July 20, 1981

DIETER TASSO

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Show DatesCanon & Barnes CircusJuly 20 Aledo, III.

21 Canton22 Lincoln23 Chatham24 East Alton25 St. Charles, Mo.26 Jennings

Castle Int'l CircusJuly 20 Pierre, S.D.

21 Winner22 Stuart, Nebr.23 Columbus

24-25 Norfolk

Circus Arts TroupeJuly 20-23 N. Olmstad, Ohio

25-28 N. Hermitage, Pa

Great American CircusJuly 20 Mt. Carmel, Pa.

21 Schuylkill22 Reading23 Hamburg24 Lehighton25 Stanhope

Hoxie Bros. CircusJuly 20 Bennington, Vt.

21 Rutland22 Brattleboro23 New London, N.H.24 Hanover25 St. Johnsburg26 Burlington

Hubler Int'l CircusJuly 25 Oakland, Md.

26 Cumberland

Make-A-CircusJuly 20 Oakland, Calif.

23 Redwood City24 San Francisco

Police CircusJuly 25-26 Eugene, Ore.

Ringling-Barnum • BlueJuly 14-15 Lake Chares.La

17-19 Austin, Texas21-Aug. 2 Houston

Ringling-Barnum - RedJuly 21-Aug 4 Inglewood, Ca.

Royal Crown CircusJuly 20-21 Hutchinson, Kans

24-25 McPherson

Royal Imperial CircusJuly 22-26 Denver, Colo.

TNT& Royal OlympicJuly 21-25 Lombard, III.

Tebala Shrine CircusJuly 20-22 Woodstock, III.

23-26 Rockford

Tent TroupeJuly 20 Gaithersburq, Md

21 Beseda22 Silver Spring23 Burtonsville24 Laytonsville

Swan Bros. CircusJuly 23-26 Sonora, Calif.

Wenatchee Youth CircusJuly 21 Pullman, Wasr..

22 Pomeroy

- - - - M A G I C - - - -

KramienJuly 10 Novato, Calif.

14 San Rafael

Krystal i 's KavalcadeJuly 20-22 Decatur, III.

23-25 Terre Haute.lnd

Pf. Miller - Magic Time USAJuly 20 Connelsville, Ind.

21 New Castle22 Franklin23 Sh'lbyville24 Madison26 Bedforc

Star fireJuly 20-21 San Antoniojx

22-24 Houston26 Beaumont

July 20,1981_ •

- - - -OTHER DATES----

Burr's Fun-0-RamaJuly 22-26 Barnstable, Mass

James H. Drew ExpositionJuly 23-31 Terre Haute, Ind

Foley & Burk ShowsJuly 14-26 Vallejn, Calif.

Poco Plus - -io Sep. 20 Des Moines, Iowa

Royal Lipizzan StallionsJuly 25-26 Oakland. Calif.

Joe Schmitt, Jr. - ClownJuly 21 Richardson, Texas

Tip Top Shows - BlueJuly 22-26 Slinger, Wise.

Tip Top Shows - GreenJuly 24-26 Horicon, Wise.

Garden Int'l CircusJuly 20-21 St.Cloud, Minn.

22-23 Fergus Falls24 La Center26 Zumbroda

Douglas Mac-Valley/Stuntsfeaturing

The Globe of Death'the mott fabulous motorcycle show"

June 26. 1981

Dear fellow C.R. readers.

He should all, by this time, be aware of the financialdifficulties, due to higher postage rates and overall Inflat-ion, that this fine publication. C.R., 1s experiencing.

Joey Jordan, Rlcardo Perez, and myself, Douglas Mac-Valleystrongly believe that CIRCUS REPORT Is an extremely valuableand much needed show business publication. We further feelthat, as readers of this fine trade paper, it 1s us who mustcome to Its assistance. In these trying times.

Please take note that Joey Jordan, Ricardo Perez, and my-self are initiating this "call for assistance" on our ownand have not consulted with Mr. Don Harcks, concerning thismatter, prior to this date. Your monetary contribution, no*matter what the amount, will greatly assist 1n assuring thefuture continuation and weekly distribution of CIRCUS REPORT.

Enclosed, with this letter, are cash contributions frommembers of our cast at the Playboy Hotel & Casino cabaretrevue. It is our belief that others will join In our effortsto aid Mr. Harcks, the publisher, so that we can all contin-ue to recieve this important organ of news and communication.

