Souvenir program of world's only circus school indoor circus.
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728 State Street | Madison, Wisconsin 53706 | library.wisc.edu s Ses roe — - Worlds only Circus School
1939
: : Manitowoc Vocational Sheol P Manitowoc, Wis. ™ April 24 - -- - May 3 : : under the personal direction of = | = Wn. G. Schultz SYD HERMAN, Ringmaster PROGRAM MEL. F. KITZEROW, Musical Director
Directed by ee F. SCHULTZ
1—GRAND ENTRY 12—SCIENTIFIC JUMPING JACKS 7 Sensational barrel jumping exhibition. 2—QUEENS OF THE AIR ___...... Swinging Ladders and Bob Moentenich, Joe Piefer, Orville Matte, Eugene Butterfly Number Hilke, Ray Augustine, Leonard Kempka. Marie Boswell Grace Felber 13—AN EXHIBITON SUPERB _...... -All Girls Marie Felber Louise Panosh Artistic Pyramid Poses. Whirling, Tumbling, Wizards. 38—COMEDY ACROBATS Anita Fidler, Elaine Buell, Dorothy Drill, Virginia Bryant, Bob Moentenich, Leo Kozazcuk, Robert Mauer Geraldine Belongia, Arlette Rosinsky, Grace Felber Louise Panosh, Jean Hebert, Josephine Junk, Elaine 4—CARRYING PERCH LADDER. Act Fearlessly Presented Griebling, Irene Radey, Geraldine Augustine, Wesley Boswell, Marie Boswell, Lucille Mumpy Dawn Koch, Betty Miller, Hazel Steffen, 5—COMEDY TRIPLE HORIZONTAL BARS Geraldine Barnes and Peles Wensing. Skillful gymnastic feats combined with comedy 14—REVOLVING TRAPEZE...... Will try to break all records Edward Kummer, Bob Van Haren, Norman Hanson, Dorothy Drill Gaylord Beokee and Allon Becker, 15—WIRE ARTISTS __...... In a Succession of Thrills 6—CLOWN NUMBER. Something New Gordon Bartelme, Winifred Kanter, Paul Heffernan. Donald Underberg, Archie Schuette, Wesley Boswell 16—COMBINATION CRADLE ACT Archie Schuette, Marie Felber, Marie Boswell, 7—THE FAMOUS JAPANESE SLIDE FOR LIFE June Jacobson, Lucille Mumpy, Virginia Bryant. Robert Moentenich 17—CLOWN BAND 8—COMBINATION OF ACROBATICS AND RIDGELY Don Underberg, Wesley Boswell, Arthur Sobieski WORK ...... -.._.__...... -.-. Bigger and Better 18—PHYSICAL CULTURE ARTISTS ‘ Those clever little ones. Marvelous Hand to Hand Balancing. Dorothy Schultz Wesley Boswell Edward Kummer, Donald Edward, Bob Van Haren, Arthur Tuesberg Jane Jacobson Denis Edwards. Alice Tanet B: Berkedal Don Underberg i 19—DARING CLOUD SWING AND UPSIDE DOWN LOOP Clara Bauer Billy Schultz, Jr. WALKING |___---- The Human Fly 9—THREE —" SKATING MARVELS a--a------Mast and Furious 5 eb ‘ vee Delbert Butler, Dorothy Drill, Dorothea Raih 20—ROCKING TABLES...... Something new and original 10-0 NOME ; : Don Underberg, Wesley Boswell, Virginia Bryant. eee ee 21—MARVELOUS ACROBATS ON THE TEETER BOARD : our in a Turkish Bat! Leslie Brodkorb, Leo Kozazcuk, Allen Becker, Archie Schuette, Don Underberg, Wesley Boswell, Gordon Bartelme, Eugene Hilke, Robert Mauer, Arthur Sobieski Orville Matte, Bernard Fraser. 11—STATUES IN CONTORTION 22—A MARVELOUS CASTING ACT The act beautiful and clever contortionists. Introducing difficult feats while flying through the air Allen Becker, Geraldine Belongia, Arlette Rosinsky, telnet atl Bote ae nord Beck ‘ elbert Butler, Bob Moentenich, Gaylord Becker, Janet Berkedal and June Zimmer. Winifred Kanter, Clayton Becker and Clyde Severson. + &
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\ “ os al Attempting for the first time to take ~ i \ } Ci Bed the hand balancing routines off the , sy ss floor, Mr. Schultz has combined hand c ] yi | bolancing with other forms of acro- ee | | batics in modified form. Besides the | intricate and strenuous types per- be | formed in previous performances be- ripe PY me | fore the public, the troupe this year Pi ued | | goes into two and three high hand- ! y 4 f i, stands. : [iad ca Fw) Working with Edward Kummer and v fl —4 4 | Bob Van Haren this year are two | ea | newcomers, Donald and Dennis Ed- . hd “ b wards, who show great promise of / ce, p | becoming top-notchers. Wm. Schultz ae who formerlv filled in on this number i en ee: will confine himself to occasional im- promptu performances, being, in the main, too busily occupied in conditioning the numerous new acts appearing this year.
