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Show WATER FOLLIES OF 1947 AUGUST 11-31 Four lovely Aquabelles of the famed Water Ballet, one of ihe highlights of the Water Follies of 1947. The Water Follies of 1947, America's Am-erica's greatest combined stage and water show, coming to the State Fair Grounds, Salt Lake City, for three weeks, starting Aukust llth to August 31, with special matinee performances on Saturdays and Sundays, is a complete musical review in water, wa-ter, with bathing beauties, exhibition ex-hibition swimmers, water com- t edians galore, champion divers, special lighting effects, gorgeous costumes, large orchestra, and many famous stage acts. The en- : tire show is held in the world's largest portable pools with a , large stage adjoining. Nothing : like it has ever been seen in the ! field of entertainment. The entire show is presented in two huge pools, the largest ! portable pools ever constructed. Placed in the center in front of the large grandstand, every seat j is practically a "ringside" seat. The show is being sponsored by the Utah Centennial Exposition. Peter Fick, the world's faste.t ! swimmer, who found that even ! a man who broke all of Johnny Weismuller's records must eat, and so turned professional, is one : of the headlineri of the Water ; Follies. A recently discharged navy na-vy lieutenant-commander, Fick spent two years of his four nad a half in the service training underwater un-derwater demolition teams groups of daring volunteers who I swam underwater with explosiv-i explosiv-i el blowing up mines and harbor I obstructions. |
