SECTION 3 December 20, 1976 Baretta's DIRECT FROM TV'S HIT SHOW starring THE COCKATOO in a great All-Star Bird Show (Winner o* TVs B*.r Animol A«vord) SHILLING THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS P. O. BOX 281 • HUNTINGTON. LONG ISLAND. NEW YORK 11743 • 516 AR 1-2266 DOUG HENNING, magician, was a guest on the "Captain Kangaroo" TV Show on Dec. 7th. ARTURO, trapeze star and PHIL D. McDONALD DONALD, ringmaster, were booked into an Au- stralian Circus unit by PAUL V. KAYE. DANNY ASHLEY, clown, was a member of the Alley on the Page-Cavanaugh Show. TO ALL THE FANS AND CIRCUS FRIENDS Miy you htvt sunny {hies and grassy lots ill through 1977 RON SANFORO BILL & RUTH GREEN Beatrice, Nebraska
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SECTION 3 December 20, 1976
Baretta'sDIRECT FROMTV'S HIT SHOWstarring
THECOCKATOO
in a greatAll-Star Bird Show(Winner o* TVs B*.r Animol
A«vord)
SHILLING THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
P. O. BOX 281 • HUNTINGTON. LONG ISLAND. NEW YORK 11743 • 516 AR 1-2266
DOUG HENNING, magician, was a guest on the"Captain Kangaroo" TV Show on Dec. 7th.
ARTURO, trapeze star and PHIL D. McDONALDDONALD, ringmaster, were booked into an Au-stralian Circus unit by PAUL V. KAYE.DANNY ASHLEY, clown, was a member ofthe Alley on the Page-Cavanaugh Show.
TO ALL THE FANS AND CIRCUS FRIENDS
Miy you htvt sunny {hies and grassy lots
ill through 1977
RON SANFORO BILL & RUTH GREEN
Beatrice, Nebraska
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Show ReportThe program presented for the Hadi TempleShrine Circus, at Evansville, Ind., (Nov. 25-28)featured:
Maryse Begary, aerial acrobatics; Guy Gossing,tigers; The Jupiter Trio, cradle; the Clowns;The Bumpy Family, acrobats; Don Giovanni,comedy; Herman & Petunia, comedy riding;Arturo, aerialist; Antalek's Chimps; Rosaire'sChimps; The Stevens, comedy trampoline; theClowns; Feller Boys and DoDo, wire.
The Flying Valentines; Clowns; Miss Lona'sPets; Katinka's Kanines; Pamela's Pets; TinoWallenda, high wire; Jacob's elephants; TheSensational Leighs, space wheel, Zoppe's Ara-bian Riders; the Nock Bros., sway poles; Finale
The show's staff consisted of: Marion V. Haley,Illustrious Potentate; N. William Ashby, gener-al circus chairman; E. E. "Chick" Johnson,performance chairman; Paul V. Kaye, directorand ringmaster; Jack Cervone, band leader.
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Season's Greetings
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BEST W I S H E S FOR 1977
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XMAS SHOWHie program presented for the annual Firemen'*Christmas Show, at Richmond, Calif., on Dec.4th, featured:Jim Dandy, unicycle and balancing; Gary Priceand the Baretta Birds; Whitey Roberts, juggler;with the Yoga Bear and Flintstone show. SantaClaus appeared for the show's finale.
Tfie Season's greetings
from
JIM PARKER
joining
CIRCUS VARGASfor 1977 (secretary/clown)
BOB-0, the Clown (Robert E. Hitson, has re-covered from a stroke and is making a come-back in show business. One of his first dateswas the PAL Circus at the San Francisco CowPalace on Nov. 20-21.
The program offered by the Bob Snowden pro-duced dates in New York State late last monthfeatured:
Prof. Miller & Co., leopard illusion and magic;Sara Diaz Miller, unicycle and juggling; BillBrickie's poodles; Les Thinis, trampoline; MissTina, single trapeze; Prince Chee-Chee, knifethrowing; Miller Bros., aerial act and gorillaparody; Simce's dogs and Sharon Vidbel,chimps.
The show's staff included: Bob and Lucy Snow-den, producers; Stuart Miller, announcer; FredKitchen, musical director; John Hansen, stagemanager and Tom Cooper, concessions.
aid Bestlfc for th New YearJON FRIDAY
ANNOUNCER RINGMASTER
Permanent Address:
HARTFORD, MICHIGAN 49057 Telephones: (616) 621-3318 or (616)6213835
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GENE GIOVANNI was thrown against a wallby an elephant at the Shrine Circus in Wichita(Kans.) after which the elephant stepped onhim (Oct. 24).
IRWIN ROYES clowned with the Royal Han-neford Circus during the show's engagement atNew Orleans last month.
THE HENNEBERRY FAMILY (Toulon, III.)is looking for a used air calliope that they canuse as a part of their family act.
