6th Year June 13,1977 Number 24

New Record SetTen year old Giovanni Zoppe, a member of the famous Zoppe family of bareback riders

and animal trainers, achieved a world record on May 29th, when he became the youngest per-former to ever complete a feet-to-feet somersault on the-back of a galloping horse.

The feat was accomplished during the second performance of Puck's Canadian TravelingCircus, which was playing a four week engagement at Ontario Place in Ontario, Canada, wherea jammed packed crowd of 2,000 people wereon hand to witness the circus "first".

Documentation of "firsts" in the circusworld is important since others may have ac-complished various tricks at an early age, butoften these are reported during rehearsals withvirtually no witnesses. However, Giovanni'sfeat was watched by some 2,000 people.

Puck's Circus was selected to play On-tario Place as the official "Jubilee Circus"

honoring the 25th anniversary of the accessionto the throne of Her Majesty Queen ElizabethII. In keeping with the show's appointment aRoyal Box was set-up and prior to each perfor-mance the raising of the Royal Standard cere-mony is held.

On July 1st, the circus will be at Queen's Parkin Toronto for the annual "Canada Day" cele-bration. Throughout the year the circus will be

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tOOD SHOWThe Redlands (Calif.) YMCA was for the 39th 'year, the scene of a gala circus celebration onMay 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21st. The show playedto straw houses, with a turnaway at the finalperformance. It is a community project that in-volved almost as many performers as people inthe audience.In a program of 23 displays that ran for threehours, the artists made up for in enthusiasmwhat they lacked in artistry and talent. Everyact received an ovation. It was a happy and en-joyable occasion for all concerned.

Everyone in the community who wishes to takepart does so. No one is billed as a star, but asin any group of 75 to 100 performers there area half dozen with genuine artistic talent. Theunknowing risks taken with various aerial rig-gings would make any pro quail. They are inneed of some real and seasoned advice. Thesingle trapeze display is an example of where

angels would fear to tread because of the pre-carious way in which they are made and rigged.However, a couple of the girls involved aret ru ly outstanding; six girls simultaneously whileswinging to the rafters, do well executed for-ward roll ing, half-twisting, free, one hock catch-es. Good stuff!The perch display with three 20' perches, wasalso worth seeing. Two young girls do a twohigh atop a double shoulder perch. There wereseveral roughly executed good tricks, hand-stands, etc.The high spot of the evening was the bicycleand unicycle performers. Four small boys,about 12 years of age, were exceptionally goodand with the rough edges honed off could makeit with little competition from England's andRingling's, Barry Lappy.With the help of just one paid expert Redlandsand the Great Y Circus would benefit. Eventhough it is their 39th year too much seems sto be left to trial and error. But with just plainfun and community enjoyment as a yardstickthis show is a huge success. ^ g

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June 13-15 Woodridge, N. J.16-19 Voorhees

Hubert Castle CircusJune 13 Vernon, Canada

14 Kelowna15 Penticon16 Chilliwack

une 17-19 Vancouver

Circus KirkJune 14 Lincoln Park, N. J.

15 Rockland Hosp.16 Pearl River, N. Y.17 Mendham, N. J.18 Montvale

? 19 Passaic

Circus VargasJune 15-19 Calgary, Albta.

Bobby Gibbs Circusto Sept. 11 Baraboo, Wise.

Hagan Wallace-Sells & GrayJune 13 New Berlin, N. Y.

14 Binghampton15 Berwick, Pa.16 Allentown17 Hazelton

18-19 ScrantonHamid-Morton Circus

June 16-19 Providence, R. I.

Happytime CircusJune 16-26 Vallejo, Calif.

Hoxie Bros. CircusJune 13 Urbana, Ohio

14 Willard15 Lorain

16-17 Marion18 Logan

Hoxie's Great AmericanJune 13 Englishtown, N. J.

14 Jackson15 Mill town17 Secaucus18 Englewood Cliffs19 Glen Rock

International 3-Ring CircusJune 16-20 Hiroshima, Japan

Kaye Cont'l CircusJune 18-21 St. Louis, Mo.

Polack Bros. CircusJune 13 Ogden, Utah

17-19 Las Vegas, Nevada

Ringling-Barnum • Blue UnitJune 15-19 Wheeling, W. Va.

Ringling-Bamum - Red Unitto June 19 Philadelphia, Pa.

Wenatchee Youth CircusJune 18 Portland, Oregon

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June 16-18 Las Vegas, Nev.Vince Carmen Show (Magic)

June 13 Morgan ton, N. C.14 Forest City16 Shelby17 Salisbury18 Charlotte

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitJune 13-19 Burlington, Iowa

Century 21 Shows • Red UnitJune 13-19 Keokuk, Iowa

James H. Drew ShowsJune 13-18 Oakwood, Va.

