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5th Year May 31, 1976 Number 22

An animal exhibitor, with headquarters in Westland, Mich.,has been served with a 15 count charge that he violated the Ani-mal Welfare Act. The USDA says that Walter D. Mayer's facilitieswere inspected on four different occasions and deficiencies werefound during each visit.

The charges include elevencounts that allege violations in-cluding inadequate storage offeed and bedding, cleaning, re-pairs and trash disposal, and aninadequate number of trainedcaretakers for the animals. USDAcharges also include that monkeyhouses and cages were poorly

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Pushing AheadLate last week it was announ-

ced that San Antonio's Non-Com-missioned Officers Assc. wassponsoring four circus perform-ances, featuring acts still leftin San Antonio after Circus Gal-axy folded early in the month.Theshow, reports indicated, would

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Toledo Shrine ,by DON and MARTHA SMITH

The performance produced by Sam T. Polack, for Zenobia TempleShrinerSf was one of the best shows seen in quite awhile. Startingwith an opening Spec containing Bicentennial floats, the acts in-cluded the following stars:Jerichos, comedy leaps; Gossingstigers; The Apollo Duo; Clowns;Pam Rosaire's dogs; The Villams,jugglers; Prince Najvez; De MilleKAO Troupe and Kalmus Duo; Geron-imo, dive; Anderson's LibertyHorses; Rosaire's chimps; TheJordanas; Poldis Troupe, swing;the Diano elephants; Finale spec.

The announcer was Jim Doug-las and the 12 piece band wasdirected by Boom Boom Browning,in fast pased musical selectionsthat accurately cued every act,and worth the cost of admissionto any Circus Fan. Every act wasexcellent and the wardrobe wasfresh-looking and in good taste.The Villams were truly outstand-ing with their lightning fastjuggling and acrobatics, and nev-er missed a trick. Five clean andneatly dressed clowns appearedseveral times, but were not iden-tified by name, but they deservelots of credit.

The Prince Najvez act con-cludes with several bursts offireworks and the dense smoke <hung over the seats during the 15minutes of intermission. Many inthe audience complained becauseit bothered them and their chil- .dren. The irony of it is that ahalf dozen announcements are madeduring the show that "No Smoking.Is Allowed In the Building."

CIRCUS VISITORSVisitors seen on the Sells i

Gray Circus lot in Georgia inclu-ded: Floyd King, James Cole, Mr.& Mrs. Joe McMahon, Jimmy Harr-ington, Marijo Couls, Dick John-son, Inga Williams, Hal Havilandand-the Ayala's enroute to Bara-boo.

Visitors at the Great Y Cir-cus in Redlands, Calif., includedFrancis Smith, of Spokane, andTom Lehman, of the Cal Tech Fam-ily Circus.

West Coast ShowActs currently being featur-

ed on the Reid production of theGrand Circus Safari include: TheRhodins, plate spinning; clowns,the cannon; Anden's Poodles; theclowns, a spike chair; Fess Ren-olds, brahma bulls; Brian andLeslie, chimps; Clowns and dog;Diane, single traps; Comedy Bra-hma bull; clowns, water gag andDave Hill and Brian Fawcett, ele-phants.

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A Hall ShowThe Circus International, owned and operated by Gary and Trude

(Luvas) Strong, was caught during its three day engagement at thefashionable Valley Mall in Hagerstown, Md. (May 13-15).

A stage with tent-stylebackdrop and a ring in front pro-vides the setting. "Footlight"style color lighting is used,running full circle, inside thering curb and other color light-ing effects are integrated intothe stage and backdrop.

Props for Madame Trude Luva<Poodle Fantasy are mirrored, thedogs well-groomed, and the acthas the immediate approval ofsmall-fry who, with their mothersmake up the bulk of daytime au-diences.

Gary Strong, ringmaster forcircuses in the past, takes up-the same duties here, announcingand pacing the program, also do-ing juggling, rope spinning,whip cracking, etc. A young man,Cleo, interjects the performancewith European-style clowning, ma-gic, featuring doves, flowersand silks, and makes an appear-ance as the Little Kid in a ser-io-comic trapeze specialty.

