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5th Year June 7, 1976 Number 23

The first four months of 1976 produced top business for GeorgeHubler's Int'l Circus. The show opened on Jan. 23rd, at Mentor(Ohio), where attendance broke all previous records, despite theday-and-dating of the Grotto Circus in downtown Cleveland, just 15miles away.

The show's phone promotion at Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) tripled thatof last year and the circus drew three turn-away crowds. Later at

Youngstown (Ohio) the circus hadstanding room only at ten of itseleven performances, for a recordattendance of 33,000 people. An-other strong date was Buffalo

DUO DATESOf special interest for this

week is the fact that shows willbe day-and-dating in Utah and inNebraska. Similar situations are

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(N.Y.) where the circus showed

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AVAILABLE 'OR LIMITED ENGAGEMENTS

JACOBSHOLLYWOOD ELEPHANTS

ContactJUDY JACOBS KAYE

Suite 519 • 1680 North Vine Street • Hollywood, California • 90028Area Code 213 • 462-6001

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' The Humane Society of Mann County (Cal i f . ) isasking a *25 exhibit fee for shows using ani-mals in that county. This i s in addition to theregular city license fees.

One of the four Hum.u i f Officers said last weekwe are going to do everything possible to keepcircuses and pelting zoos out of t:ns counr.y.,

•Changes MadeThe RBBB Red Un i t will play the Superdome inNew Orleans (La.) J u n e 22-27. This will bethe show only engagement in Loui siana.

Circus officials report a new seating arrangementwill be used there thi s year. During the engage-

ment some 18.000 seats will be provided, thusgiving spectators an int imate view of the bigcirrus performance.

GOOD DATES (Continued)under Shrine auspices at the WarMemorial Building, which seats18,000 people.

Midwestern, Texas and Kansasdates also held up well and lastweek's Cedar Rapids (Iowa) date(June 4-6) was another good spot.The show will wind up its indoortour at Lexington (Ky) on June27th, a Shrine engagement. Feat-ured acts there will include: LojLatinos, wire; Tony Fossett,bounding rope and gorilla; Zop-pe's monkeys and Afghans; TommyHanneford's riding act; Tajana'swild aninials

WANTEP.All types of Animal Acts tostart July 1st.

Contact: GORDON WALSHMid America Circus

5973 East 31st StreetTulsa, Okla. — 74145Phone: (918) 836-7761

ClassifiedWANTED: Extra small ponies for new liberty actPRICE MUST RIGHT Contact: Hal Havi land asper King Bros. Circus route.

WANT: Gi r l to help work elephant act. ContactBen DeWayne. Polack Bros. Circus. 203 NorthWabash Ave.. Chicago. 111. 60601

MODEL CIRCUS WAGONS BUILT: Ki t s , repairs,scratch, running gears. S.A.E. for ful l detailsArt Spell mail. Cross Creek Apt. B-61. 1500 No.Congress Ave.. West Palm Beach, F:a 33401

WANT: Remember the Banana Man act' We wantto buy the acts (Props and Music). Anyone withknowledge of its whereabouts please contact:John R. Hartzell. Wallace & Rogers Circus.463-B So. Decatur. Las Vegas. Nev. 89107 -Phone: (702) 870 -5508

CARL BECK(Beck. the Magician) goes toEurope Oil s month for a long tour with hi smagi c fea tures .He opens at Amsterdam, thengot>s u> Viemi.i and Prague.

"The Bale Family"ELVIN BAl.t and JLANFTTE WILLIAMS

The Worlds; Most Fabulous Thrilling Acts With RBBB Circus

Col. E.T. Bale's Continental HorsesAt H B B B World - Haines City, Fla.

June 7, 1976

A CFA WeekIn commemoration of the Gol-

den Anniversary of the CircusFans Association of America, NewYork State Governor Hugh L. Careyissued a proclamation declaringthe week of May 24-30 as "CircusFans Association of America Week"in the state of New York.

The proclamation was readand presented to Ringmaster TimHoist of Ringling Bros, and Bar-num & Bailey's Red Unit, prior tothe evening performance on May 26The circus was playing in the RPIFieldhouse at Troy, N.Y.

The presentation was made byElbert L. Wert, New York StateCFA Chairman.

James K. Cotter, of GlensFalls, assisted by Dr. John S.Still, Chief Curator, History andActing State Historian of theState Education Dept., are to becommended in securing this pro-clamation.

