Circus Report, September 12, 1977, Vol. 6, No. 37

6th Year September 12,1977 Number 37

Bull TaJ^esFor four hours the Carson & Barnes Circus elephant "Barbara" wandered about the city of

Prairie du Sac, Wise., on Aug. 28th and by the time she was caught she had gone to Sauk City,an adjacent town. The long chase started when the elephant was spooked by a falling quarterpole and took off, running away from the circus lot.

After running through the main streets of the city, Barbara headed straight for the Maple-wood Nursing Home. Windows were broken and she charged through the window of a privateroom and went into the hallway.

As she moved about in the NursingHome she left a trail of destruction - bentsteel ceiling supports, damaged tile, torn outelectrical wiring, etc. Finally she went througha doorway into the open air and continuedher travels. She was finally caught by circusanimal attendents , with the aid of otherelephants.

Nobody was injured in the chase and it

was reported that the circus has insurance forjust such emergenices.

A sort of festive atmosphere developed atthe Nursing Home and Mrs. Josephine Ross, 82,summed it all up when she said the event bright-ened up an otherwise dull Sunday afternoon."All my life," said Mrs. Ross, "I had to travelto get to the circus. But today it finally came tome."

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SHRINEThe Stebbings Circus has been signed throughpromoter Henry Barrett to play the Akron-Can-ton (Ohio) Shrine dates next March. The Akronshow will be staged on a Friday and Saturdaywith the Canton dates coming the followingweek on Thursday thru Sunday. The exactweeks involved will be announced soon.The two dates were played by Polack Bros,since their inception over 30 years ago. Formany of those years the promotion was hand-led by Barrett. A spokesman for Tadmore ShrineTemple said the circus committee has alwaysbeen pleased with Barrett's work and the largefinancial return generated from the Cantondate in particular.

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Miscellaneous"Modem Maturity" magazine for Aug.-Sept.1977 has a one page article entitled "Return ofthe Big Top" which features the George Matt-hew's Circus. The article, which includes fourcolor photos, is in the present tense and talksabout the show going out in March, Apparentlythe editors were unaware of the fact that theshow folded in 1976.

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ROUTESCarson & Barnes Circus

Sept. 12-14 Eucl id , Ohio15 Valley View

16-18 Fairview Park

Hall & Christ Circus Uniqueto Sept. 11 Saginaw, Mich.

Royal Hanneford CircusSept. 16 Muncie, Ind.

Hella Shrine CircusSept. 12-18 Dallas, Texas

Hoxie Bros. CircusSept. 12 Avenel, N. J.

14 Old Bridge15 Berkeley Heights16 Fort Lee17 River Vale

Hoxie's Great American CircusSept. 11 Hilltown, Pa.

12 Allentown13 Coopersburg14 Flemington, N. J.15 Princeton16 Far Hills

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitSept. 13-18 Toledo, Ohio

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitSept. 15-18 Portland, Ore.

King Bros. CircusSept. 12 Albany, Ga.

13 Valdosta14 Gainesville, Fla.15 Tallahassee16-17 Pensacola18 Foley, Ala.

Martin & Downs CircusSept. 12 Doaktown, N.S.

13 Chatham14 Shippigan15 Caraquet16 Bereford17 Dalhousie18 Kedgewick

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Sells & Gray CircusSept. 12 Mason City, 111.

13 Lewistown14 Hamilton15 Mt. Sterling18 Decatur18 Sullivan

John Strong's CircusSept. 12 Lebanon, Ore.

13 Roseburg14 Coos Bay15 Crescent City17 Yreka, Calif.18 Redding

TNT & Royal Olympic CircusSept. 14-18 Overland Park, Kans.

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Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitSept. 12-17 Jasper, Ala.

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitSept. 12-17 Jackson, Tenn.

James H. Drew ShowsSept. 12-17 Carrollton, Ga.

Foley & Burk ShowsSept. 14-18 Watsonville, Calif.

15-18 Walnut Creek

The Gong ShowSept. 17 San Diego, Calif.

Magic Time USA - Prof. MillerSept. 11 Pottstown, Pa.

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James E. Strates Showto Sept. 17 York, Pa.

