{{Short description|Circus march composed by Henry Fillmore}} {{Notability|Music|date=January 2016}}
{{Listen |filename=The Circus Bee.ogg |title=The Circus Bee |description=Henry Fillmore's "The Circus Bee" performed by the United States Marine Corps Band |filetype=Ogg }} "'''The Circus Bee'''" is a circus march, or screamer, composed by musician Henry Fillmore and published by his family's publishing house in February 1908. It is a technically advanced composition and is used as openers and encores in concerts.<ref>Purdue, Leigh Ann, [https://mosaic.messiah.edu/conduct_st/61/ "Graduate Wind Conducting Recital Program Notes"] (2021). ''Music Student Scholarship (Graduate)''. 61.</ref>
The march is named after an imaginary circus newspaper and reflects Fillmore's lifelong interest in circuses and his experiences while touring with five different shows.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Studwell |first=William Emmett |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Circus_Songs/BOMApQkTe_UC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22The+Circus+Bee%22&pg=PA6&printsec=frontcover |title=Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology |last2=Conrad |first2=Charles P. |last3=Schueneman |first3=Bruce R. |date=1999 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-7890-0879-4 |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref>
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