Novembers, 1982

PAULETTE BRAUN Page 3 board would like us in front of the grand- In the mail stand in the afternoons; but I think it would conflict too much with the preparations for from JON FRIDAY the nightly grandstand shows which this The article on Page 14, of the No. 42 issue year featured name stars like Willie Nelson. of Circus Report (Oct. 18) concerning the Capt. Dick, was Dick Kohlriester, of free "Mini-Circus" at the Tennessee State course. We also provided a 30 minute show Fair, at Nashville, Sept 17-26. by Almond for the Murphy Exposition Jamboree into Knight, is totally in error and I was there the wee small hours Sept. 24th. Ken Alan's every show as Ringmaster/emcee. uncle, Dick Mailler, handled the sound and Ken (Allen) Alan is a talented young illu coordinated lighting cues. Ken and two as- sionist and magician that frames several ma sistants at Nashville, Carlos Gomez and gic shows under the corporate banner of Madeline Marchante, both very profession- "Magic Palace Productions." There is no al and huge assets to him. "Ken Allen Attractions" that we're aware If you have "Amusement Business" dated of at this writing; so I'm curious as to where Oct. 23,1982, check Bruce Honick's story Almond Knight came up with that title. on Page 3 headlined "Ken Alan to Produce The actual producer of the show he saw Kennywood Magic Program for Next Sum- at Nashville is Col. Jerry Lipko (who also mer" for further details and then compare/ owns and presents the Lipko Chimpanzees) check that with information you ran in Oct. under his corporate banner of "World Wide 18th Circus Report Attractions, Inc.," Mr. Lipko produced a variety show at the 1981 Tennessee State Just received a letter from Jerry Lipko and Fair featuring illusionist Dorian Blake and he's upset with the article in CR. several animal acts; produced the 1982 Ten Ken Alan is a good friend and a young nessee State Fair Mini-Circus and just sign- man going places; but I don't think its fair ed the Tennessee State Fair for 1983 as to Lipko to give Ken credit for producing they were highly pleased with the 1982 a show that he really was hired by Lipko, show. who held the contract and has resigned for Mr. Ken Alan produced "A Magic Fanta- 1983. sia" production that is a show in itself I'll agree and part of his package was to furnish sound which was outstanding, scenery and back curtains which featured an elaborate archway with running lights. The lighting was furnished by Eddie (Dun- ford) the Clown and myself. We'll probably THE FABULOUS DARNELLS & CO. re- rent some additional stage lighting including cently worked dates for Tommy Hanneford a follow-spot next Sept., if we play the and will be playing Xmas shows around the Sports Arena again. Jerry Murphy would Chicago area. In January they will play in like to see us play in a big top nearer the Flint for the Zerbini-Castle Show and then Murphy Exposition attractions and the fair will tour with the Hamid-Morton Circus. Page 4 Show Dates Progress? Beany-Cole Circus This issue of Circus Report Nov 8-9 Melbourne, Fla. is fate and the next issue or 10 Homestead two that follows will also he 11-12 Homestead AFB a few days late. 13-14 Deerfield Beach I have just returned home Brickie Wonderland Circus after spending two weeks in Nov 8 Camden, SC the hospital. 9 Ware Shoals Last month it became dif- 10 Ridge Springs ficult to breathe and since 11-12 Esiill the situation got worse in- 13 Norway stead of better I ended up Liebel Family Circus being rushed to the hospital Nov 8-13 Valdosta, Ga. and then spent several days in intensive caref followed Ringling-Bamum - Blue by complete bed rest and Nov 2-14 Chicago, HI. various other things. Ringling-Bamum- Red The results of all this show- Nov 9-21 Cleveland, Oh. ed that I had a blood clot in my lungs and they tell me Texas Shrine Circus now that when I entered the Nov 4-13 Ft. Worth, Tex. hospital it was a fife threat- ---OTHER DATES--- ening situation. Gat-ray & Tomio My blood has been thinned Nov. 2-14 LosAng., Cal. down and I am making good 9 Stockton progress. With careful checks and regular medication the Scott's Medicine Show doctors expect that I will be Nov 8 Three Rivers.Mich returning to normal activity 9 Warsaw, I nd. real soon. 10 Huntington 11 Bluffton This has been a difficult 12 Elwood year and I appreciate your 13 Lebanon continued support and inter- 14 Greencastle est and hope to see things clear up and improve as the ---MAGIC--- year draws to a close. Pf. Miller-Magic Time USA .... DonMarcks Nov 14 Carthage, Mo. Feliz Snipes Nov 12-14 Birmingham, Ala. PageS FOR SALE Tent Circus Wanted Factory-built, Self-contained 40 ft. 5th For 1 or 2 Day Stand (Spring) in Ann wheel, 28 ft. living quarters, air condi- Arbor, Michigan. Sponsored by Non- tioned, furnace, fully insulated. 