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Sincerely,

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enc. $120.00

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SAM T. POLACK's Winter/Spring seasonended with the Raleigh and Fayetteville.NCdates played June 26-28 and followed aShrine circus date in Wellington (Oh) for theCleveland Shrine. Sam will play one moredate this season - Charleston, W.Va., - in thefall, and then remains inactive until his Louisville Shrine Circus annual in 1982.

Acts in N.C. included the Fornasari Family,Flying Valentines, the Reginine Duo, BillyBarton, Jorge Rossell, the Morgan AshtonFamily, The Lance-Link Chimps, Mario Al-bert's Dobermans and balancing, Albert andJeanette Rix, Phil and Francine with BabyDondi, Ringmaster Al Dawley, Music by LeeReynolds (plus trumpet and drums), andclowns John MacKay, Bill Vaughan and threeothers whose names I did not write down(Sorry about that, kids).

Weather in North Carolina prior to the Fay-etteville opening was hot, but cooled downfor Raleigh. Biz was only so-so. Business wasonly fair at the Wellington date as well, butit was the first time out, the Shriners werepleased, and the date is on again in 1982.

Snapshots: Herbie Weber took a buster inPittsburgh with Hamid-Morton and crackedthree ribs. In his basket trick the basketshung up and pitched him from the wire. Hewas out for a week ur so but is back at work• recently played Summerfest.

The Fornasaries will unveil a flying act nextseason with Benny catching, Doady, Rosa,Sa Sa and Pinchin flying .. Sa Sa and Doadywill also do an inclined motorcycle in con-junction with their cradle act.. .This packagewill be on the Castle Blue Unit.

The Lance-Link Chimps (Joe and BettyNaud) anticipate heading for South Africathis fall for movie work.. .Looks like Philand Francince are slated to do a Circus ofthe Stars again.. They bought a campground40 miles outside of Birmingham incaseyadidn't know.. The couple also bought a min-iature horse from Bob Commerford.

Heavyweight somersaulting clown Bill Vaughan took his best qal and her kids to King's

Dominion after the Polack run - he will makedates for Bill Kay.. .Ray Valentine, Jr. andCompany to Winn's Europorama.. JorgeRossell to Mexico .. The Nauds to Vegas..Mario Alberti's new Doberman act is novelwith an original theme - Dracula.. .Forna-saries already signed for Sam's Louisvilledate in 1982 .. .Sam, by the way, has movedto Florida * permanently.Jeannine Huber has a great voice - used to

sing in clubs, This was discovered during aclosing night barbeque when Morgan Ashtonand family and Bobby Huber brought outguitars. I missed it, having already gonebeddy-bye, but Bobby Davis filled me inthe next day.

Harry Mills tells an incredible story aboutwife June - now a pilot - who landed her aircraft one day right smack on top of anotherlanding aircraft! The first plane was in errorand the pilot got into hot water. The amaz-ing this is nobody was even slightly injuredand even more amazing is that June kepther plane in control. Actually, she didn'teven know she was on top of the otherplane until they stopped and she startedto get out. Now.. .THAT'S INCREDIBLE!

Hanneford Highlights: Tommy plays astring of dates in Michigan this month - one-dayers, promos and fairs. In August he playsa week at the Civic Center in Wildwood (NJ).. John McConnell has been contracted byMoslem Temple to write a history of theirShrine Circus, reputedly to be the oldest..Mike Wright is stilt walking. Current heightof stilts is 15 feet.. .One of Tommy's datesin Michigan is Marshall, site of Bob Lund'sAmerican Museum of Magic.

Closeups: Harry Mills took his concessionsto Myrtle Beach for five days over the July4th holiday.. .Al Dawley had his wife, hismother-in-law (wheelchair bound) and hismother-in-law's nurse with him on this lastPolack tour. Meanwhile he and Sue wentantique shopping and how they got that truck

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ReportDOBSON'S PETTING ZOO

BY PAT BISSONETTE

The two factors that make Len and NancyDobson's Petting Zoo unusual is they wereable to book into the St. Cloud, Minn., Crossroads indoor mail and their 83 species ofrare animals and birds.Their July 1-5 run in a Mall whose Promo-

tional Director never allowed a Mini-Circuswith animals, proves if you keep it cleanbooking can be obtained. Nancy says they'vehad no complaints this year. Fresh sawdustis constantly supplied, there's no dirt, smellor masking odor to be found.