Lee Grabel & Co. (Magic)June 14 Lodi, Calif.

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Prof. Miller - Magictime USAJune 16 Rantool, III.

17 Bradley18 Zion

Tip Top ShowsJune 16-19 West Allis, Wise.

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BILLY BARTON-IN MY CAPSULE REVIEW of the Beatty-Cole Circusin last week's column, I overlooked one of the pro-gram's feature highlights - FRED LOGAN with threerings of elephants and the eye-opening "walking longmount." Forgive the oversight, Freddie, caused by notpaying attention to my notes.

GIL MILLER, now booking acts for Ringling's ThrillCircus at the Columbus (Ohio) Fair (Aug. 22-28), hasset the following: Elephant acts: Walt King, Cristiani, .Murray Hill, Tony Diano; Thrill acts: Nerveless Nocks,Swaying Stars, Sensational Bruno, Hans Winn Troupe,Karl and Sheila Winn (twin aerial motorcycles); Hugoand Edmundo Zacchini, twin cannon acts; Karl Wai-lenda. The Jordanas, Michele & Michael, helicopteraerial perch; Geronimo and cage acts: Barrada's wildanimals and Albert Rix's bears. Plus the ReynosaBros, in their Pirates of the Sky act.

So many of our gals are hooked on Soap Operas Isuffered thru the Daytime Emmy Awards to bringthem the results: Winner: ABC's RYANS HOPE inALL categories: drama, male and female best actorand actress; best director and writers... whichwill please some, have others gnashing their teeth!

SNAPSHOTS: VIOLA McLEOD, long-time Polackstaffer, is now in retirement, the Chicago office closed."It's not what I'm looking forward to," confides OurGal Friday, "but at the moment I have no otherchoice'" MARY JO COULSsendsa message to methat "NO!" she will not go back on the road. Aw,C'mon, Mary Jo, we miss ya! Since the injury to hiscatcher BARRY MILLER, now with Hunt's Circusreveals he may abandon the cradle act, concentrateinstead on son NORMAN's aerial number to which anupside down loop walk may be added The FLYINGVALENTINES are not playing the Dobritch Wheatondate as reported earlier, but rumor has it they may beat the Louisville fair date tor Emmett Kelly, Jr...RU-MORS I DO NOT BELIEVE: that HERTA CUNEOwill sideline her excellent bear act in '78. For heaven'ssake, whyl?....Another dazzling light has been extin-guished in the marquee of Hol lywood's golden erawith the sudden death of film great JOAN CRAW-F O R D who succumbed to a heart attack on May 10.

FRAGMENTS: JIM SWAFFORD chauffeured CLIFFV A R G A S to see CUNEO's sensational new white ti-ger group being trained by JEAN M I C H O N . Jim hasbeen a constant visitor to the Vargas lots in SouthernCalifornia, reports business was very good at all spots

except Ventura ED DRAKE, Sr., will supervise theVargas elephant herd now that WALLY ROSS is per-manently at Thousand Oaks. His son, ED DRAKE,Jr., has a very unusual mixed group of animals, seenon Polack and Circus Carol recently....SAM T. PO-LACK is no longer associated with the new PolackBros., is building up his own route which is increasingeach season. We wish him well....GEORGE HUBLER

I reports a crackerjack season thus far, one of his best,and says the FLYING ESPANOLES, a new Mexicanact features very young performers with flashy style...

He used the act on most of his dates. Gil Miller, PeggyMills and George were instrumental in bringing theact to this country, a complicated procedure due tonew and very stringent immigration laws....LILLI ANAand her leopards and DIANO's elephants are two actsnamed for his Firemen's Circus at Cincinnati in July,(under a HAROLD BARNES big top).

NEWS BITS: (from Sells & Gray): ODILE, stunt wo-man in French movies, sister of MARIE FRANCE, ison the show doing web and working SAMPION's highschool horse. Her arrival was delayed when someonein France mis-spelled just ONE letter of her name onher passport! New acts on the show are MOISES,wire; M A R L E N E , head balancing; MIMI ZERBI IMI ,trapeze, plus a pony drill unveiled by EVY KAROLYand MICHAEL a young clown from the RinglingClown school. Now that Bob and Kay PARKER arefurnishing'"live" music (which the show needed),BILLY EARL has blossomed into a "singing ringmas-ter" and wife, BONNIE, warbles for the aerial ballet.QUICKIES: VASHEK's wife, KATHY, spells hername with a "K" not a "C". I kept correcting my er-ror, editor DON, thinking I was making a mistakechanged the K back to a C. Kathy, I think we're syn-chronized now!....Don reports the shows hit his areaall at the same time, making it impossible for him tospend more than a few hours on each and still get thepaper out!. Between hither and thithering he managesto M.C. local area events The ten day date recentlyplayed by Beatty-Cole at the Liberty Bell raceway inPhilly is the final Shrine date of the season, remainderof the tour is at shopping centers....We understandNANCY G I O R D A N O ' S condition is improving...TheWALT KINGs are enjoying their new home in theDetroit area That new, double wide flying act stag-ed by the PALACIOS is a double-barreled winner....The DYMEKS, pole voltiage, will be with Circus Var-

