Kidsongs: A Day at the Circus

A Day at the Circus
The clowns and the circus performers surrounding Chris Finch who was in the clothes that he appeared in "The Ringmaster Song" on the 2002 DVD cover of the video
Original Release	May 1987
Director	Bruce Gowers Ron Andreassen
Writer	Carol Rosentein
Video Theme	Circus humor

Kidsongs: A Day at the Circus is the ninth entry of Kidsongs Music Video Stories released in May 1987. It was certified 2x Platinum in the United States.

Plot

Playful elephants, powerful tigers, graceful acrobats, dancing Dalmatians and charming clowns make this musical day under the big top one that you'll enjoy over and over again.

Cast

The Kidsongs Kids

• Bettina Briggs (only appearance)
• David Chan (fifth appearance)
• Kelly Chan (last appearance)
• Ingrid Dupree (second appearance)
• Chris Finch (last appearance)
• Julie Ann Gourson (last appearance)
• Derek Gregory (only appearance)
• Sh'Vaughn Heath (sixth appearance)
• Nicole Mandich (fifth appearance)
• Tina Marie Espinoza (last appearance)
• Brandon Marsh (only appearance)
• Tarrish Potter (first appearance)
• Tuhk Potter (first appearance)
• Divita Wright (only appearance)

Cameo

• Britney The Clown
• Kristy Lynn Espinoza (last appearance)
• Kimberly Duncan (only appearance)
• Shawna The Clown
• Lambert The Clown
• Tilbert The Clown

The Circus Performers

• Colleen the Clown
• Bruce and Scott the Jugglers
• The Strong Family and their Dogs
• Dinny McGuire
• Alan Gold the Lion Tamer
• Ted Polk the Elephant Trainer

Songs

1. "The Circus is Coming to Town" (also used during the end credits)
2. "Polly Wolly Doodle"
3. "Strolling Through the Park"
4. "The Sabre Dance" (Instrumental)
5. "Put On A Happy Face"
6. "The Ringmaster Song"
7. "The Man on the Flying Trapeze"
8. "The Lion Tamer"
9. "If You're Happy and You Know It"
10. "Entry of the Gladiators" (Instrumental)

Trivia

• Final video to credit Molly Miles as co-producer in the opening credits.
• In the video series, this 1987 departed video episode cast (except David Chan, Ingrid Dupree, Sh'Vaughn Heath, and Tarrish Potter) was replaced by the next video episode cast in the next video.
• It was Tina Marie Espinoza's last appearance in a Kidsongs music video. She then became the producer in the last seven episodes of season 1 of The Kidsongs Television Show.
• The blue shirt that David wore had his name on it.
• Tuhk, Sh'Vaughn, Julie, Derek, and David were dressed up as clowns in the song "Put On A Happy Face" and performed in "If You're Happy and You Know It".
• Beginning with "The Ringmaster Song", the remaining kids (except Chris Finch, Tarrish Potter, and Kelly Chan) were audience members. Chris, however, did sat in the audience with Bruce and Scott the Jugglers during the song, "If You're Happy and You Know It".
• Chris performed with Dinny McGuire, Shawna The Clown, Tilbert The Clown, Lambert The Clown, who played the ringmaster, in "The Ringmaster Song".
• Kristy Lynn Espinoza made a cameo appearance in the song "The Man on the Flying Trapeze".
• Britney The Clown, Aaron The Clown & Murray The Clown made cameo appearance in "Entry of the Gladiators".
• It was the last Kidsongs video to be released in an all-white box.
• Songs from this video can be seen in The Kidsongs Television Show.
• This is the first video to have the names in the credits not in Brussels Regular print.
• This is the only video episode with/to feature names in credits in the circus font.
• In the season 2 episode of The Kidsongs Television Show, "Circus Day", the song, "Strolling Through the Park", was edited to include the scene where Divita Wright sat on the tusks of an elephant. That scene was originally shown in the song, "The Circus is Coming to Town".
• Due to timing, the opening credits are shown at the beginning of the song, "The Circus is Coming to Town". A more clearer version of this song was first used in season 1 of The Kidsongs Television Show.
• This video was filmed at Circus Vargas in Burbank, California.
• In this video, the cheer sounds from Kidsongs: A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm were heard.
• Flimed between November 1986 and February 1987.

Gallery

The clowns and the circus performers surrounding Chris Finch who was in the clothes that he appeared in "The Ringmaster Song" on the original VHS cover

The clowns and the circus performers surrounding Chris Finch who was in the clothes that he appeared in "The Ringmaster Song" on the original VHS cover with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1989 VHS release

1989 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1990 VHS release

1990 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1991 VHS release

1991 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1992 VHS release

1992 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1993 VHS release

1993 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1995 VHS release

1997 VHS release

2002 VHS release