Three colorful macaws perch on a circularbar at eye level, not enclosed or fettered inany way, and stay put in spite of screamingkids, teasing teenagers, adult flash cameraaddicts and pipe smoking old codgers billowing out blue haze. A 7 ft. spread Peacock is"stationed" above the mini-African lioness'cage, also isn't restrained.

Summer AddressTHEBURKETTS- Al and Lydia

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Grand Island, New York - 14072Phone: 716 - 773 - 2433

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Co-owner Len goes into George, the 6% yr.old chimp's cage for periodical "rough-hous-ing" to the delight of the moppets. A prom-inently displayed sign on the gate reads "Goinside at your own risk, Goats eat clothing"Other denizens of the zoo are a Pigmy Afri-can goat. Llama, 32 in. mini-Belgian drafthorse, Peruvian Guinea pig, 35 yr. old Afri-can Hornbill, Sicilian donkey, Indian deer,Japanese Silky Rooster, White-capped mangabee monkey, Green mona African mon-key, Chinchilla and many others.

A rubber tired train ride of five cars in col-orful circus cage motif circle the area, plusa space pillow had no shortage of customers.The Oobsons are well informed about theirchanes and patiently answer all questions,intelligent and otherwise. Half a dozen birdand animal feed vending machines are spot-ted throughout the compound.

Clever advertisers, the Oobsons park eachof their two semi trailers on either side ofthe two highways that border the mall. TheOobsons have a farm in Milton, Fla., andtravel 24,000 miles a year. The inevitable'Help Wanted' sign appeared on the ticketbox but with stringent requirements. 'Mustlove animals, be patient with children, cour-teous to people, and drive tractor.'

FROM WILLIAM WOTSCH

In the July issue of National GeographicMagazine, there is a story called "BuffaloBill and the Enduring West" written byAlice J. Hall, with photographs by James L.Cimas.I enjoyed the story and the nice photos. In

one photo it shows the wild west show ofBuffalo Bill's, performing in Omaha, Nebr.in 1908. In another picture there are 4 In-dians, Buffalo Bill, a fellow in a suit with aderby and two soldiers in a gondola in acanal in Venice, Italy, in April 1890.

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TEXAS CLOWN NEWS. . . .

BY BOB STODDARD

Tavanna Luvas (remember the star of thesuper bowl half-time show, as she opened itwith aslide-for-life) and husband Joe Lopez,their little bambino, and a friend visited theGrapevine Opry."I've been reading about the Grapevine

Opry in the Circus Report and we just hadto find it • and we loved it," Tavanna said.

She confirmed that they are signed for theState Fair of Texas again this year, and wewill look forward to seeing them again atthe fair.

Lou Flowers "Honey" Stoddard workedthe Desota County Fair in June for two daysMartin "Lancelot Goodperson" Reeves, Don-ald "Ajax" Perryman, Juanita "Minihaha"Holdcraft, James "Jim Bow" Decker andSusan "Little Dot" Huguley worked theshow with her.

Brett (Frodo) Sitzes and Suzie "Popcorn"Jorgensen worked the Renaissance Fair atthe Trinity Art foundation in Bedford, Tex.

Checkers and Patches are starting a newSaturday morning Kid Show at the Grape-vine Opry. The first three shows are prac-tice shows. Then they will be filmed forworld-wide television release.

Clown Days and Circus Days will be heldthis year at Trader's Village instead of theState Fair. Now we can put on our own"Millette Amateur Circus" for three perfor-mances at the two day event in October.

BILLY BARTON (Continued)load of stuff home, with all the passengers,too, I'll never know.Albert and Jeanette make the Louisville

Fair for Ron Kelroy, also some early Aug-ust spots for Hubler. Meanwhile Albert isscouting a location in my area to move to... .We may be neighbors by fall.

Del Monte is in a park for the summer andI think, though I am not certain, it is theone in Gatlonsburg, Tenn.. .Rumors arefloating around that Lou Ann Jacobs isskedded to be with a Feld-icer but this isonly a rumor and I won't believe it until Ihear it from Lou Ann herself.. .In Mexiconow are the Wainwrights. Jorge Russel l ,Bill Brickie, the Mar-gays, Joselito, A l thof f 'sbears and chimps. Jorge Barreda. They'll bedown there until late August.

Coronas have the Little Rock (Ark) datein 1982 .. Hamid-Morton has picked up anumber of dates lost in 1981 for 1982 - mostof the former route, in fact.. .Sa Sa andDoady bought the uprights owned and madeby Frank Galumbo.. .Cristianis (Lucio, Gil-da and family) will be on the Texas dates.

