midway includes a pony ride, moonbounce, ape show, ticket wagon and marquee.There is also a candy floss stand and a minia-ture horse pit show.

The show carries four portable rest rooms,their own gas truck, and a tire truck and asemi for the mechanic's shop. The last twounits that follow the show are truck wreckerunits, each towing a cab to replace any thatmight break down enroute. Everything seemsto be in excellent shape.

The lot at Monroe was a tight one, but wason a main street. The sponsor did poorly thisyear and even failed to get the show's permitwhich cost them an additional $180.

Dorey is certainly to be congratulated as hehas one of the real circuses on the Americanscene these days. His advertisements are likethose of the old days and he has what he ad-vertises will be there. M. L. Dupont


Cossack Elephants

Some Open Time After Sept. 5

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P h o n e : (214) 286-4294

Many t h a n k s for my spr ing work to :L. N. Fleckles, Mac M c G u f f i n , George Hub le r , Sam T. Polack

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MAGIC!Magic continues to be the top entertainmentfeature of the nation and hundreds of hardworking magicians strive to keep it popular.The number of youngsters who are interestedin magic is growing rapidly and clubs every-where are expanding at a healthy rate.

On almost everybook shelf one can find lit-erally dozens of magical books, and the mostpopular of these are the volumes writtenabout Koudini. Melbourne Christopher haswritten more than his share of these books,and now Leslie Smith, of Owen Magic, is put-ting a book together, about magic and magi-cians of the world. The release date is not toofar off. In addition to the books, Broadwayis preparing a musical, based on the life ofHoudini.

Attesting to the popularity of magic is thefact that last month seven magicians wereworking in the State of Oregon. Everywheremagicians are gaining headlines and fame andsome of those folks include:

DAVID MOBB, TOM STIMSON, GEORGEBEECHER, MIKE FROST and TROY STRAITare some of the advance and promotional crewthat keeps the Beatty-Cole Circus busy as itplays shopping centers for extended runs.

Joseph White, who moved from New Orleansto St. Augustine (Fla) to take over duties asmanager of the tourist attraction "Old Jail,Inc." — Charlie Myrick, escape artist workingin Japan will return to the states in July tostart a year's tour in the mid-west area.

Garry Hayes, magician has been seen work-ing at T.G.I. Friday's Restaurant in Nashville,where he features close-up magic. MeanwhileMark Sweet worked the Detroit Auto Showfor the Chrysler people, where he featuredhis Broom Suspension and the Sawing ALady in Half.

Vince Carmen, popular performer now fea-tures the old Thurston illusion "lasia" in hismagical evening show.


YEARS ABOSELLS FLOTO CIRCUS - May 19, 1928Pittsfield, Mass.

The Sells Floto Circus arriwd on one train of29 cars — 7 horse cars, 14 flat cars, 8 sleep-ers and 61 wagons. They also have one ad-vance car.

The show has 13 elephants, 10 camels and 14cages, with a big top, menagerie, side show,dressing top, two horse tents, dining tent, akitchen, privileges, band, wardrobe and twocandy stands.

Show colors are red, yellow and green. Thedining dept. is orange and tent poles are allhalf red and white, or half blue and yellow.

The big top seats consist of Blues, 18 rowshigh, Reserved 14 rows high and Grandstand14 rows high. There are two wagons for thegrandstand chairs, two seat plank wagons anda jack and stringer wagon.

The side show has 15 attractions with 14 ban-ners, an outside bally platform and two tic-ket boxes.

JOHN CUNEO visited the Circus Vargas dur-ing the show's engagement at Burbank, Calif.

BOB SPIKER and MICHON, animal trainers,visited BUCKY STEELE and ELOISE BERCH-TOLD who are with the Gatti-Charles Circus,at Ventura, Calif.JON FRIDAY has joined Franzen Bros. Cir-cus, handling the show's advance publicity.

