Twin Cities Music Highlights

Northwest Boat, Sports and Travel Show: 1962

The Northwest Boat, Sports and Travel Show took place at the Minneapolis Auditorium from March 30 to April 8, 1962.  A 15-act stage show took place twice daily, featuring these “Internationally famous entertainers:”

  • Mike Serino, from Chicago
  • Captain Schreiber’s Chimps, from Berlin
  • Johnny O’Neill, Hollywood
  • The Elkins Sisters, Vienna
  • Loral I. Armstrong and Her Dogs, Anoka
  • Willy Kee, Hollywood
  • Rudi Sisters and Rudy, Paris
  • Miller and Archer, New York City
  • Flipper the Seal, Goodman, Missouri

 

The M.C. was Joe McKenna, from Orlando, and the show was backed by the Sportsman Show Orchestra.