Li l l i -Ar ia 's black panther Hashish died. Shegot a new cat, named it Luna.. .Emmettand Nancy lost their pet dog 'Spring'. Em-mett bought her a Doberman to ease thepain and grief.. .In that 'Chips' segmentEmmett made were also the Howard John-son elephants and Heidi Wendany.. .Cir-cus Vargas is now in the mid-west.. Vas-hek and Kathy make Louisville in 1982for Sam Polack.. .And. last but not least,Marc Shultz sez he's enjoying married life.

See you down the road, luvs.

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Dear Fellow Showmen,

I am sure that by now everyone must be aware of the financialproblems that Circus Report is currently having.

For whatever reason, CR is in trouble and I think showpeoplecan do something about it.

I know there are plenty of us who have either earned a greatdeal,of money or recleved other benlfits from ads we haveplaced or responded to In this publication.

Aside from sentiment, I would hate to see this important aidto showpeople cease publication.

I feel that CR is a great deal more than a newsletter andserves a real and vital need to the showbusiness community.

If we all were to place ads at various times throughout theyear, I'm sure the Increased revenue would be greatlyappreciated by Mr. Uarcks. Especially those of us who havemade personal and financial gain through the Circus Report.

Hang in there Don! The showpeople are going to help one oftheir kind as they have always done in the past.

Thank you for your time and attention,

Bernard and KenIllusionists

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ROBERTS BROS. CIRCUS

BY GEORGE C. BINGAM AN

Roberts Bros. Circus played Hummelstown,Pa., Wednesday, June 24th, giving two per-formances at 6 and 8 p.m. to appreciativeaudiences. This three ring show offers clean,wholesome Big Top circus under a spreadwith sixty feet ends, two-30's and one-40 ft.middles. The midway includes a moon walk.Elephant-skin dog exhibit, pony whirl andconcessions.

Bob and Doris Earl have a happy and indus-trious troupe which moves well with a delic-ious family-style cookhouse. The show makesa fine, clean, sharp appearance under an at-tractive blue and white striped canvas.

Leo Pinter, a veteran of the vaudeville cir-cuits and a master magician in yesteryearprovides the organ music for the show.

After a spectacular opening by the entirecompany climaxing with flags and props ina center ring carousel, the order of displayswas as follows:

Two rings of educated canines, featuring inring one, Yvonne and her mixed group of ter-riers and poodles, and in ring three MerrierTerriers presented by Jeff and Ginny Earl.

The Mariettas - Mario, Tammy, Dixie, andMario - starred in the center ring on unicy-cles.

Outstanding single trap was offered by MissLee Ann.Veteran Joey, Joe Myers, delighted the

crowd with his Atomic Incubator, clowningas Jomar the Clown.

Three rings of equestrian excellence follow-ed featuring Yvonne with Frostie (pony) andWonder (dog) in ring one, Ian Craik with twomarvelous liberty ponies in the center andBarbara with Arrow (pony) and Mario, a coming generation crowd pleaser.

Lee Ann Stephens returned with Wanda theWonder in Crackerjack juggling.

The climax of the first half was reachedwhen Kalamar mystified the throng with aseries of outstanding illusions featuring theCatching of the Buller from an antique muz-zle loader.

Three lovely aerialists opened the secondhalf with Lee Ann and Marucha in rings oneand three on swinging ladders and Tammyon the web in the center.

ROBERTS BROS. CIRCUS PHOTOS

Jeff Earl and Pasha

Barbara Dudgeon

The best act of the show came next withBarbara Dudgeon's marvelous dressag^ un abeautiful mount.

Mario and Menyak took the audience's eyeto the top of the canvas in a marvelous perchdisplay.

Pasha, the ten year old veteran of the tan-bark, Roberts Bros, only ponderous pachy-derm, closed the show in a vast improvedperformance as presented by Jeff Earl.

Roberts Bros. Circus is clean, wholesomefamily entertainment for all. Don't miss thisrare opportunity to see old-time circus underthe big top.

