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Big Top Comes to Prescott Friday

Celebrating the 63rd annual tour under the same original owner-management family, the King Royal Bros. four-ring circus will unfold its gigantic tented dome in Prescott on Friday, October 6, at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. It is under the sponsorship of the Prescott Lions Club.

The 1995 edition of America's favorite tented extravaganza will feature specialty acts galore from the all-hemispheric greatness of the realm of circus stars the world over.

From the continents of Asia and Europe comes Capt. Whitey Hungerford and his mixed arena of Royal Bengal tigers and jungle-bred African lions. Also from these far off places come more than 100 exotic beasts and birds, including elephants, fabulous felines of mixed variety, jungle birds with plummage of unbelievable luster and sheen and much more.

From America's friendly neighbors to the south a display of llamas, tapirs, and a score of cute little loveables will be featured in the King Royal Bros. Kiddie Petting Zoo, plus "Princess Tanzania" King Royal Bros. own baby hippopotamus, orphaned at birth and bottle-raised at the King Royal Bros. Texas ranch.

Acrobats, jugglers, clowns, aerialists and high wire artists have always been paramount with the show and will return this year.

Rounding out the 100-minute four-ring spectacular and defying gravity at dizzying heights in the very peaks of the giant tent, and without the aid of a net or safety device of any nature, the "Sensational Stanolians," on their eagerly awaited return to America following three highly acclaimed tours of the European and Asian contentents, will headline the gigantic aerial contingency with their stunning array of aerial agilitly.

Advanced reduced price tickets are now on sale and may be purchased from any member of the Lions Club, or at the following businesses in Prescott and Nevada County: Smittys, Taylor's Big Star Grocery, Bank of Prescott, Bank of Delight, NAPA, Baker's Best Stop, Prescott Motor Company and Oliver's One Stop in Prescott and John Henry Grocery in Laneburg, or call 887-6895.