There was also a Circus (athough I don't know what year[s] - I *think* that Mark Hawbecker was the ringmaster) and "Country Music Time!" played the summer of 1980 in the area that later became the queue line for the American Eagle (Gurnee park).
Thanks for the list!
-Joe
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- Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:37 am
- Forum: Shows
- Topic: Show/Venue List 1976-2004 Gurnee
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- Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:32 am
- Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
- Topic: More old postcard photos
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- Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:21 am
- Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
- Topic: Special Events from 1979 at the Gurnee Park
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- Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:09 am
- Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
- Topic: Great America slogans
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This may be a tag line to another slogan, but the one slogan I recall was... The rides are great! The shows are great! The fun is great! Discover Marriott's Great America! Cynically, we used to sing, "The rides are broke, the show's a joke, pay a dollar for a Coke! Discover Marriott's Great America...
- Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:02 am
- Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
- Topic: Pictorium intro
- Replies: 13
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At the end of the 1980 season in Gurnee, I was asked to "fill in" at the Pictorium, beyond my regular hours in ShowOps. I was given a speech to read before the movie started that included the text, "The screen you see before you measures...". As I only did this a few times at the end of the season, ...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:19 pm
- Forum: Shows
- Topic: Practical Jokes & Things To Do On A 5 Show Day!
- Replies: 32
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- Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:00 pm
- Forum: Shows
- Topic: Circus Show
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Country Music Time
In the Gurnee Park, we didn't have a circus, but for one year (1980), we had a large, outdoor circus tent structure with grandstand seating where we performed "Country Music Time". The show was very successful (as I remember), but it was so HOT that on some days we had to cut numbers and mark choreo...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:36 pm
- Forum: Shows
- Topic: Practical Jokes & Things To Do On A 5 Show Day!
- Replies: 32
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In "Music! Music! Music!" at the Gurnee Park, there were several, short one-line solos written into the opening number. Someone bet that we couldn't change our solo lines into a recognizable melody written by Leonard Bernstein (keeping the "M3" lyric). My solo line was "Memphis in June". I changed t...