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Municipal Auditorium tonight will be turned into a big top as tha Jaycees present the first clr-cus costume ball, one of the high-llghts of the I960 Pageant of Sarasota.Feature of the ball, open to the public with tickets available for table reservations or spectator seats at the door, will be the announcement of the 1960 elections of circus greats'* to the Circus Hall of Fame.Five names will be revealed for the first time as those chosen forthe circus honors which are similar to baseball's Hall of Fame.Pictures To Be ShownPictures of the five will ’be unveiled at the ball prior to their being hun* in the Circus Hall of Fame on the North Trail. The letter from B. J. Palmer of the national awards committee revealing the names of those to be honored will be presented by Charles Fernandes, Chamber of Commerce pres-dent to Victor Sabattinl, president of the Circus Hall of Fame who in turn will read the names.Decorations in the auditorium will create an atmosphere.of the interior of a big top by the use of colored parachutes hung from the rafters. Nets with 1,000 balloons will of course be unhooked at the climax to present a sea of popping gaiety.Acts from the Cristiani Circus will be presented in a center ring to be located Just in front of the stage. Chairmen of the ball are Lee M. Silversteln and Doug Whitney.Events ScheduledTomorrow pageant activity will start off with shuffleboard andlawn bowling at the civic center and the sports car show at St. Ar-mands Key starting at 10 a.m.At noon the circus acts will be presented at 8outh Gate and a 1p.m. parade of new automobiles will move from Main Street to St.Armands Key. On the schedule for tomorrow night is street dancing at 7 p.m. on Main Street; a religious forum *t the auditorium at8 p.m. and ithe roller skater’s version of the Queen of Hearts Coronation Ball at the Sarasota Skating Rink.★★★★★★Show Goes OnLucky FewBy A. J. RITTTENBER, NEW'S Staff WriterThe talent was there but the customers weren’t,thanks to the failure of the Jaycees to push ticket sale*and ballyhoo last night’s variety show and beard contest at Municipal Auditorium.Or perhaps the event —jple or soft drink supply saw some first paid one Of the 1960 0f Sara»°^» top amateur talentand a few pros who carried out thePageant of Sarasota shows Show business adage that, comethat Sarasotans aren’t going customers or no, the show must go... on.to support anything except the free performances.Gone too was the pageant atmosphere and the suspense of the Miss Sarasota contest, which used to almost pack the auditorium. The circus theme failed to catch fireand Tom Murphy, chairman, who put together the show, sorrowfully admitted that several professional circus acts which had been prom is-ed failed to show.But those few — about 200 —paying customers who couldn’t be- -------- ».gin to make a dent in the piiza high school students. They sanI Shndv rifntre and T /tnasAmA .Groups Take HonorsHonors of the evening seemed divided between the Merrymen, whose renditions of tricky folk songs and ballads could almosl match the old Mills Brothers, and Bruce Keck's teenage band, whict showed it is growing up by de aerting rock 'n' roll to turn in t fine performance of Duke Eliing ton's Caravan . The Merrymei Include Collier Summers, V a n i Cleveland and Jim Reed with Dot Thomas on the guitar. All an
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Sarasota News
Sarasota, Florida, US
Tue, Feb 23, 1960
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