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BILLY BARTONPAT & GWEN DAVISON, globetrotting with theGlobetrotters, said they were "on the verge of starva-tion" in France. Restaurants were open for only a lim-ited time each day and their hours conflicted with theglobetrotter's schedule. Eventually one of the "trot-ters" discovered a "sould food" cafe which was openall night and Pat and Gwen, having grown tired ofcheese three times a day; declared that nothing evertasted "so good" as "red beans and rice, corn-on-the-cob, 8BQ ribs and cornbread" - smack-dab in the mid-dle of Gay Paree.

Speaking of globetrotting, composer BARBARA TAG-GART went "west" to visit the Wenatchee Youth Cir-cus, was pleasantly surprised at the polished perform-ance which included a high wire and fling act. 85 per-formers travel in Greyhound buses, of whom 24 playin the band. This is the 25th year for the show. Their26th will find the troupe touring Australia.

Newlyweds ANITA (Keppo) and TOM Dtsimini areresiding in San Rafael (Calif) where they have a spa-cious apartment, a kitten, and Tom is a waiter in avery popular San Francisco restaurant called "Perrys".Anita is playing club dates and recently appeared inthe plush Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. Anita writesthat sister I RIS, now with American Cont'l, has beena frequent visitor and that, al though she lacks circus-pals, Anita still hobnobs with a Show Biz crowd.

SNAPSHOTS: Cirque Gatini has extended its tour byan extra month PUNCH JACOBS took bear, ponyand dogs to the Wenatchee Youth Circus for a 'guest'appearance The indefatigable MAE WEST judgedand presented a trophy to the Mr. America winner inSanta Monica (and had a ball doing so, she sez)....Fol-lowing the tragic fall of DANIEL ACOSTA of theCarrillo Bros, (high wire), a call went out over South-ern California TV stations for blood donations TheSTEBBINGS E U R O P E A N CIRCUS starts a 6 weekfair route this month WALTER STIMAX and MIL-LI E HALL have a lengthy run of Xmas shows, saidthe "complications" with the Polack Show and the"first buyers" really played havoc with their seasonCARLA WALLENDA and daughter RIETTA are do-ing a double slide-for-l ife periodically with Carla hold-ing daughter Rietta DAME KATE H A N N E F O R D

(now approaching her 90s) greatly benefited from theHanneford's long run at Lake George, looks and feelsgreat-o....The late KAY FRANCIS ' ponies were donat-ed to the Sailor Circus where luxur ious stables wereconstructed to house the animals TOM and POM

POM DONOHO are in Vegas....WES and FLORINEOLER still have the standard poodle ABNER, thatJIMMY DOUGLASS gave them when he disbandedhis dog act.

Tired of battling water problems for her seal, JO ANNJENNIER gave up and ankled the Hoxie Great Amer-ican and went into the Paradise on Ice Revue, playingMusic Theatres, for a few weeks, booked by ROSEAOAIR. "The possible loss and danger to my seal be-came crucial and far more important than the show. Aseal is delicate, hard to get, hard to train, and theyneed clean, fresh water EVERY day and, in hot wea-ther, sometimes twice a day."The water wagon situation is a problem I noticed onseveral tenters this year, and it is a serious one, cer-tainly as regards the animals, be they show-owned orprivate.DOWN RUMOR ROAD: That the Corporation showsand both Hoxie Circuses will change their programsnext season (and about time!)....That HERRINGTONhas signed Puerto Rico for 5 years that KATHY (ofVashek & Kathy) is pregnant See what happens,kiddees, when you play a " le isurely" season !

Performers have asked me to investigate that new un-ion V.E.G.A. in California, all I can report is I wrotefor details and no answer was forthcoming. If you'vehad it with Copyart Photographers in New York,BILLY GUNGA put me on to W A R R E N ASSOC -IATES of Pittsburgh (Pa) who do exceptionally finecolor work and FAST S E R V I C E ! Contact Mrs. Rich-ards: (412) 766-5777.

MUSICAL BOUQUETS: to ROY ROBINETTE, out-standing trumpeteer in the Hoxie Big Top band...BIL-LY and BONNIE EARL ' s warbling for the Sells &Gray aerial productions Tent show bandleadersJOE EDDY, CHUCK BERTINI and JIM GIBSONwhose music is merry - very....and RAY HARTZELL'sunique sound ef fects plus abil ity to get acts' cues rightthe FIRST time.