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MiscellaneousSells & Gray Circus has been enjoying somegood weather and good crowds now that thesummer is approaching.The Lions Club of Milpitas (Calif) will help tostage that city's annual Frontier Days Cele-bration on July 1-4.

^.. -<! World (Florida) has a herd of 23 ele-phants which work under the direction ofBuckles Woodcock.

Minnie, an 8 year old chimp at the San Fran-cisco (Calif.) Zoo gave oirth to a baby in midMay. It was the first such borth for the zoo,and both mother and baby are doing fine.

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Show ReportThe Hagan Wallace-Sells & Gray Circus playedseveral times here in Central Pennsylvania — inLebanon on May 19 and Carlisle May 24. Theshow has'a Tine array of talent that presents apleasing performance for its audiences.The show is a little short-handed on workers -"roustabouts" so I and several local folks allpitched in to set up the big top. We all learned

! more about circus life and to admire these won-derful and special people. I'm proud to saythat I met many of the performers and work-ers and found them to be warm and friendly. Iwould like to thank them for putting up withme and the many circus fans they encountereach day. I enjoyed the performances and Ihope all of you who read Circus Report will goout and see this fine circus.The program being presented during the 1977tour features: The Parker Duo, musicians; BillyEarl, equestrian director; Aerialists, Tina, Mimiand Odille; Marie France and her Yorkshireterriers; The Antoys Trio, perch; Rolling andBalancing by Melle Angele, The Zuranis andAstria; The Riding Academy with Miss Evy,Mark and Miss Danielle; Mimi Zerbini, hightrapeze; Jean Paganini, the clown; Miss Evy andher pony drill; Intermission.The second half of the show includes: BillyEarl, sword balancing; the Antonio Trio, acro-batics; Sabrine, sword balancing; Miss Edwardsand her Kennel Club; Swinging High with Wil-ma, Maria and Blanca; The Clowns; The Rid-ing Karolys, featuring Mark Anthony; Jugglingby Marie Cristine, Sampion and the GreatMichael; Recording Stars Bonnie & Clyde; theEstrada Troupe, teeterboard and the Circuselephants, presented by Gary Thomas, assistedby Miss Wilma.

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Museum PlansThe Florida State Fair grounds at Tampa maybecome the site of a carnival museum if thedetails can be worked out. The Minneapolis-based Outdoor Amusement Business Assoc., atrade organization serving the North Americacarnival industry, has already approved theproposed plans.

The state fair authorities are reportedly con-sidering the proposal, but have not made anyfirm offers. A spokesman says "they came tous" and "there are still unanswered questions"

The Outdoor Amusement Business Assoc.,would like to see a first class, year-round tour-ist attraction developed. Plans call for the re-storation of a considerable amount of antiquecarnival equipment, which will be availableonce the plans are set. It is also hoped that ahall of fame for "notable camies" can be es-tablished which will feature Buffalo Bill Cody,the first president of the Showman's Leagueof America.

R. K. Larson, executive secretary to the Out-door Amusement Business Assoc., says, "Aseparate foundation is envisioned for owner-ship of the museum. It will have to be self-sustaining and whatever we do we want to doit right." 'It must, he added, "be a complimen-tary venture with the state fair.

Larson says his organization's board feels thata substantial amount of money could be ob-tained from carnival people to finance theproject. He said the next step is a feasibilitystudy, expected to be completed sometimenext fall in time for a concrete presentationto the association's next full board meetingin New Orleans, in November.

After studying the project, says Larson, "wemay find it isn't as great as we think it is andwe may drop it. But there is a lot of enthus-iasm in the industry for a museum and be-cause the Tampa Bay Area is the winter homeof thousands of carnival people, they like thestate fair grounds popposal."

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Also Need One MoreContract ing Agent(919) 942-7763

MAC MAHON ASSOCIATES220-A West Rosemary Street

Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514

With the first six weeks now complete, the '77season is well underway for Roberts Bros. Cir-cus. With the exception of a few light days atthe beginning of the tour and some weak datesin West Virginia business can only be describedas terrific.

