• Merle Slease Evans (December 26, 1891 – December 31, 1987) was an American cornet player and circus band conductor who conducted the Ringling Bros. and...
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  • Merle is a given name used by both men and women, from the French word merle meaning blackbird (from the Latin merula).. Related names are Merrill or Muriel...
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  • tent, while The Flying Wallendas were performing. Circus bandleader Merle Evans was said to have been the first to spot the flames and immediately directed...
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  • circus bands to make "traditional" circus music, which is defined by Merle Evans as music that is brighter in tone than other music. Sounds of cornets...
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    including clowns Emmett Kelly and Lou Jacobs, midget Cucciola, bandmaster Merle Evans, foot juggler Miss Loni and aerialist Antoinette Concello. John Ringling...
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  • with the Radio City Music Hall orchestra. Kenneth Force performed with Merle Evans, a legendary name who had performed with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West...
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  • Merle Anthony Tuve (June 27, 1901 – May 20, 1982) was an American geophysicist who was the Chairman of the Office of Scientific Research and Development's...
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    William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His...
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    Boss, 5th Civilian Governor of Guam Elizabeth W. Crandall, educator Merle Evans, bandleader for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus James Reed...
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  • footballer, college coach and athletics administrator, heart attack. Merle Evans, 96, American cornet player and circus band conductor. Randall Garrett...
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  • and Tobago Meredith Evans, Australian paralympic swimmer Meredith Gwynne Evans (1904–1952), British physical chemist Merle Evans (1891–1987), American...
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  • portrait subjects, including such prominent individuals as Emmett Kelly, Merle Evans (Ringling band leader), and American painter Norman Rockwell. Rust is...
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  • performed at a galop tempo, and has been recorded by bands including Merle Evans' Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey circus band and The Washington Winds...
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  • was an arranger for Remick Music. He wrote music for circus bandleader Merle Evans. In 1928 he moved to Hollywood and worked in Paramount Studios' music...
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  • home of North Carolina. By age 13 he played the circus with bandleader Merle Evans. In high school, he played with a variety of bands, as well as the Roanoke...
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    made on the aircraft carrier USS Saipan. Evans returned to Topeka for Christmas leave. There he met Janet Merle (Jan) Pollom, who worked as a secretary...
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  • January 30, 1938. Amongst Alford's closest friends were circus bandleader Merle Evans and composer and band leader John Philip Sousa. They were also clients...
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    Kimberly Merle Schrier (/ˈʃraɪər/ SHRIRE; born August 23, 1968) is an American politician and a former physician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's...
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  • Russell Bros. Circus, Downie Bros., and finally under the baton of Merle Evans, with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Duble was a tall, lanky...
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    Braathen – author on circus bands, John Jarosch – circus baritone player, Merle Evans – Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Bandmaster) Utah Bureau of Vital Statistics...
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  • Bottom two Geraldine & Stefano 12 (3, 5, 4, 3) Paso Doble "Gallito"—Merle Evans Circus Band Safe Lizzy & Cody 21 (3, 6, 6, 6) Foxtrot "Isn't She Lovely"—Stevie...
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  • aptitude that becomes widely adopted but also inspires controversy. Merle Evans begins leading the Ringling-Barnum Band, becoming the most famous circus...
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    Complainte de la Butte by Rufus Wainwright The Southerner performed by The Merle Evans Circus Band 2012–2013 Cotton Eye Joe Old Country Waltz Thunder and Blazes...
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    Hamid Sr. 1973 Otto Griebling 1974 Buffalo Bill Cody 1974 Tom Mix 1975 Merle Evans 1975 The Zacchini Brothers 1977 William Preston Hall 1979 The Wallenda...
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  • Antoine Merle (22 March 1921 – 30 April 2013) was a French wrestler. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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    Complainte de la Butte by Rufus Wainwright The Southerner performed by The Merle Evans Circus Band 2012–2013 Cotton Eye Joe Old Country Waltz Thunder and Blazes...
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  • as himself Shirley Prestia as herself Roebuck "Pops" Staples as himself Merle Haggard as himself The title of the film comes from the idiomatic English-language...
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  • Merle Viirmaa (born 15 June 1974) is a retired Estonian biathlete. She competed in the women's relay event at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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    Bailey Circus from 1951 through to 1954. He worked with circus bandmaster Merle Evans and John Ringling North. North wrote many of the tunes to which Goetz...
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  • Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1973. The...
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