QUICKIES: REX Y O U N G to the Texas Dates...PET-ER HAUBNER, over his ankle injury and back ridingon Royal Hanneford... .DODY GOODMAN, who play-ed the quirky mother on MARY HARTMAN attemp-ted to ride an RBBB elephant in a dress, which she'llnever try again! FAMOUS HUNT wound up itscheckered season with a week long mall date in LongIsland....VEND VENITO and KAROLS Featured Fan-

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Busy AgentGunnar Amandis has been commuting from hisFlorida base to Great Adventure in New Jersey,to Three Rivers (Quebec) and to Ottawa, wherehe booked acts for a Children's Circus, includ-ing the Les Moines, the Fornasari Family, theSloan Parade Heads and Caesar, the unridablemule (Bisbini).At the Omaha (Nebr) Ak-Sar-Ben show he setthe Dymeks, Satani Demon, Johnny Laddie'sRhesus Monkeys, Susan's Afghans, the Zamper-la Family, and at Sioux Falls (6.D.) he bookedMiss April, sway pole and the Schmitt-Albulethigh wire act for the fair. The aforementionedacts also made the Three Rivers fair circuit forIan Garden.The Amandis office also supplied the thrill actsfor the Glenn Parkins-Tommy Hanneford AerialThrill Show in St. Paul (Minn) and set at theDes Moines fair-circus show, produced by Ed-die Zacchini, are Karl's Poodles, Al's Lemon-zene, the Carden Johnson elephants, the Plun-ketts and Christopher James.

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No FriendsIn his Aug. 22nd column, Jack Anderson, ofWashington,DC, reported the endangered spe-cie animals have no friends in the Interior Dept.According to Anderson the Interior Dept.'s topofficial • Robert Herbst - is giving in to demandsof the hunting lobby. If restrictions are lifted,he said, we'll be seeing more and more animalskin coats and other items sought by the chicclothes designers.The thing that really bothers Anderson is thefact that Herbst has appointed two hunters as

. U. S. representatives to an international con-ference which will decide the future of the en-dangered species. Herbst insists that the hunt-ers should have a right to be heard. "I just sawit as the fair thing to do."Anderson also charges that Herbst allegedlyauthorized the slaughter of endangered timberwolves while he served as Minnesota's top en-vironmental official. According to Anderson,Herbst misled the Senate when he testified athis confirmation hearings that he tried to changethe wolfs status from "endangered" to "threat-ened". In a letter, Anderson says, Herbst re-quested that Minnesota wolves be removed fromall federal protection. The hunters, however,were so impressed with Herbst's previous per-formance that they enthusiastically supportedhim at his Senate confirmation hearing.

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Terms SetA Florida-based circus and the Lions Clubs ofMinneasota have reached an agreement where-by the circus is to pay the Lions Clubs some$70,000. The state attorney general, WarrenSpannaus, said the circus operates as a fund rai-sing operation, to obtain money for crippledand needy children.

The attorney general's office said the circus wastaking about 80% of the contributions out ofthe state.Minnesota laws set a l imit of 30% foradministrative expenses in fund-raising efforts.

A court order was issued to freeze the assets ofthe circus in Minnesota, but an agreement wasreached. Under terms of the agreement about$70,000 wil l be paid to the Lions Clubs, salestaxes of about $8,000 wil l be paid the state andthe firms will pay a $1,000 fine for failure toregister as an out-of-state corporation.

Air France has announced that effective Oct.1st they will no longer accept COD livestockshipments.

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Show GrewThe program presented by Paul Wright's Circusat Glendale, Calif., on Aug. 28th featured: Cir-cus clowns Mark and Bill; The Mumm Bros.,jugglers; David & Irena, aerial cradle; The Cro-wells, trampoline; Miss Astra, high dive; TheGreat Mayo, escape artist; The Berans, balanc-ing; Davey, the Clown, plate spinning; TheGreat Valento, high wire; The Flying Artons;David & Irena, trampoline; The Lindens, balan-cing; Irena, Ruth, Beth and Cathy, webs; JoseGonzales Gonzales, comedy and the Sky Ridersmotorcycle act.

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BILL GREEN and RON SANFORD, of Bea-trice, Nebr., visited the Ringling-Barnum Cir-cus at Omaha on Aug. 19th,

JOHN MOLINARI, musician, is working withthe San Francisco Civic Light Opera productionof "Irma La Douce."

JOHNNY HERRIOTT, DOC HENDERSONplus RUDI LENZ from Ringing's Red Unitwere visiting on the lot of the Early AmericanCircus last week. Another visitor on the lot wasDW1GHT MOORE.

