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them tnbroden they more. and] more’ are centering attention al the’ act of their 15-vear-old son, Belmonte. named afteg his the famous Bélmonte

' . uncle, ‘Christiani — who makes every | jone, in the audience shudder |

j|when he performs the almost in’) credible jump om the, trampo- |

line. :

. Jumping, from: * his . father's ‘shoulders, he “hounces higher land higher on the trampoline

-{untit’ suddenly he does a triple | twist back turn inthe air to land fonce more on the ~ shoulders from which he started. It is something which’ has to be ‘seen to be truly appreciated

The other two members of the family, 13-year-old Lila and five- ‘|year old Marco, provide both de- coration and comedy relief. But | neither one is fooling. They are, both serious show people and have been practicing since ‘they’ Bt tiny.

‘Florida Man

Hugh Pope, a ioavelilne lectur- ler from St. land a great grandson of the Hon William Henry Pope mef with Premier Alex Campbell in the Premier's office yesterday

| Mr. Pope Edward Island to film the pro- | Vince for a new. motion picture lon the Maritimes which will be

Petersburg, Florida.

{s visiting Prince

: famous family to be in show ‘Wusiness.

‘gnother family famous in its - the. circus. world. He remarked ||

Fans of Europe._There -were no.

b REALLY ING a total of @ generations in show business, the @anes-

Famous Names |n Busines: Appearing At Coliseum

By RALPH.CAMERON :One of the most famous Rames in circus history is re- esented in this year's vaude- leat the-Coliseum--when---the former Ortans -Christiani - ap- ars on stage. She represents seventh generation of the

But she is now a member at

own right as she appears with her huSband Fred~ Canestrelli who himself is the fifth genera- tion of that ?amily to belong to

@n the difference in show peo- ple today as he said .that- both he and his wife. had. been. born,

“3

e REPRESENTS. © trelli Family appearing at the daughter — Lila,

Coliseum is stiown — above. They are Fred : €anestreNl,

doctors present for the births) then, he recailed, but every caravan had ifs own midwife. His own three children were all |-

barn in a hospital-in-Sarasofa,.

Florida, where ‘they make their.

[horme.

Fred was born in the old Ital- jan village of Calabria, but>Or-

tans was born in the ancient ca-- jean.

pital of an empire; Rome, | ° They -have played with the great circuses of the world in-

eluding Ringling Bros, Al, G.

Barnes and the Olymple Circus:

in England, and appeared “in all the great cities of Kurope- But lof all his travels Fred -Canes- trelli remembers best, and with’

more than a hint of nostalgia,-a |These-two are most important,

lived and worked .in the eara-

fnatastic tour of the -tiny war-

torn_islands.of the Pacitie..

Moore & McLeod Ltd. |

jrequired, he said the-hasie thing

| | |

wife Ortans “(Christian!), son and in front of them: five-year old son Marco.

grace and poise needed for ‘fin- tish’. But there are many other | things to learn and among... the most important of thése is: a study of musie —_ this to sid in the timing.

when she recalled the days_as a |member of the Christiani family Ne matter how small it wae if When she was the only woman

1 ' |in the show world who did a eo could: land there we played | | triple somersault from a teeter

That island ~ hopping tour |Doard to land sitting in a chair wound: up: in. Bi ateerice held -by_.another performer. white they played. that -eontin- | She still has the sense of ba- ent from north te south. Both [lance acquired as a young girl Fred and Ortans have had many |80d proves it when she does=a

accidents over. the years and |one-hand stand from the top of |. | Fred's head.as he stands. _atop a)

“But. we tee wiggling ladder which has. no | hard to. aveid injury; we ean’t |Support at. all and is only~ held |

more broken bones than they remember.

ct by: his sense of balancé.

afford to he laid up”. However,

OUTLINES TRAINING

Belmonte lnatanice which is vital to them. | When they finally - get {tt then | eer study ballet to- obtain the’

How important all these things are was pointed out by Ortans

as the years. for:

June’ “examinations.

“timetable is as follows: -

Departnient of Education ] Charlottetown, P.E.I. —f-August 15, 1966. -

SUPPLEMENTARY — EXAMINATIONS

GRADE XII

Supplementary examinations in the sub. : listed below may be written at Prince of beet College, Charlottetown - by students of Grade XII who have attained ‘no. les¢ than

. Application to write Is not necessary. Algebra—Sept. 1, 1966. at 9.00 am. French—Sept. 1, _Chemistry—Sept. 2, 1966 at 2.00 p.m.

SPRwORWPLPWENHGe RY,

Performer

In Comeback Effort

‘renewed’ the leg by | insertion of plastic tendons.

"The noted ' author , Kipling once said,

meet with triumph and disaster ; and treat those two imposters | just the same-

And just that wav has Marie

Rudyard

| Hager tried to treat them in/or- der to rise above disaster. It jstruck her suddenly — in

the form of a hit and run ‘driyer in Boston and doctors there éaid it was the end for her -

left it in such ’a condition they wanted to amputate.' She fought | against this and finally

shown. to United States

Mr: Pope stated yesterday: ‘'! am impressed with the beauty

(of PEL and the warmth o¢ its He isa Canadian na-’

people." tive

a SF ee Sone

‘The

1966 at 2.00 p.m. .

Tf you can.

A com- |»

Marje _. pound . fracture of the elt lea ith che same —sptrit—she—had-+real—di

amputation. wabh The couple had three children |

many pins . to keep bones _in_

Persists.

place they

But’ thev

was. ended and

triumph ill, has

again. faced

refused to ‘accept

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algo, told her she son was through with the! only wayY. band at a dance in.Boston and of life she knew, her! stage life | neither would | 1943 She still calls it home and he ever dance again: This Was jin the / winte her disaster after having known. show business school: there for ler, husband is home | acrobatic. and tap n.for a long time, | well and pfobably will jnever work | routi

“lt teach since

fe = enter ge efneate aa

one likes to accept charity, . Marie exercised constantly and soon the leg began to re- spond, the muscles started to .| work again and” Marie began to dance again,

She was born in Dover, New |Hampshire, and 80 were all: |three of her daughters and her But Marie met her hus-

jthey were ‘married in. Dover in. now ¢onducts a

incers as

a a comédy ‘trampoline

| Her son, Barry. does an acro- the - challenge | batic dance routine, but with a/¢

rence;-He-—-does—it—in | and out“ of barrels. Her three pretty blonde daughiers. six-

takes

teon-vear old Linda, Donna 16,

and wee Katie 10 are starting out in the show world in .a mother and daughter act’ of balancing ‘and acrobatic dance routines. Marie says she is working with them only in east ern ‘United States and Canadias falys this summer. as the girl

| work.: their way into familiarity

with'the many facets, of at

acrobatic dance routine.

The strength which , courage has~ literally-forced- back ~* inte Marie Hager’s legs is never better shown than when” she the part usually played by .a man in a troupe and holdi- aloft all three of the girls. Says Marie with both truth and hu ‘mor: ‘They -weigh about 304 pounds between them and hon estly I think they are geting heavier every / day.”

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Outlining .the arduous. training

La Peay

is a thorough ‘knowledge of tumbling; then comes a long *per- fod of practice in wire walking;

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Saucer festivities.

@ PARADE AT 10 A.M.

Leaving Queen Charlotte High School parade wil? proceed down North River Road and Brighton Road-»,

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Hear the Estevan (Sask.) band followed by the

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SCOTTISH CONCERTS 7:30 P.M. The North American. champion Balmoral

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