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NOTES
ON JUGGLING LITERATURE from
Mary Wilkins In the October-November 1976 issue of the IJA Newsletter, Mary Wilkins provided a list of juggling books. Here are some more.
Benge, Ken. The Art of Juggling $3.95, 1977, World Publications, Mountain View, CA Burgess,
Hovey. Circus Techniques: Juggling Equilibristics Vaulting, $10,
1976, Drama Book Specialists, NY. Conford, Ellen. Just the Thing for Geraldine, $4.95, 1974, Little, Brown, and Company. After making her try ballet, weaving, and sculpture lessons, Geraldine's possum family finally let her do what she enjoys most -- juggling. A children's.book. Cummins, Kent. Bungling Juggling, $1, 1974, available from Montandon Magic. Comedy ideas for jugglers. DeMott, George. Want to be a Juggler?, $5, 1962, Montandon Magic. Powledge, Fred. Born on the Circus, $7.95, 1976, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, NY. Describes the circus life as see by an eleven year old who performs as a juggler, trampoline artist, and horseback rider. A children's book but interesting to adults. The author also wrote Mud Show: A Circus Season about a season with the Hoxie Brothers Circus. Barnaby (Dan Jeffery). Juggler's Handbook, 1976, Albuquerque, NM Moll, Harry. The Art of Juggling, 1949, $1.50, available from Montandon Magic.
The Joy of Juggling, $1, Juggling Bug, Inc., Seattle, WA 98115. Vogel, Ilse-Margret. 123 Juggle With Me! A Counting Book, $.49, 1970, A Little Golden Book, Western Publishing Company Inc. A children's book.
Green, Jay. Juggling Without Struggling, Brooklyn, NY 11230. A booklet which is included in a box of juggling equipment for children. [Editor's note: For anyone who can get his hands on old issues of the IJA Newsletter, Roger Montandon had a series of eight or so articles in 1961 and 1962 called "Of Juggling Interest" which presented a systematic list with annotations of books on juggling and related to juggling. Of course, Roger's list included none of the newer books on Mary's lists.]
Howdy folks! The 1978 IJA Convention will be held at the Valley River Inn in Eugene, Oregon, July 13th to July 16th with the pre-convention party on the afternoon of July 12th. Reserve these dates on your calendar now! Some
features of the convention hall include: a hefty 6720 square foot area
in which to juggle, high ceiling, excellent lighting with no glare,
carpeted floor, and air-conditioning. Plan now to visit "Orygun" this summer! Tom Dewart, Larry Wakeman Convention Co-Chairmen
FROM
LYNN OWEN THOMAS in England Here are some thoughts and ideas. As I concentrate on mediaeval events, I use apples, oranges, eggs, goblets, knives, etc., but when practicing in gymnasiums I use "power balls". I am not so interested in lacrosse balls, clubs, and "music hall juggling". For small children I use the following idea sometimes. Obtain three or more round smoked glass balls; they are sold in Brighton, England, in rope net containers to tourists as fishermen's floats. Then buy children's bubble liquid. Get two children to blow bubbles (quite large ones). Catch three in a bucket which holds the glass balls, then while the children are still blowing, do a three ball juggling routine -- it looks as though you are juggling bubbles. Try it and see. Also, here are some one-liners I use. "I'd give my right arm to be a good juggler". "I've juggled on the radio many times". "Juggling was invented by the Greek gods who set a task for a Greek to carry three Roc eggs across a narrow ravine bridge to Mt. Olympus".
Unless you have heard these before, I would like to claim originality, as with the bubbles. |