HELP WANTED- IMMEDIATELY -

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

Contact:

MURRAY HILLRoute 5 - Box 9

Burlington, Wise. - 53105

Phone: (414) 763-3687

J O A N N K VARNF.K was guest ot honor at a partyfor her birthday iMay 14) ai Yaknna Wash.,when lolks < > n the c.aiti show provided her withgifts, inc lud ing a watch .mil ring.

SANDY FULBRIOHT wa.-, kicked by one of herhorses last week at Vallejo (Calif) but escapedserious inj urv.

WILMA RENCU organist, provides lop-notchmusic foi the American Continental Circus atevery performance

AL DAWLEY recently closed his tour with theCastle show and will announce acts on the Rud>show in Pennsy and Ohio.

THE J U M P I N G JACKS worked the Polack showdate at K airfield (Cal i f . ) on May J#th. Theirtrampoline act always draws ohs and ahs fromthe andi pnreCLIFF SPENCER, high wire performer, whotaught at RBBB's Clown College, will teachwire walking at Richmond (Calif .) YMCA thissummer.

PHIL SHEAR and SPARKY have joined DaileyBros. Circus for the month of J une.

WALTER STIMAX and MILDRED HALL continueto please show crowds with their big heads andother clown numbers. They are currently wi thPolack Bros and will go to Hawaii for the PaulKaye show.

JIM P A R K E R has been visiting show friendsin Northern California for the past severalweeks.

RUTH REYNOLDS, wi fe of the CFA's Directorof Public Relations. (Ed Reynolds) will singthf Na t iona l Anth«n at ihf CFA Convention inDallas (Texas) ihi s wi-i-k

WANTEDAdvance Agents for small goodoutdoor show.

Write:

DAVE KNAPPP. 0. Box VM

Acton, Cal. -- 93510

ROUTESIWtty-Cole Circus

7 Williamsport, Pa.x State College4 Berwick10 Easton11 Middletown, N.Y.12 Peekskill13 Greenwich, Conn.

Garden-Johnson CircusJune 7 Los Alamos, N . M .

8 Monte Vista, Colo.9-10 Colorado Springs

11 Rocky Ford12 Leadville

Carson & Barnes CircusJune 7 Winchester, Va.

8 Martinsburg, W.Va.9 Harrisburg, Pa.

10 Ephrata11-12 Chester

Circus KingdomJune 7 Lincoln, Ont.

8 Niagara Falls, N.Y10 Poughkeepsie

12-13 Montreal, Quebec

Circus KirkJune 8 Oberlin, Pa.

9 Halifax10 Shiloh11 Lansdale12 Chatham, N.J.13 Wayne

Circus VargasJune 7 Logan, Utah

8-9 Ogden10-12 Salt Lake City

Clyde Bros. CircusJune 8-10 Peoria, 111.

12-13 South Bend

Dailey Bros. CircusJune 7 Kiel, Wise.

8 Town9 Hurricane

10 Lake Mills11 Verona12 Sauk-Prairie13 Elroy

Diamond S Rodeo ShowJune 8 Murfreesboro, Tenn

DuBois Circus WorldJune 9-13 La Val, Ont.

EuroporamaJune 7 Billings, Mont.

9 Bismarck, N.D.11 Sioux Falls, S.D.12 Sioux City, Iowa13 Omaha, Nebr.

Famous Hunt CircusJune 7 Greaterford, Pa.

8 Valley Forge9 Perkasie10 Warrentown11 Dublin12 Levittown13 Willington, N.J.

Fleckles Int'l CircusJune 4-11 E. St. Louis,111

Franzen Bros. CircusJune 7 Yorkville, 111.

8 Shabona9 Carpentersville10 Hebron

Happytime CircusJune 9-13 King City, Cal.

Holiday HippodromeJune 7 Danvillo, 111.

8 Terre Haute, Ind.9 Vincennes10 Evansville11 Columbus12 Anderson13 Frankfort

Hoxie Bros. CircusJune 6-8 Indianapolis, Ind

9 Centerville10 Yellow Sprngs,0h.11 Wash. Crt House

12-13 Huntington,W.Va.

Hoxie's Great American Cir.June 13 Collegeville, Pa

Kaye Cont'l CircusJune 12-15 Denver, Colo.

King Bros. CircusJune 7 Madisonville, Ky

8 Beaver Dam9 Troy, Ind.10 Rockport

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BILLY BARTON • •THE TRAGIC LIST of accidents this seasonhas been lengthened by the li t t le show boywho was run over by a truck on King Bros andby the collision involving a gas truck on theHozie show.