BILL KORMPATES attended the Shrine Con-vention in Memphis, Tenn., (Aug. 15-20) andwas awarded a plaque for his outstanding workof handling the most Shrine Circus Ticket Salesin that city.

Acts appearing at Park Belmont in Cartierville,Quebec, this summer were: The ALBANIS

.MOTORCYCLE act June 27-July 10; LES GER-ALDOS with a Giant Wheel July 12-25; TheTRISKA TROUPE, high wire, July 26-Aug. 7;The FLYING ARMORS Aug. 10-21 and theGREAT KORMPATES, high act, Aug. 23-Sept.5th.

BIDDY & BADDY, comedy team with HolidayOn Ice, offer an act called "Circus Clowns." Al-so appearing with the show are: Peggy Fleming,Jimmy Crockett, Dianne duLeeuw, Patrick MeKilligan and several members of the Moppets.

GERALD SOULES whose "Poodles of Paris"are featured with the Ice Follies plans to tourhis own show "Circus Girard" from June thruI^abor Day of next year. The show will operatein the Michigan/Ohio/lndiana area working un-der a red and white tent from Leaf.

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ON THE ROADAn expanded route has been booked for theSwan Bros. Circus this year g iv ing them a great-er coverage of the west coast states. At the sametime the show has been improved and updatedwith several new numbers added to the program.

New this year is the l i gh t ing system and PAuni t . The latter inc ludes a wireless mike, mak-ing it easier to move about the tent. All newred and w h i t e sidewall was purchased from theGoodwin Cole Tent & Awning Co., of Sacra-mento, Calif. , and new ring curbs were built theearly part of the year.

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Show NotesThe TNT & Royal Olympic Circus played tocapacity crowds at the Southwick Mall in To-ledo, Ohio, Aug. 24-28. I visited the show onthe 26th and witnessed the most beautiful set-ting one could ever imagine for an indoor show,which sets under a glass dome on an island oraqu-amphitheatre, completely surrounded bywater and fountains. The ring curb was red andwhite, with red ringmats with a white star. The8'x8' bandstand was red, white and yellow.

The program included: Overture, followed bythe introduction of ringmaster Earl Tegge; theRaija Duo, bicycle balancing on revolving ped-estal; Twinkles, the clown with soda tray gag;Dick Franco, juggler; Book Pitch by Twinkles;Maryse Begary, single trapeze.

Clarence Hastings

HANS and ROBERTA WINN (of the WinnTroupe of high wire performers) are theparents of a baby boy (Nicklaus Joseph) whowas born in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 18th.The new arrival weighed in at 8 Ibs. 9'/2 ozs.

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JESUS FUENTES, of Mexico City, and DOUGLYONS, of California, were recent guests of D.R. Miller on the Carson & Barnes Circus. Therewere also many other visitors during the show'sengagement in the Chicago area.

D. R. MILLER and TOM INABINETTE visitedthe new Ringling-Barnum Thrill Show at theFair in Columbus, Ohio.

GEORGE WEEDON, former musical directorwith the Royal Lipizzan Stallion Show, is cur-rently visiting friends in London.

CHARLES SCHLARBAUM completed his tourwith Carson & Barnes Circus on Aug. 20th andis rejoining the Royal Hanneford Circus for thefall and winter season.

GARY THOMAS serves as big top boss on theHagen-Wallace Sells & Gray Circus as well asbeing in charge of the show's elephants.

MIMI ZERBINI is at home in Florida restingafter injuring her shoulder while performing onthe trapeze. She will be off the road for aboutsix weeks.

B I L L Y B A R T O N ( C o n t i n u e d )

tasy played an Emmett Kelly, Jr. date recently...Thoserumors circulating that BILL STEBBINGS will changethe Polack title are silly - THAT was the major pur-chase!....One phone promoted show really got into ajackpot when its producer was jailed, and cost beau-coup bucks to straighten out During the Beattyblowdown it was proved that the old "trouper spirit"still prevails during an emergency!

ATTENTION all "Weight Watchers": Spies tell meLOIS H O O V E R has found a super format. Ready,now? It's called the "tomorrow diet". And, on thatnote of optimism, I'll . . ..

See you down the road, luvs.

M/rce/hneoufThe Royal Danish Circus will be appearing atthe Crossroad Center Mall in St. Cloud, Minn.,on Sept. 26-30 and not the date that was pre-viously shown in the advertisement printed onthese pages last month.Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., have acquiredcontrol of the Madison Square Garden Corp.,by purchasing MSG stock at $10.00 per share.