ROBERTS BROS. CIRCUS PHOTOS

L.to R. - Jomar, Barbara, Mario, Lee AnnMaructia and Tammy

Marucha, Tammy, Lee Ann

Yvonne and Company

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Marucha, and Mario

Dixie, Mario, Mario, Tammy

Miss Lee Ann

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NEW BOOKTHE CRUISE BOOK

BY TOM (PEPE) PICCARD

My old friend, and good buddy Jimmy Rayis back in Wildwood, N.J., and is appearingat Cozy Morley's Club Avalon.Jimmy has got to have the cleanest, most

professional magic act going. His dove actruns 15 minutes and when he is finished theaudience is on their feet with a standingovation.Jimmy has several tricks and 3 books on

the market - "A Ray of Magic" publishedby Morrissey Magic, Ltd.; "Between theActs" his second book - and now his topper"Cruise Book" published by Tannen MagicCo. Inc. This is by far his best book and isthe finest of its kind - ever!

Many magicians realize that one of the mostenjoyable ways to earn a living in our profes-sion is working on cruise ships. Jimmy tellsit all in this book. The In's and Out's - fromhis years of working for ship lines. The bookdetails how to go about getting booked, theagents to call, what to take with you, whatto do with live stock, what kind of acts theagents want, what it should pay.

The book is worth easily over $500 tosomeone desiring to get into this line ofwork. Need I say more?

The book sells for $5.75 postage paid andis available from Jimmy's good friends at:Philadelphia Magic Co.. Inc., 141 North 12thSt., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107.

So, if you are a working pro, get this book!

in theCIRCUS DATE LOST

A crack in the roof of the Veteran's Mem-orial Coliseum at Phoenix (Ariz.) has forcedbuilding manager Thaxter Trafion to closethe facility indefinitely. His action cancell-ed three major events at the building, including 12 performances by the Ringling-BarnumRed Unit.The loss in revenue from a rock concert, a

closed circuit TV boxing match and the cir-cus performances will cost the coliseum ap-proximately $100,000. Cancellation of thecircus performances will amount to about$500.000.

The crack was first discovered in late Mayand was being carefully monitored. It doub-led in size the weekend of June 19-21 andthe building was ordered closed on June 25.

The circus was scheduled to play in theColiseum July 1-6 and received the cancella-tion notice just a week before it was to ar-rive in town. About 25,000 tickets had beensold for the circus and ticket holders wereoffered refunds or an opportunity to ex-change their tickets for performances at theTucson Community Center, July 8-12.

The Coliseum was built in 1965, and itsroof was punctured by a giant candle, erec-ted to celebrate its first birthday in 1966.Before the roof was resurfaced in 1978 ithad been weakened by water damage. Atthat time the roof developed a 3% inch sagwhich was said to have been caused by ex-cessive moisture.

The Coliseum is one of six buildings in theworld that has a hyperbolic-paraboloid roofwhich has no interior pillars supporting it.

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DO YOU REMEMBER?

The above photograph is of the Original Nel-son Family and was taken in the backyard ofRingling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus at theChicago lake front lot in 1923.The troupe is posed on one of the giant bulltubs that were used on the show that year.

Members of the group are: (1) Paul; (2) Theol(3) Estrella; (4) Carmencita; (5) Oneida; (6)Rosina; (7) Hilda and of course Mr. and Mrs.Nelson.

PEOPLEJIMMY RAY and PATTI. magic act. are ap-pearing at Cozy Morley's Ctub Avalon alongwith singer DON CORNELL, funny ladyJULIE deJOHN, HAYDEN & ROGERS andCOZYMORLEY.

TOM (Pepe) PICCARD.'down, is now work-ing at Ed Zaberer's World Famous Restaur-ant in Wildwood, NJ, doing magic and greet-ing children of families dining there.

We need your subscription - renew it todayso you won't miss an issue of CR.

July 20, 1981

AL KORAN SHRINE CIRCUS

BY FRANK POUSKA

The Al Koran Shrine Circus, presented atthe Wellington (Ohio) Fairgrounds on June19-21, was produced by Sam T. Polack.The program featured: Jorge Barreda, lions;

Pio Trio, traps; Valentine Duo, cradle; Mor-gan Ashton Troupe, foot jugglers; "Dondi"the elephant; Joselito, high wire; PanchoMagana, ropes and whips; Yolanda & Mi-chael, juggling; The Nock Bros., sway poles;The Valentine Troupe, trapeze (3 girl fly-ers); Miss Katinka, poodles; Bridget & Fifi,ladder balance; Ray Valentine, Jr., tightwire; Les Michaels, aero-balancing; Lou AnnJacobs, single trapeze; Miss Lorelei, singletrapeze; Jorge Russell, comedy car; Lan-celot Chimps; Dionnes, perch act; Le Moy-nes, with Al Oawfey, ringmaster.