Strong's Int'l Circus has

WANTED: Extra small ponies fornew liberty act. PRICE MUST BERIGHT. Contact: 'Hal Haviland(King Bros. Circus) oer route.

Watch for a complete reviewof the big Beatty-Cole Circus inan upcoming issue of Circus Re-port. It's a story you will wantto read.

Other special features ineach issue, too. So don't miss asingle copy.

favorably impressed first classmalls through-out the mid-west,south and east and is used as anannual promotional device by in-dividual Mall Managements withthe Strong troupe making radioand TV appearances in addition topresenting their "family circus"several times a day. The programruns between 30 and 45 minutes.

Billy Barton

"The Bale Family"ELVIN BALE and JEANETTE WILLIAMS

The Worlds Most Fabulous Thrilling Acts With RBBB Circus

Col. E.T. Bale's Continental HorsesAt RBBB Circus World - Haines City, Fla.

ROUTESBeatty-Cole CircusJune 1 Norristown, Pa.

2 Reading3 Allentown4 Hazelton

5-6 Scranton

Berosini 3 Ring CircusJune 1-6 Marietta, Ga.

Garden-Johnson CircusMay 31 Lamar, Colo.June 2 Pampa, Texas

3 Borger4 Perryton6 Santa Fe, N.M.

Carson & Barnes CircusJune 1 Kingsport, Tenn.

3 Galax, Va.4 Wytheville5 Glasgow6 Fisherville

Circus KingdomJune 1 Oberlin, Ohio

2 Madison3 Conneaut4 Girard, Pa.5 Waterford6 Angola, N.Y.

Circus Varp,asJune 1-3 Carlsbad, Calif.

4 Cedar City, Utah6 Boise, Idaho

Dailey Bros. CircusJune 1 Wind Lake, Wise.

6 Kewasken

Diamond S Rodeo Wild WestMay 31 Lenoir, N.C.June 2 Knoxville, Tenn.

3 Oak Ridge

EuroporamaMay 31 Boise, IdahoJune 1 Twin Falls

3 Butte, Mont.4 Great Falls5 Helena6 Bozeman

Fleckle's Tnt'l CircusJun 4-11 E. St. Louis, 111

Franzen Bros. CircusJune 1 Coal Valley, 111.

3 Stillman Valley4 Milledgeville6 Somonauck

Garden Bros. CircusMay 31-Jun 6 Trenton, NJ

Hamid-Morton CircusJune 2-6 Boston, Mass.

Happytime CircusJune 3-6 Ukiah, Calif.

Holiday HippodromeMav 31 Dubuque, IowaJune I Burlington

7 Quincy3 McComb, 111.

Holiday Hippodrome (Cont'd)June 4 Pekin, 111.

5 Galesburg6 Decatur

Hoxie's Great American Cir.May 31 Spotswood, N.J.June 1 West Portal

2 Long Valley3 Branchburg Twp.4 Brookside5 Perth Amboy

Hubler Int'l CircusJune 4-6 Cedar Rapids, Iwa

Hunt Bros. CircusMay 28 Smyrna, Dela.

29 Delaware City31 Linwood, Pa.

King Bros. CircusMay 31 Lexington, Tenn.June 1 Milan

2 Dyersburg3 Fulton, Ky.4 Mayfield5 Murray6 Fort Cambell

Kirk Bros. CircusJune 4 Washington, Mo.

5 Kirksville6 Fort Madison, Iwa

Polack Bros. CircusJune 5-6 Long Beac:., Cal.

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BILLY BARTON • • • •I WOULD LIKE to acknowledge the hospitality ex-

tended to me by show owners and producers when Iwalk onto their lots or into their buildings on behalf ofCR. True, most of these people are friends of longstanding, nevertheless • without their open-door policies,their "tell it as you see it" carte-blance freedom, mycontributions to CR would be spares or dull or both.So, on behalf of Circus Report, Don Marcks. and my-self, our thanks to one and all!