The Royal Palace Circus was featured at theWarwick Mall (R. I.) on Aug. 23-27.

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For Fall Tour Opening Sept. 5th and clos-ing Dec. 19th. Transportation and accom-modations furnished.One Show A Day - All Indoor DatesGood Readers Only. We will have 40 weeksor more in 1978.Send Resume, Photo If Possible To^

DAVID EPPERLYInternational All Star Circus

Circus Plaza Building1770 Wood Street

Sarasota, Florida - 33577

Phone: (813)366-1434

The Stebbing Royal European Circus, plus theJonny Rivers Diving Mules and the DeggellerMagic Midway were featured at the Upper S.C. Fair Sept. 1-10.

CIRCUS ORGANIST after Nov. 1st.•Contact: RAY HARTZELL, 404 So.Meadow Valley Drive, Las Vegas,Nevada 89107.Phone: (702)873-5093

CROWD PLEASERThe program presented by Jerry Booker's EarlyAmerican Circus at San Mateo, Calif. (Aug. 29-Sept. 5) featured:

Spec, all personnel; Harry Thomas, tigers; Cir-cus Clowns; Sue McMillan, tiger, dog, horse;Mark, bounding rope; bareback act, directed byErnestine Clarke Baer; Cristovo, juggling; Texand his trained Chimp; Clowns; The Young Duoin an aerial cradle act.

The second half included: Tina's dogs; Chris onthe slackwirc; Miss Evita, single trapeze; Libertyponies; Lani Ironberg, high school horse; theSumidas, high wire.

IF YOU WANT THE JOB DONE RIGHT!

CARL E . C O N L E Y(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: 2635 Norton Road Kent, Ohio 44240


It's now official, the '78 CFA dues will be in-creased by $2.50 for a total of $12.50 for theyear. Like evertything else it is getting harderand harder to pursue one's hobbies and everycircus hobby organization has had to raise itsdues.Mildred Hooper, of the Ed Millette Tent of Dal-las is in charge of securing tickets for the HellaShrine Circus this year. One of the show's fea-ture acts will be the Flying Palacio troupe.John Boyle, CFA'r reports Sept. l l th will bethe final day for the Circus World Museum's 77season. With all of the circus wagons and activ-ities there camera bugs will have a field day.

Reports that Harry Jenkins, Sr. was undergoinga hip operation in San Diego w«e not releasedby this writer: News of the pending operationwas known through correspondence with hisson Harry, in Dallas. We were asked "please donot release" and we did not. We respect thewishes of those who send in news in confidenceand will continue to do so. But now that thenews is out I wish my friend Col. Harry JenkinsSr. the best of a speedy recovery.

Ringling Red ends its season at Nassau, N.Y.,on Dec. 4th, while the Blue Unit will close inCleveland on Nov. 20th. There are some mightybig jumps coming up for both units as the yeardraws to a close.Jack Smith, former advance agent and attorneywith the Royal Hanneford Circus left that or-ganization in March 1977 to pursue personalinterests. Jack had been on the show for manyyears, but his son, Danny, is still with it.The Millette Amateur Circus will perform at

WANTEDTwo Good Butchers or Man and Wifeteam who want to make some seriousmoney in Concessions.

Contact: DON and MARY BULLITTc/o Stebbings Royal European Circus

The State FairRichmond, Virginia - Sept. 22-Oct. 3

FOR SALEOld Iron American Flyer Circus Train,

World's Greatest Show, Engine BlowsSteam and Cars Light Up. Includes aTender, 3 Passenger Cars, 2 Flat Carswith 2 Cage Wagons, 1 Band Wagon,1 Calliope Wagon.Train is in excellent running conditionand Clean.For Information Contact:

RICHARD"Raz-Bo" BENNETTP. O. Box 503, Elgin, 111. 60120

Phone: (312)741-4344- Call Week Days Only -

Angels, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) as a benefit forbrain damaged children. They hope to have anew red, white and blue tent ready for the bigevent. Dallas reporter Doug Domeier will becovering the show.An elephant can't jump straight up, but it canbalance its entire weight on one foot. Theyrun at about 15 miles an hour.The July-August issue of White Tops has a narticle about the Diamond S Rodeo, written byJohn C. Goodall, Jr. The show was one of theprettiest and best painted shows on the road.Word has it that Carson & Barnes will play inGeorgia as it heads home and into quarters.

