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CIRCUS NEWS
4. SILVERS
Big Dynasaur-Circus on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula over December-January.
Another impeccable Keith Brown-Silvers production, which was well-received.
Plans to play Griffith and Albury-Wodonga and the Royal Sydney Show.
5. BURTONS
Red, white and blue are the 2019 colours: big top, porch tent, four semis, 12 rigid pantechs (mostly Isuzus), four sign trucks, three tiny Benz promo cars, and a lot of inflatable clowns and Corflute signs.
Opened at what used to be Quad Park, Kawana Waters, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, with Geoffrey and Cheryl Lennon running it.
7. RIO
Among the many circuses hit by heatwaves and the economic downturn in eastern Australia.
Completely new Show: Double Wheel (Vicente and wife) opens the Show, six-person flying act before Interval, finishing
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with Jefferson riding Globe.
His other half, Chantel Rodriguez, dazzled in aerials and goes into the Globe in the finale.
Jefferson does excellent mime clowning throughout, and Rod Levy presents a new four-Welsh-liberty-pony (Craig and Zelie Bullen-trained) act, and later the camel/mini donkey routine. Jane Grant is Ringmistress.
Caboolture, Browns Plains, Toowoomba, Warwick, Plainlands. Strathpine, Gympie and Hervey Bay for the Easter Holidays.
6. ‘INFAMOUS’
New Year layoff at Caboolture Showground, while Ashton families and staff went to America and World Championships at Monte Carlo. Re-opened Bundaberg. Cabaret-Circus proving a big hit.