I'm sure readers think I make some of my stories upI don't have to. Show people, God love 'em, are the

craziest crazies in the world. Example: To amuse theirbaby elephant, DONDI, Phil and Francme play hide-,and-seek with her. They hide, and Baby Dondi goeslooking for them, trumpeting wildly!

JOHNNY WALKER helped get my "radar" going toresume "tracking" on the HERRIOTTS. They are withthe DIAMOND S RODEO, and so are newlyweds Mr.and Mrs. Johnny Walker, Jr Someone told me GEEGEE (Engesser) is in Canada....REE and ANDRESWEITZER (Marco Polo) now touring with DISNEYON PARADE m South Africa. Wonder if PELUZA is onthe show? BOBBY KAYE's rapid recovery is beinghailed as a medical miracle.

KEEPER OF THE FLAMES: Due to faulty wiringthe meat freezer on a Hoxie cage truck caught fire,burned up. It was replaced and eight days later burnedagain GARY HENRY started out on a Hoxie Paraderecently, but by the time he reached the end of it. themotor in his Comedy Car burned up, ignited the car it-self, and now Gary is carrying the charred frame aroundm his pick-up.

FLO OLSON picked herself up, dropped herselfdown - In Europe IGINIO BOGINO, now a chef forHyatt House may be transferred to D.C ROSIOTHERON publicity-stunted from a trapeze attached toa hot air balloon for the Garden-Johnson L.A. debutKOCKA-POLDIS and the STANEKS will hype PolackBros., Utah dates with a teeterboard display.

What's this I hear about DON BASHAM breaking ina new act at Trenton recently? If you want to feellike a "third wheel" hang around JIM DOUGLASS andPHIL CHANDLER when they get off on a magic kick!

Agent GIL MILLER visited m Toledo and introducedus to his lovely wife, BERNICE.

BRENDA and BUZZY CUTTIN played the twoweek Canadian run for Clyde Bros Brenda pacted tocaptain my all-girl productions for that new tenter in'77. I am doing two and using 14 girls Ex-Digger PughGirl, EVELYN KENT (once married to Ringhng highwire artist DOVAL), is remarried, has two kids andteaches kindergarten in Bradenton. Doval is also re-married, performing in Europe.

DEREK ROSAIRE has his Wonder Horse "Tony"at the Flamboyan Hotel in Puerto Rico, featured m a

musical show called ROMAN NIGHTS leave it tothose clever Zoppes to come up with a new rmkle! Joe,Peggy, Roger and company are adding - GET THIS • achimp to their riding act*

BRADD FRANK tells me his mother PATSY has re-covered from her recent operation and is back m actionon the COMMERFORD & SHEA units. That show, inci-dentally, has some FANTASTIC miniature circus wagons

HOXIE's big show has been blessed by great weather,not one muddy lot and only one day of heavy rain - Ishould say night since it happened after the show wasover.

PAMELA ROSAIRE is a busy gal. She makes theWallenda, Bill Kay and Texas dates this year and issigned with Castle for '77 EMIL GOETCHI (De Millelplans a new magazine patterned after Europe's famedECHO - to run semi-annually Understand midgetclown JUNE DEWSBURY is working for friends inCalifornia.

GEORGE HUBLER contracted TOMMY HANNE-FORD's package for a run of dates in Kentucky, dittoSANDY DOBRITCH for his Super Circus tour ComicImpressionist FRANK (Nursie) RODERICK, well knownto many circus folks, won an "Entertainer of the Year"award in the east Aside to Bob and Doris Earl: I justmissed catching your ROBERTS BROS. CIRCUS byONE day1 I promise to be on your lot SOON!

My grapevine hums with news that the Mantle ofSuccess of some recent Hanneford promotions must beworn by that talented team WALLY & CHERYL, whoseadvance publicity and hard work resulted in boosting anotherwise sagging box office.