R™GELY ACT—Children at their best— Although the youngsters in the Ridgely troupe are beginning to grow up, most of them are just graduating into the teen age. With but one or two exceptions this is the same troupe that has been thrilling audiences in this section of the state for the past fiour years. Included in this troupe are Billy Schultz’s two youngsters, Wm. Jr. and Dorothy, and a group of their interested friends : who someday hope to become topnotchers in the profession. They graduate this year from the simpler forms of Ridgely to advanced types of acrobatics which they incorporate in their act.
BARREL JUMPING— Decidely a new act with a new slant on [i : entertainment is that offered by the : Scientific Jumping Jacks, Bob Moenten- oa ich, Joe Peifer, Orville Matte, Eugene oy ~. Hilke, Ray Augustine and Leonard Kem- ee pka. They devise more ingenious meth- ' a: ods of jumping into and out of barrels ) than the spectator can keep up with. In » the illustration the lad on the right has jumped off the top of the pile of bar- |i nC os aN rels, landed on the teeter board, thus ¥ x catapulting the other fellow into the air where he is making a somersault pre- a paratory to landing in the barrel held by his partners. F ve | , | Hh ; . V4 i ime , oe i Ls Uj Coe NtmW CLOWN NUMBERS— Sd Ais The rocking tables gained an addition en Si one in the form of the first female clown = i a aoe ever to appear with an amateur Ee eS Ne group. Miss Virginia Bryant joins Bek ot Be aoe Don Underberg in his mirthful mani- ee ye Ne pulations of the tottering tables in La SE a this years show while Wesley Bos- je oe ae well plays the role iof the devilish son 2 ca who wants to “come along.” The usual a. difficulties prior to the actual crash — 8 af. have been enlarged and improved NN Sy upon to make the act even funnier. ; Baa Other acts include the clown band, Aes Four in a Turkish Bath, and a clever Sar, new number detailing two clowns ex- ee ee periences with an evil owl and an og acrobatic old Lucifer. ; A The comedy triple horizintal bar act wee will also have its clown as will the ’ new wire act. Between acts while : ze apparatus is being set, Underberg and Sicns his troupe of fun promoters will pre- : : : : sent impromtu gag situations design- eens pe ’ ed to throw spectators into gales of mirth.
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THREE SKATING MARVELS— ; Duplicating any similar skating act ra "ever presented on the professional : _ stage, Delbert Butler, Dorothea Raih 2 and Dorothy Drill present a hair- Oat fi a raising number that will tie any for -. | sheer daring. Whirling rapidly on LS ” an the small wooden platform on which ok a they perform, the trio take turns LN an supporting each other in the presen- yy i q tation of numbers heretofore attempt- + ‘ bP ed only on high trapeze paraphernalia. —- | ? N posll a.) a ees iu aie) al ( COMEDY TRIPLE HORIZONTAL Ph. ES, } | | : BAR— ; : : Doubling the crew on the horizon- J he i | tal bars puts just twice as many p ep : ' thrills in this standard offering and - ee : to dress the act even more than oe i before, Director Schultz has added ee . some innovations designed to give y | if \ LAY ee the acme in bar work. 4 i; cite. ee oe Kummer and Van Haren have pa haw), es 2 worked at this act for years and we) a: ee have perfected it to the point of x R 2 9 wv — professionalism. The newcomers % have rapidly adapted themselves to MA | d | ¥ j : the intricacies of the work and « ~ “A y a make fine showings as well. — 6 The act has always been one de- se cad manding precise timing and the slightest mistake could easily re- : : sult in serious injury. To add to Arabian Eyres complications, Kummer has _per- fected a new stunt where, while turning a somersault between two bars, he also does a half twist. This was formerly confined only to acts where plenty of space was allowed for mistakes in timing.
