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    2 "THE GREAT ELECTRIC CIRCUS FINALE?╟Ñ - contd SCENE If: FOLLOWING THE LIVE ANIMAL ACT, THEIR ENTRANCE TENT IS MOVED TO UPSTAGE RIGHT CORNER, WHILE NOW COME 2h DANCERS", DRESSED' AS' STYLISH RINGMASTERS, AND PERFORM A TILLER, POSSIBLY TO "CIRCUS ON PARADE" SCENE 5: THE GRAND PARADE", A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT MGM MUSICALS AS WE HEAR THE FIRST SOUNDS OF "THERETO NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW-BUSINESS", THE RINGMASTER ANNOUNCES, "ANNIE" GET YOUR GUN" . AND WET SEE A PARADE OF CHARACTERS FROM THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE. ANNIE, BUFFALO BILE, TRICK ROPERS, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE WITH GOLD, WHITE -HORSES, INDIANS IN WHITE FEATHERS, HEADRESSES, ETC. OTHER MUSIC IN THIS SECTION, "ANYTHING YOU CAN DO" and "THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL". WE SEGUE INTO HERE COMES THE "SHOWBOAT"?╟╓. LED BY DANCING CAKEWALKERS, LEADING A GIANT CIRCUS WAGON OF A SHOWBOAT, COMPLETE WITH BILLOWING SMOKESTACK, TURNING PADDLE WHEEL, ETC. THE COLORS ARE A BRIGHT YELLOW, WHITE AND GOLD WITH SUNFLOWER MOTIF. THE MUSIC WILL BE, "OLD MAN RIVER"?╟╓. "THE CAKEWALK". "MAKE BELIEVE". "CAN'T HELP LOVING THAT MAN OF MINE" T "WHY DPI LOVE YOU'. "YOU ARE LOVE" and "LIFE UPON THE WICKED STAGED AS THE SHOWBOAT PASSES, THE RINGMASTER ANNOUNCES, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN .THE MAGNIFICENT "KISS ME KATE" . A CIRCUS WAGON MADE UP AS A SMALL AND CHARMING RENAISSANCE STAGE IS PULLED ON BY SIX MALE DANCERS, BARELY DRESSED AS UNICORNS. COURT JESTERS OPEN THE CURTAIN TO REVEAL FOUR SINGERS, WHO DO "WE OPEN IN VENICE" . AS THEY WALK IN PLACE ON A" TREADMILL. BEHIND THEM, COURT JESTERS FORM A MOVING PANORAMA OF BANNERS. WITH TREE AND BIRD MOTIFS. THE COLORS ARE ORANGES, GOLDS, RED ORANGES AND BLACK.