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Current plans, via reports from Florida, revealthe Clyde Beatty-Circus will open its 1977 sea-son during the second week of April, retainingits present full title and the bulk of performingtalent carried with the show in 1976.

The booking format, however, has been total-ly revamped. Beatty will play 3 and 4 day dates(perhaps longer) and principally in shoppingcenters. This is a major departure for a showthat has played one day stands for the most partduring its long season.

There are strong indications that a dramatic re-shuffling of the staff is imminent: otherwiseeverything remains the same, including the first-class band, helmed by Charles Bertini.

As for the sister shows: King-Cole will have anew performance featuring a flying act, a catact and apparently a great deal of Mexican tal-ent, under a 90x200 push-pole top. King-Coleopens in Brunswick (Ga) on April 10th andwill appear in larger cities than it has in the pastseveral seasons. James Monroe has been namedthe King-Cole side show manager.

Hagen-Wallace, Sells & Gray will be the first ofthe three shows out of the bam, opening at Tam-pa on April 3rd. Elephant man Gary Thomastakes over as canvas boss on the big top whichwas used by King this past season. H-W, S&Gside show manager Henry Thompson will beginpainting the new titles on trucks in February.

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HOLIDAY GREETINGSAND THE

BEST OF GOOD WISHESFOR THE COMING NEW YEAR

EARL & TIM TEGGE

to

TNT & Royal Olympic Circus

from HAROLD and BARBARA

Page 50 The Circus Report

•77 PlansPlans are now mushrooming for the 1977 tourof Puck's Traveling Circus, a Canadian showthat tours throughout the Province of Ontario,playing shopping centers, special events; allstands of five days or more. The circus will ap-pear for its third straight year at the CNE, un-der the big top, and under sponsorship.Puck's Circus is partially funded by Winterio, aProvincial Lottery, and is set-up as a "non-pro-fit foundation". Its eventual goal is to be Cana-da's National Circus."This aspect of the show," Frazier Mohawk toldCR, "is not publicized and, naturally, all thepeople involved in the circus, staff, performers,etc., are paid a salary."Puck's Circus uses a 60 ft. round top with one30 ft. middle, and is now setting its perform-ance for the new season. Returning will beRumpy, the Clown, and possibly Les Weldons,a French act, who do trapeze, balancing and agorilla parody.Frazier Mohawk revealed to CR that the Quebec

Christmas

Greetings

to

Friends

Everywhere

JOHN G O O O A L L , Jr.Northbrook, III.

situation in Canada is indeed unstable, that theyare watching it very closely, and also that therehave been "trials over the phone promotions",a situation that is by no means cooling down.Mohawk also told CR that at least eight circusestour Ontario, most of which are American showsHe was highly complimentary of Cliff Vargas andand Circus Vargas, a show he says that "helpsus all." Billy Barton

AS A B R A N D NEW Y E A R A P P R O A C H E SA N D A N O T H E R O L D Y E A R ENDS,

IT'S P L E A S A N T JUST R E M E M B E R I N GG O O D D A Y S , G O O D TIMES, GOOD FRIENDS.

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S M R . V A R G A S

L A R R Y & JAN

December 20, 1976 Page 51

ZMerry

Christmas /

May Your Season Never EndWALTER STIMAX and MILDRED HALL

P. O. Box 442 - Arkansas City, Kans. 67005Phone: (316) 442-3259

THANKS TO LOUIS P. STERN FOR A GREAT 1976 SEASONNow Looking Forward to Polack's 1977 Tour


FOR SALEOLD TIME CIRCUS POSTERS

Authentic reproductions of original Circuslithographs dating from 1894 to 1925.

Descriptive folder to hold same is includedwith each order.

4 Posters and Folder$5.50 p.p.

JIM ELLIOTTP. O. Box 23

Mason, Mich. - 48854

I am always interested in purchasing photosof pre-1950's circuses.

greetings!To

All Our Friends

from

MIKE & SALLY LaTORRESand

ALL THE CRITTERS

MiscellaneousThe Fisher Bros. Circus is wintering at Rus-kin, Florida, and for their 1977 season theyplan to carry a cat act.A new show called Mexican International Cir-cus is being propped in Texas for an opening inearly April of 1977.Circus Vargas will open its 1977 tour with afour day stand at the Lenox Square ShoppingCenter in Atlanta, Ga., starting on Jan. 7th.

NEW FORMAT (Continued)Fred Logan had only a few days off before tak-ing the Beatty bulls to a Puerto Rico Christmasdate for Jimmy Herrington. Word has been re-ceived of an old-time billing war erupting inthat country between the Herrington and thenew Circus Odyssey, which opens there inFebruary.Sells & Gray manager Wilson Storey .s station wa-gon was destroyed by fire enroute from DeLandto his home in Sarasota.

