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    CUE ACTION A clown on a penny farthing bicycle rides across stage in front of silk curtain, grabs the edge and pulls it down and off stage with him as he exits. No (7) esquire drop revealed. Entering on stage are a group of can can girls in orange and black costumes. Behind them is the Esquire drop with faces of men in top hats, bow ties, and monocles over one eye - the same face is repeated in rows to fill the stage as the girls dance, the uncovered eye moves back and forth in rhythm watching them. At the end, girls do a big unison "split" which causes all the monocles to fall off. Upstage (13)(14) art nouveau backing is preset. End of number. Esquire drop flies out to reveal (13)(14) art nouveaux backing with sconces and tourchieres of white globes. An exciting can can develops with male dancers in black and one group of females in orange and black, and another group in deep yellow dresses with black hose and gloves and robin-egg blue feathers. End of number Close (3) Peacock laminate Female dancers do cross patterns in front and male dancers bring on female singers in lavish gown who does reprise of song from "Section B". Transition: Audience is told we are leaving the turn of the TIME Wl??\Nl.iWSHOW\COMB03 August 22, 1995