20 ft. profit organization. Send dates avail- awning, 12 ft. cargo area in rear with able to: 2 big doors. Can be used for dry cargo MARK LOEB or animals. 5th wheel hitch included. 3286 Alpine, Ann Arbor, Mich 48104 - S9.500.00 - 419-738-2201 NOTICE -NO COLLECT CALLS- FOR SALE - List of items delayed, will send them as soon as possible. In the mail NOTE: Do not send American stamps, from MAR JO Ft IE HACKETT can't use them. E. CRIPPS A Glaring Misprint in the Oct 25th issue 159 Morrell St. Brantford, Ontario where-in I state that Bill Kay produced the Morroco Shrine Circus, Jacksonville, and Canada N3T - 4K3 further down you put Bill Kourmpates put the show together. No, No No! Bill Kay will be furious. Bill FOR SALE Kourmpates was only visiting and on Shrine Complete Aluminum upright trapeze, business for the South East Legions of Hon- standard dimensions, extra long net in or. He was a high act. great condition, outside lights, nico press tools with extra cable for any fu- Bill Kay has produced that show for many, ture repairs and much more. many years and it is always a classy produc- tion. .. I'll probably hear from both of them ALSO FOR SALE: 1 coffing hoist, 2 before the day is through. chain 3 ton. I keep carbons so it was not my error! Contact: GLORIA DUKE, after 7 p,m. at: 213-893-0224, or write: 16015 Ba- ker Canyon Road, Canyon Country, FOR SALE Calif. 91351.

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S & R's management team, Bemie Yuman Birthday Surprise and Paul Lowden, gifted Roy with one of the rarest birds in the world today, a gor- Roy, the dashing black-haired half of the geous black-palmed cockatoo. astounding Siegfried & Roy, starring in The Frontier Hotel's unbeatable "Beyond Be- lief, was feted on his birthday - Oct. 3 • in nothing less than spectacular fashion. Unbenounced to Roy, during the curtain call of their third show on that Saturday evening, S & R's fiambouyant manager, Bemie Yuman, was outside the showroom, readying the University of Nevada, at Las SUSAN and PAUL (Sad Sam) TAMBOU- Vegas,' 60 member marching band plus drill RY, of Petaluma, Calif., are the parents of a team, for their entrance into the SRO show son - MICHAEL JAMES • bom on Oct 13, room and up on stage to surprise Roy. And who weighed in at 6 IDS. 14% ozs. what a surprise! RUBY LANDRUS, midget clown, was re- Also on hand were "Beyond Belief" produ- cently moved to a rest home. She is now cers, Irvin Feld and Kenneth Feld, plus residing in the same home as her husband Roy's mother, Johanna, who presented her Jack and her sister. Her address is: Ruby son with a boquet of apricot roses, S & R's Landrus, Posada Del Sol, 2250 North Cray- lovely assistant, on and offstage, lynette croft, Tuaon, Ariz. 85712. Chappell, hostessed in after-show cocktail party in their lavish dressing room suite, at- JOE TROLLEY'S Marionettes recently tended also by Frontier VPand General played the Cape Fear Fair in Fayetteville, Manager, Phil Arce. NC. Also playing the date was the JOHN- SON FAMILY CIRCUS. Page 12 I Remember by BILL WOTSCH For Sale or Trade In Nov. 1949, two of us from the Cleve- 6 yr. old Spotted Leopard, Asian land Arena were sent to the Ouquesna Gar- Female, Bred. Has 2-3 babies nor- dens in Pittsburgh, Pa., to see the "Hippo- mally. Selling as we have 5 daugh- drome Varieties of 1949." This show was ters. Permit Holders Only. due at our Cleveland Arena and we wanted - $400.00 - to see what we needed to get ready for. This was the show that had Gloria Nord 1/1 Spotted Leopards - 4 weeks and her roller skating revue. Also a large old. Gentle, Bottle broke. Unrela- rolling globe number, the late Bobby Mays, ted to above female. juggling on skates as he whizzed around - $500 each - the floor. They also had "Lottie Meyer and Her Dis- appearing Water Ballet/' plus other acts. - Wanted - Ouquesna Gardens was an old building and we'd been there once before. It was origin- Black Leopard Male - to 1 yr. old ally constructed • a street car barn in IttO. Ring Curbs, 40' x 120' tent. Leo- It was strongly built and was turned into pard transport cages, Siberian Ti- the Gardens in 1M. ger Cut*. That was the year professional hockey wai introduced there. John Harris took over the JIMMIGHELLS building in 1932. He owned about seven Rare Animal Breeding Compound theatres in Pittsburgh and later the Ice Ca- Rte. 2, Box 55-C, Bear Creek, NC 27207 pades. 