Okay, Kiddies, I know you're busy putting it up andtearing it down and hightailing it over the highway BUTkeep those letters rolling as well. REMEMBER this isYOUR newspaper, created by and existing through yourpersonal NEED So, get with it! Write, wire or phone,tend smoke signals, or hop on your CB, but keep thenews flowing and also REMEMBER that Circus Re-port cares about only one thing: YOU!

See you down the road luvs.

vms AGOThe Sells Floto Circus train

went through Pittsfield, Mass, onJune 14, 1925 and again on June21, 1925, but the show didn't playin the city that year.

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SHRINE CIRCUSThe program presented for the

Himtsville Shrine date (May 7-9)fear.ured: Bar-ada's lions; Johsoncradle; Clowns; Gunnar & Fenn; MrBell; The Zoppe Duo; Chris James,wire; Arley's Bears; Pam's Dogs;Clowns; The Plunketts; The Spar-tans; The Walters; The Flying Carols; Clowns; Al's Lemonzine} MissDanmark; Miss Sweden; The Holly-wood Chimps; Rucker's Chimps; MiaLorelei; Clowns; The Amandis; theGarden-Johnson elephants; ClownWalk-around; the Zacchini Cannon.

Collectors will be interest-ed in the new Holly City "CircusDecantur" which is handmade inrainbow glass. A limited number ofthe circus bottles were made andthey currently sell for $10.00each. After July 1st they will bepriced at $15.00 each.

Each bottle is numbered andwill b« registered in the owner'sname. To order write: Holly CityBottles, Millville, NJ - 08332.

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Hollywood ReportThe world's greatest bull-

fighters are being signed for asuper-cultural program of bull-fighting artistry in the U.S., byimpressario Federico Rodriguez,according to Don Hernandec, pres.,of the Five Star Mexico Int'l En-terprises of Los Angeles.

Bullfighters will attendfrom Spain, Mexico, Argentina andSouth America. Called "HispanicCultural Festival" the event willbe without bloodshed and a pagean-try of beauty, splendor, musicand dancing in the Spanish and Latin traditions.

Bullfighting will be heldat the Long Beach Arena Sept. 2l> -26, and Howard W. Suesz, formercircus producer, is arranging ad-ditional dates throughout the U.SHe already has several promotion-al staffs at work.

CIRCUS ACTSThe program presented by the

Great Y Circus at Redlands, Cal.(May 14-16 and 21-22) featured:Opening spec; Shoot Through theLadder; Circus Acrobats; UnevenParallel Bars; Aerial Cradles;Rolling Globes; Bicycle; SingleTrapeze; Tumbling; Anchors; TheClown Side Show (Bicentennial Salute); Trampoline; Low Casting;Balance Perch; Juggling; DoubleTrapeze; Hanging Perch; Teeter-board; Multiple Trapeze; TripleTrapeze; Unicycles; Clowns andThe Dentist; Webs; Tight wire;and Flying trapeze act.

May 31, 1976

JAMES WILD wrote the May 24Time article about Circus Vargaswhich was condensed for lastweek's issue of CR.

LARY HAFNER will join Cir-cus Kirk for the summer season.He will be doing iron jaw andcloud swing acts.

J. A. HOFME1STER (Chief Jo-seph) suffered a broken arm,justbelow the elbow, when a horsekicked him during a performanceon May 11, at Charlottesville,Va. He is still working the act.

HAL HAVILAND is working hisdogs and ponies, and paper tear-ing acts on King Bros. Circus.

TITO GAONA was thrown froma horse during RBBB's openingspec at New York on May 18. Hewas hospitalized and later re-leased.

CAROL BUCKLEY and her ele-phant Tarra will be working atMarriotts Great America Park(Calif.) starting next month.

SYD MOORE has his animalacts booked into Great AdventurePark (New Jersey) for the summerseason. The GLENN RANDALL Familyis also at the park.

MIKE TERRY visited Hoxie BrCircus at Noblesville, Ind., onMay 20th.

