CALIFORNIA
- IJAers AND OTHER
JUGGLERS
It
was a great pleasure for Judy and me to have been able to get to visit
so many IJAers on our recent trip to San Francisco: HILLARY
CARLIP, MICHAEL
CHRISTENSEN, MARTIN GRAY, STEPHANIE LEONARD,
CECIL MacKINNON, IRA MULLIN, GAY W. NG, LARRY PISONI,
BOBBY SANDLER, HOMER STACK and WALLY STRATON. We came very close to,
but missed, IJAers Violet Behan and Stu Goldberg [Are you the
same Stu Goldberg Tommy Curtin introduced me to at F.S.U. twelve years
ago?]. We visited with non-members Dave, Joan, Merle and
Peggy of the San Francisco Mime Troupe - all club passers; they along
with Cecil, Michael, Larry, Judy, myself and another nonmember, Don
Forrest (who attended the '73 Convention) worked on a number of club
formations including the "every-other octagon", which was
done at the Convention. Also visited with Ray Jason, popular San
Francisco Street Juggler. We visited (and juggled for) Gay Ng's Kung
Fu club and saw Homer Stack's movies of great
jugglers - such as
Bobby May. Homer said he's never seen a
better club juggler
than Bobby May.
BOBBY
MAY
I
MET BOBBY MAY,
FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN JANUARY WHEN I SPENT THE MONTH
IN
CLEVELAND
AS MATHER VISITING SCHOLAR AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY. WE SPENT A
LOT
OF TIME TOGETHER - THE
HIGH
POINTS IN MY CLASSES WERE WHEN HE WOULD COME TO THEM AND JUGGLE.
BOBBY INSPIRED ME AS HE HAS MANY OTHER JUGGLERS; I FEEL AS
THOUGH
I'VE KNOWN HIM ALL MY LIFE. ONCE AGAIN, MY HOPE FOR HIS SPEEDY RECOVERY.
HOVEY
BURGESS
I
have known Hovey Burgess all my life. It's almost 19 years now since
he explained the three-ball cascade to me. I also wish him
a speedy recovery (from a recent operation); he's my father.
- HB