919-837-5123 In Aug. 1956, the Gardens were torn down and then the Ice Capades played at Forbes to store props, etc. Cold air came up from Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, until that door everytime it was opened. the new Civic Arena was opened in down- town Pittsburgh in 1961. I remember the girls would shiver as they climbed out of the water tank, and I told Yes, going into the old Duquesne Gardens one of them, "when you come to our build- was an adventure. One year the building was painted blue outside. Inside you could ing it will be warmer." see the strong wooden rafters in the ceiling. These are a few memories I have of this One dressing room was underneath the place. I was bom in Homestead, Pa., across building. It seemed as if you were walking the river from Pittsburgh. My father told us in a medievel tunnel to get there. I remem- kick about this building - the car bam • and ber a tent was set up outside the stage door here I was, in 1949, inside the place. Page 14 Now Booking - Two Sensational Acts "SIR TOMMY" "T J" JUGGLING ACT Wizard of the Single Wh«tl Very Fast • Very Professional Unicycle Act • An array of singh Very Flashy wheels on which are performed unbelievable tricks - FOR OPEN TIME 1982 and 1983 - Contact: T. J. HOWELL P. 0. Box 2093 Phont: Gibsonton. Fla. 33534 502 259-4612 the Great Wallendas (4), high wire. Gary At the fair Strong was the ringmaster and Keith Kil- Acts appearing at the Mid-South Fair in linger handled the band. Memphis, Tenn., with the Olympic Inter- national Circus produced by Eddie Zacchini were: RICK LEGG and DON "Whizzer" BRID- Buckles and Barbara Woodcock and their WELL, recently visited with MacDonald elephants; Rietta, Playmate of the Planets, and Mable Birch at their home "Birchwood' aerial; Kolmedys, cycle balancing; Dime & in Malta, Ohio, where Legg was negotiating Connie Wilson, clown duo; Jack Cook's to purchase some of the old Birch illusion Comedy Car;The Flying Lar-Rays (4) and show, for inclusion with his own show. Page 15 NOW AVAILABLE 1982 CARSON & BARNES ROUTE BOOK A Computer Generated Route Book with comments and notes, (no photo- graphs), is now available for $2.50 ea. from: JAMES JUDKINS Carson & Barnes Circus P. 0. Box J Hugo, Okla. 74743

ROBERT and SANDY MOMYER (Roberto & Alexandra) completed their fourth annual THE PERFECT GIFT appearance at the Winterthur Museum Coun try Fair in Delaware. Appearing with them Just in time for Christmas giving - order was Barney the Clown. Their new magic, the book "I Loved Rogues now. Just music and mirth show opened at the end of $12.00 includes postage. Send check or October and is now available for bookings. money order to: Between show dates they have been busy LILLIAN LEWIS performing at sales meetings and trade 8107 Riverland Or. Redding, Ca 96002 shows. Dan Carey Randa Lynn HAND BALANCING FOOT JUGGLING "kERRy duo" ROLA BOLA P. O. Box 247, Chireno, Texas - 75437 713-362-2438

Most of our 1983 season is filled, however we have open time as follows: Dec. 20 ('82) thru Jan. 28 June 27 thru Aug. 12 We are also available after Dec. 10 ('83) and are booking for 1984. Contact us at our home address or thru your favorite agent. Page 16 FORD BROS. CIRCUS - KODIAK P. O. Box 7099 - Cut and Shoot, Texas - 77303 800 -824 - 7888, Ext. M - 4260 CAN PLACE: 2 PHONE PROMOTERS; 2 CLOWNS; ALSO MUSICIANS • Trumpet Sax, Drummer for 1983 SEASON

ed equipment from Monroe Bros. Circus, Do you remember? Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros., Hugo Bros., Bar- ker Bros, and other sources. byTEDLaVELDA The show opened in Inola, Okla. Most of HASKELLE BROS. CIRCUS -1950 the equipment was destroyed in a fire at Hal Asling was owner and manager; Geo. Siloam Springs, Ark., in late 1950. Bowen was the agent Asling decided against taking the show out Performers included: Freda LaVelda, four again in 1951. pony drill, two pony posing act and a wire walking dog; Ted LaVelda, hand balancing and clowning; Ann Nelson, single traps, lad- der, rings and web; Rose Washington, rope spinning, performing dogs; Capt. Frank Dic- ART "Doc" MILLER writes that the Nov. kerson, lion act and wrestling bear. 15th issue of "Film Collector's World" has a The side show featured