The hour and twenty minute performance isall new this year. Acts include Bob and EdnaTop, roller skaters and swinging ladder; RoyceTop, tightwire; Jeff Earl, single bull and ponydrill; Max Bertei's bullfight boxer dogs; DorisEarl has a new dog act and works web in theaerial ballet; David Brown, plate spinning andBob Snyder, vent. Principal aerial acts for theshow are presented by Gabriel and MarthaFlores with their cradle, head balancing trap-eze and cloud swing. Music is provided by or-ganist Robert Snyder and the announcing ishandled by Dave Brown.

New to the executive staff this year is public-ist Stan Mulford, who handled press and man-aged the bill car for two seasons on Jim Nord-mark's Int'l All Star Circus. Plans call for an in-crease in the advance department as the sea-son progresses.

The family owned and operated show's big topis a 60 ft. round end with three 30 ft centers.It goes up under the direction of Jeff Earl anda crew of eight men. Seating is the standardcircus blues type and can accommodate about1,100 people. Transportation manager BobbyEarl is moving the show on two tractor trailers,seven straight-bed trucks and four cargo trail- .ers. A third semi is under repair and should re-join the show soon. Bobby's wife, Teresa, ishandling the cookhouse.

On the midway are Jack Gobble's Snake Showand moon bounce, along with Gene Earl's con-cessions. Overseeing the whole operation areowner/manager Robert and Doris Earl. Bobspends most of his time out front supervisingthe booking, while Doris, when she is not inthe ring, keeps an eye on the office.

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Show PlansThe Voorheis Bros. Circus, well established inthe Michigan area for over seven years, will seea change in its operation this fall (indoors)since the son of the owner (Col. Bill Voorheis)has reluctantly accepted the resignation of hisyoungest son, Bill the 3rd, who was married inFebruary and will be enrolled at the MoodyBible Institute in Chicago, there to pursue acareer in Christian Music.

Luben Stoyanoff and Col. Bill Voorheis have'earned up on a tr ial basis and wi l l tour togeth-er th is fall under the banner of "Voorheis andStoyanoff Combined Circus'" This in no wayconcerns the tented edition of Col. Bill 'sGrande Early American Circus, appearing sevenweeks under canvas in Michigan this year, andin no way connects the Restaurant Concessionof Stoyanoff, who will play several MichiganFairs this year, both as a performer and oper-ating his concessions as well.

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City Complains About CircusThe Chamber of Commerce of Gloucester (Mass.) has become the subject of sharp criticism

because it sponsored a small circus early last month. Complaints have come from local citizens,the City Council and the city's newspaper, the Gloucester Daily Times.

The Circus at the O'Maley Rink was packed, says the Daily Times, with "hundreds of peoplesqueezed together on the floor in front of the ring. Standees flanked the ring, often blocking theview of those in the seats. The aisles were clogged. About twice the building's 1,200 person ca-pacity were jammed into the building."

The newspaper contends that if things had beenset up differently the over-crowding could havebeen avoid. They suggested that in the futuretwo performances be scheduled, rather thanjust the one show.

It was a "rip-off, is the way that Bradley Peter-son describes his visit to the circus. There wasan "oversale of tickets," he said, which causedunsafe conditions and prevented some peoplefrom seeing the performance. He demanded anapology from the Chamber of Commerce andsaid, "profit made at the expense of the audi-ence is a disgrace, and with better planning itcould have been avoided."

City Council members report they have receiv-ed many calls complaining about the crowdedconditions of the arena. In a 6-1 vote they ask-ed for a discussion meeting with the Committeeon Ordinances, the Fire Chief and the Cham-ber of Commerce in an effort to find out whathappened and how similar problems could beprevented in the future.

Both Caroline Rowe and Ruth Burnham saidthey arrived at the arena about 20 minutes be-fore show time and were "shocked" to findthere were no seats available. Don't they reallyhave anv idea how many tickets are being sold,they asked?"However, uncomfortable accommodationsturned out to be the smallest disappointmentof the evening we were appalled at the con-dition and abuse of the circus animals. The ani-mals were not only exploited, but they wereabused. Their trainers showed absolutely nocompassion or understanding of those gentlebeasts. Some of the dogs were scrawny, neglec-ted old pooches, and our hearts went out tothe wild-eyed baby elephant who was constant- jly jabbed with a prong during his performance." ,

ENOC COOK, former RBBB Blue Unit clown,has been working clown shows for schools ontne Atlantic coast.

HEIDI WENDANY, juggler; FAY SNYDER'sanimals and the DARRELL FERGES, trampo^line act were some of the people appearing onthe Emmett Kelly, Jr. Circus date at Concord(Calif.) on Junellth. Others set for the showincluded: DAVE LINDEN, balancing, EARLTEGGE, announcer, TIM TEGGE, clown.

MiscellaneousThe Tom Mix Museum at Dewey, Okla., nowasks visitors for a donation as they leave thebuilding. The Museum is closed on Mondays.

