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Ringling Bros. Blue Show premieres with Bale and Woodcocks
The 108th Ringling Bros. circus opens with Elvin Bale as a star and Buckles Woodcock with Barbara and Benny Williams leading prominent elephant acts. The Underwater Wonderland theme features mermaids, chariots, and King Neptune. The three-ring spectacle includes tiger and acrobat acts, but rehearsals show some stumbles, especially in aerial sequences. The finale has Bale shot from a rocket into a net as the show runs about three and a half hours.
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Elvin Bale
Buckles
Barbara Woodcock
Benny
Karen Williams
Neptune
King Neptune
King Coles
Buckles Woodcock
Barbara
Benny Williams
Karen
Woodcock
Shannon
Dalilah
Williams
Shane
Jewell
Gunther Gebel-Williams
Circus
Tito Gaona
Ringling
Evel Knerval