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And now fresh fuel is going o be added 1o the Fife with the opening of the my called simply tha show s dancers Are Caleb oried by 899 groups while haired Stock Young dancers an the Esh aced to Unger general Ion the Charm of she movie is tha it s a showcase for great Lap dancers old and Young. In both the film and he show teen Ager Glover dances Wilh vol Erans who were stars Moro than a Quarter of a Century before he was born i d worked Wilh All of them before Glover said except for Sandman Sims and or Davis Sammy Davis or " always the scrupulous reference to him As of. Davis was it Cliff cult loge Davis who has Tola of big Money cafe gigs to give them up for the film in which he a have to look old and so Edy i a Cal to Sammy s House Wilh the script Hines said and asked him in a kneeling Yosifon to read i. He read it and said this is 1 me i can do in. Look the Gold chains Are coming Oil the rings arc coming off. I la comb my hair. Straight Back. 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Was in bul it s not in the Advent of Rock and Roll and changes in jazz Oul when break Danci music and the business of show business performing in the p dancers eked out a living performing on. And flue. Glover Loun cruise ships. Some danced in Europe. Others Olar Cas l members in worked Al Odd jobs. Coming Bach Rorr i was t into tapping when in began dying dancing something w Down Glover said Ever since i started Hole he said tapping it s been alive Tor me. I just want to. At us and keep on dancing. I want to do in All Glover also por Forn Ilia now stuff every Lime i por lorm who. Town new Yori Louis played by Savion Glover does some fancy footwork in the mov big of priest Story and photo by Mike Penalo new York Bureau i Tho Rev. John Toner with sumo members Othi Parish. F you be attended a performance of a pm gang Bros and Barnum s Bailey circus any Lime during Tho last Tow years you might have noticed a distinguished looking Giey haired Gen Loman. Dressed in Black sitting of to . The pesto trance. If you looked close enough you probably noticed the Rev. John Toner a la Salt Olte missionary attends Evryl Chow of the Iro Upo to v hich he is ministering i pc sol through hundreds of shows each year he says when people hear Hal they think How bored Imus get but every show is different no matter How Many times i be seen an acl hero is always something unique to each performance. These Pix Plo Are True professionals and they re always working on improving their act 1 Toner father Jack to Tho performers has Bogn wish the circus for seven yours and apparently it agrees wish him. The 75 year old 15 years a priest looks at least 10 or Isicar younger than his age to credits his circus family they keep inc Young he says. Whenever Ihry be me silting Down doing nothing they la say c Mon we have work to do " Toner is the Only circus chaplain in the United Stales and although be is with the a Cus All the Lime he is Paio the Extension society1 of Che ago rather than by inc. Circus. His Parish is indeed on extended one. Within ringing Bros there Are iwo units the red Ai Blue and Toner tries to Al Vernala Between each Sepa show every three months in and Ilion there Are som Ching like Soti Lher circuses Many of them suit appearing in Lents throughout the United slates some Wohha outfits consist of Only five or performers yet Toner tries tonsil Manyol hem when he can. When on the Road with the circus he drives i Soto Van by Loon most of the cities by on some Oul a in Lar Wesl whore the distance Between Sites is 500 600 Miles and too much to drive in one night he will i to 44 car circus train r