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iy ‘ i A stunt performed in only one other see i / if im f ea | DOUBLE PERCH ACT— tes # at eae Addition of another person to the perch ie Fee . ae act makes it doubly interesting this ise ln al year. While Wesley Boswell balances wa ale : the 14 foot steel ladder from a socket cer ee © in his belt, Marie Boswell and Lucille Rae te ge > Mumpy mount to the top rungs where ee cw 2 they present a spectacular number—a Ja f . 4 I Sg Bs thrilling exhibition in balance. SS & i m| Wesley is one of the oldest clowns as i oe e well, having been with the circus school for about 12 years. He is featured in re practically all the comedy acts with ~ Underberg and Schuette. REVOLVING TRAPEZE— Taking over the vacant crown left by the retiring of Emily Kletzien as queen of the revolving trapeze, Dorothy Drill will attempt nightly to break the world’s record for backward rev- olutions on the trapeze. The record is now held by Miss Klet- zein, former Schultz protege who turned 146 revolutions at the last seasons performance to best the record of 100 turns made by Lucita Leers of Ringling fame. In practice sessions Miss Drill has already come close to the hundred mark with no signs of tiring and expects to break the record early in the week of the “graduation exercises”. Miss Drill also appears in the Arabian pyramid number and takes a feature spot with the Skating Marvels. WIRE ARTISTS SUPREME— For the first time in the history of the circus school, a wire act is being attempted. Gordon Bartelme, Paul Heffernan and Winifred Kanter supply all the thrills of a professional troupe as they per- rs form marvelous feats of balance. They balance a table and chairs, seat e themselves and pantomine a meal on —— the tight wire, they jump obstacles pv om > and play at “human wheelbarrows.” eo Miss Kanter is also seen in the flying - rN trapeze routine on the tramoline. ass he ee 4 yA : ‘a Via BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! - fs HURRY! HURRY! ¢ ii re ‘BEE a ‘oe a IPS pmo Lo 98, Se Ee ee i sd lh Ve 5, Nah rf ‘ wag # i a A : =| Combination ong oes poaee ae CRADLE ee Seen tae spin ge a ACT— ; a oe Re > Archie ge eg eee, ae Ee ee ‘ Schuette, om ow lll Oe veteran with | “oa acer og he. e re the local cir- ma {" a. Soe ‘%) q cus school, ee ie Sado ee ¥ rai Se adds anoth- oe ae a 2? bie : er person to | fd oe ~ ey his personal ‘ j Ree ew Ze ; ; on the cra- pie a 4 ; dle and pre- sents a tra- peze act on so large a scope that a special ‘‘cradle”’ had to be constructed of metal to hold the entire group. TEETER BOARD TROUPE— For the past three years, the teeter board troupes turned out by the circus school have thrilled audiences from coast to coast on big time vaudeville circuits. The troupe seen last year is now fiinishing an RKO contract and will sail soon to make a tour of the continent. The new troupe, which will be seen in action for the first time this year, has accomplished feats never mastered by other troupes. Sommersaults across to three-high have become rou- tine and the troupe is now master of the full-twist wherein the top-mounter not only makes a double somersault from the teeter board up to the shoulders of the second high man, but twists his body in a rolling motion to complete one revelution while making the somersault. The routine of stunts used by d this troupe is too numerous to mention and must be seen to be appreciated. SLIDE FOR LIFE— Climbing 22 feet along a slippery inane eiumnemnenmae rope without any balancing divice and Be” ae ne then sliding backwards, in a standing Ps yi position, to the floor is the feat of ae ae fearless Bob Moentenich, 23 year old ie pe Schultz protege. ee ne fa of - ed . gS ee he oe { _ : 0 es Poe | ' ye ihe a) i og \ A B. Pa : ee eel i