July 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 are the dates

SARASOTA, FLORIDA

is the place

for the 27th annual

I.J.A. CONVENTION

CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS WILL BE THE RED CARPET INN OF AMERICA, 8150 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL (US 41) WHERE OFF-SEASON RATES WILL BE IN EFFECT- AMERICAN EXPRESS, DINERS CLUB AND CARTE BLANCHE CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED. IJA PRESIDENT AND CONVENTION CHAIRMAN WILLY WEINHOLDT HAS ALREADY RESERVED TEN ROOMS AND WILL ARRANGE FOR MORE ROOMS AS NEEDED - LET HIM KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING. SEVERAL AIR AND BUS LINES SERVE SARASOTA. FOR THOSE ARRIVING IN SARASOTA ON THE EVENING OF JULY 3RD THE WEINHOLDTS, SARASOTA, FLORIDA  WILL BE "AT HOME" FROM ABOUT 7:00 PM.

IN 1960 A DELEGATION OF SOME 30 IJA-ERS ATTENDING THE 13TH ANNUAL IJA CONVENTION IN MADISON, WISCONSIN TRAVELED TO BARABOO TO VISIT THE CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM. IJA-ERS ATTENDING THE 27TH ANNUAL CONVENTION WILL BE BUT A FEW MILES FROM TWO MORE CIRCUS MUSEUMS: THE RINGLING MUSEUM OF THE CIRCUS AND THE CIRCUS HALL OF FAME WHICH HOUSES THE VIN CAREY COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY JUGGLING PROPS.