The circus continues to be a popular form ofentertainment as is evidenced by the many cir-cuses on the road this season. All the big onesseem to have two units out.

M. L. Dupont

WANTEDASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN

andDIESEL DRIVER

- LONG SEASON

Able To Join October 1977

Contact: CIRCUS VARGASP.O.Box 4356

Burlingame, Calif. - 94010


Available After Sep. 20DOG and PONY ACT - TRICK ROPING ACT - HIGH SCHOOL HORSE

P. O. Box 866(916)547-4277

LAIMI I R O N B E R GRedding, Calif. - 96001

(916) 243-5491 (for messages)

THE GRIMALDIS, on tour with Canada's Cir-cus Gatini, have added another white FrenchPoodle dog to their act.

JOHNNY PIERCE, clown with Circus Vargas,is back working in the show after suffering abroken arm as the result of a fall while doing apyramid in the program.

The late WOLCOTT (Cotton) FENNER's col-lection of circus lithos was recently donated tothe Northwest Missouri State University, atMaryville, Mo., by his wife.

LONI VAN VOORDEN, foot juggler touring

with Circus Vargas recently broke both wristswhen she slipped on some rope and fell. She isexpecting to be back at work soon.

JOHN DAY handled the side show and color-ing book sales during the Aug. 29-Sept. 5 en-gagement of the Early American Circus at SanMateo, Calif.

•MESHA, the clown and ZANITA worked theJERRY LEWIS M/D TV Special over LaborDay weekend.

LANI IRONBERG had her animals working atthe Fair in Reno Nevada early this month.

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The Aug. 15th "Mailbag" column needsto be answered, particularly the passagewhere they used the line "... the per-formers are not full-time professionalswith nothing else to do."Their main premise, that a June 13threview was unfair might well be true.We didn't see the show, so can't judge.However, in answer to them or anyoneelse who would justify sloppy perform-ance or "roughly executed tricks" withthe term "amateur" it should be notedthat the only difference between an amateur and a professional is that the pro-fessional gets paid. A professional mayhave an edge over most amateurs in styleand showmanship, derived from years ofexperience, but in the areas of develop-ment of technique and building propsand rigging the amateur has all the advan-tages.The idea that a professional has "noth-ing else to do" is patently ridiculous. Infact nothing could be further from thetruth.Anyrone who has ever tried to build anact, or even develop new tricks and rou-tines on the road knows how difficult itis. And building new props while travel-ing is almost impossible.Two years ago we spent some time witha high act who was trying to build a newrigging while on the road. Between play-ing engagements and working on the newequipment they averaged about threehours of sleep per night. Trying to lo-cate sources of materials in differentparts of the country was just one of theobstacles they encountered.In addition to maintaining vechicles andcoping with the dozen or so daily crisesconcommittant with a nomadic life, afull-time performer has the added re-sponsibility of constant correspondencewith agents and producers, plus the crea-tion and distribution of publicity mater-ial, a full-time job in itself.

AVAILABLEEXCEPTIONAL CHIMP ACT

- With A Touch Of Comedy -

CAN USE DATES IN DEC. '77

Contact: KURT SCHIMAN2022 Dodge AvenueSarasota, Fla. 33580

Phone: (813)959-4065

A character walked into the barwith a small crocodile under hisarm and asked: "Do you serve hip-pies here?"

The barman stared .at him for acouple of minutes and then replied:"Sure, we serve anyone here."

"Good," said the character, "I'llhave a beer and give me a hippyfor my crocodile."

THE CIRCUS REPORT is published eachweek by Don Marcks, 525 Oak Street, ElCerrito, Calif. 94530. Phone: (415) 525-3332.SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $12.00 for theyear. $15.00 a year for overseas via sur-face mail.ADVERTISING RATES: (per issue) —Minimum Ad $5.00: Quarter Page $10.00;Half Page $15.00; Full Page $25.00(No color work available)

The main requirement for the develop-ment of new tricks is the opportunityfor regular practice, something the pro-fessional can rarely plan on while outplaying dates. A few years ago we addeda new finish trick to our cycle act. Ittook nearly a year and a half to get itready. If we had been in one place, evenworking a full-time day job, it couldhave been polished inside of threemonths. And we know whereof we speak.When we first put our act together, inthe early sixties, we took nearly twoyears off the road. Believe me, it's lotseasier.Regular practice is the only way to de-velop and improve technique, and that'sa luxury the part-time acts have themost of.

