Routes courtesy of Bob Cline.

Cristiani Bros. Circus Route, 1956

March 12-13 - West Palm Beach, FL 14 - Belle Glade 15 - Homestead 16-17 - Key West 18 - Opa Locka 19 - Okeechobee 20 - Arcadia 21 - Wauchula 22 - Fort Meade 23 - Kissimee 24 - Eustis 26 - Palatka 27 - Starke 28 - Live Oak 29 - Quincy 30 - Marianna 31 - Chipley April 2 - Bakely, GA 3 - Bainbridge 4 - Tifton 5 - Moultrie 6 - Americus 7 - Cordele 9 - Lannett, AL 10 - Talladaga 11 - Anniston 12 - Albertsville 13 - Cullman 14 - Decatur 16 - Sheffield 17 - Huntsville 18 - Fayettesville, TN 19 - Murfeesboro 20 - Lebanon 21 - Springfield 23 - Hopkinsville, KY 24 - Bowling Green 25 - Columbia 26 - Somerset 27 - London 28 - Winchester 30 - Madison, IN May 1 - Seymour, IN 2 - Terre Haute 3 - Martinsville 4 - Greencastle 5 - Mattoon, IL 6 - Lafayette, IN 7 - Alexandria 8 - Decatur 9 - Portland 10 - Richmond 11 - Lebanon 12 - Nobelsville 14 - Muncie 15 - Van Wert, OH 16 - Bucyrus 17 - Massillon 18 - East Liverpool 19 - Beaver Falls, PA 21 - Carlisle 22 - Lebanon 23 - York

May 24 - Lancaster, PA 25 - Reading 26 - Allentown 28 - Middletown, NY 29 - Poughkeepsie 30 - Pittsfield, MA 31 - Greenfield June 1 - Fitchburg,MA 2 - Concord, NH 4 - Augusta, ME 5 - Rockland 6 - Belfast 7 - Old Town 8 - Houlston 9 - Presque Isle 11 - Fredericton, N.B. Canada 12 - Woodstock 13 - Sussex 14 - Moncton 15-16 - Halifax, N.S. Canada 18 - Digby 19 - Yarmouth 20 - Middleton 21 - Bridgewater 22 - Kentville 23 - Windsor 25 - Truro 26 - Amherst 27 - Pictou 28 - New Glasgow 29 - Antigonish 30 - Sydney July 2 - Charlottetown, P.E.I. Canada 3 - Summerside 4 - Newcastle, N.B. 5 - Grand Falls 6 - Edmundson 7 - Rivere De Loupe, Quebec 9 - Ville St. Georges 10 - Enroute 11 - Newport, VT 12 - Barre 13 - Burlington 14 - Plattsburg, NY 16 - Malone 17 - Massena 18 - Ogdensburg 19 - Watertown 20-21 - Syracuse 23 - Herkimer 24 - Rome 25 - Utica 26 - Amsterdam 27 - Glens Falls 28 - Troy 30 - Elmira 31 - Ithaca August 1-2 - Binghamton, NY 3 - Oneida 4 - Oneonta 6 - Kingston 7 - Peekskill

August 8 - Norwalk, CT 9 - New Britain 10 - Waterbury 11 - Stamford 13-14 - Wilmington, DE 15 - Dover 16 - Rehoboth Beach 17-18 - Ocean City, MD 20 - Richmond, VA 21 - Peterburg 22 - Suffolk 23 - Norfolk 24 - Elizabeth City, NC 25 - Ahoskie 27 - Roanoke Rapids 28 - Rocky Mount 29 - Henderson 30 - Reidsville 31 - Danville, VA September 1 - Martinsville, VA 3 - Winston-Salem, NC 4 - High Point 5 - Sanford 6 - Dunn 7 - Kinston 8 - New Bern 10 - Wilmington 11 - Conway, SC 12 - No. Charleston 13 - Savannah, GA 14 - Dublin 15 - Douglas 17 - Waycross 18 - Valdosta 19 - Albany 20 - Columbus 21 - Opelika, AL 22-23 - Montgomery 24 - Meridian, MS 25 - Columbus 26 - Greenwood 27 - Clarksdale 28 - Cleveland 29 - Greenville October 1 - Brookhaven, MS 2 - McComb 3 - Columbia 4 - Hattiesburg 5 - Gulfport 6 - Pascagoula 8 - Mobile, AL 9 - Pensacola, FL 10 - Andalusia, AL 11 - Dothan 12 - Pelham, GA 13 - Tallahassee, FL 15 - Gainesville 16 - Leesburg 17 - Daytona Beach 18 - Melbourne 19 - Plant City 20 - Tampa 21 - Sarasota Season ends

Winter quarters and main offices, Sarasota, Florida.
Clowns: Johnny Beghangi, Tom Kelly, Happy Davis, Ron Hennon, Billy Griffin, Harold Deens, Billy McCabe, Peppy Gabaston, Felix Silla, Ceppo Cannestrilli.
Aerial: Pauline Penny, Vanda Christiani, Julia Munoz, Marion Cristiani, Ortans Cannestrelli, Flora Zacchini, Joy Brown, Chita Cristiani, Jayne Cristiani, Eloise Barragon, Louisa Cristiani, Karan Cristiani, Corky Cristiani, Barbara Fairchild, Barbara Williams, Hope Brown, Deliah Zacchini, Sylvia Gregory, Norma Cristiani, Vicki Cristiani, Antoinette Cristiani.
Aerial, Manuel Barragon. Elephant act: Marion Cristiani, Capt. Steve Fanning. Hugo Zacchini, cannon act.