It is certainly not the year for PETER LUVAS.Showtime USA folded on him and now I under-stand the Berosmi Circus which he was on alsoclosed suddenly....Upon completion of their

run with Hamid-Morton The FLYING V A L E N -TINES will play celebrations, three weeks inSpringfield. Mass (Agawam Park) and the.Tezas dates....VICTOR J U L I A N reopens atthe Medora Musical this month, his 9th con-secutive year.

Beatty-Cole producing clown KENNY DODDhas created the ultimate in the clown nurse.In his acupunture number he has FOUR bal-loon bazoomed and bottoned "angels of mercy"(and DENNIS STEVENS with his 'Buster Keaton1

deadpan expression is a riot!). Kenny toldme he originally planned to use six. Four is

enough. Kenny , the ring couldn't hold twomore!

FOR SALEBrand New Pit Show with Great-est Authentic Attraction inshow business, Tinkerbelle andSamson, the Great.

Beautiful 20 ft. tandem axletrailer complete with banners,ticket box, P.A., lights, etc.

Featuring an 18̂ inch, 5 yearold midget horse and a gorgeousHarlequin Great Dane, fourtimes larger than the horse.Horse walks under the dog.

Contact:

R. E. LEONARD

Phone: (913) 494-2512

My thanks to Jininiv J aines. Bi l ly Gr i f f i n . Daveand Lois Hoover. Bob Meadows and the many-others foi making my v i s i i to Beatty-Colean enjoyable one

Poor RON & MI T Z I E and the case of the fall-ing chandelier. During the Dayton run it felland was smashed and. just lately, on a windyday the prop unhooked and fel l again - thislime with M n / . i r on it. who injured her backin the ten foot fal l (she's fine now). Last I sawof the couple they were busy stringing beadsand gluing mirrors. Ron asked me if I wantedto help and 1 said. "No thanks. I don't stringbeads. I READ them1"

People on the Hoxie show tried to convinceme I saw only two elephants on the GreatAmerican show when I insisted I saw three.Well. I did. The third elephant is on loan toHoxie by Dave Hoover.

COUNT NICHOLAS. Ringmaster on Beatty-Cole. was remarried recently in Athens (notGeorgia, but Greece).. . .TARZAN and JACKIEZERBINI repeal their annual stint at FantasyIsland this summer-.... DAVE COSTELLO.onHamid-Morton. has come up with a new ideafor his Gorilla Parody - after he comes outof the seals he leaps onto a pedestal that iswinched up a tower from which he does asponge dive.

DENNIS STEVENS has a record of longevitywith shows. In 33 years he has trouped withonly three circuses - 14 years with Polack.19 years with Ringling; the remaining yearswith Beatty-Cole....Veteran FRANCIS DURANTis featured in the Beatty-Cole sideshow

(Cont inned on Pap,p 12)

Thank YouBILLY BURR

owner of Billy Burr's Funoramafor your Saturn Six Ride pur-chase.

-SA VE MONEY WITH JOHNNY"

JOHNNY CANDLE

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

7100 Sixth AvenueAlioona. Pa 16602

(814) 944-9347or 943-0003

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A New OneA new show premiered at Evansvil lef lnd.) withsix performances using the title "-real 'n.trican Suicide & Daredevil Show", the show wasproduced by Universal Entertainment Corp..under the direction of Frank Rolwrts and JayKholos.

All six performances drew poor crowds andit has not yet been decided whether the showwill b« continued. Originally it had been hopedthe show could tour well into the latter partof the year.

The program featured: Sheila Winn. slide forlife; Norman Bigelow. doors of death; SataniDemon, sword ladder and fire wheel; Pat Shawn,blow gun: Miss Astra (Flying Eagle), spongedive; Karl Winn. blindfold wire walk; NormanBigelow, water tank escape; Henry LaMothe.shallow dive; Norman Bigelow. strait jacketescape from burning rope: Benny Keoke. humanbomb and The Dance Machine, dance numbers.

MiscellaneousMama's Restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, sponsored performances of Circus Union'76 on May23rd.

The Early American Circus will play the SanMateo (Calif.) Fai r again this year, its secondconsecutive engagement there.

Mattel's annual report to stockholders includesa few color circus drawings - Gebel-Williamsand Lou Jacobs.

The George-Macthews Circus equipment hasbeen laying idle at Amile (La.) where the showwill reopen soon. They have been trying togive the male lion ' A r i d ' to the La. PurchaseGardens & Zoo. It twice injured irainerMagana.

