According to the 1937 Ringling program, McCoy had an Indian Village display for patrons to visit prior to the start of the main performance. (Does anyone know if there was an extra charge to get in to see this?) |
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Col. Tim McCoy #3
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On my screen a few of Mr. Beheim's pictures and comment are cropped off on the right side.
Don't know if it's my computer or simply that everything in California leans to the left.
By the way Eric, I recently received three audio discs containing the entire performance of the 1970 RBBB "100th Anniversary Show"
I listened to the first disc last night, show opened with "Barnum & Bailey's Favorite" and continued with popular music of the day, Broadway musicals and so forth.
Harold Ronk singing "Daisy, Daisy give me your answer true!" for the web number.
I don't think many people exit the show humming the score today.
The images all came through fine out here on the “Left Coast.”
Re: the 100th Edition’s musical program, while it offered many fine examples of the different types of music that could work effectively in a circus performance, those fans who had been expecting a Merle Evans-type musical program were ultimately disappointed. The number of “traditional” circus numbers used during the performance could almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Fan complaints must have caused Mr. Feld to have second thoughts. Apparently there were still enough people out there who came to the performance expecting to hear the traditional old time music that Merle Evans had always programmed, and who were not too happy with attempts to do away with it. For whatever the reason, beginning with the 101st Edition, more and more traditional circus music began to once again be heard during the performance. (That all changed when Kenneth took over!)
Is there really a traditional circus music? Merle and Chuck both incorporated current music in their programs and the pieces were used because they fit the acts.
I have always felt that because there were more circuses in the early part of their rise to popularity that that is why there is more music with circus origins.
If it fits the act, use it!
Bob Kitto
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