LEE JACKSON, of the Juggling Jacksons, andCATHY CLARKE, of Richmond, Va., weremarried on Nov. 27th at Maryville, Tenn. TheJacksons are currently on tour with the KENGRIFFIN SHOW, where Lee serves as stagemanager:
EVEL KNIEVEL plans to jump his motorcycle
MiscellaneousCircus personnel on Circus Vargas enjoyed areal old-fashioned Thanksgiving Day dinnerunder the show's big top at Stockton, Calif.The Circus Hall of Fame reports their winterseason runs from Dec. 15th to April 12th.
across a 90 foot tank, containing 12 sharks. Theevent will be televised on Jan. 31st, from Chi •cago.
DOUG HENNING's TV special on magic is setfor the ABC-TV network on Dec. 23rd.
TIM COONEY has a new address: 9007 Hierbaroad (Sierra Highway), Agua Dulce, Calif.
RICHARD BURTON is starring in a film nowbeing made in Canada, which will have a briefcircus scene.
CLARK McDERMOTT The Cold Nose FiveA V A I L A B L E FOR 1977 DATES
1113 Cambridge Road, Burlingame, Calif. - 94010
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Show personnel working on the John StrongChristmas shows this season were:
EAST • Bill Birchfield, manager/magic; JoseCole, balancing; Winnie McKay, aerialist; Swamiand Dianne, Tire eater/bed of glass; ChesterCable, foot juggler.
MIDWEST • John Strong, manager/magic; TheWai-Tims, risley; The Mario Alberto's, rollingglobes/balancing; The Zerbini Bros., teeter-board; Tim Bickmore, magic; The PlunkettFamily, wire/trampoline; John Strong, Jr.,juggling/clown; Nolly and Polly Tate, dogs/clowns; Sandy Strong, birds; Sam Skinner, Tireeater.
WEST - Betty Wendany, manager; Great Hovackmagic; Chris DeWayne, web/juggling; Julian,chimp; Heidi, web/juggling/balancing; LeonJohnson, juggler/stilts/clown; The WendanyFamily, novelty; Harry Jenkins, organist.
(&reetmysand
GOOD WISHES
FOR THENEW Y E A R
KITTY DEAN
CLARK McDERMOTT and his Cold Nose Fiveworked several Holiday parties in SouthernCalifornia this month.
BOB EMRICO will start an extensive tour ofschool dates with his magic show starting rightafter the first of the year.
To All Our Friends in the Circus
and Tourist Attraction Industr ies:
OUR H O L I D A Y BEST
Here's to the Finest New Year Yet !
JAN, ANN & TOM W I L D S
The Wild's Performing Animals
New Address:
P. O. Box 4102, Santa Clara, Calif . 95054
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Sold!Another show will go on tour next year, but itis not known at this time if the show will retainits old title or operate under a new one. Thepurchase of the Dixiana Circus, from CharlesKoehler, by Peter Luvas and Gary Strong, wasannounced this past week.
The Dixiana Circus was on the road from 1963to 1967 and has been in storage since that time.Everything is in good shape, the new owners re-port, and they plan to spend the winter monthspreparing the show for its 1977 tour.The big top will seat 1200 people and will offera performance featuring the families of: GaryStrong, Peter Luvas, Smiley Daly and Prof.Hardy. The side show, which will include fourcages made by Perry Luth, will feature a var-iety of animals, plus magic by Simley Daly, Jr.The new owners plan to tour the circus in thestates of Louisiana, Tennessee, Missiaippi andKentucky.
and a
Hope that '77 brings you double good luck!
JACK BENNETTBox 362
Miami, Oklahoma • 74354
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
18239 N. E. 182nd Ave.Brush Prairie, Wash. 98606
Phone: (206) 256-6178
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P. O. Box 2006 - HAINES CITY. FLA. 33844 - PHONE: (813) 424-2421
New Ban ?Concessionaires will have new problems if an< > f f i n a l at the FDA has his way. The ban ofRed Dye No. 40 has been proposed because itcould be a cancer causing agent.Red Dye No. 40 is potentially dangerous, theofficial says. There is evidence, he added, thatthe dye is causing tumors to develop in testanimals and therefore is something that shouldbe of grave concern to all of us.More than a million pounds of the dye are used
important I \otel
The next issue of Circus Report will be datedJanuary 3,1976. Here's hoping that each andeveryone of you have a "Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year!"
annually for a variety of products. It is the onlyRed Dye still available, since the others werebanned early this year.
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ANNOUNCER
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Year Round Address: 2635 Norton Road Kent. Ohio 44240
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Season's GreetingsTo all our friends
H E L E N a n d K A R L W A L L E N O A
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THANKS TO EUGENE C. LAMBART FOR 1977 BOOKINGS
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MARK ANTHONYWISHES EVERYONE A
MERRY CHRISTMASAND
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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