Charles Kohler.of Dixiana Circus, was inMon-roe (La.) to put his daughter on a plane for Dal-las. He also visited King Bros. Circus at somelocal engagements.Bea Stone and ex-CFA Pres. Jack Painter re-cently visited this writer. Bea is recoveringfrom a back injury and plans to rejoin hubby-Arthur on Dailey Bros, advance real soon.My thanks to Don Nieman for that gorgeousHoxie Bros, program.

The Royal Hanneford Circus will play Monroeplus Lake Charles and Stireveport this July .The dales were acquired when RBBB droppedthem in favor of playing the Superdome in NewOrleans. Incidentally, when RBBB cancelledthe dates some 30.000 flyers, plus tickets andposters were destroyed.

Reports indicate the Showtime USA equipmenthas been recovered and moved back to Ohio. Asad event during the show's brief operatiud wasthe injury suffered by the promoter's son whowas run down by a stage coach. He is in aRosenburg. Texas, hospital.

Lovie Kellner is reportedly booking dates onthe Atlantic coast for Carson & Barnes.

M. L. Dupont

Gorilla SuitsStill only 5435.00.

Morns Everything from AnimalCostumes, Clown Shoes

to Miniature Cars.COSTUMES 3748Mo_Road

Charlotte, North Carolina 282O5

SEND S2.00 FOR A COMPLETE CATALOG.

June 7, 1976

FOR SALE- - TRAINED ANIMAL ACTS - -

5 Beautiful all white, male German ShepherdsAll feature tricks, fine new props and cages

5 African Pygmy Goats, 3 black and 2 white.Unusually fast act with lots of tricks, com-plete with new props and cages.

Gorgeous 4 yr. old white Shetland stallion,single act with outstanding hing leg walk.

World's finest single Pick Out dogBack somersault dogs also available.

Contact!

R. E. LEONARD

Phonei (913) 494-2512

ROUTESKing Bros. (Continued)

June 11 Hunting, Ind.12 Paoli13 Bloomington

Kirk Bros. CircusJune 7 Hannibal, Mo.

8 Quincy, 111.

Knights of Columbus CircusJune 12-13 San Francisco, Cal

Lewis Bros. CircusJune 7 Greensboro, Ala.

8 Livingston

Polack Bros. CircusJune 5-6 Long Beach, Calif.

11-12 Salt Lake City. Ut.

Ringling-Barnum Blue Unitto June 13 Philadelphia, Pa.

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitJune 10-13 Louisville, Ky.

Sells & Gray CircusJune 7 Waynesburg, Pa.

8 Penn Hills9 Greensburg10 Somerset

Stebbing's Royal European Circ.June 9-12 Dallas, Texas.

John Strong CircusJune 8-9 Tulsa, Okla.

11-12 Gladstone, Mo.

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THE BARRY M I L L E R K A M I I .Y w i l l work .nKingston, N.Y on J uly 4-.S.

COCO, the Clown, was worki n£ advance forthe now defunct Showtime USA

CHUCK SCHARBLAL'M. MARY RUTH andHEIDI HERRIOTT wert> recently Beatly-Colevisitors

KARL and ROSEMARY BISCHOFF. of Sheboy-gan. Wise., recently visi ted Carson & Barnesand Hoxie Bros, in I l l i noi s.The Bi sehoffswere in Chi cap> to buy equipment for their TapA Tune pitch at Galesburg on Derorauon D y.

THK AMAZING MONAHANShave expanded theact wi in the addi u on of NICKY DEKKER fromHolland for their European dales.

ALLEN BABCOCK. EDITH JOHNSTON. JACKALBEA. MERLE PEPPER. BOB PHEBUS.MIKE SORRELL. CHARLES BELLATTE.Mr. OSBORNE. J I M MORAN. BILL and EDDIEBACKSTEIN, V. H RICHARDSON. NORMANSCHULER and VELMA BABCOCK have beenvi si ling shows in the I l l i nois area.

HELPI need a small mini-circus forimmediate shows in the mid-west.Can provide continuous work thruLabor Day, in Iowa and perhapsall of September in Kansas.

Small Budget, but pay is guaranteed and working conditions arefun. One spot weeks, Wednesdaythrough Sunday.

WALLY BLAKEP. 0. Box 2160

Culver City, Calif. 90230Phone: (213) 390-1063

or per route this paper

The Happytime Circus recentlywound up its Vacaville (Calif.)date for that city's Fiesta Days.