A MemoFROSTY LITTLE ON COVER OF JAMA

BY MARY K. HOPPE

A photograph of an oil on paper por-trait of clown Frosty Little graces the cov-er of the July 3,1981, issue of "The Jour-nal of the American Medical Association"(JAMA). The work is one of a series ofclown portraits painted by Stanley Rose-man in 1977 while traveling with the Ring-ling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

The 36 year old Roseman was born inBrookline, Mass, and grew up in New York.He has painted actors, clowns, monks andnuns. His work was won international ac-claim from critics and praise from PopeJohn-Paul II.

MailroomThe Post Office recentlyThe Circus Report whichthe following people:I. ValenciaOonna RobertsGianni TortorellaAnn L. PikeCurly McCormick

returned copies ofwere addressed to

Gentle Jungle, Inc.Chris StockmarBrenda RamayThomas WhitesideMarilyn McAfee

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ReportTHE BIG APPLE CIRCUS

BY SAM HOLMES

The Big Apple Circus opened in ProspectPark, Brooklyn, NY, June 5th with the li-veliest show in its five year history • a showthat includes acrialists, jugglers, acrobats,unicyclists, performing dogs and even anelephant.

Performed in a 90 ft. round top tent thatputs the audience within 25 ft. of the ac-tion, the one-ring Big Apple provides a fo-cused experience of the circus at its verybest.

The show played Prospect Park throughJune 14, then moved on to Baltimore (Md)International Theatre Festival for June 25July 5. It will play at Fordham University inthe Bronx, NY, July 10-16.

The program (as caught June 6) included:With a five piece band playing on a platformabove the performers entrance, ringmasterCarlo Pellegrini opens the show with a 'Cha-rivari', in which the entire company givesthe audience a quick taste of what's to come.Almost simultaneously there is wire walking,acrobatics, leaping greyhounds, web, and aslide for life from the top of the tent.

Cloud swing by Alexandre Pavtata, with ex-citing forward plunge.

Clowns Paul Binder and Michael Christen-sen (who started the circus) with a stolendrink routine.

The Back Street Flyers, six black acrobats"from the streets of Harlem", featuring a12 year old who is tossed to a three-high,doing a somersault enroute.

Clowns Paul and Michael in their jugglingact which makes use of balls, clubs, hats, achicken and a shoe. (They toured Europewith this act as street performers beforethey were discovered in Paris by Zizi Jean-maire and then picked up by a Fratellinicircus).

Duo Helena Perch Pole (Bertini family)performed with three different poles, inclu-ding one on which Helena does a fast revol-ving singe foot stand, and another in whichthe perch suddenly "grows" six feet throughthe release of compressed air.

The Amazing Zakahr (Michael Christensen)a unique comedy act in which Zakahr per-forms with a "Southern Pakistani Soldier

Mole." The "mole" enters under the ringrug, is seen for just a fraction of a second atthe edge of the ring, then ducks back underthe ring rug for the rest of the act. Christensen sells it so well that many in the au-dience really believe • at least for a while •that there's a mole involved.

Baby Elephant Tarra with trainer CarolBuckley. Tarra dances, plays harmonicaand tambourine and does a pretty front footstand on a narrow plank.

Intermission.

Ethel Jennier and her high-leaping greyhounds, a crowd pleaser.

Clown Jimmy Tinsman does balancingblocks - five high - but is interrupted bygorgeous aerialist (Tisha Tinsman) whoperforms on the web, selling it beautifully.

World class baton twirling and juggling byAlicia Enterline.

Low wire by David Muller, including unicycle riding, rope jumping, a high leap overa barrier and a backward somersault to thewire.

Clown trombone solo by Michael Christ-ensen.

Unicycles and teeterboard by the BertiniFamily (includes Alexandre PavlataandJim and Tisha Tinsman). With its brightCzechoslovakian costumes, this is an apeal-ing, fast-moving act, which closes with Al-exandre leaping from the high unicycle tothe teeterboard, catapulting Helena to theshoulders of her husband who is awaitingher on a unicycle.

Producer of the show is Judith Friedlaen-der with Ivor David Balding.

For its Baltimore date the show receiveda new Italian-made tent, which withstood98 mph winds on its first day of trial. Spe-cial guest scheduled for Baltimore wasPhilippe Petit, who once wire walked be-tween the two towers of New York's WorldTrade Center.

