Al Sirat Grotto Circus
Cleveland
 

2nd Annual Circus
 2-15-1932  through 2-27-1932
Cleveland Public Auditorium

41st Annual Circus
 2-12-1969 through 2-23-1969
Cleveland Public Hall
Robert Baudy and 9 Siberian Tigers
50th Anniversary of Karl Wallendas on High Wire
George Hanneford Jr. - Horses
Cossack Equestriennes
Miss Elizabeth - Europe's Aerialist
The Four Flying Armors - Reggie Armor - Triple Somersaulting Flying Trapeze
11 year old SaSa Armor
Wally Howard - 60 ft plunge into a bed of foam rubber
Prancing Elephants
Animals
Aerial Ballet Tableau
Clowns - Blinko and Maran
Fearless Bauers - Switzerland's Stratospheric Fatalists
Alfredo Lanson and Circus Clowns
Irene and almost real gorilla
Bill Boehm and singing Angels - Star Spangled Banner
 

From newspaper 1969 - Circus is coming to Town
Flying Wallendas insisted on performing in the Grotto Circus although the week previous two Wallendas had been killed
and Karl Wallendas son, Mario, paralyzed for life

1955 - Karl Wallenda carried Herman Pirchner, Cleveland restaurateur, across high wire on shoulders

1968 - Jon "Tarzan" Zerbini - Lion Tamer required 500 stitches
saved by his father who distracted the attention of the lion with a club
His father was lacerated by the lion and suffered a heart attack. He already had a wooden leg because
of a lion attack

WWII era - Ruby Haag fell during a performance and suffered a fractured pelvis and was disabled for life

1959 - a lion tamer, Captain Keller was married in the lions' cage, with Grotto officials acting
as members of the wedding party



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