THANK YOUTo The

GILBERT MILLER AGENCY

For Booking

LES THINIS TRAMPOLINE TRIOon the MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW

JOHN HANSEN

3070 - 8th St., Sarasota, Fla. 33577

Phone: (813) 366-5336 or(312) 358-2456

Meanwhile DICK OSLUND also joined theshow to handle billposting.

DANNY and SARAH CHAPMAN recentlyjoined Franzen Bros. Circus for the season.

LEIF and FRANCES OSMUNDSEN have re-tired from their company Leaf Tent and SailCo., of Sarasota, Fla. However Leif will con-tinue as a consultant and designer. The com-pany recently completed new canvas tops forCircus Vargas, John Strong, De Wayne Bros.,Circus Union and Cirque Gatini.

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April 25, 1977

Show ActsActs set to tour with the International 3 RingCircus in Japan, produced by Paul V. Kaye,include:

Baby Judy, African elephant; the Seven Alex-anders, teeterboard; Brian Fawcett's Chimps;the Kneisley Duo, aerial cradle; the NockBrothers, sway poles; the Mireille Troupe,trampoline; Ramon, balancing trapeze; TheFour Flying Ramos, flying act; Mister Bell,balancing; Mle. Evita, single trapeze; Philip D.McDonald, announcer; Jack Cervone, bandleader; Tracy Heaston, percussionist; The Fel-ler Boys and Dodo, tightwire; La Gran Ro-bert, cloud swing; The Jeffries, seals; GreatArturo, trapeze; The Freddies, unsupportedladders; the Young Duo, aerial cradle; theCanestrelli Family, trampoline; Horton'sWonder Bears; the Jupiter Trio, trapeze; MissAstra, sponge plunge; Valdes Duo, juggling;Rose Ann Moore, trapeze; Norbu, almosthuman gorilla; Harriet Beatty, lions; Najean,trapeze; Moore's Mongrel Revue; the Marko-vitch Troupe, Russian swing; Lorelei, trapeze;Alzana, high wire; the Walters Family, tramp-oline; Anne Pike, Roman rings.

Gowns with the show are: Blinko and Maran,Roger Arroyo, Tim Hill, Fred Lavine, ChrisBricker and Smiley Daly, Jr., the producingclown.

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TRUDY and BILL STRONG, DONNA andBILL BANNISTER, ELVIN, JEANETTE andNITA BALE, CHARLIE BAUMAN, ERMAand LOUIS TABAK, TONY and IRENE FOS-SETT and daughter CRISTINE were amongthe show visitors seen at the recent Shrinedate in Columbus, Ohio.KEVIN SEGER, who received his training asa member of the Amazing Monahans, is nowthe top-mounter in the Hortobagyi teeterboardact, playing Fleckles dates.

LINDA CHANDLER reports the cast has beenremoved from her arm and she is rapidly get-ting back to her regular routines.

"Donni" STAMBAUGH visited the Strong &Luvas Circus at Sh'reveport (La) on April 6thand stayed on to do some promotional workfor the show.JACK JOYCE recently trained animals forthe George Hanneford Family Circus and isnow putting a dog act together for a CentralAmerican show.

GEE GEE ENGESSER will work dates atLittle Rock, Duluth, Rock Island and Toledobefore she joins the DuBois Circus in Canada.

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The following musical score for the International All Star Circus was compiled byDr. Paul Fitzpatrick during the show's engagement at Atlanta, Ga., on March 6th.The show is operated by Jim Nordmark, with Hines Rucker serving as show an-nouncer and manager.

