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    MGM GRAM) HOTEL. RENO ?╜THE GREAT ELECTRIC CIRCUS FINALE11 (THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT) SCENE 1: AS THE MUSIC STARTS', l8 DANCERS', DRESSED IN COLORFUL CLOWN COSTUMES?╟╓, BURST ON STAGE, SINGING AND DANCING TO "WE1 RET A COUPLE , OF SWELLS" . "BE A CLOWN11 AND "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT", THEY ARE PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THE ACT CURTAIN WHICH IS SOON STRUCK TO SHOW THE GREAT MIDWAY. SCENE 2 * - * WITH CIRCUS BARKERS?╟╓, AND THE CLOWNS' WITH BALLOONS, THE MIDWAY CONSISTS OF 12 SIDESHOWS?╟╓; BABY BERNICE; THE BEADED LADY; ZEENA., THE HUMAN PIN CUSHION; THE GIRAFFE NECKED WOMAN; MEDUSA, THE SNAKE LADY; THE SIAMESE TWINS; GODI1A OF THE LONGEST HAIR IN THE WORLD; HALF-WOMAN-HALF FISH, and FOUR OTHERS. ORIGINAL MUSICAL MATERIAL WILL BE WRITTEN FOR THIS EPISODE. ALSO ON STAGE IS A , BANDSTAND WITH AN l8 PIECE MECHANICAL BAND, THAT WILL PLAY, ?╟ "STRIKE UP THE BAND*1 .?╟╓ j- SCENE 3: ?╟ AS THE SIDESHOWS ARE MOVED ASIDE OR STRUCK, THE ELEVATOR RISES, LIFTING THE BAND IN THE AIR, BRINGING ON STAGE THE LIVE ANIMAL ACT. AT THE SAME TIME, TWO BALLOON LADIES, ATTACHED TO THE MAIN TENT, FLY INTO THE AIR, THEIR COSTUMES CREATING THE DRAPING OF THE CIRCUS TENT. POSSIBLE MUSIC FOR THE LIVE ANIMAL ACT, SONGS FROM ?╟úJUMBO" , ?╟úCIRCUS ON PARADE". "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD" , "OVER AND OVER AGAIN". Jj "MY ROMANCE". "SAWDUST. SPANGLES'. AND DREAMS" "THIS CAN?╟ T BE LOVE" , "LITTLE GIRL BLUE"