What John Philip Sousa did for patriotic marches, Karl L. King did for circus marches.
Four of the 12 selections the Santa Fe Band will perform at 7 p.m. today, May 29, at the Gage Park Amphitheater were composed by King, who in 1970, a year before he died at age 80, said the proudest moment of his musical career was conducting the Barnum and Bailey band in Madison Square Garden.