magic, fire eating feature story about a season with an old- and caged animals. time tent show playing through Penna. The magazine's address is: P. 0. Box 248, Ra- In order to frame the show, Asling purchas pid City, III. 61278. )TWTB"flTirflTgTtfYB o B"8"fl"flTl"g"5Tfq"B"g g'innnnnnr TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: There has been a lot of controversy about circus producer Ed Migley's production of Circus Odyssey in Mexico City this summer and we would like to publicly state our exper- ience. We were first impressed with our holding area - A Resort Campground at Brownsville, Texas, Beautiful.' The ease at which we crossed the border (both ways), not to mention the well laid -out route there and back, the elegante show with thousands of dollars of lighting, the respect that he showed all the performers, and we could rave on and on. But, most important, when the Peso went haywire and a multi-million dollar show packed it's bags and ran scared, Circus Odyssey ran the full engagement and producer Ed Migley continued to pay us in good oie U. S. Greenback Dollars! We don't know how you did it Ed, but we're glad you did! With Heartfelt Appreciation: TERRY and DANUTA PARSONS Page 20 TIBOR ALEXANDER 5 CONTINENT THEATRICAL BOOKING AGENCY P. 0. Box 87, West Lflbanon. NY 12195 Phone: 518-794-7878 - Hot Una 518-794-7784 • 24 H r. Service 7 Days a Week Need acts all the time - Nothing too small, Nothing too big Sewl Open Time and Pictures-New Acts Welcome

ed them at work on their sway poles, mo- Interesting facts torcycle and wire acts. etc. The segment was taped during the summer when the By CIRCUS JOE VALENCIANO Nocks were with the Tommy Bartlett Wa- Here are some facts of interest: ter, Ski and Sky Show. Alex Jordan, has a musem of oddities in Madison, Wise. Among some of the unique things in his museum, is the world's largest carousel. It is 40 ft. high and 80 ft. round, Date set and has over 16,000 lights on it. It is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. A performance by the Royal Lipizzan Sebastian, The Human Target, is getting Stallion Show, Nov. 27th at Niagara Falls his first date lined-up for 1983. He will ap- will highlight the opening events of that pear at the Washington, DC, Sports Show. city's Festival of Lights holiday pageant The incredible Sebastian is the only man in The festival includes a parade, fireworks, the country today who catches the bullet and the lighting of Christmas trees at the in his teeth and without the aid of a box or International Convention Center. any device in his mouth. He uses a set of false teeth made of special steel. The date is sometime in January. Thanks to Mario Zacchini, I now have Good crowds more large performer photos to add to my The Clyde Beany-Cole Bros. Circus pack- collection. One 8x10 glossy is of Mario and ed them in at Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Emanuel Zacchini being shot from the orig- Morgan City (La) despite some rain and inal double shot cannon in front of the heavy mud. New Orleans was also a big en- grandstand at the 1939 Florida State Fair, gagement, with 3 shows required on both in Tampa. Saturday and Sunday. On Oct. 1st, I saw the Nerveless Nocks When Beany-Cole played Lafayette they when they were featured on TV's P. M. were just 19 miles away from the Carson & Magazine. It was an interesting segment as Barnes Circus, so there was a lot of visiting they spoke with the Nock family and show- between the two shows. Page 22 Swan Bros. Open for November by JACK FRANKLIN You may have seen, from time-to-time a and some Xmas dates listing in the show dates column on page 4 of Circus Report, a show called The Swan DON BRIDWELL Bros. Circus. Recently I had the pleasure of as seeing their circus. It was at the County Fair in Stockton, Ca. "WHIZZER THE CLOWN" Their show was not hard to find - all I had No "Clown College" Drop-out to do was tune in on the familiar strains of some good, traditional circus music. The 34 Years Major Circus and 40'x60' green and white striped tent, pur- TV Experience chased from Lani Ironberg, stood out beau- Also available as show announcer tifully against the rather drab fairgrounds' buildings. (Vocals if required) The warm-up had already begun. Andy Now on Tour and in 1983 with Swan, also known as Zippy, was encourag- Kelmar & Go's Old Time Magic Show ing little children to step into the 13' ring and sing a song or tell a joke. As a reward Call: 614 -272 -5058 they