Saturday, May 16, 2009

1971 Cleveland Grotto Circus #12


1971 Grotto Circus-12, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

2 comments:

Chic Silber said...

I seem to remember somewhere

in the late 60s when Struppi

was "promoted" from Princess

to Empress Tajana and she rode

into the arena in a coach

behind a pair of white horses

A truly grand entry

Eric said...

When I saw this act in early 1964, Tajana was using a Russian theme rather than American Indian. (I think it had something to do with her Indian music having been stolen by another act.) She made her entrance in some sort of sleigh with wheels, while bubble machines made small, falling bubbles that looked like snow flakes. The music she came in to was the finale from the 1812 OVERTURE, which was most effective.