CBS-TV reran their "Circus of the Stars" showon June 6th. It's the show which features filmand TV stars performing in circus acts.

Those circus coloring books produced by theSaalfield Publishing Co. of Akron (Ohio) arealready becoming collector's items since theyare no longer available.

The San Francisco (Calif.) area had three showslast week - American Continental, Europoramaand Emmett Kelly, Jr.

"The Times article covering the circus (lid haveone fact straight. The children who attendeddid appear to enjoy themselves, since most ofthem were too young to be aware of the condi-tions that the animals were working under.However, our family will never patronizeanother performance of that circus, and we aredeeply disappointed that our Chamber of Com-merce has rehired this callous, unorganizedgroup to perform here again."

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Show NotesA series of eastern fairs and arena dates arebeing booked for later this year by MontieMontana, Jr., for his Buffalo Bill's Wild WestShow. Also included in the upcoming tourwill be dates in Europe

Montana, who is booking the dates himself,reports he has already signed the KentuckyState Fair and the Scottsdale, Ariz., fair.

Under terms of the recently dismissed suitwhich was filed several years ago against Mon-tana by Ringling-Barnum, over the rights tothe "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" title,Montana won the world-wide title rights ex-cept in the State of Florida. Ringling-Bamumwill be permitted a limited use to the titlein its circus presentations, although Montanaretains the rights for production of a conven-tional touring show.

Dog Act including Jockey DogsSingle Llama Act

Pony and Monkey ActOutstanding Pick-Out Dog Act

12 year old who does a JugglingAct and Unicycle Act

Contact:R. D. KOHLRIESER

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New CFA TentTent raising ceremonies for the Dorothy Her-bert Tent, CF4 were held at the Holiday Innof Ann Arbor (Mich) on May 14th, with 27members and guests in attendance. The tentcharter was presented by Michigan State Chair-man Dale Riker, in the absence of CFA Presi-dent Howard Coleman, who had to cancel! hisarrangements.

Don F. Smith, president and organizer, told ofintertesting incidents in the life of DorothyHerbert and her horses. It was pointed out thatMiss Herbert was born in Kentucky, but grewup in Detroit and practised riding in Ann .Arbor, before joining the John Robinson CircusShe later was with Ringling-Bamum, Cole Bros.,Clyde Beatty and many Shrine sponsored win-ter dates.

LOUIE MILLER, a former circus strongman,now promotes wrestling matches regularly inRichmond, Calif., and he plans to start reg-ular boxing matches in Oakland, Calif.

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Show Music The fo l lowing musical program was compiled by Paul Pughf - j r the 1977 lour of the Wenatchee Youth Circus,

Pre-Show -Barnurn &. Bai ley's FavoriteTeddy TromboneCyrus The GreatChildren's MarchCircus BeePersian MarketMiss TromboneBombastoMarch to MeccaChiapenecasMickey Mouse MarchGrand Old FlagGod Bless AmericaCl own i ng

C d F tRed Borders FanfareRingling Bros. Grand EntryNational Anthem

jugy l iny- Ladders-Si lver WheelEl CumbancheroHappy Days Are Here Again1 Know That You KnowFine and DandyStr ike Up The BandSunshine Galop

Double Trapeze -Royal Bridesmaid MarchRoses of MemoryLove S t oryB or n F reeLaura's ThemeLove Makes the World So

Clowns -Goof us

1 nclined Cable -S o l d i e i s ChorusImpossible DreamExodus

Tramooline -Ca. i tonians MarchHam TromboneWalking FrogMagni f icent MenHoop de DooDouble Time Galop

Clowns -Slim Trombone

T i g h t w i r e -Qual i ty Plus MarchHello DollyMay meCabaretC'Est Mayni f iqueWalkin ' My BabyOh My Papa

Teeterboard -Sells Floto TriumphalKentucky Sunr iseRobbins Bros. TriumphalWinter Sports Galop

Clowns -Broadway One Step

Spanish Webs -Sunny Skies MarchUp In The CloudsSpangleland March

Clowns -Trombone Blues

Roman Ladders/Rope -Spanish Soldiery MarchTie A Yel low RibbonHallelujah Trail

High Wire -Circus KingMore/AmourOver The RainbowFascinationGold and Silver WaltzTonight We Love

Tumbling/Leaping -The F ez MarchIf You Knew SuzieAlabamy BoundRobert E. LeeSwanee

Ballin' the JackWalsenberg Galop

Unicycles -Ha gen beck- Wai laceThat's EntertainmentAnother Openin'Calif. Here 1 Come

No Biz Like Show BizHurray For HollywoodJust One of Those ThingsThis Could Be the Start1 Will Wait For YouRock a Bye Your Baby

