YOUR
EDITOR FEELS THAT THE
LIVINGSTON
CONVENTION WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND HAS TRIED TO TRANSFER THAT
FEELING TO THE PAGES OF THE NEWSLETTER. IT STANDS OUT IN MY
MEMORY AS THE FIRST CONVENTION I ATTENDED FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
(WHERE I FIRST MET
HARRY LIND, STU RAYNOLDS, TOMMY CURTIN, LANE BLUMENTHAL, ART
JENNINGS
, PRYDE
SHANNON
, BOB JACKSON, LOIS JACKSON, HOMER STACK, VIN CAREY, DOC CROSBY,
EVA CROSBY, JOHNNY LUX, CARL THORSON, BILL CASH JR, ALEX WINISKI,
BILL DUNHAM, AMY DUNHAM, LARRY WEEKS, CAL KENYON, GEORGE KENYON,
JERRY GALLAGHER, DAVE TWOMEY, FRED MERRILL, JACK SMITH, BILL
CAMPBELL, EARL DAVIS, FRANCINE (ROSE), RITA (ROSE AND OTHERS).
THERE
WERE SOME SIXTY REGISTRANTS AT BOTH THE ELEVENTH AND THE
TWENTYSIXTH ANNUAL IJA CONVENTIONS. TRUE, MANY OF THE
"OLD-TIMERS" ARE NO LONGER WITH US, BUT I CAN REMEMBER
WHEN A YOUNG JUGGLER WAS SOMETHING OF AN ANOMALY. THIS PAST
CONVENTION CAN BOAST
OF A LARGE DELEGATION OF YOUNG JUGGLERS AND MANY OF THEM WERE
THE ONES WHO CAME FROM
FLORIDA, FROM CALIFORNIA, AND FROM THE MID-WEST TO ATTEND THE
CONVENTION.
THANK
YOU TO CAROL AND KEN BENGE FOR THEIR ABLE WORK ON THE NEWSLETTER
OVER THE PAST YEAR. |