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    THE GREAT ELECTRIC CIRC IS FINALE - contd "KISS ME KATE" contd. OTHER MUSIC TO BE USED HERE------"WUNDERBAR", "TOO DARN HOT" , "FROM THIS MOMENT ON" and "WHERE IS THE LIFE THAT LATE I LED'?" . AS "KATE" MOVES ON FORMING THE BEGINNING OF A GRAND CIRCLE, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER SHOW TRIBUTES, AN ART NOUVEAU CIRCUS WAGON IN GOLDS AND REDS, WITH FULL SCALE NUDE STATUES HOLDING GAS LIGHT FIXTURES APPEARS. IT IS LED BY FOUR CAN CAN DANCERS. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC CLOWNS MAGICALLY OPEN THE WAGON, FANNING OUT THE ARCHES, FLIPPING DOWN THE STAIRS TO REVEAL MAXIM?╟╓S AND OUR TRIBUTE TO "GIGI" . ONE COUPLE REMAINS ON THE WAGON SINGING THE TITLE SONG, "GIGI" . AS TWO OTHER COUPLES DESCEND THE STAIRS AND JOIN OTHERS ?╜ IN A DANCE AROUND THE WAGON AND THROUGH THE ARCHES. AT THE END OF THE SONG, THE WAGON IS RETURNED TO IT'S ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION AN D MOVES ON. OTHER DESIRED SONGS "FOR THIS SEQUENCE ARE "THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GIRLS" and "MAXIfrB" . THE GREAT71 ZJEGFELD APPEARS, (ALL WAGONS ARE OF COURSE ANNOUNCED BY THE RINGMASTER). THE WAGON, POSSIBLY DRAWN BY GIRLS DRESSED AS PONIES, IS A TRIBUTE TO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. LOTS OF NUDES, BEAUTIFUL PURPLE DECOR, (GIRIS POSSIBLY APPEARING AT THE TOP VIA AN INTERNAL ELEVATOR). SUGGESTED MUSIC, "'A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY" . "YOU" T "LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING". "YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM' , "THIS HEART OF MINE" . WHAT WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS"? THE SETTING FOR THIS WAGON IS THE FAMOUS FOUNTAIN WITH LIVE NUDE GIRLS BUILT IN LOTS OF BLUES, PLEXI SPRAYS TO REFRESENT WATER, DRY ICE, ETC. A WONDERFUL DANCE NUMBER TO VARIOUS THEMES FROM "AMERICAN IN PARIS" BALLET