Overture - Miss Ivey - single trapezeJesus Christ Super Star Entry of the HeraldsMacArthur Park - Part 1 What Are You DoingThunder and Blazes Norwegian Wood

"I Eclipse GalopIf My Friends Could See Me

The Ruckers - uncaged leopardAbdallahJungle QueenBig Cage Galop

Ham TromboneSend In the ClownsRingling Bros. Grand Entry

Announcements - FanfarePatti Rucker - foot juggling

Up, Up and AwayOb La Di - Ob La DaWindyMambo JamboEl Cumanchero

Terry O'Brien - slack wireSamba D'OrtaSweetest SoundsDear WorldI Love You

Miss Tania - hair hangFor Once In My LifeShadow of Your SmileMercy, Mercy, MercyWith A Little HelpWalsenburg GalopFanfareI'll Never Fall In Love

Clowns - reducing gagTromboniumThey're Off Galop

Hines & Patti - magicMack the KnifeThe HustleTheme from 2001Put On A Happy FaceJohnny's Theme

rola bolaKerry Brown Duo -Breezing AlongMr. SandmanBroadway One StepThat's EntertainmentSmiles

Al's Pals - dogsMexican Hat DanceSa-Ku-RaBlusetteHello DollyCan Can ThemeYou Are The SunshineVentura HighwayEverything is Coming Up RosesAlabamy BoundAlabama Jubilee

Intermission —Candyman

Second Half Overture —No Business Like Show BizAnother OpeningBe A ClownClyde Beatty Radio March

Coco and Family - s^UtsKentucky SunriseMr. Tromboniology

Uncle Heavy's Pork Chop RevueTurkey In The StrawRuben and RachelOld MacDonaldOh, SusannaLooking Over a 4 Leaf CloverBeer Barrel PolkaWorms Crawl InBear Climbed the MountainShe'll Be Comin RoundSwanee

Clowns - The safeThe EntertainerHot Time in the Old Town

Diamond Duo - french trapezeCircus Life MarchMy Cherie AmourYesterdayGalop GoStar Trek Theme

Danny Kerry - hand balancingSky HighHere, There and EverywhereMacArthur ParkMy Hero

The Vasquez ChimpsBrazilHungarian DanceMexican Hat DanceGrazing in the GrassRhinestone CowboyBaby Face

MargieEleanor RigbyAbba Dabba HoneymoonTalk to the Animals

O'Brien Family - unicyclesSo What's NewCome to the CircusBe A ClownRiding High

Trunk Escape —Trombone BluesBlack MagicPresstissimo Galop

La Torres - elephantRoyal DecreeNight TrainWestern CaravanSong of the Volga BoatmenKeifer's SpecialBeahm's LullabyColossus of ColumbiaBravuraFame and Fortune

Exit March -Circus Bee

The show's band includes:Bob Amato - leader/trumpetGene Holm - trumpet/slide whistleBill Case - trumpetRobert Smith - tromboneDave Kennedy - tromboneDenny Gonya - drumsDavid Epperly organ/electric

piano/sound effects

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BILL HENDERSON visited Carson & BarnesCircus at Cleveland, Texas, and reports theyhave an exceptional band, directed by PERRYJOHNSON.

KING ARTHUR, the lion comic on the wire,recently played an April 1-10 engagement atKnott's Berry Farm in Southern California.

WALLY ROSS, elephant boss on Circus Var-gas was hospitalized in Southern Californiasuffering from pneumonia.

JENNY WALLENDA advises the time is ap-proaching for election of officers for theShowfolks Club. Jenny is on the board andthose wishing to nominate officers should con-tact her at once.

BENZINE, the Clown, visited Circus Vargasthis past week and writes the circus gave aperformance for patients at a Downey (Cal)hospital, where the show worked on the park-ing lot.

ournThe Dorian Blake Show played a series of en-gagements for the Belk Dept. Stores. Talentincluded Dorian Blake, Janice, Mike Naughton,Nora Woods and Scott Barker. Dorian, by theway, has signed to tour with Harry Rawls'Great American Chataugua which opens inMay in the mid-west.

Clown instructor Bobby Kaye returned to theRingling Red Unit in New York after dashingoff to the coast following the death of HaroldHall . . . RBBB clown Kathy Herb's fatherand step-mother were among those killed inthe jet crash at Tenerife. Mike Naughton

FRANK & ESTRELITA have missed some per-formances of Circus Vargas after Frank suf-fered an injury to his head which requiredseveral stitches.