Clowns -Gillette MarchShoutin' Liza Trombone

Whips -Burma PatrolOn The WarpathTarzan's MarchOlympia HippodromeHome Stretch Galop

Adagio -Gentry's TriumphalIf You Were the Only GirlMarch of the ToysThe Big CageThe Bil lboard March

F i r e -AbdallahWar March of the TartarsPajamahSiamese Children's MarchJungle QueenBacchanale

Slack Wire -Caravan ClubA Night in JuneTrouprng Days

Flying Return Trapeze -Pan American MarchA Waltz DreamWedding of the WindsSunnyland Wal tzesAlpine SunsetOver the WavesDream LoverValse BleueMost Beautiful GirlGo

Finale -Greatest Show on Earth

GIRGUS WORbD MUSEUMThe program scheduled offered at the CircusWorld Museum (Baraboo, Wise.) during tnemonths of July and August will include:9.30 a.m. - Museum Opens • 8 Horse Hitch

and wagon10:00 a.m. - Animal Training Demonstartion10:30 a.m. - Demonstartion of loading circus

wagons on train10:45 a.m. - Pre-show Concert - Big Top11:00 a.m. - Big Top Circus Performance12:30 p.m. - Aerial Extravaganza

1:00 p.m. - Happy's Clown Capers1:45 p.m. - Circus Parade2:20 p.m. - Pre-show Concert - Big Top2:30 p.m. - Big Top Circus Performance3:45 p.m. - Demonstration of loading circus

wagons on train4:20 p.m. - Pre-show Concert • Big Top4:30 p.m. - Big Top Circus Performance5:30 p.m. • Elephants Play in river6:00 p.m. - Museum Closes

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NOW BOOKINGDue to circumstances beyond my control

I have open time now thru Labor Day

LIPKO'S

COMEDY CHIMPS•

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Florence, N. J. 08518

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Phone: (717) 467-2316

A June Special50 yds of 6mm facetted plexi beads - $17

(In gold or silver)6 pr. $5.75 Danskin Tights for. . $24.50

Plus Postage - i4 down on COD

WILLIAM RODGERS Box 822Gibsonton, Fla. - 33534

Phone: (813) 677-1137 - Anytime...

AGOSinger Bros. Novelty Circus, of 1930, was a.

motorized show out of Denver, Colo. The cir-cus played in Kansas, Texas, Colorado and thesurrounding area, touring from April to Oct.The circus moved on 10 trucks, used a 70 ft.round end big top with two 35 ft. middlesand carried a 10 piece band. Two advance carswere used ahead of the show.The show's owner was P. B. Kelly; treasurerwas Mrs. P. B. Kelly; Press agent was A. E.Barnett; General agent was Fred Pitkins, withRoy E. Smith in charge of the side show.

The Al G. Barnes Circus was wrecked at Ca-naan, in Canada, on July 20, 1930, with threepeople being killed in the wreck and tw othersdead later as a result of injuries.After the wreck the show was loaded and thenpulled into Moncton for repairs. Twenty-onewagons and 3 coaches were smashed, alongwith some flat cars.The week of July 20-28 was cancelled, but alldates after that time were played as scheduled.The show started its season on Mar. 22, play-ing at Baldwin.Park (Calif.) and ended itstour at San Padro (Calif.) on Oct 12th, after .traveling across Canada and into New England.

NOW BOOKING FOR 1978 SEASON

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A Promotional Show for Fairs and Shopping Centers

Contact:

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Phone: (408) 988-1436

Or see me at the CFA Convention, Circus Circus Hotel,Las Vegas, Nevada - June 15-18

'Sorry all available 1977 dates are booked - also Xmas 1978

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AVAILABLE FOk XMAS '77 DATES NOW BOOKING FOR '78 SEASON

MARCANSMALE AFRICAN LIONS

(First Time to Tour USA Best Male'Lion Act Available!Contact

JOSIPMARCAN818 • 13th Avenue - Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304

Phone: (414)4325692

Show ActsThe program presented here at Salem, Oregon,by the American Continental Circus, whichplayed the Armory, featured:Spec, Animal Fantasy; Eloise Berchtold, mixedwild animals; The Burketts, revolving perch;Clown Band; The Arturos, trampoline; TheWillettys, rola bola; Myoshi Amotta, hair hang;Miss Iris, contortion; Miss Martha, contortion;Clowns, paper gag; Lemke's Chimps; Clowns,doctor gag; Arturo Seguro, bounding rope; theaerial ballet "Peppermint Suite" featuring sixgirls on swinging ladders with Miss Tina doingan upside down walk on loops; Intermission.The second half of the show included: KenWilier, one finger stand; Miss Myna, trapeze;Miss Lydia, trapeze; Lottie Brunn, juggling;The Gerreros, high wire; Clowns, balancing aoottle; The Suarez Troupe, riding act; The Fly-ing Viennas, flying trapeze; Clowns; the circuselephants (3 small ones) there was a lack ofspace here for all of the elephants to be worked.The show's musical director is Herb Miller,while the announcer/vocalist is John A. Miller.