Carol Buckley and Tarra were to leave theshow after Baltimore for a Las Vegas en-gagement, and Abigail Allen and her danc-ing horse Sundance were to join it.

The Big Apple Circus is the performing armof the New York School for Circus Arts,which, among other things, trained Jim Dale,the star of "Barnum", in circus skills. TheBig Apple also recently played a bit part infilming one of the final scenes of the movieversion of the Broadway musical "Annie."

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FROM JACK KING

The June 29th issue of Circus Report hadan article in it that intimated that I, JackKing, was a co-owner of Circus Holiday .Thisis erroneous. I had no executive part in thatshow only during the days of promotionwhen I was promotion supervisor.

I would like to add however, that there wasan article about Mr. Nordmark in one of theissues that stated he had tracked down a pro-moter who had filched the money from himand a sponsor.

None of us condone stealing from producersor sponsors. But I would like to add that itwould be a blessing if there were some wayto track down producers who run up bills onbootcers and promoters and then refuse topay them. Mr. Nordmark, excluded.I have two such would be producers that

owe me over a thousand dollars and not on-ly will they not pay their debt but think it'sa laughing matter that they owe me money.

In our business we are under constant sur-veillance by the public and sometimes not

C & C ProductionsNATIONAL COMEDY CIRCUS

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regarded too highly; therefore these produ-cers that come under this heading should beheld up in ridicule and exposed to the busi-ness because if they will cheat hookers outof their money they will have no qualmsabout not paying acts.

They should be exposed so that they cannot survive in this business!

ReportCIRCUS ART SHOW

An exhibit of some 20 circus paintings byBarbara Camillo went on display at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Conn., in timefor the July 4th weekend.

The paintings were created by Barbara af-ter she and her husband Victor, and sonSeth, traveled with the Carson & BarnesCircus last year.The exhibit, mainly portraits of perform-

ers and working men, includes portraits ofJohn and Barbara Marone (lion tamer andgoat act), Lucy Loyal (bareback rider),Charlie the clown, Wally Eastwood (juggler),Gabriel (trapeze). Phil and Linda Chandler(ringmaster and dog act) and Walt (electri-cian). Others include a portrait of D. R.Miller, which wilt be a part of the museum'spermanent collection.

Last year Barbara had a showing of circuspaintings at the Gallery Elizabeth in Chica-go and next year a show is planned for theWestlake Gallery in Minneapolis.

Meanwhile the family is traveling with Car-son & Barnes Circus again this season, dur-ing which time many new paintings will becreated.

CIRCUS BOOKSI Loved Rogues - Lewis S 14.95The Big Cage - Beatty 25.00The Gentle Jungle - Heifer 8.00Tiger: Sankhala 10.00My Life With Big Cats - Court.. 15.00Hold That Tiger - Stark 30.00The Minds and Manners of Wild

Animals - Hornaday 12.50Jungle Acrobats - Eder 12.50

- Add $1.00 per book for Postage -C.JUSZYK

P. 0. Box 3262. Thousand Oaks, Ca. 91359

Show ReportMAKE-A-CIRCUS

What's a circus without elephants? A toteasier to carry into your neighborhood andit's quite a show that Make-A-Cirtus carries.No elephants means plenty of room for this"people oriented" one ring circus to presentthe most colossal string of festivities a dayhas ever seen.

Every Make-A-Circus morning begins witha community run carnival sideshow, follow-ed by a parade through the neighborhood tosearch for lost circus performers. At mid-daythere's an exciting circus show whose per-forming mystique is subsequently unveiledby a variety of workshops in circus skills.The most unique part of the Make-A-Circusday, though, is the making of a second cir-cus - performed exclusively by kids (and thepeople who are kids at heart) in the com-munity.This special day is highlighted by the All

New 1981 Make-A-Circus Show - a clevercombination of circus acts and children'scarnival theatre. Revealed to the audienceis a daft and delicious spread of clowning,

juggling, ropewalkiny, daring aerial acts andacrobatic square dance (?) all of which ispunctuated by the jazzy tunes of the Make-A-Circus four piece band. But nothing restseasy. Into this happy circus land slinks Mr.Cool, brandishing his sinister "Cool Meter"and slyly convincing the valiant yet gullibleperformers that his is the only bonafidebrand of coll this side of the circus ring.How long can they stay duped?This year's show was developed through

the talents of the Make-A-Circus perform-ing ensemble, whose diverse backgroundcovers years of experience in circus tech-nique, commedia, slapstick, mime, dance,music and skills instruction. It is directedby San Francisco Bay Area dramatic direc-tor, Joshua Karter.

