THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK

Judy and I just returned from three weeks in Waterford, Conn. at the Eugene 0'Neill Memorial Theatre Center where we taught Juggling and other Circus Techniques to the National Theatre of the Deaf. We had hopes of visiting IJAers in the Hartford/Boston area,   but an overlapping week of jury duty made this impossible.

Ben Baldwin did stop by to visit us and performed his 3, 4,& 5 ball routines for one of my classes. Ben says he was very much inspired by the Convention and has been practicing a lot.

Just as soon as we can get this Newsletter out we'll be leaving for another three weeks of teaching at the American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco. Thus it looks like we'll be able to attend both of the JUGGLE-IN's [see page 4].

Just saw former student, John Towsen, who reports that he flashed five balls for the first time.  John joined IJA at the Convention.

ANOTHER FORMER STUDENT, BOBBY SANDLER, JUST CALLED LONG DISTANCE TO REPORT THAT HE TAPED THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW AND IT IS TO BE AIRED ON THURSDAY, JULY 19TH; HE ATE AN APPLE WHILE JUGGLING ON THE SHOW AND HE DOES THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE I'VE EVER SEEN. HE PLANS TO ATTEND THE CALIFORNIA JUGGLE-IN. I HOPE HE JOINS IJA.

The recent death of playwright William Inge brings to mind the line in ACT I of his p1ay Bus Stop (1955) which is spoken by the character Cherie. This line was also included in the 20th Century Fox film version (1956) in which Marilyn Monroe played Cherie.

CHERIE. I won an amateur contest. Down in Joplin, Missouri.   I won the second prize there...a coupla boys won first prize...they juggled milk bottles...I don't think that's fair, do you? To make an artistic performer compete with jugglers and knife-throwers and people like that?    -H.B.

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