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    THE GREAT ELECTRIC CIRCUS FINALE contd THE LAST WAGON, "THE WIZARD OF OZ" . IS A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF GREENS, WITH DOROTHY, THE TIN MAN, THE SCARECROW AND THE COWARDLY LION PRECEEDING IT, FOR WHEN THIS WAGON ARRIVES DOWN STAGE CENTER, IT TELESCOPES UP AND OUT TO BECOME THE ENCHANTING EMERALD CITY OF OZ, WITH MINIATURE REAL MUNCHKINS. DOROTHY AND COMPANY SING , "WEtRE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARt)" AND OTHER POSSIBLE SONGS TO USE ARE, "YELLOW BRICK ROAD" . "THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ" . "THE GATES OF EMERALD CITY" , "IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN" ?╜ "IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE" . "IF I ONLY HAD A HEART" AND "OVER THE RAINBOW" . AS DOROTHY SINGS "OVER THE RAINBOW" , A RAINBOW OF CIRCUS WAGONS CELEBRATING TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT MGM MUSICALS, YELLOWS, ORANGES, RED$, PURPLES, BLUES AND GREENS, NOW CIRCLE THE BIG TOP* AS THE MAGIC "RAINBOW" MOMENT ENDS, WE ONCE AGAIN HEAR, "THERE'S NO BUSINESS' LIKE SHOWBUSINESS" . BUT THIS TIME IT INCLUDES EVERYONE, IT*S DONE FULL UP WITH CALLIOPE- BACKING, FOR AT THIS VERY MOMENT A GIANT 2 PLAYER CALLIOPE RISES OUT OF THE FLOOR, TELESCOPING UPWARDS TO THE VERY TOP OF OUR CIRCUS TENT, IT IS REPLETE WITH WINDPIPES, TWO ENORMOUS ANIMATED SCENIC ELEPHANTS, NUDE SHOWGIRLS, (YES, THERE?╟╓S A STAIRCASE BUILT INI), ETC. ALL THIS IS JOINED AT THE TOP BY A HUGE REVOLVING CHANDELIER. OF LIGHTS, BALLOONS AND BEAUTIFUL NUDES, (MANNEQUINS). ?╟≤ THE MAGIC MOMENT HAS COME, FOR ON TOP OF ALL THIS, THE LIGHTS DIM TO SHOW ALL THE WAGONS AND THE CALLIOPE ABLAZE WITH TINY LIGHTS AS THE LAST STRIPED DROP FLYS OUT TO REVEAL AN EVEN DEEPER SETTING WITH A MIRRORED BACK WALL WHICH REFLECTS THE SET, MAKING OUR BIG TOP APPEAR TO BE 300 FEET DEEP!