Monday, February 15, 2010

1962 Grotto Circus #9


1962 Grotto Circus-5, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 2/15/2010 05:47:00 AM

1 comments:

Eric said...

The first half of the performance closed with the “Goddess of Flight” Princess Tajana. That year, she was still using Indian music for her act. (One of the numbers I remember hearing was Victor Herbert’s “Indian Summer.”) When I saw her perform there in 1964, she was using Russian music. Someone said that this change was necessary because another act had “stolen” her Indian music.

The second half of the performance opened with Clyde Beatty. (The powers-that-be must have assumed that everyone would be back in their seats so as not to missing a thrilling second of his act!) Over the years, Beatty made many appearances at the Cleveland Grotto Circus and his being on the program always helped them to sell a lot tickets. Thanks to his books and his radio, TV and movie appearances, his name was known by just about everybody back then.

Interestingly, the elephant act followed Beatty’s act almost immediately.

15 February, 2010 11:09

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