Jo-Ann Jennier - Revision history

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 File:Walter_Jennier.jpg|Walter Jennier (c.1930)
 File:Aerialetta_2.jpg|Jo-Ann Jennier as Aerialetta II (c.1977)
 File:Jo-Ann_Jennier.jpg|Jo-Anne Jennier as Aerialetta II (c.1977)

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 File:Aerialetta_2.jpg|Jo-Ann Jennier as Aerialetta II (c.1977)
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 ===From Swinging Trapeze to Sea Lion Training===
-After a stint as a showgirl on the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] show in 1966, Jo-Ann started to perform with small "mud shows" like [[King Bros. Circus|King Bros.]], [[Carson & Barnes Circus|Carson & Barnes]], and [[Sells & Gray Circus|Sells & Gray]]. Her father, who had retired from performing his sea lion act after he and Ethel divorced, helped her build a swinging trapeze act. Meanwhile, she worked in several aerial capacities in these shows, working concessions and often in the sideshow to earn extra pay. She started doing her swinging trapeze act in 1971, attempting to recreate her mother’s act; although she never achieved that goal, she did well enough to create a center ring act. Since circuses generally needed performers to do more than one act, she asked her father to help her obtain and train a sea lion act&mdash;which he did. Thus began the start of her single sea lion act, copying Walter’s original "Walter Jennier and Buddy" and now titled "Jo-Ann and Sunny."
+[[File:Jo-Ann_Jennier_and_Sunny.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Jo-Ann Jennier & Sunny (c.1977)]]After a stint as a showgirl on the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] show in 1966, Jo-Ann started to perform with small "mud shows" like [[King Bros. Circus|King Bros.]], [[Carson & Barnes Circus|Carson & Barnes]], and [[Sells & Gray Circus|Sells & Gray]]. Her father, who had retired from performing his sea lion act after he and Ethel divorced, helped her build a swinging trapeze act. Meanwhile, she worked in several aerial capacities in these shows, working concessions and often in the sideshow to earn extra pay. She started doing her swinging trapeze act in 1971, attempting to recreate her mother’s act; although she never achieved that goal, she did well enough to create a center ring act. Since circuses generally needed performers to do more than one act, she asked her father to help her obtain and train a sea lion act&mdash;which he did. Thus began the start of her single sea lion act, copying Walter’s original "Walter Jennier and Buddy" and now titled "Jo-Ann and Sunny."
 [[Billy Barton]], a flamboyant and well-known cloud swing aerialist, decided to take Jo-Ann under his wing and to promote her trapeze act; he called her ''Aerialetta II'', in reference to her mother’s ''Miss Aerialetta'' stage name. With a new persona (she donned a blonde wig for the sea lion act), glamour makeup for Aerialetta, and dynamite music arrangements by Keith Killinger (with music from ''All That Jazz'' and ''Applause'' for Aerialetta and a medley of 1940’s songs for the sea lion act, including ''42nd Street'' and ''Ain’t We Got Fun''), Barton put an end to Jo-Ann’s mud show days.

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	==Aerialist, Animal Trainer==		==Aerialist, Animal Trainer==

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	On a trip between circus dates, sea lion trainer [[Walter Jennier]] and his wife, aerialist [[Ethel Jennier]], known as Aerialetta, stopped over at the University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, for Ethel to give birth to their daughter Jo-Ann on October 11, 1939. Walter then continued his journey to the next town; Ethel remained in Toledo, Ohio, with Walter’s relatives to become acquainted with Jo-Ann and motherhood. Soon they were on their way to join Walter, and Jo-Ann began learning circus life.		On a trip between circus dates, sea lion trainer [[Walter Jennier]] and his wife, aerialist [[Ethel Jennier]], known as Aerialetta, stopped over at the University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, for Ethel to give birth to their daughter Jo-Ann on October 11, 1939. Walter then continued his journey to the next town; Ethel remained in Toledo, Ohio, with Walter’s relatives to become acquainted with Jo-Ann and motherhood. Soon they were on their way to join Walter, and Jo-Ann began learning circus life.

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 On a trip between circus dates, sea lion trainer [[Walter Jennier]] and his wife, aerialist [[Ethel Jennier]], known as Aerialetta, stopped over at the University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, for Ethel to give birth to their daughter Jo-Ann on October 11, 1939. Walter then continued his journey to the next town; Ethel remained in Toledo, Ohio, with Walter’s relatives to become acquainted with Jo-Ann and motherhood. Soon they were on their way to join Walter, and Jo-Ann began learning circus life.

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	* Biographies: [[Walter Jennier]], [[Ethel Jennier]]		* Biographies: [[Walter Jennier]], [[Ethel Jennier]]
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		+	==Image Gallery==
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		+	File:Aerialetta_2.jpg\|Jo-Ann Jennier as Aerialetta II (c.1977)
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