.. David E. Reid

BILLY BARTON (Continued)

gas in '78, are currently playing dates with WAYNEKING'S Orchestra (NOW, that's "nostalgia" from the"Big Band Era") WHITE TOPS will be edited -atleast temporarily, by WALT HOHENADEL of Ro-chelle (III.) who prints the CFA journal.

It could turn out that CIRCUS ODYSSEY owner EDMIGLEY will be to the Circus industry what the KEN-NEDYs were to the Washington Political Scene. Hehas two relatives highly placed in Rhode Island poli-tics: one is Lt. Governor, another is Asst ProsecutingAttorney. Ed's father is active in Washington powercircles, his entire family are extremely prominent inRhode Island.There are so many "lawsuits" flying around the in-dustry this season I almost wish I could book theminstead of dates - I'd never be out of work!

See you down the road, luvs...

DEAR FRIEND:We appreciate your loyal support of The Cir-cus Report and hope that you find each is-sue of some interest and value to you.

. Please tell your friends and neighbors aboutThe Circus Report, they might want to beregular readers too.

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The Strong & Luvas Circus is back to the orig-inal title - Dixiana Circus. They are at quartersin Beaumont and Pete reports they are playingweekend dates in the area while their new agentputs a fall route together. They are really pleas-ed with their new elephant "Kenya".Valley View Shopping Center in Dallas (Texas)was the center of attention recently when CFAmemberjLou Stoddard had her circus andclown paintings on display for several days. Theclowns in the paintings are ofiactual livingclowns, that many fans know.A recent TV special featured cat trainers ofEurope, although there were other acts, theshow mainly centered on cat acts. One sceneshowed lions fighting and fire hoses were usedto break the fight up.The McCord Theatre Collection, stored at S.M.U. in Texas contains many old circus items.The Ed Millette Tent of Dallas has agreed tocatalog and file the collection, under the direc-tion of Betty Llwellyn for display and generallibrary use. It's another collection preservedfor history and our hats are off to the Ed Mil-lette Tent members for their coming project.Perry A. Luth, Sr., a young 87 year old, of LosAngeles, sent this writer some original photosof the Dixiana Circus cages, which he helpedbuild. I might add that when Charles Koehlersold his Dixiana Circus he did not sell the cagewagons.Cliff Day reports he visited Carson & Barnes at

The program presented by the Great YouthCircus at Redlands (Calif.) on May 13-15 and20-21 featured the following presentations:

Grad Spec; Double-wide low casting; handbalancing; Single trapeze; Circus acrobatics;Juggling; Double ladders; Artistic bicycling;Multiple and Triple trapeze; Double trapeze;Trampoline • Double Mini-trampoline; Teeter-board; Three cradles; Stunt fighting; Balanceperch; Tightwire; Aerial webs; Unicycles; therola bola; German gym wheel; Flying trapez*and two clown numbers.

West Point (Nebr) where they played to a 3/4house in the afternoon and a full house thatnight. They have the best band on the road, hesays. Cliff says he is lecturing on modeling andthe circus, as well as getting signatures for theEndangered Species fight.Do Do, the Clown, just finished a whirlwindtour of 12 schools in five days for the Librarysystem to advertise their summer reading pro-gram - The Big Top. He presents a 1V4 hour ma-gic clown act and says people everywhere stilllove a clown.!Ted Deaz is the new advance agent for the Dix-iana Circus. He is lining up a tour of dates andthe tentative plans are to kick off the show onJuly 4th. Peter Luvas hopes to acquire land out-side the city limits of Beaumont where he wantsto build new winterquarters.

....M L. Dupont

CUSTOM COLORCIRCUS PHOTOS

Full-Color Action Performance Shots, LotViews, Scenics, Equipment, Band Photos1976 Circus Season Photos Now AvailableAdditional Photos Dating Back to 1971Season Also For Sale. For Details, SendStamped, Self-Addressed Envelope to:

JAMES D. KALIVODA1509 South Clinton Avenue

Berwyn, Illinois - 60402

THANK YOUJACK CUGNIN (Cook)

for your purchase of 1977 Wells CargoGooseneck Van with living quarters and

space for your Clown Car

"SA VE MONEY WITH JOHNNY"

JOHNNY CANDLE

465 N E 102nd StreetMiami Shores. Fla 33138(305) 751-0206

7100 Six th AvenueAitoona. Pa 16602

(814) 944 9347or 943 0003

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PUCK'S CIRCUS (Continued)

playing in conjunction with the Queen's cele-bration, which is a year long a f fa i r all over theBritish Empire.