GLEN FISK spent four daysvisiting BOB and VI HOFMEISTER oon Beatty-Cole this month.

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C-J SHOWSell-out crowds were enthu-

siatic about the Clyde Bros.-Car-den- John son ircus engagement atMuskegon (Mich) May 14-16. In allsix performances were given,withCleo Plunkett handling the showannouncements.

The program featured! LilliKristensen, leopards; the La Don-na's, cradle; Ralph Rucker, dogs;clowns, whips; The Wilson's, uni-cycling/juggling; Sylvia & Randyperch pole; clowns, fire cracker!Chris James, wire; Tim Kristenserand Arabian horse on long reins;Aerial Ballet with Patriotictheme and La Eleanor's cradle;Langs, Plunketts and Bobby Pleis,trampoline; clowns, boxing; Her-nandez Family, teeterboard; JulieWard and Ralph Rucker, goats;Hernandez, Langs and David Con-ner s, juggling; clowns, hold-up;The Flying Carrolls; Finale.

In addition to Larry Gardenproducer, the staff included: Mi-

TAD TOSKY, retired clown,expects to enter a Chicago hos-pital soon and will be unable toanswer mail quickly.

HARRY THOMAS has moved histigers to the new "EnchantedVillage" park at Buena Park, Ca.

TANYA, the elephant, was oilof several MGM shows in Las Ve-gas because her trainer brokehis ankle.

LESLIE and BRIAN FAWCETThave a new baby chimp they'venamed "Brandy." They are withGrand Circus Safari, where Brianhas been helping with the ele-phants while HOWARD JOHNSON wasill.

chael Pike, musical director; Z.P. Swain, drummer; M. Plunkett,prop boss; Brad Ward, producingclown, plus John Mason, Red New-some and Mike Lancaster.

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Four separate units will beavailable through the VoorheisBros. Circus starting this fall.The units will be offered throug:agents for the first time, butpromotions, if any, are to remainthe exclusive right of the circu=

The number one show will beVoorheis Bros. Circus, which ison tour regularly in Michigan,Ohio and Indiana. This show isoperated by Col. Bill Voorheisand his son.

A school assembly unit willoffer small shows of one or twoacts capable of working in anyschool facility. This unit willbe offered on an outright sale,through agents, for Michigan,Ohio and Indiana only.

A mini-circus (under can-vas) will be used for shopping

Clyde Bros.A Clyde Bros.-Garden-Johnson

unit in Canada featuredi Histor-ical Spec; Ward Burke, tigers;Maya 8, Robert, sword balancing;Kurt & Kalea, aerial; Ascot'sDogs; Cucciolo; Animals in tworings; Clowns; Zerbini Bros, Tee-terboard; Maya and aerial ballet;Scott's Unridable Mule; FlyingDells; Clown prizefight; Kirby'sChimps; French Duo, wire; PrincessKayleah, doves; Robert and Pierrecomedy tables; the elephants

centers, small fairs, parks andsales promotions. It will be aself-contained unit with lights,seating, and live music.

A special unit called "TheMagic of Christmas" has been de-signed for the month of Decemberonly. It will provide programsfor open time that is generallyavailable at the end of the year.

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ROUTESDubois Circus WorldJune 2-6 Hawkesberry, Ont.

Sam T. Polack CircusJune 5-6 Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Ringling-Barnum - Blue Uni tJune 2-13 Philadelphia, Pa.

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitJune 1-6 Providence, R. I.

Royal London Magic CircusMay 28-June 5 Chattanooga, Ten

Sells & Gray CircusMay 31 Spencer, W. Va.June 1 Weston

2 Elkins3 Morgantown4 Uniontown, Pa.5 Washington6 Bentleyville

John Strong CircusJune 1 San Angelo, Texas

2-3 San Antonio4-5 Fort Worth6-7 Oklahoma City, Okla.

Wenatchee Youth CircusJune 6 Cashmere, Wash.

