NEW YORK CITY JUGGLING GET-TOGETHER

Saturday, April 8, 1978, the jugglers at Columbia University are sponsoring a mini­convention. The mini-convention will start at 1pm and will be held on the Furnald Lawn. To reach the convention site, enter the gates to the campus at

116th Street and Broadway, go about 100 yards, and look to the right where jugglers should be in evidence. All jugglers are welcome. For further information, call Dave Thomson. Also call Dave if you have an act you would like to perform the evening of April 9 in an indoor show in the school's cabaret.

HOME PRACTICE TIP

I'm sure most of you practice at home over a bed or couch, as I do. But, being lazy, I get tired of even bending down that far, and about half of the balls don't land on the bed anyway. So I came up with the following idea which might be of interest. I got a carpenter's nail apron, which is a piece of canvas about eighteen inches long with two or three six-inch-deep pockets and strings for tying around your waist.

Most lumber companies give them away free since they are usually printed with advertising. Mine will hold a dozen lacrosse balls or lacrosse-balI-sized beanbags. I load it up, and when I drop a ball, I merely reach into a pocket for another one. When I run out of balls, I make a tour of the room to refill the apron pockets. It probably doesn't save

any bending down in the long run, but it seems to help somewhat. By the way, I found that unpopped popcorn is good for filling small beanbags.

David LeDoux. MIT Center for Empirical Juggling

OLD ISSUES OF IJA NEWSLETTER

A few copies of several old issues of the IJA Newsletter are available. They are for sale for $1 each with the proceeds, of course, to go to the IJA. Here are the available issues:

April 1975, May 1975, June-July 1975, August-September 1975, October-November 1975, January 1976 (roster only),

February 1976, March 1976, April-May 1976, June-July 1976, October-November 1976, December 1976 (roster with 1 article)

January-February 1977, March-April 1977, May 1977, June-July 1977, October-November 1977

Since the quantity is limited, here is how we'll run the sale. If you want some of these, send a letter listing the issues you want and a check to cover the cost of all of them. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Orders will be

processed on a first come, first served basis. We will fill the orders as best we can and return the cost of unfilled portions of your order. We are not sure you will think any given issue you order is worth a dollar, but there are no money back guarantees! In some cases the copies have been through the mails and returned as undeliverable; the price is the same.

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