WISHING YOU ALL THE HAPPINESS

O F T H E C H R I S T M A S S E A S O NV~^- '•>

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Acclaimed World's Foremost Authority on

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P. 0. Box 278 - Hugo. Oklahoma 74743

December 20, 1976

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MANY THANKS TO MR. HUBERT CASTLE AND EUGENE C. LAMBARTFOR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT


MERRY CHRISTMAS

HAPPY 1977

TO OUR AGENTS

and

FRIENDS

ERIK ADAMS, COMEDY CHIMPS

X ERIK ADAMS, Sr.

and ERIK, Jr.

P. 0. Box 595Gibsonton, Florida • 33534 Phone: (813) 677-1469


TO ALL OUR F R I E N D S

A Merry Christmas and

A Happy New Year

JULIAN and MIREILLE, TH E R O N , A R N O S I

EDYTHE and LLOYD HARMS

Pot PourriDorian Blake is planning to add three new il-lusions to his magic show for '77 BernieKallman and Mike Naughton will wind up theirschool run on Jan. 10th....CFA's Felix AdlerTent's Christmas splash was hosted by Albertand Maxine House, of Oakland, N!J....RoyalHanneford has inked White Plains, N.Y., forFebruary, a date previously held by the PanAmerican Circus.

The Fabulous Fanatans are vacationing in Ire-land....Clown Tom Sink will debut the HairDresser on Hoxie Bros, next season....Phil andLinda Chandler are planning to buy a "whitetiger" for their illusion show....The Barrymoresunveiled an entirely sequined camel blanket fortheir parody on Circus Cortina, a school show.....Barry Miller's double gorilla parody confusedBarry so much he didn't know which gorilla wasto attack the "plant"....The Bissonette's plan agala New Year Eve party featuring Mary's fan-tastic food. Mike Naughton

Christmas Greetingsand

Best Wishes for the New Year

THE G R A H A M S

PAT - VIVIAN - C L Y D E - J O Y C E

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A BLESSED C H R I S T M A S

A P R O S P E R O U S NEW Y E A R

To All Our Friends

T H E B U M P Y F A M I L YRol l ing "S" Ranch

North Lake, Wise. 53064

MAGICWhat do you do to a four-ton elephant? Yousay "Abracadabra!" and it disappears. At leastthat's what you do if you are magician DougHenning.His second Mobil Showcase special will be tele-cast on NBC on Dec. 23rd (Check your locallistings for time and station).Henning plans to mystify his audience with an"organic" series of illusions (involving water,fire and air), plus his disappearing elephant. Asa climax he plans to escape from a flaming box.

FOR WINTER BOOKINGS

An 8 male lion act - The best in Tricks - Actis presented by Junior Ruffin, America's onlyblack wild animal trainer.

Contact: JOHN CUNEOHawthorn Circus Corp.Libertyville, 111. - 60048

orIAN GARDEN505 Eglinton Ave., West (No. 503)Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5N-1B2

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year

^ to Friends Everywhere

CHIEF JOSEPH & PRINCESS VIOLA&

EIGHT APPALOOSA STALLIONS

J. A. Hofmeister

Rte. 1 - Box 20-A - Whitehouse, Texas - 75791 - Phone: (214) 561 -0240

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from

AL and SUZANNE

P.O. Box 1418Sarasota, Florida v

Phone(813) 355-1373


to

ALL SHOWFOLKS AND FRIENDS

from

RAY HARRIS

Stilts • Barnes • Hagenbeck - Ringling/Barnum

retired

P. 0. Box 401 Homeland, Cal. • 92348

HAPPYHOLIDAYS

KENT GHIRARDCFA - CHS - CMBj

and theALOHALAND PONY CIRCUS

Honolulu, Hawaii

WES CONNELL is serving as Special Advisor tothe Guiness Book of Records regarding circusrecords. Readers with information that may behelpful for such research should contact him atRBBB's Blue Unit, Venice, Fla.

CLIFF and EDNA G L O T Z B A C H

Send greetings to their many friends

in the circus.

And their many friends who are

members of the C F A , CHS and C M B


MERRYCHRISTMAS

and

JOHNNY

and

JOHNNY

HAPPYNEW YEAR

SAMBO

and

BAM BO

We'dUke Offers

for 1977

Permanent Address:

Phone: (813) 677-5056

J O H N N Y W E L D EP. 0. Box 547Gibsonton, Florida 33534


Season's Greetings

CHARLES and ESTHERMASON

60-80 Wilson WayMilpitas, Ca. - 95035

The Sells Floto CMB Ring held its annual Christ-mas Party at the Bonanza Restaurant in Woon-socket, R. I., on Dec. 5th.