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THE ULTRA SHOWGeorge Nissen, a trampoline salesman whotaught a kangaroo to bounce upon a trampo-line to boost sales in Australia, is now plan-ning an exhibit atop the 500 foot Giza Pyra-mid in Egypt. Late this month he will take16 Americans to Egypt to encourage the saleof trampolines in that country.

"If you have areputation as a kook, you haveto come up with something different whereveryou go," says Nissen, president of an Iowagymnasium equipment company.

BRADD and SHEILA FRANK visited withmany show folks in Florida this past month,including: JACK JOYCE, EVY and ED KAR-OLY, BOB and MARJ LANGIN. The latterfolks have their magic show at the Circus Hallof Fame.

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MiscellaneousThe Emmett Kelly, Jr., Circus is scheduled tostart a ten week tour in Japan on July 20th,with its first date at Beppu. The tour will beunder the auspices of Tomio Takeuchi.

The Karl King Ring of the CMB will hold athree day model display at Council Bluffs onJune 10-12. For information and space reser-vations contact: R. L. Ahart, 3509 Avenue D,Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501;

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ALBERT SAHLSTROM and JOHN HANSENreport they have signed the Michigan StateFair (Detroit) and the Delaware State Fairfor performances by the Royal Danish Circus.

CARLOS LOOPER, director of the SavannahMini-Circus had a group of children riding 3'to 13' unicycles in the St. Patricks Day par-ade and of the 150 units this group was se-lected as the most outstanding parade unit.

TOM UPTON and HARRY ELLIS visitedthe American Continental Circus at Fresno(Calif.) last week.

SMALL ONEThe royal Liechtenstein V-t Ring Sidewalk Cir-cus, now on its fifth annual tour, is playingcampus dates in the east. The show is operat-ed by Nick Weber, of San Jose, Calif., whowith two assistants presents the entire show.The complete circus fits into a % ton Dodgetruck, which is used as living quarters whenthe show is set up.

The show's season runs 32 weeks and theyaverage one performance a day throughoutthe tour. In all they cover about 41 states oneach tour, playing mainly at campus citiesacross the nation.

This year's performance includes foot juggling,clown dog act, monkey act, magic, fire eating,balancing act and a presentation of Houdini'smilk can escape.

LES THINIS and MISS TINA worked withthe Carden-Johnson Circus at Tampa and St.Petersburg (Fla) booked by the AmandisAgency.

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off and runningThe Kelly Bros. Circus, out of Tulsa, Okla.,opened its 1977 season in its home city on Mar.31st to strong crowds. Business since then hasbeen good as the show moves about throughTexas and Oklahoma.

The circus staff includes: Gordon Walsh, own-er/manager; Elaine Walsh, executive secretary;Don Bridwell, announcer/public relations; RayHartzell, musical director; Ray Strong, lot supt;"Nick" big top canvas; Joe Boloni, producingclown; Marie Armstrong, front door; The Fraun-steins, concessions; Fran Bridwell with Ron andPaulettte Braun, novelties.

The program, which runs a tight 1 hour and 45minutes features: Overture, Ray Hartzell; TheRicardo Troupe, tight wire; Clowns, gorilla par-

ody; Peanut sales pitch; Niel Franzen, chimps(2); Ray Hartzell, announcements; Ron andPaulette, in The Juggling Perrys; Bozo, theWonder Dog presented by N. Franzen; Clowns,wash day number; Miss Babi, single trapeze;Color Book/Balloon pitch; The Pietro Canes-trelli Family, teeterboard; Clowns, tug-of-war;Niel and Sue Franzen, goats and llamas; Pietroand Joyce, ladder balance; Clowns, the dyna-mic expert; The Ranos Duo, slack wire; TheFraunsteins, plate spinning; Miss Fabi, Span-ish web; Pietro & Pietro, comedy balance, andNiel Franzen with a baby elephant.