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Cristiani Bros. Circus Route, 1957

March 22-23 - Key West, FL 24 - Marathon (matinee) 25 - Homestead 26 - Fort Myers 27 - Wilton Manor 28 - Pompano Beach 29-30 - West Palm Beach April 1 - Jessup, GA 2 - Fitzgerald 3 - Americus 4 - Thomaston (rain-out) 5 - Griffin 6 - Lanett, AL 8 - Decatur 9 - Gadsden 10 - Anniston 11 - Rome 12 - Smyrna 13 - Macon 15 - Athens 16 - Washington 17 - Anderson, SC 18 - Augusta, GA 19 - Aiken, SC 20 - Greenwood 22 - Newberry 23 - Union 24 - Spartanburg 25 - Concord, NC 26 - Salisbury 27 - Statesville 29 - Elizabethton, TN 30 - Pennington Gap, VA May 1 - Bristol, TN 2 - Big Stone Gap, VA 3 - Richlands 4 - Welch, WV 6 - Bluefield 7 - Beckley 8 - Charleston 9 - Parkersburg 10 - Athens, OH 11 - Lancaster 13 - Zanesville 14 - East Liverpool 15 - Coshocton 16 - Moundsville, WV 17 - Uniontown, PA 18 - Follansbee, WV 19 - Morgantown 20 - Washington, PA 21 - Connellsville 22 - Vandergrift 23 - Johnstown 24 - Lewistown 25 - Sunbury 27 - Pottsville 28 - Reading 29 - Bridgeport 30 - Lancaster 31 - Allentown June 1 - Dover, NJ 3 - Norwalk, CT 4 - Milford 5 - Glastonbury 6 - Simsbury 7 - Holyoke, MA 8 - Webster 10 - Newport, RI

June 11 - Brockton, MA 12 - Norwood 13 - Leominster 14 - Gloucester 15 - Lowell 17 - Newburyport 18 - Dover, NH 19 - Laconia 20 - Franklin 21 - Claremont 22 - Winchedon, MA 24 - Keene, NH 25 - Greenfield, MA 26 - North Adams 27 - Albany, NY 28 - Schenectady 29 - Gloversville July 1 - Glens Falls, NY 2 - Ticonderoga 3 - Plattsburg 4 - Tupper 5 - Malone 6 - Potsdam 8 - Ogdensburg 9 - Watertown 10 - Utica 11 - Herkimer 12 - Rome 13 - Oneida 15-16 - Syracuse 17 - Auburn 18 - Geneva 19 - Medina 20 - Lockport 22 - Niagara Falls 23 - Lackawanna 24 - Jamestown 25 - Wellsville 26 - Olean 27 - Elmira 29 - Kingston 30 - Middletown 31 - Haverstraw August 1 - Ossining, NY 2 - Port Chester 3 - Fairfield, CT 5 - Oceanside, NY 6 - Roosevelt 7 - Westbury 8 - Seaford 9 - Levittown 10 - Bethpage 12 - Syossett 13 - Riverhead 14 - Greenport 15 - Hampton Bays 16 - Shirley 17 - Glen Head 19 - Lodi, NJ 20 - New Brunswick 21 - Coatsville, PA 22 - Hanover 23 - Winchester, VA 24 - Keyser, WV 26 - Fairmont 27 - Buckhannon 28 - Weston 29 - Gassaway 30 - Summersville 31 - Oak Hill

September 2 - Pulaski, VA 3 - Wytheville 4 - Mt Airy, NC 5 - Greensboro 6 - Asheville 7 - Knoxville, TN 9 - Albertsville, AL 10 - Jasper 11 - Demopolis 12 - Greenville 13 - Mobile 14-15 - Pensacola, FL 16 - Crestview 17 - Thomasville, GA 18 - Albany 19 - Eufaula, AL 20 - Columbus, GA 21 - Montgomery, AL 23 - Grenada, MS 24 - Clarksdale 25 - Russellville, AL 26 - Shelbyville, TN 27 - McMinnville 28 - Oak Ridge 30 - Henderson, NC October 1 - Hendersonville, NC 2 - Hickory 3 - Madison 4 - Leaksville 5 - Siler City 7 - Roanoke Rapids 8 - Tarboro 9 - Williamston 10 - Washington 11 - Morehead 12 - Jacksonville 14 - Aberdeen 15 - Cheraw, SC 16 - Whiteville, NC 17 - Lumberton 18 - Dillon, SC 19 - Hamlet, NC 21 - Darlington, SC 22 - Winnsboro 23 - Stateboro 24 - Vidalia, GA 25 - Baxley 26-27 - Jacksonville, FL 28 - Ocala 29 - Winter Haven 31 - Bradenton November 1 - St. Petersburg, FL 2-3 - Tampa

Winter quarters, Sarasota, Florida.

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