were given an animal made from a balloon by Zippy. Soon the five grandstands or write: were full (about 160 seats) while many par- 468 Eldon Avenue ents stood outside the open tent watching Valleyview, Ohio - 43204 the joy on their children's faces. The show started on time with Mike Swan, "it looks more like 72". He was right. Then presented as "Hi-Tops," doing a fast act of Hi-Tops hung by his knees and held a swing juggling 7 brick-sized boxes. This was follow a few inches above the ground on which his ed with Zippy juggling above Hi-Tops' head. five-year-old daughter, Penny, did some Hi-Tops did a bit on the single trapeze which was announced to be 72' in the air. plain and fancy aerial work. If she sticks with it, she'll be a big star some day. One of the children in the stands shouted, A slant wire walk and a very good rola bola by Hi-Tops added to the excitement BOOKS! BOOKSI Then they conned me into standing in be- Clown Alley (Ballantine) signed $ 18.00 tween them while they passed six bowling Life & Art of Andrew Oucrow 16.00 pins on each side of me. Fortunately, they missed me. Seat at the Circus (Coxe) 13.00 Jenny & Barnum (Thorp) 16.00 At this point Toby arrived in the ring in a History of the Circus (Bentley) 6.00 toy sports car pulled by Hi-Tops. He was 2 dif. decks clown playing cards 7.50 wearing sunglasses and was introduced as Kiinkle - Elephants 50.00 arriving straight from Hollywood. Toby is a Circus Posters in Color (Fox) signed 8.00 12 year old terrier poodle who has been Animal Fakes & Frauds (Dance) 6.00 with the brothers since they started their Pict. Hist. Am. Circus (Durant) 18.00 own show. He jumped over hurdles with a Search for Monkey Girl (Freaks) 25.00 little girl lying between them. Then Toby True History of Elephant Man 11.00 climbed a ladder about 10' high, which was Here Come the Clowns (Swortzell) 11.00 well supported by four children and leaped into the arms of Hi-Tops. This was the grand How to be Com. Clown (Sanders) 11.00 finale to a fast-paced twenty-five minute Glimpses of Real Life (Patterson) 13.00 show. 30 yrs Among the Players (Cowell) 13.00 A pair of kettle drums, cymbals and An- FRANK BARRY dy's clever line of patter assured the audi- 707 S. Warnock, Philadelphia, Pa. 19147 (Continued on Page 23) Page 23

SWAN BROS. (Continued) enthusiasm shown by these two brothers ence there would never be a dull moment makes this little circus one well worth see- ing. The Swan Bros, follow the country fairs throughout California and also do private parties, malls, etc. They are not newcomers to the circus. Since 1975, they have worked with DeWayne Bros., Big John Strong and Nov. dates Garden-Johnson. Roberts Bros. Circus, under the big top, will make a return engagement at the 1982 They couldn't play one day stands because Soroptimist Fall Carnival at the Martin as their own roustabouts it takes them seven County, Fla., Fairgrounds, Nov. 24-28. Mr. hours to set up the show and four hours to Robert Earl will produce the circus. tear it down and pack it in the good truck they have bearing a license plate called The third annual event is promoted by Creative Outlet, Largo, Fla., in conjunction "Juggles," with Oeggeller Attractions, which will again They normally give two shows per day provide the ride midway. This is Oeggeller's during the week and three each on Saturday final engagement of the 1982 season, the and Sunday. Considering the number of giant carnival will re-open Feb. 2,1983, at fairs in California, they are kept busy. The the Florida State Fair. Page 24

ing ladder which, naturally, was not enough Irving of Circus Fame aid, so the boy stood on his hands on his father's right arm, and stood on his head on byBOBSTODDARD the palm of his father's hand. Once upon a time, in the days of the Zop- (Yesl His father mounted the unicycle pe-Zavatta rosinback riding act, there was a without any help). unicyclist named Mel Hall, who married a The popular newspaper feature of that de- member of the above act (an aunt of Joe cade, "Believe It or Not" by Robert Ripley Zoppe) named Aurelia Zavatta. featured the miniature unicyclist as "The It came to pass that they had a son, and Youngest Ever." they named him Irving. When sister Carmen became two years old, Nine generations of circus performers on she too became part of the act, as did broth- his mother's side and three generations of er Jimmy in turn. Baby sister Jeannine best circus people on his father's side, lived in them all