HISTORICAL FACT .. .

The Robinson & Schilder Show of 1928, man-aged by Bert W. Robinson played Los Angelesin early March and featured lions, bears, pon-ies, monkeys, etc under a n 80 ft big top withthree 40 ft. middles.

"Leon, when are you going to stop fooling and get that actready for a tryout?"


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a great showThe Int'l All Star Circus played the WhitehallHigh School Gym (just outside Allentown, Pa)on April 9th, giving a 3 p.m. performance thatwas nicely balanced, before an almost fullhouse. Everything about the show is clean andneat, with all props freshly painted and cos-tumes looking as if they just came from thedesigner's shop.The program included: Patti Rucker, footjuggler; The O'Briens, wire act; Miss Tanya,hair hang; Coco, Jr and Coco III, clowns; TheRuckers, magic; Carey & Brown Duo, rolabola; Al and His Pals (dogs); Miss Ivy, trap-eze; Hines Rucker, uncaged leopard; the showclowns on stilts; and intermission.In the second half were: Uncle Heavy's PorkChop Revue; the clowns; The Uptons, Frenchtrapeze; Dan Carey & Randa, hand balancing;the Vasquez Chimps; The O'Briens, unicycles;Dan & Randa, trunk escape, followed by theLaTorre's elephant.

.. Bill Slenker

MiscellaneousThe Stardust Circus closed in Oakland (Calif)on April 7th, returning to its Southern Cali-fornia base to reorganize and prepare for itsupcoming tour.

The Beatty-Cole Circus was set up on a sandylot at Davie, Fla. on April 7th, observers re-port, where several show trucks were trappedin the sand. A carnival on the show's frontend was set-up on more solid ground.

Show ReportThis year's Carson & Barnes Circus carries aneight piece band, directed by Perry Johnson,while the show's announcer is Dan Thompson.The cat act is worked by Dee Young, follow-ed by Don Carr with a lion and elephant. Thewire acts of Jeff Chalmers and Ricky Macias,are next, then comes the Loyals Riding act,and two cradle acts.Fernando Bautista does a one finger standand balancing number, the Loyal girl worksin a cradle act and rides a pad horse, then isalso working in the side show as a contortion-ist, The Aguilar Flying act features a blind-folded somersault, while the Bautista Fliersoffer a double and passing leap. Six clownsadd merriment to the show, doing severalnumbers.On the midway Shorty Shearer has a gorillaand Orang show, while Manuel King has thesnake show and pony ride.

.. John Beard

MiscellaneousIce America reportedly closed at Bluefleld, W.Va., after being ubale to overcome a varietyof problems that plagued the show since itsopening date.

Business for Hoxie Bros. Circus continues tobe "excellent" as it moves through Floridaand other southern states.

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NOTICEOn March 3, 1977 Judge Robert Fainer issued a CourtOrder in the Superior Court of California for theCounty of Los Angeles ordering CARRELL J. KAYE (alsoknown as Judy Kaye, Carrell Jacobs, Judy Jacobs and"Tink") to forthwith return to me (a) three femaleelephants, (b) 1970 Peterbilt diesel tractor, (c) 40foot Fruehauf semi-trailer (including contents) , and(d) Chrysler automobile.

The contents of that Court Order were subsequentlypublished in the March 21, 1977 issue of "The CircusReport" .

Since that time, CARRELL J. KAYE has absconded withsaid property and she (and her conspirators) arepresently in unlawful flight.

WARNINGAny person (or persons) aiding or abetting CARRELLJ. KAYE in said unlawful flight and/or illegallyconcealing from me the whereabouts of said propertymay be charged as an accomplice or accessory.

Public notice is hereby given that I shall instituteany and all possible legal proceedings (civil and/orcriminal) against any party found to be conspiringwith CARRELL J. KAYE (or others) to wrongfully with-hold said property from my lawful possession.

