The Circus Bee while touring with five different big top shows. The Circus Bee "The Circus Bee" is a circus march composed by Henry Fillmore in February 1908. It is a technically advanced composition and is used as openers and encores in concerts. "The Circus Bee" was a celebration of sorts for the fact that Henry Fillmore and his father, who managed their publishing business, finally agreed that the young composer could publish his music "at home" even though it did not meet the elder Fillmore's standard of being religious music. The march is named after an imaginary circus newspaper and reflects Fillmore's
Informal empire of the term. Strategic considerations or other concerns may bring about the creation of an imperial influence over a region not formally a component of the empire. Informal empire Informal empire describes the spheres of influence which an empire may develop that translate into a degree of influence over a region or country, which is not a formal colony in the empire, as a result of the extension of commercial, strategic or military interests of the empire. In a 2010 article, Gregory Barton and Brett Bennett defined informal empire as: The term is most commonly associated with the British Empire,