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:

May 20-30 Hull, Quebec; June 2-6 Hawksberry, Ont.; June 9-13La Val, Orit.; June 16-20 Janquemines

Contact:

CLAIDE Dl BOIS or MICHAEL GATIEN or CHESTER CABLE

Peri..i:.r:a Address: 10 Rue Leduc, Hull, Quebec, CanadaPhone: (819) 776-1287

June 7, 1976

The Most Imitated Act InShow Business

Duplicated by NONE tte

Sir Victor Julianlittle

- appearing -

9th Consecutive Season at theMEDORA MUSICAL

June 20 - Sept. 1, 1976Medora, N. D.

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CLYDE BEATTY-COIE BROS. CIRCUSThe BeaUy-Cole Side Show is managed byCount Nicholas. Featured is Francis DurantlInside lecturer is Dick Stewart who also doesmagic; Andy Brisky Miss Chene. snakes; anelectnc girl, f ire and swords fi l l the programon individual platforms scattered around thetent. The side show also houses the goodsized menagerie featuring a baboon, cagedanimals, a camel, nine bulls and other animals.

The circus carries a cookhouse for single menonly which includes clowns, band members andworking staff. Cooking is done in a semi byJoe Spiko. served in a large top adjacent andthe old-time method of raising the flag at meal-

time is employed.

Five semi-sleepers sleep clowns, side showpeople, band members, butchers, some staff,and all workingmen. Office manager BillyGriffin informed CR that 75 per cent of theshow's tractors are new. blue Chevy s pur-chased through Johnny Canole. None of theshow equipment exhibits any appreciable signsof wear and tear, the show has encounteredonly one day of rain since opening, hit onlyone soft . muddy lot. and business on thewhole has been healthy.

Staff for the show includes: Frank McClosky,president/producer; Edna Antes, secretary/treasurer; John Pugh. general manager; ArtBranning. manager; Arnold Maley. road treas-urer: W i n . Webster, concessions: Oscar Gris-sett. mechanic: Wm. Keller, electrician; TomRice, big top: Dallas Farmer, prop boss; RonHerman, purchasing agent; Clifford McDuffee,transportation: Robert Gray, 24 hour man: KenDodd, mailman; Elba Walker, aerial director;Rita Ferreira, wardrobe, Joe McMahon. generalagent.

The Beatty-Cole program runs two hours withno spec and no intermission. It is a full threering circus.

OvertureDave Hoover'8 wild animals (five male lions

and three tigers)Clowns - walk and slop featuresRi cardo Troupe (5) wire; Mi ss J oyce.

Sword BalanceRita and Elba, hanging perch. The Gloriona.

hangi ng perchClowns - Acupuncture NumberRuwi l l s . plate spinning while standing on headGaona Duo. Juggling topsThe D i c n i n i ' s j uggling

Show VisitMembers of the Circus World Museum attendedthe evening performance of the Ci rcus Kingdomin Baraboo (Wise.) on May 23rd. Among thoseattending were Bobby Gibbs, Jimmy (Happy)Williams. John H. Wilson and several members ofthe museum's acrobatic school.

Presented in the Commercial building at thefairgrounds, the ci rcus was hampered becauseof the low ceiling and so had to cancel most ofthe aerial acts. Some audience participationwas included in the show, with specialties byBobby Gibbs. who received a cream pie for hisefforts.

The circus band was directed by Rev. L. DavidHarris. The local date was spondored by theBaraboo Bicentennial Committee.

Bob Gibbs

DUO DATES (Continued)expected to develop later in the month in themid-westem area, as well as in the maj orcities of Colorado.

On June 10-12 Circus Vargas will play an en-gagement i n Salt Lake City, whi le Polack Broswill be in the same ci ty J une 11-12.

The Royal Lipi zzan Show will play Omaha onJune 12-13. and Europorama plays that ci tyon June 13th.

