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LOOfaNG AHEAD AT DELHAAS

Our circus is goincf to expand: The Board feels we
have gro^vn tremendously and need much more room to ac­
comodate our 3-ring circus and sideshows. The new Big-
Top will incorporate the present tent as a wing. Tt is
expected to be ready hy the start of the 1953-195U
season.

And how do the circus oeople view this plan"?* To
find out T made a tour of the grounds and interviev/ed
several of them.

At the entrance I met our Regional Suoerintendent,
Mr. Walter D. Miller, the guiding hand of our ’’Greatest
Show On Earth” , He said, ” ¥/e have progressed under
crowded conditions. With additional space and facili­
ties we anticipate even better results”. Thank you,
Mr, Miller, You have our sincere wishes for many, many
successful seasons in the City of Tents.

Mr, Henry B. Decker, our Assistant Regional Superin­
tendent, was by the ticket gate. He is the man who has
made our good acts better and has straightened out many
of our bad acts, even made them profitable. May our
future performances justify his patience and under -
standing. He made this statement : ” The circus is a
tried old friend that remains true to its fine old
traditions. There have been and still will be varia­
tions. Delhaas will expand of necessity, but attention
will always be given each performer” .

Just as Mr, Decker stopped speaking, the most won­
derful loud, jolly circus music ever heard came from
the main tent, ” Squeeze-box” Simon, ” Broken -reed”
Boulter, ” Bellov/s ” Ehrenfried, ”Mellow-tone” Jones,
"Eighty-eight Keys” Simeone, ”Bust-a-lung" Hughes and
"Harmony” Shettsline were practicing a fanfare:

Miss Cherry, our music teacher, hopes to hav-e a band
which will add interest and prestige to our new circus.
Instruction on instruments was introduced during the
I9I4.9 -I950 season and will be continued.

There will be two new music rooms, one being with
the auditorium, Three private practice rooms will be
sound proofed. An instrument storage room and a uni­
form storage room ( for choir gov/ns and band uniforms )
will be welcome features. The rooms will be large
and well lighted, built in a semi-circle, on risers.
We hone to purchase some of the larger instruments ,
which the pupils cannot buy for themselves.