Show 7 i i J j National Artists Are Feature F Fe tUre Of Slopes Slope's Friendship Week Nationally known artist will play the Western Slope Slop during I Ithe the week tit ot June 9 t to 14 for tor the the Friendship Festival at Grand Junction I Gordon Ordon McRae the star of the page it stage ge show Oklahoma and a troupe troup of ot singers singer Will wUl perform oh on Thursday Juno June They w will tJ be accompanied by Jimmy Dorsey's Dorseys famous orchestra to roll rolt out th the sweetest sw test music this side of ot heaven on the tha d double uble headliner headline billA bill A three et q ring Iring ring circus of International Inter national 1 performers a profess rodeo and horse show with comedian Smiley Smile Burnett an on air h show w with nationally known fliers and a drag race on the best intermountain track al also also also al al- so so will wUl be 00 featured In the full fuU week celebration at Grand Junction Junc June tl tion 1 A A carnival mall parades and pioneer displays will be Included In Ind eluded in this this' participation of ot the Rush to the A A Rodeo Cowboy Association sanctioned Rodeo Rode and starts off ort the Friendship Festival activities on Tuesday and Wed Wednesday Wednesday Juno 9 0 and 10 The performances performances per per- dally will feature bareback and saddle bronc brone riding rid ing bull riding and bulldogging and and calf roping Drills by the Mess Mesa county Sheriffs Sheriff's Posse Colorado Side Saddle group and the high school horse Sir RogerA Rog flog erA er A generally high class lass let leter leter Is The Ther er rip program i planned r historical parade is Tuesday noon and will be led by Smiley Bur Bur- nett The Horseshow will wIB feature some of the west's best quarter horses and cutting horses for lor demonstrations demonstration and competition The Champion of at Champions and trophy wiri winners whiners rs chosen chose Thursday June 11 will feature feature fea fea- ture tUN the nations nation's top music mak makers ers em rs in In n a a full afternoon and and evening evening eve eve- ning of entertainment J Jn f song dance and and comedy This group up was especially assigned for this I event and will disband after their performance go go their separ separate te ways probably never never t to appear again as a a group as they do cIa r at at atthe t th the I Friendship Fe Festival Jimmy W Dorsey Dorseys orchestra has hassold hassold hassold sold over forty million records rd Some of the mor more popular discs betl bel IarI Elena Elenas being Marie Green Green Eyes and me Besa Mu Mucho ho TheY They will appear In t person Jn Tn Grand Junction led fed by by the famous Lee Castle as big biga 1 a master on the as Dorsey Dorsey Dor Dor- sey was on the sax aaL The orchestra stra will feature Bob Bumont Bomont and Jayne Ames Gordon Cordon McKae McRae singing star of Oklahoma perhaps the finest voice In showy show business will sing In person at the Friendship FestIval Festival Fest Fest- ival music show on the same platform with the Jimmy DorI DorLEE Dor- Dor I 1 LEE CASTLE Th The new nw n w leader of lh the Jimmy Dorsey will appear app ar arIn In person at It th the Friendship I Festival In Grand Junction Thursday Thursday- May 11 IK 11 l ley orchestra Mcnae su success cess cesson on television films night bight clubs and five live million mUllan recordings was again shown In Carousel Homer Jethro the famous hillbilly artists will wUl be in Grand Junction with the musical to sing parodies comely comedy songs and anda a program of folk music Of barn dance tame lame they come direct from Chicago Randy nandy Brown Drown famous for his unrehearsed spontaneous sidesplitting side splitting humor appears as The Professional Texan on the same music program Thursday Rush to the Rockier visitors will love his casual breezy style of ot monologue monologue mon mono about Texas When the circus comes to Grand Junction Friday and nd Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- June 13 12 It brings brinKs some of ot the nations nation's top lop performers per I formers to the Friendship Festival Fest Fest- ival This special three ring performance performance per perr was put together by bythe bythe bythe the Music Corporation of America Amer ica lea especially specially for the Western Slopes Slope's part of at the Rush to the state wide celebration Two hours of thrilling enter enter- entertainment and excitement The Roberts are outstanding aerial acrobats featuring LaNorma La LaNorma LaNorma Norma CJ flying through the dir with the greatest of case ease Midair Midair Mid Mid- air catches twists summersaults from the flying lying trapeze to stop your breath The sensational Kays give a corned comedy wire high-wire performance that chills your spine from a n foot GO-foot tight wire Their mixture mix mik- ture lure of dizzy walking and hilarious hilar ious sous comedy requires a display of steel nerve nerve seldom seen Al Antonucci Chimps present present pre pre- sent the most remarkable chimpanzee chimpanzee chim chim- panzee act ever staged featuring Bozo the impish chimp Johnson Owen are ore a comedy horizontal bar team with per aper a performance per performance that will thrill and amaze you In neck risking neck risking corkscrews corkscrews cork cork- screws these flying wizards summersault to terrific applause Roberts Robert's L Leopards bring an on unusual unusual un usual performance with the most difficult t animals to train Mean and I stubborn leopards obey their commands eventually The Great Seabright Is the highest aerial artist feet In the air swaying 32 feet he is the master of the one-hand one stand and head stands the human wheel pin-wheel on the top end of a steel pole held by her pa partner thrills and chills the audience A perch and juggling pair of wide renown Buddys Buddy's Greyhounds are high school dogs that do amazing tricks with almost human Intel intel- Alfredo Landon Ills His Midgets get Into every act A world famous famous fam famous ous clown and his acrobatic midgets mid gets In hair hall raising and laugh provoking stunts Merle Evans of Ringling Brothers Bro Circus fame will wUl lead the band for the Festival Circus Americas America's top cowboy comic Smiley Buri Burnett lett will also be around In person all nIl week when the Friendship Festival gets sets goIng go- go goo Ing log in Grand Junction lie He has I appeared in m motion tion pictures and I has written over songs A sidekick of Gene Autry Smiley Smiley Smiley Smil Smil- ey will entertain the little kids and the kids most of ot the Friendship Festival week j The airs air will l bo be full of at flying acrobats acrobat Sunday June 14 the final day of the Festival and on the ground tn th the same vicinity will wUl be the big Drag Race Hace Hot lot from all aU over the west Wast will com compete te In their 75 up cars In thrilling races down the tho new paved d strip for thrills galore t In the Mineral Clubs Club's free show will wUl be displayed the largest array array ar ray of g gem m quality specimens ever seen or on the western slope alope S Saturday and Sunday June 1314 13 14 H. Dinosaur bone wood agate jaspers jasper j jade jade- and thousands of I specimens in the tho raw or polished from all allover over the nation will wUl be beon beon on on display Open from noon to midnight all week weeklong long the Mall MaU will wil have havethe havethe e a the carnival spirit with barking pitch-men pitch good food stands t and is throw in throw em-a em and out em games game and unusual educational I displays for tor the visitors visitor's enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment and luck The bevy of pulchritude will appear ar Saturday and Sunday June 13 and 14 U. A f fashionable pageant of ot 20 beautiful girls ina in ina a precision drill They and their poodles stole the Stock Show in D Denver r n last January I |