HISTORICAL FACT .The Barton Bros. Circus, of 1925. opened inBoston for a Feb. 9-14 date, then went ta Man-chester. N.H. for Feb. 16-B. The show'manager was George Barton

Hofmeister's liberty horses (S)Ron & Mitzie in aerial balletRay's Comedy CarThe Dionnes, rola bola: Sylvia & Hajo. balance;

Pietros Bros., rola bolaIron jaw slide for lifeEthel Joyce's GreyhoundsSantiago Troupe and Canistrelli Troupe.

teeterboard actsClowns - Tea For TwoThree rings of elephants (9) closing with the

long mount on trackThe Rayalls. aerial motorcycleThe Femeras. shoulder perch: Pi etro & Joyce.

unsupported ladder: The Denlas. perchClown's Crazy NumberThe Four Flying GaonasExit March

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Hoxie Br. OKThis year Hone Bros, is putting their emphasi son Mongo, the gorilla. Special window cards andbumper stickers are used to announce the com-ing of the circus and thei r big feature. I t i s thefirst gorilla to tour i n 20 years. They purchasedthe old Ringling cage No. 96. which housed M'Toioon that show About $7ooo was spent to redo thecage for its present occupant. It is placed j ustinside the side show tent and really draws thepeople.

In addition to Mongo. the side show features thePrincess Margaret Ann (39 in. tall); Rubber Gir l ;Electric Girl ; Snakes; Fi re Eater: Sword Swal-lower. plus the show's f ive small and three bi g

elephants (one i s an African), bear chimp, l ion,goat, camel. 2 baboons, zebra, donkeys, 2 llamas,yak. and Gary Henry's while mule. Roger Boyd. J tdoes the come-in and i B a good talker. They usea three piece band to get the crowd interested.

Show personal is headed by Hoxie and BettyTucker, owners; John R. Hall, manager; J i m Sil-verlake, supt., George Hodgdonm office manager,Johnny Walker, concessions; J im Hodges, pur-chasing agent; J i m Aucott, front door and JoseDiaz, electrician. J im Hodges also serves asadvance man.

The performance is announced by Phil Chandlerand the band is directed by Fred Ki tchen. Theprogram was designed by Lisa Hall.

The show features: Spec "America on Parade'';Michael Cecere, lions (6); Gary Henry, clown

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egg balance gag; Aerial ballet, with Linda. Anna.Yamily, and Judith on web, Mi ss Graciella ontrapeze; Bradd and Sheila Frank, dressage;the Cortez Troupe (4), hi gh wire; Tom Sink.

Popcorn the Clown:Princess Zoeanna. trick andRoman nding; The Diaz Sisters, uni cycles: TheFrank Family, ropes and whips; J i m Silverlakeand Linda Chandler, elephants; Rio. the unrid-able mule; The Diaz Sisters, juggling; Clowns,the Flying Columbi ans (4).

CFA's seen on the lot at Enon (Ohio) May llthinclude: Gale Ahrens. Dick Adams. Al Conover.Bob Hoban . Wendell Cultice. Charles DeWein,and the writer.

Don Sandman

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

The famed RUDYNOFF Family visited Beatty-Cole at Hagerstown (Md) .JORDANS look theirbus to the Winnebago hospital in nashvi l le(hope they left the bai alone).. . .GAYLORDM A Y N A R D will play a run of Western Cana-dian fairs with his Musical Horse Show start-ing in July .The EMMETT KELLY Circus

played a long run at Hempstead. I. I.

Apparently the Disney PETER PAN SHOW,backed by NBC. didn't translate well inChinese. It opened in Hong Kong early inthe season and closed not long ago inSingapore. There's A h appy ending to this onefor everyone got paid'

It'S been learned that a very famous aerialstar of the 40's is confined to an easternsanitarium. This great star dropped out of

•sight in the 50's. and has been the subjectof much speculation since.

The end of May saw Garden Bros., RoyalWild West, Hamid-Morton. Hoxie'S GreatAmerican. Beatty-Cole. Emmett Kelly Circusand Circus Hurt aJI jockeying for customers inthe New York. New Jersey. Ph i l l y area.

Ringmaster AL DAWLEY. of Castle, washighly praised by the Regina(Sask) press...PRINCE N A J V E Z will make Rudy Bros, atCin cy in Ju ly . . . .RUDY JACOBI will re-enter the Circus Sweepstakes next year witha tour of 20 weeks.. .EDDY VENTURA startedhis park season at Kennywood in May.

Playwright VINCENT GAETA. talent-director

NOW AVAILABLEEquestrian Specialty Acts for the

1976 Season

Rosin back, high school, trick &fancy riding, Roman riding, rop-ing, chariots and more.

We work arena, stage or ring curt

Contact

KATHY BATCHELOREquestrian Specialty Acts

4327 Coronet DriveEncino, C a l i f . 91316

for the ONSTAGE. Night Club, owned by Steveand Whitey Carlson, was invited by the DutchGovernment for two weeks of poetry readings.He returns to the Onstage next week, incident-ally, he's looking for aerial and novelty actsthat are travelling in the area.