by starting when she was 18 month the blood that flowed in the boy's veins. old. After two whole years as an average circus In 1953 (or 1954), Gil Gray of the Gil kid, his father started teaching him to ride the unicycle. Gray Circus featured an act called the "Cycling Whiz Kids", composed of the Hatl In his father's act, he came to a point children. For over 20 years the act was pop- where he was to mount a nine foot high ular and successful until 1976, when the unicycle without the aid of a ladder of any family's love of animals broke the act up type. into four different acts. During the build-up for this feat, he look- Sister Carmen now has Myimba's Baboons, ed about for some kind of assistance. This Brother Jimmy has Castle's Bears (ever won- was 2 yr. old Irving's big act He would ride in on a unicycle with a two foot fold- (Continuedon Page 26) Page 26

IRVING OF THE CIRCUS (Continued) der how Jimmy Hall wound up with Castle's Bean? Simple. His middle name is Castle - after the famous tightwire artist and circus owner, Hubert Castle.). Besides being an excellent clown, Irving is the only family member who still has a uni- cycle act. Irving wasn't there, but the rest of the Whiz Kids found themselves together again for Gil Gray at the 1980 State Fair of Tex- as. The two baboon acts and the bear act.

For their second act, the three former Whiz Kids revived their old act and re-proved the old adage, "If you did it before you can do it again." Mrs. Hall says that, "after a four year lay- off from the unicycles, the act came back quickly - but the muscles were sore for the first few days. Page 27 CLOWN LISTS EVERYTHING FOR MRS. ERNA RUDYNOFF (83) passed THE CLOWN away on Oct. 13th, following a heart at- tack. She was born on Dec. 19,1898 and is survived by her son, Rudy Rudynoff, Jr., a sister, a brother and two grandsons. 100 CLOWN HINTS Bom Ema Seiffart, she met and married AND IDEAS Rudy Gebhardt in Zurich, Switzerland, when Rudy came to town as a bareback ri- 52.00 POSTPAID der with Circus Carolly. Ema, a young bal- let student with a Zurich opera company, joined her new bridegroom in a dance and TIPS FOR CLOWNS comedy act in theatres. After billing them- $2.00 POSTPAID selves as Rudy and Ema Ernavitch, they changed their stage name to Rudynoff. Following a riding debut with Circus Knie they left Europe for America. They joined WHERE AND WHAT Rudy's sister, Mary Bedini, with the John TO BUY IN THE Robinson Circus in 1923. That was the be- ginning of a notable career involving bare- CLOWN WORLD back riding, comedy riding, high school $2.00 POSTPAID horses, liberty horses and training for a var- iety of other performers and acts. While Rudy toured every year with John SPECIAL OFFER Robinson, Sells Floto and Hagenbeck-Wal- lace, Erna spent several years off the road due to the loss of a leg in a riding accident. ALL THREE CLOWN In 1935, she returned to the ring with a unique act combining a high school horse LISTS FOR ONLY and a high school dog. $5.00 POSTPAID In 1937, the entire Rudynoff family ap- peared with Ringling-Bamum. Rudy trained PAUL W. HORNE the high school horses and performed with Dept. CR them, presented a liberty act featuring a 250 West 77th Street blindfolded horse finding its place in the New York, NY - 10024 ring without sight, and trained and present- ed a spectacular tableau with over 60 ani- mals in the center ring. Ema performed until shortly before Rudy, Sr.'s death in with the high school riders and was featur- 1967. ed with her horse and dog act. Rudy, Jr., The Rudynoffs were honored as one of the worked six liberty ponies. The Rudynoffs outstanding equestrian families of the cen- received rave reviews with RBBB until the tury when they were inducted into the Cir- family left during the 1938 strike. cus Hall of Fame in 1969. They were also After training a new liberty act in 1939, honored with the establishment of the Rudy the family concentrated on high school per- and Ema Rudynoff Tent 127 CFA and the formances and spent many years working Rudynoff Family Ring 60, CMB. Shrine circuses, independent dates and Erna maintained her active interest in the horse shows. circus, and she was a frequent speaker at Rudy, Jr. fell in love with the top mount- conventions and banquets. Her performance er in the Lang acrobatic act and Beverly skills, beauty and courage will be long-re- joined the family and the act. The Rudy- membered in the circus world. noff Ballerina Horses continued to perform