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In New York: (516) 627-7939

No NewsThe Mexico Int'l Circus set

for the Sports Arena at Los Ang-eles (May 21-31) has folks wond-ering if they'll make it. We hopeto provide you with a review andcurrent news soon.

Originally the idea was con-ceived by Gil Gray. The idea wasfurther developed by the Garden-Johnson Circus and at last reportthe show was being handled by aMexican producer.

While the circus is plannedto appeal to the Los Angeles areaSpanish speaking residents, it isdoubtful that they could fullysupport it. At the best only afew vague ads have appeared inthe papers and contrary to otherreports there has been no wide-spread publicity campaign for theshow's appearance.

BRIAN FAWCETT (chimp act) has anew phone number (714) 825-7187

HELP WANTED- IMMEDIATELY -

Need two men for year round workMust be dependable and an inter-est in animals is helpful.

Contact:MURRAY HILL

Route 5 - Box 9Burlington, Wise. - 53105

Phone: (414) 763-3687

May 31, 1976

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PUSHING AHEAD (Continued)

feature aerial cradle acts, tightwire, foot juggling, one fingerstand, comedy piano and threeelephants.

CFA's of that city report theOscarian Family had left early inthe week. A hasty job was requir-ed to build ring curb and otheritems for the weekend shows.

The opening show on May 21stdrew about 100 people. The mat-inee on May 22 was cancelled forlack of people, but two othershows were scheduled that night.

In the meantime local promo-ters have joined the efforts tokeep the show going. The circushas been retitled "Circus Union"(not to be confused with Mexico'sCirco Union) and plans are under-way to feature the circus in theSan Antonio Coliseum.

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The return of tigers, jag-uars and cougars, a 20 year oldfemale lion trainer and an allnew look have been announced forJungle Larry's Circus Africa setto open at Cedar Point in Sandus-ky (Ohio) next month. Winter con-struction at the park has provid-ed many changes, and now guestswill enter the animal show areaby means of a themed walk-up en-trance way.

"After a three year ban re-stricting the moving of spottedand striped cats, an amendment tothe Endangered Species Act willallow us to bring a tiger showback to Cedar Point," says Larry.

This year Larry will be pre-senting some of the exotic ani-mals, plus a monkey, lion andelephant working together. The tigers will be presented by RoyWells, while Ms. Pat White willpresent a group of full-grownlions. Two chimp shows will beworked by Larry and Roy.

"We will have more showsthis year than any other year,which we feel is what our guestswant," Larry added.

HISTORICAL FACT ....

The Baddeley Bros, toured acircus in Canada in 1939, withMr. & Mrs. Pop Henry, Tod, Cliffand the Craigs. Also appearingin the show were the Wheeler Sis-ters, aerial, dogs and ponies,plus the Masons with their Mon-key Circus.

May 31, 1976

CHARGES FILED (Continued)

maintained, that pens for deerand a cougar were inadequately-drained, and that lions were keptoutdoors without protection fromthe elements.

Other charges state that onFeb. 9, Mr. Mayer had an exhibitat a Livonia, Mich., shoppingcenter and that not enough drink-ing water was available. It wasalso charged that veterinary carefor monkeys was allegedly inade-quate. On Feb. 10, at an exhibi-tion for the Luthern School forthe Death, in Detroit, it wascharged Mr. Mayer failed to keepproper separation between theviewing public and exhibited ani-mals, which constituted a safetyhazard.

Mr. Mayer is entitled to aoral hearing and is consideredinnocent unless he admits to thecharges or is found guilty by afederal judge. Possible penaltyis an order to cease and desistfrom further violations. Viola-tion of such an order is punish-able by a $500 fine for each daya violation continues.

WANTEDAll types of Animal Acts tostart July 1st.