BILL BRICKLE's Poodle Fantasy will bewith the BERMAN DALLAS Super Circuswhen u d e b u t s this month ETHEL (Jen-nier) JOYCE )s part of the Beatty-Coleballet and is as agile as a girl in her teens.. . . M I T Z I E GILL, supported by Ron. doesthe layout spin by her teeth - not seen sinceMELITTA & W1CONS....HUNT'S CIRCUS isusing original lithos and posters which arestriking to say the least. .ZOEANN HENRY'sRoman Riding Exhibition is the outstanding*

hit of Hoxie Bros, program.

NO REST FOR THE WICKED: Home, afterfour gruelling months on the road I was knockedHat on my back with flu. Roused myself longenough to catch Beatty-Col" and to attend adinner party afterwards, wher I was barricadedfor the night by squads of police cars andhelicopters with searchlights hun ting twoescaped murderers in the immediate area!My God. my nerves!

See you down the road. luvs.

ROUTESBlake's Country Fair

June 9-13 Webster City, Iowa(Gibson Discount Center)

Acts appearing with the Ci rcus Union '76 ondates i n San Antoni o (Texas) included thejuggler Oresto. Great Dante, balancing, the

"McKay Duo. cradle. Gary Johnson's elephantsThe Isaacs, magic, Lodi Duo, cradle. NinoSantos, juggling and balancing. Prof. Shappi,comedy pi ano

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

June 7, 1976

CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS. hv BILLY BARTON

In the title race for the "largest tented circusin America". Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros, is imquestionably a first-class front runner Thegreat white big top (150x300) brand newsprawled in l azy nobility under a bright sunon the grassy hagerstown (Md.) fairgrounds.(May 15) waiting placidly for the (wo packedhouses being assured by the Emrnett Kelly CFAmembers who. each year, sponsor and playhost to this "Empress" of the circus empire

The Empress seemed to stare down from herimperial peaks at the broad midway stretchingfrom her marquee, disdainfully perhaps at theupstart side show top - a 50 with three 30'salso white, also new: more benignly at themounted Hippo show, the "grease-joint"semi, the mounted Monkey show: at t in- officewagon and pony ride. Do we fancy a contentedsigh at the long lines of paying customers asthey que up at the ticket wagon fronting themidway9 Perhaps. But there the people wereand. as Dave Hoover and others commented"The CFA does a hell of a job for the show

here each year."

The Beatty-Cole Circus is a well-framed op-eration that looks and is smoothly professionalwithout sacrificing its primary function - that

of being a tented community of family entertain-ment. In other words, for all its mechanizedeff iciency, the show wears a warm, welcomingface.

Inside the Big Top. equipment is well kept andpainted. Seven steel seat wagons, and six largesections of chairs provide adequate seating.The old-fashioned chandeliers have been re-placed by banks of lights, spotting ring andtrack, mounted between quarter poles.

Complaints that last season's program wasscimpy won't be echoed this year. If anything,the show is overlong causing droves of patronsto "walk" during the last 15 minutes therebycutting into the side show's earning potential.For that reason alone time should be prunedfrom the performance.

The program gels off like a racehorse, gallopsin momentum until those last 15 minutes whenit slows to a crawl - all due to an unpardon-able delay in setting the flying act net whichcould be and should be set while the aerialmotorcycle is on. During this act. ring three -where the flying act is hung - is free. As itnow stands the aerial motorcycle follows thebulls, goes next to a perch display (too late in

the show) iind is followed by a long clown'crazy'numbet that cannot possibly lake up the slackwhile the net is being set. By this time thehouse is half gone which a judicious rearrang-ing of acts would rectify.

There are so many GOOD aspects to the per-formance i t is d i f f icu l t in a limited space to dojustice to all without slighting some. but...Ethel Joyce's Greyhounds is a standout. A proto her tot", Ethel center-rings with youthfulzest and winning personally. The final highhurdle leaps by the canines reap well-deservedohs and ahs.

Dave Hoover enters the steel arena like a latierday Clyde Bealty. dressed in white, brandishingwhip and chair, and gives the American pub-lic the sort of cage act they expect - lots oflion-fighting-chair. whip cracking, gun-pop-ping rough and tumble action. It's a fast actand. when that final lion emerging from thechute leaps across the arena to attack Daveand chair, the audience is brought up intheir seats.

Two teeierboard troupes. 7 people each, theSantiago and Canistrelli iroupes. further en-hance the program's speed. The Canistrelli'sappear earlier as the Ricardos with the first'troupe' tight wire act seen in many years.