$1,OOO - REWARD - $1,000For information leading to the apprehension of saidCARRELL J. KAYE and the recovery of said property.

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The audience attending the Hagen WallaceSells & Gray Circus performances at Sarasota(Fla) on Apr. 6th was like a Who's Who ofthe Show World. Virtually every active andretired performer in the area was on hand tosee and enjoy the circus.

The performance, which runs 1 hour 45 min.,features musicians Bob and Kay Parker (organ:uid drums) while Billy Earl handles the showannouncements and vocals.

The program included: Tina and Mimi on theSpanish web; Mademoiselle Marie France, dogact; The Antoys Trio, perch act; Clowns; Evy,Mark and Danielle, horses; Mile. Angele, TheZuranis and Marlene & Co., rolling and balan-cing; Mademoiselle M. Zerbini, single trapeze;'Jean Paganini, the clown; The Great Moises,tightwire; and Intermission.

The second half features: Billy Earl, swordbalancing; the Antonio Trio, acrobatics; Sa-

GETS TOUGHHumane Society officials in California haveannounced they will get "tough" in a cam-paign to see that circus animals are well car-ed for and that all animal control regulationsare being carried out.

They report that animals must have separatecages, which allow ample room for movingabout and for laying down and stretching out.

Adequate shelter from sun, wind and rainmust be provided and each animal must beprovided with an ample supply of water.

brine, sword balance; Miss Edwards, dogs; Ma-ria, Wilma and Blanca, swinging high withBonnie Earl, vocalist; Clowns; The Riding Kar-'olys, with Mark Anthony; Marie Cristine, Sam-poin and Michael, juggling; Bonnie and Clyde,recording stars; The Estrada Troupe, teeter-board and Gary Thomas, with Miss Wilmaand the circus elephants.

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ROUTESKen Griffin Show (Magic)

Apr. 25 Newton, 111;26 Olney28 Greenville29 Shelbyville30 Clinton

Hammontree Petting ZooApr 28-May 7 Dalton, Ga.

Prof. Miller & Co. (Magic)Apr. 29 Jackson, N. J.

Olivia Newton-John ShowApr. 26 Terre Haute, Ind.

27 Columbus, Ohio28 South Bend, Ind.29 Toledo, Ohio30 Charleston, W..Va.

May 1 Richmond, Va.

\KT IVClowns Steve Baker (Checkers) and Gary Ray(Patches), produced the clowning for the 57thannual Shrine Circus, sponsored by the Os-man Temple and produced by Clyde Bros.,Carden-Johnson Circus. The clown numbersincluded a balloon barrage and warm-up pre-ceeding the show, with all six clowns; plusThe Battle of the Century (boxing); The In-stant Garden (Flowers gag); The T.V. Gag;The Skunk Burger (formerly Dog Pie), in ad-dition Checkers & Patches Canine Revue waspresented.

Compliments from Shrine members poured inthroughout the entire date, with the best onefrom a Divan member - "This is the best,most professional clown acts that our circushas had in Eighteen Years!"

Members of the Clown Alley were: Baker &Ray, as Checkers and Patches; Don Washburn,as Sparky; Dukie Anderson; Phil Shearer, asPhillipe; Red McDougal, as Pokie, and FrankGalombo, Jr.

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the above wagons $5.00

Cole Baggage Stock Harness, wasused in Truman parade. . . $75

Cole Breaking Harness, used inwinterquarters $20

Mills. Liberty Horse Trapping $15Bale Rings $10 ea.Gentry 5th Wheels . . . . $15 pr.Chautauqua Chairs . . . . $ 5 ea.Set of 8 Monkey Speedway

Banners (all perfect). . $600Banner - Lion (8x10) . . $ 50Glass House Front . . . . $100

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Shipping is extra on above items - - Phone: (207) 935-3189

Also have Books, Posters, Letterheads, Photos, Programs, Couriers,Carnival Material, etc. Send 35 cents for lists.

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