Charley Van Buskirk


HSUS ReportInspectors for the USDA administer the AnimalWelfare Act regulations as though it were writ-ten for the protection of exhibitors and trainers,according to the Humane Society of the U. S.In its Aug. 1977 issue of "Close-Up Report"the HSUS charges the Animal Welfare Act isbeing ignored.

The entire publication is devoted to the HSUSaction against circuses during the past year.Shows mentioned include Carson & Barnes,Fisher Bros., the Hanneford Circus and theGeorge Matthews Great London Circus."HSUS believes special regulations aimed spe-cifically at circus animals need to be developedby the USDA and the Dept, of the Interior. Ap-parently, Interior has decided not to adminis-ter laws affecting endangered species whenthose animals are traveling with circuses eventhough they are charged by Congress with reg-ulating all activities relating to endangered ani-mals. Interior leaves all regulatory and enforce-

ment activities relating to circuses up to theUSDA."

The small circuses are the worst offenders, ac-cording to the HSUS. "The customers of thesmall circus are truly the 'suckers' P. T. Bar-

! num talked about. By paying to see the animalI shows and exhibits, the customer is unknow-

ingly helping to perpetuate this form of animalcruelty."

fn a recent address HSUS President John A.Hoyt said, "We need everyone's help in this sit-uation. Urge local authorities to check the cir-cus when it comes to your town. Pay carefulattention to how the animals are housed andcared for. Encourage animal welfare groups tosign complaints. The traveling circus must beforced to end their cruel treatment of animals."Sue Pressman, whose regular HSUS assignmentis to keep tabs on animals in entertainment,says "We are determined to show these fly-by-night exhibitors and trainers that they mustobey the dictates of the federal Animal Wel-fare Act. We are going to uncover the sideshowshams and three ring abuses."

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DALE SMITH (Bee Gee, the Clown) is recover-ing from a broken ankle and expects to be backworking again in October.

MARY and JOE DAVIDSON were married un-der the Circus Vargas big top in Laval, Canadalast month. Prior to that they had been marriedat a Mormon ceremony in Anaheim (Calif.). Joeis assistant boss canvasman on the circus.

ANGELA WILNOW and her Collies, The HER-NANDEZ TROUPE, teeterboard, and RANDY& SYLVIA, balancing, were featured at the bigDuchess County Fair in Rhinebeack, N.Y. onAug. 23-28.

CLARK McDERMOTT (Cold Nose Five) justconcluded a date at the fair in Coleville, Wash.,and they are now appearing at the Fair in Spo-kane, Wash.MICHAEL and ROSE SWAN, of Swan Bros.Circus, are the proud parents of a baby girl(Penny) who was born in June.

In M«"n*oriam-;vMERVYN F. RAY (74) passed away on Aug. 12,at Boulder, Colo., while traveling with the RedUnit of the American Big Top Circus. He hadretired in 1971 after spending several years withthe Tommy Scott Show. His show business daysgo back to the time of vaudeville when he andhis partner were known as the Damm Brothers.He traveled with Walter L. Main, Sells Floto,Hagenbeck-Wallace, John Robinson, Al F.Wheeler and Jethro Almond Shows, Beers Bar-nes, and the Hunt Circus. In later years the actwas known as LaBelle and Ray Troupe.'Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery at Sink-ing Springs, Pa., on Aug. 15th. Survivors includea daughter Yvonne Stephens and three grand-children, Ernest, Mervyn Jones and Leanne RayStephens.

LOU JACOBS is featured on the cover of the"Mainliner" magazine for Aug. 1977. The Uni-ted Airlines magazine also has a 3 page inter-view inside.

WANTEDAnimal Trainer capable of w o r k i n g Lions, Tigers , Ch impsand E l ephan t s . P e r m a n e n t Year Round Posi t ion . W i n t e r sin Florida and s u m m e r s in Ohio.

We have the trained animals if you have the ability to workacts w i t h o u t b r u t a l i t y . Acts can be improved and steppedup.

Trainer shall be expected to speak to the pub l i c . Five daysa week.

Send Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , P h o t o s , R e c e n t Press Re leases andDesired Salary .

J U N G L E L A R R Y ' S A F R I C A N S A F A R I

P. O. Box 7129 - Naples , F l o r i d a 33941

Documents

Circus Report, September 12, 1977, Vol. 6, No. 37