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     "IJA Newsletter"              

Newsletter

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November, 1973                                         Volume 25  No. 11

IN MEMORY OF

Jeannette Blais Shyretto

June 16 1914 - Sept 19 1973

Wife of

Walter Heinze Shyretto

 

 

BOBBY MAY REPORTS THE PASSING OF TOP UNICYCLIST JEANNETTE SHYRETTO

RAY JASON AND ROGER DOLLARHIDE REPORT THE RECENT (1973) PUBLICATION OF W. C. Fields by Himself: His Intended Autobiography, Commentary by Ronald Fields (PRENTICE-HALL, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY, 510 PAGES, $10.00)--CONTAINS SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAW­INGS AND POSTERS OF W. C. FIELDS JUGGLING

 

TWO MOTION PICTURES RELEASED THIS YEAR CONTAIN BRIEF JUGGLING SEQUENCES---Five Fingers of Death: 3 FLAMING TORCHES ARE JUGGLED Godspell: 3 BALLS ARE JUGGLED DURING ONE OF THE SONGS

ADRIAN SULLIVAN REPORTS THAT AL LUCAS APPEARED ON THE Mike Douglas TV Show AUGUST 30TH.

BOBBY SANDLER APPEARED ON A "MAGIC TV SPECIAL" THANKSGIVING DAY HE IS SLATED FOR A RETURN APPEARANCE ON THE Flip Wilson TV Show AND AN APPEARANCE ON THE Mike Douglas TV Show CHRISTMAS DAY

STUDENT BODY OF RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CLOWN COLLEGE INCLUDED ONE EACH OF THE PROVERBIAL PAST (PENN JILLETTE), PRESENT (JOHN TOWSEN), AND FUTURE (MICHAEL PENNINGTON--WHO JOINS IJA THIS MONTH) MEMBERS OF IJA.  IJA PRESIDENT WILLY WEINHOLDT PLUS RICKY, TOMMY AND BETTY ATTENDED CLOWN COLLEGE GRADUATION - JOHNNY MEDRO VISITED DURING CLASSES - JUST  BEFORE CLOWN COLLEGE OPENED DICK FRANCIS HAD VISITED THE WEINHOLDTS AND ALSO TOOK IN VIN CAREY'S JUGGLING PROP EXHIBIT AT THE CIRCUS HALL OF FAME.

 

TOMMY CURTIN NOW HAS A MOVIE THEATRE AND HIS OWN (ARTIFICIAL ICE) ICE SHOW - HE REPORTS THAT GRAN PICASO   IS NOW PLAYING RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL.

 

KARL-HEINZ ZIETHEN REPORTS THAT FRANCIS BRUNN WILL OPEN AT THE NEW SCALA NIGHT CLUB IN BARCELONA, SPAIN DECEMBER FIRST- COME SPRING HE RETURNS TO CIRCUS SARRASANI FOR HIS THIRD SEASON THERE.

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