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Show 'BIGGEST SHOW RETURNS TO SLC The 99 year old Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey-Circus Bailey-Circus returns to Utah after a 10-year absence for a four-day engagement at the beautiful new Salt Palace in Salt Lake. The spectacular show billed as the "Greatest Show on Earth" began playing exclusively in large auditoriums after eliminating elim-inating the use of tents in 1960, and could not appear in Utah until completion of the Salt Palace complex. The mammoth shoy carries 200 people and nearly 300 animals and travels in a long silver train extending for one-half mile. The train is a complete city on wheels containing everything ev-erything necessary to support this sizeable community. The new Ringing Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is a unique experience since it incorporates all of the old-fashioned old-fashioned excitement and spectacle spec-tacle while moving into a new era of circus presentation. Five full-scale musical spectacles are incorporated in each new show as well as outstanding animal acts, aerial extravaganza, 17 elephants, nearly 300 animals, the world's' most famous and polished clowns, high wire and trapeze thrills. The Salt Lake engagement, the only appearance in Utah, opens Thursday, Sept. 4, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 7. Show times are 4:15 and 8:15 p. m. Thursday and Friday, 10:30 a. m., 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. Saturday, and 2.30 and 6,30 p. m. Sunday. |