Ken Dodd's Clown Alley (7). get strong laughsin numbers that are inventive and new. Thealley includes Dennis Stevens. Jimmy James

Jim sun/.. B i l l Smith. Louis N a p . Mike Fern eraand Dodd himself. The 'acupuncture' number isespecially clever.

A Bicentennial Aerial Ballet has 12 girls onrotating ladders spotted around the track, invivid costumes, working in perfect synchroniz-aiion. Center-featured is the iron jaw aerialjuggling of Ron and Mi tz i e Gi 11.

No Ziegfeld Girl ever made a more stunningentrance than does Miss Gill decked out inlavish red. white and blue willow umbrellaplumes that virtually sweep and f i l l the ring.The team's iron jaw juggling routines from a

jeweled chandelier are worthy of the star bill-ing they receive.

Fred Logan oversees three rings of bulls,three large ones in each end ring, three babiesin the center which he and his wife work with

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Show ActsActs appearing at the Uld Chicago Mall up inthe end of May included. Saul Shaflon. M . C .K u i i l Habn. bandmaster G inge i Lee. web. Za -nmdio. head balance trapeze. Staler, slackwire. Reggie Van Young. Cleo.the Mean Li ItleKid . Slater 's Dogs. The Zainudins. high wire.Great Boms, bieak-away .sway pole. RununelDuo. aerial cradle. Great Mi Hon. heud balancetrape/e. The Cassidys. r o l l i ng globes. Tony

A Chris. Lingi Calaloni. Jack Krat t . banjo.'Hugo Grey-stone, magic and M a r i o Mailzini.the Modem day Houdini .

BRUNO WEISE. retired RBBB balancing starnow sells reaJ estate in Cherry Vallev. Ca l i f .

IMPORTANT NOTICE

DONALD G. ROGERS, of Lewis-ton, Maine, writes that he didn'tpass away as was reported lastmonth. "I had a heart attack inJanuary, but am now back on the

\ road and still booking fairs,etc."

Acts and attractions can cortact Don at: Box 1186, Lewiston,Me. 04240 or Phone (207) 782-1654

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CIRCUS WORLDThe programs currently being featured at theCircus World Museum (Baraboo. Wise . ) offers:

Morning Show: Concert. Clown. Dogs, Clown.Tight W i r e . Talk. Mules. Clown. Web. Talk.Big l . \ i l i a . H a i r Suspension. Clown. Elephants.

Afternoon Show: Concert. Clown. Dogs. Clown,Tight Wire. Talk. Ponies. Clown. J anuary.Talk. Ladder. Clown. Hair Suspensi on andElephants.

Continued)gusto All n ine join for the final long mounton the front track

The Dionne Troupe, the Fly ing Gaonas - a newact with four young men. Rita & Elba's perch,the Ray a l l s , motorcycle. Hofmeister 's horses,round out a performance that , lor the mostpart, keeps its t h i f e rings di/.zy w i t h ac t ion -hacked up by a fine, brassy circus K i n d underthe baton of capable <M year old Charles Ber-tun whose eight I I I I I M C I . U I S all seem unusua l l yvou th fu l .

Ringmaster Count Nicholas docs not over-burden the show wi th announcements, a plus,the Usherettes wear blue uniformed frocks,all mierioi ba l ly - cloths aie red. while andblue, slnpt"- ,ind Mars, the prop crew are inred coveralls and last but In no means least,u wa.s o i i s r i v IM| tha i cus tomers are treated withtin- u t m o s t r i>ur l t*>\ and respect In this dayand age such t icatment is not onlv commendableU is almost u mi rac le

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ROUTESAmerican Freedom Train

June 9-13 Nashville, Tenn.

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitJune 7-12 Salem, 111.

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitJune 7-12 Quincy, 111.

CFA ConventionJune 9-12 Dallas, Texas

James H. Drew ShowsJune 7-12 Grundy, Va.

Prof. Miller 6, Co. (Magic)June 8 New Glasgow, N.B.

9 Sidney, N.S.

Rose City RidesJune 8-12 Sullivan, Mo.

Royal Lipizzan ShowJune 8 Des Moines, Iowa

10 Topeka, Kans.11 Lincoln, Nebr.

12-13 Omaha

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Polack Bros. Circus drew bicrowds for its annual engagemenat Fairfield, Calif. (May 29),weather was cool and windy.

Tip Top ShowsJune 8-13 Sheboygan, Wise.

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