Contact: GORDON WALSHMid America Circus

5973 East 31st StreetTulsa, Okla. — 74145

Phone: (918) 836-7761

In Memoriam -

FRANK KAUFFMAN, trick cyclistdied at Newark, N.Y., on Mar. 27.He was co-inventor of the high-chain drive unicycle in the 1890sIn the early 1900's he toured theworld with his Uncle Nick Kauff-man's bicycle troupe. In 1912 heformed the cycling trio "The Cy-clonians". In the late 20's he retired to enter the carnival con-cession business, operating waf-fle stands until 15 years ago. Atage 92 he was still able to ridea unicycle.

MICKEY ANTALEK, Jr. (3) theyoungster was killed instantlywhen he ran under the sidewall ofthe King Bros. Circus side showand under the wheels of the showwater wagon. His mother, PattiIronberg, presented a chimp acton the circus. The accident tookplace at Eunice, La. on May 16th.

Acts WantedA Los Angeles (Cal) TV sta-

tion is looking for all sorts ofnovelty acts for a network showcalled "The Gong Show." Auditionswere held early this month andare now being scheduled for June.

Acts interested are urged tocall (213) 466-9153 for an audi-tion appointment.

WILL DO layout and design workfor your letterhead, envelope,cards, etc. Write: Beverly Al-len, Box 91, Pixley, Calif, orcall: (209) 757-3501

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Dubois Circus WorldAffiliate of Amusement Spectaculars, Inc.

Affiliate of Salon Du Commerce, Inc.

Wants to buy a round end tent - push pole or bail ringMinimum size of 80 ft. with 32 ft middles (prefer 40 ft. cen-ter pieces).

Phone our Road Office (ask operator for number) Wednesday toSunday, as per following route:

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Phone: (819) 776-1287

Hubler SignsGeorge Hubler*s Int'l Cir-

cus will again be one of the fea-tures at this year's LaPorte County Fair. The Aug. 13th circus program will be presented in frontof the grandstand, with an out-standing display of strong acts.

Billed as "King of theKlowns" Irv Romig will be on handwith new tricks to entertain be-fore and during the show. Also appear ing in the circus program areHarriett Beatty and her Africanlions; Erv Lang and his chimps;plus a variety of acts from Eur-ope; skillfull trampoline, balan-cing and juggler stars of thecircus world.

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American Freedom TrainJune 2-4 Huntsville, Ala.

5-7 Chatanooga, Tenn.

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitJune 1-6 Gary, Ind.

Cenfcury 21 Shows - Red Unitto June 5 St. Louis, Mo.

James H. Drew ShowsMay 31-Jun 5 Bluefield, W.Va.

Read Memorial RodeoJune 4-6 Antioch, Calif.

Rose City RidesMay 31-Jun 5 Herculaneum, Mo.

Tip Top ShowsJune 2-6 Manitowoc, Wise.

May 31, 1976

A CONCERTThe April 27th band concert

at Normal, 111., was organized byEd Livingston, who directs one ofthe bands at Illinois State Uni-versity. This was an 85 pieceband and their program was a realimpressive one.

The circus part of the even-ing was directed by Merle Evans.The program also included tumb-ling, trampoline and a 35 mmslide presentation.

The program ran as follows:The Crimson Flush (Alexander)

conducted by Ed LivingstonPoet and Peasant Overture (von

Suppe) conducted by LivingstonHam Trombone (Fillmore)

conducted by Dean WadeBravura (Duble)

conducted by George FoellerLady of Spain (Intermezzo)

conducted by George FoellerThunder and Blazes (Fucik)

conducted by Ed Livingston

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1976 SeasonRosin back, high school, trick &fancy riding, Roman riding, rop-ing, chariots and more.We work arena, stage or ring curt

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CIRCUS NUMBERS conducted by MerleEvans included:

Royal Bridesmaids, Broadway OneStep, Olympia Hippodrome, Kentucky Sunrise, Jungle Queen, CircusEchoes Galop, Robbins Bros. Tri-umphal, Quality Plus, TromboneBlues, Abdallah, Go Galop, Geor-gia Girl, Copa Cabana, The Can-tonians, Crimson Petal Waltz,FirtJump Galop, Storming of El Caneyand Greatest Show on Earth.

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