The circus program features: The Royal PalaceGuards (Rumpy and Abrevo, clowns); Over-ture; Salute to the Queen's Silver Jubilee, en-tire cast; The Raymils, hand balancing; ThePalace Canines, Zoppe's dogs and featuring thebaby of the circus, Tosca Zoppe; downs withthe Circus Nurse; Riding Ballet, fea tur ing CarlaZoppe and Giovanni Zoppe, followed by theZoppe's Riding Academy; the Weldons, aerialacrobats; The Robertsons, with Reggie, thejuggling wonders; Intermission.

In the second half are: Reggie and Loren, rolabola; Alberto Zoppe and lion; King Kong, thefunny gorilla; Alberto Zoppe and "Del Rita"the elephant; Loren, the Princess of the air;Finale, Salute to the Queen, featuring the en-tire cast.

The show's staff includes: Bob Loblaw, chair-man of the board; Mark Parr, director; Frazier

THE GREAT MAYO (William Patterson) isback in Southern California after completingseven shows in two days for the Gene HollowayProductions at Phipps Auditorium in Denver,Colo., on May 15-16.

YUL BRENNER, film and stage star, was a fly-er in a trapeze act in France before becomingan actor.

JOHNNY DAY and JOHN E. DAY, is one andthe same person. John handled the announcingfor Paul Kaye's circus date at St. Louis.

Mohawk, director; Lynne Cavanagh, director;Roger Prystanski, performance director/pro-ducing clown/wardrobe/choreographer; EdwardL. Russell, concession manager/Supt. Mgr./sideshow manager; Ian Pennie, prop boss and as-sistant to R. Prystanski; Lou Robertson, rigger;Hugh Coghill, animal supt.; Terry Russell, as-sistant to Edward Russell; Theo Dimson, graph-ic consultant; Don Horsburg, keyboards; DonPhilips, percussion.

IF YOU WANT THE JOB DONE RIGHT!

CARL E .CONLEY(30 YEARS IN CIRCUS BUSINESS)

JUGGLING-LIBERTY HORSE ACT

ANNOUNCER

'77 SEASON WITH ROYAL BROS. CIRCUS

A-1 CONCESSION MGR. and SIDE SHOW MGR.

Year Round Address 2G3b Norton Road Kent, Ohio 44240

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FOR SALERolling Globe Act $1,500.00'Chair Balancing Act $1,500.00Indoor Aerial Cradle $ 900.00Outdoor 35' Uprights $1,400.003500 Watt Sears Portable Generator

$ 450.001975 - 31' Traveleze Travel Trailer

$7,000.00Prices include everything you will need toperform 1st rate, classy acts with music.All equipment is at the following addressin Ohio.

HANK & CINDY (Cassidy) RUMMEL4400 Melrose Drive, No. 245

Wooster, Ohio - 44691Phone: (216) 345-5450

FRANK HOOPES writes he has been visitingcircuses in the Atlantic City (NJ) area. He al-so reports the Hanneford Family Circus willplay under canvas on the New Steel Pier, ahalf mile at sea, from June 25 to Labor Day.Also appearing on the Pier will be the famousdiving horses and the Acapulco divers.

DON and MARTHA SMITH recently visitedthe Polack show at Toledo (Ohio) and writethe flying act and riding act were outstanding.

HAL HAVILAND plans to tour wi th theStrates Railroad Carnival during the summerseason, where he will operate a pony ride.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS IN AND OUT OFTHE COUNTRY SEND PHOTOS ANDRESUME ALONG WITH AVAILABILITYAND ROUTING TO:

ISUNCOAST

BOOKING, INC,525 Treasure Boat WaySarasota, Fla. - 33581

Phone: (813) 349-8760

GEORGE WILLIG, who scaled New YorkCity's tallest building last month, has been in-ducted into the Guinness Hall of Fame.

JAMES RAY, an Oakland, Calif., artist, carvesminiature animals out of the pits of variousfru i t s .

KITTY O'NEIL, holder of several world re-••cords and known as "the fastest woman in j|hejworld" has been signed by Mattel Toys as i f;part of its upcoming promotional campaigns'. £

TOM UPTON will be showing his circus filrite "~at the CFA Convention in Las Vegas thiscoming weekend.

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PROMOTIONAL DIRECTORHarmes Theatrical Productions, in our 21st year promoting, circus, magicand variety shows. In Medium to Large cities. We operate a night, familyticket operation. You must work clean, if I don't know you, I need refer-ences.Call Joann Drasher (717) 273-5526 or Jackie Harmes (904) 829 2461, orwrite: P. O. Box 136, Lebanon, Pa. 17042.