Make-A-Circus was founded in 1975 withthe intention of bringing free, participatoryentertainment into tow income communities.Over the years, it has evolved to include acircus side show and workshops of the high-est professional standards, while stilt main-taining its original goals; to engage in com-munities in the creation of an old fashionedneighborhood festival; to instill childrenwith a sense that they can do somethingwonderful themselves. For without childrenwhat would Make-A-Circus be?

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PEOPLEMIKE PHILLIPS, illusionist, did a successful'Blindfold Drive' in downtown Tutas, Okla.which received much media coverage, withthree TV cameramen in or on the car. Theblindfold drive was done in connection withThe Magic Empire Convention, where MikePhillips and Tricia were headlined with theirone-of-a-kind illusions.

JAMES MARCEL, juggler, was a guest per-former on the Merv Griffin TV Show theafternoon of July 7th.

FRANCES COLUMBO, said to be the world'sstrongest man, was featured on the San Fran-cisco TV Show 'SFO' the night of July 9th.

REV. AUSTIN MILES, the show businesschaplain, drew a standing room only crowdduring his recent "You Are Special" lectureat Princeton Theological Seminary.

JOHNNY FULGHUM reports he recentlyvisited both the Beatty-Cole and RinglingRed Unit, and enjoyed his time with oldfriends.

BERNARD and KEN, illusionists, are atPare Safari for the summer, and not ROYHUSTON as was originally reported.

DOREY MILLER has reportedly purchasedsome animals from the Garden Int'l Circus.

DORIAN BLAKE, illusionist, joined the BigJohn Strong production of "Clown Capades"at Phoenix, Ariz, on July 13th.

GEORGE LILLY, advance man for the Car-son & Barnes Circus was featured in a pic-ture story in the Greeley, Colo., Tribuneon June 11,1981.

MARK EVANS magician/illusionist, has beenworking mid-west dates for CHARLESGERMAINE and has now been signed foran extensive tour by the show promoter.

FRANCARRO & ESTRELETA, aerial perchact, are at Kenny wood Park, June 15 thruJuly 7th. After which they will play a seriesof fair dates thru October.

STEVE McPEAK was recently pictured in aUPI Photo release, walking a wire stretchedbetween two German mountains.

MIKE MARTIN, magician, DORIAN BLAKE,illusionist/ringmaster and PIZZA the Clown,are currently louring in the South for Atlan-tic Southern Productions.

Featured withCIRCO ATAYDE PROGRAM

The program being presented by Circo Ata-yde includes the following performers:

Spec with Dance Production; Ewin Hall,comedy unicycle (USA); Padilla Bros., com-edy boxing (Mexico); Carlos Moreno, magic(Argentine); Arlenea, acrobatic dancing (Ar-gentine}; Miguel Ramierez, balancing trap(Mexico); Indian Dance (production num-ber); Alberto Atayde, liberty horse act; In-termission.Tim Delbosq, lions and tigers (England);

Clown Number; Dance Production; MiriamRamierez, single trap (Mexico); Clown num-ber; The Puyredons, juggling (Argentine);Juggling clown number; Miguel Ramierez,bounding rope (Mexico); Animal Costumewalk-around; Richard (Rick) Paska with theAtayde Elephants; Clown Number; PadillaFamily, flying trapeze (Mexico).

ReportCLEVELAND POLICE CIRCUS

BY FRANK POUSKA

The 1981 Cleveland Police Circus was pro-duced by Eddie Zacchini and was presentedin the Public Hall on June 27-28.

The program included: Johnson's Bears;The Galambos. cradle; Clowns; The EmileDuo and The Droguetts; Cook's ComedyCar; Trudy's Dalmatians; Lipko's Chimps;Miss La Vonne, cloud swing; Carmen delMoiino, trapeze; Clowns; The Magyars, aer-ial cycle; Intermission.

The Flying Ibarras; Clowns; The Cyclon-ians; The Mauricios; The Frankies; GerardSoule. poodles; Clowns; De Mille, wire act;Tommy Hanneford's elephants (3). and TheQuassars.

TJ'.e staff included: Al Vernon, musicaldirector; Don Sorbara, props and CharlieVan Buskirk, announcer.

RONALD G. BEAUDRY, circus fan and his-torian, died on Feb. 13th, at his home inSalina, Kansas.