Kest WishesF O R T H E H O L I D A Y S

DAVE SADLER is the magician being featuredwith the "Ice Capades" which calls its currentshow "It's Magic Time."COCO, the Clown and HARRY ALBACKERteamed up for a show at Pittsburgh, Pa., thatwas called "Wonderful World of Children."the program, presented on Nov. 1st, attracteda jammed-packed house.STEVE THOMAS, a McDonald Clown, hasbeen touring his own show "Grande Illusion"in the New England States.

ADELLE & GORY, gorilla parody on CircusVargas this past season, will be touring with theGarden-Johnson Circus in '77.MARCO, the Magic Clown, has been busy withChristmas dates in Rhode Island.SENOR ANTONIO, head balancing trapezestar, will dash to Berlin for three weeks earlynext year.

MIKE and PATTI WUDTKE have signedwith the Sells & Gray Circus for the comingseason.

M A R T H A and DON F. SMITHClinton, Michigan

SEASON'S

GREETINGS

from

Dr. and Mrs. David E. Reid

Lebanon, Oregon

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Holiday Greetings to All

E L B E R T a n d S A R A H W E R T

Gloversville, New YorkCFA CHS CMB

SHAINA VARDIS, of Stamford, Conn., spendsher time following the Ringling show takingpictures, which are then distributed withoutcharge to the show folks;

Season'sGreetings

HUNTFORD PRINTINGThe Showmans Printer

Charles R. MasonSales Manager

27 Winsor StreetMilpitas, Ca. - 95035

MERRY CHRISTMASHAPPY NEW YEAR

Our wishes are the bestSprinkled with loveFrom your friends, Bob and Es

GREETINGS & BEST WISHESBob and Esther Weigel2911 West cheater AvenueEUicott City, Maryland 21043

Circus Fan FriendsAre The Greatest on EarthOur Friendship Keeps WarmWith a Ring Full of Mirth

Show ActsActs appearing on TV's "Vaudeville" show theevening of Dec. 12th, were:Diana, magician; Chris Kirby, ventriloquist;Shani Wallis, vocalist; The Great Ballentine,comedy magic; Bobby Van, songs and dancer.

FOR SALE20 ft. round Moon Bounce. Clown Face JumpingJack by Sindi.No Holes No Pitches Like New Used Very Little

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1975 - 36 ft. fully sell contained Fifth Wheel HouseTrailer. Been on the road 1% years • Is in ExcellentCondition.

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For details write to: The Hart/ell'sP.O. Box 42114LtsVegas.Nev. 89104.

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Now you can own 18" x 24" hand-signed First Edition Prints of detailed drawings and paintingsof the great parade wagons of the golden past. No museum has them — no collector has them —no photograph can do them justice. But here they are, living images printed on the finest papersavailable in limited editions of 1000 per subject by the world renowned circus artist Robert E.Weaver.Born in the "Circus City" Peru. Indiana. Bob Weaver grew up with circuses and circus people,so it is only natural that he be the one destined to portray the American Circus in all its gloryand nostalgia as no other person can. Professor Weaver's circus drawings and paintings madehim world famous even before he received his degree in Fine Arts from The Herron School of Artof Indiana University — Purdue University at Indianapolis where he is a senior member of thefaculty. A painting of the Loyal Family performing one of its spectacular pyramidal feats atopthree white horses in Madison Square Garden, New York City, won for him the covetedChaloner-Paris Prize in a national competition open to all young artists in the United States.This proved to be the beginning of an illustrious career which has included works in major artshows across the U. S., and receipt of numerous accolades, and representation in many privateand public art collections.His drawings from which these magnificent large prints have been made have a nostalgic qual-ity and a dedication to accuracy never before achieved graphically. Circus fan. historian, modelbuilder, decorator, etc. will regard each one of them as a found treasure and investment. Wehave chosen an off-white cream Vellum cover stock of the highest quali ty and rich Sepia inkwhich combine in a mellow wealth relating to the subjects' time in history. Kvery circus room,family room. den. trophy room, travel home. etc.. should have them. We guarantee you wil l bedelighted and satisfied wi th these valuable, historically accurate, circus prints.

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WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS

MERRY CHRISTMAS - HAPPY NEW YEAR

MANY THANKS TO:

JIM HETZER, CLAUD DuBOIS, MICHEL GATIEN, CLAUD MOREAUFOR A BEAUTIFUL 1976 SEASON

We are looking forward to 1977 with Sam T Polack and Gatine Circus

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