FROM THE EDITOR

I had a number of problems with the last issue. Besides misspelling Bela Krerno's name and Dieter Tasso's name, I forgot to sign my name to the article entitled "A Visit with Kris Krerno"; in the article, "A Written Notation for Describing Ball Juggling Tricks", the first line of the second paragraph after the figure should read, "The 3/8 means 3 balls, 8 beats before ... "; and I forgot my plan for the layout of pages 15 and 16 and fixed things so that sending in the questionnaire required cutting into the article continuing from page 14. No doubt there are also lots of other errors. It looks as if my retirement is coming just in time.

Speaking of errors, in the October­November 1977 issue of the Newsletter on page 10, I had a typo in Joey Jordan's address at the bottom of his ad for props. His correct address I believe is Joey Jordan,  Brick Township, NJ. If anyone has been having trouble getting in touch with Joey, perhaps this has been the reason.

I also did not make myself clear about the procedure for the old newsletter sale discussed on page 5 of the last Newsletter. The self addressed stamped envelope is for me to use to acknowledge your order and if necessary to refund part of your payment; a standard letter size envelope is sufficient. The envelope and postage to mail the newsletters is covered by the $1 per newsletter charge. There are no more copies of the April 1975, October-November 1975, and October­November 1976 issues, but all the rest of the old issues listed in last newsletter are still available on the same terms.

For those of you who ride the unicycle as well as juggle, Carol Birchford, Redford, MI, the new editor of the newsletter of the Unicycling Society of America, is looking for unicycle related material for that" newsletter.

Montandon Magic and several books are kind enough to direct their readers to the IJA. The books include the revised edition of Hovey Burgess' Circus Techniques, Ken Benge's The Art of Juggling, and Juggle Bug Inc.'s The Joy of Juggling, Directing individuals to the IJA in this manner helps the IJA flourish.

JUGGLING IN SEATTLE

The Seattle Jugglers' Association has recently been formed in order to legitimize the weekly juggling get­togethers held in Seattle. On a typical Sunday from 200 to 300 jugglers and juggling students get together at the Seattle Center in the Food Circus Court. The building is reserved for our use from 11:30 am through 1:30 pm, but we often go outside afterward for a couple of extra hours of fun and fellowship. We have a name list of over 1,000 people who have shown up at this gathering at one time or another. We will soon start a membershp drive and hope that we can get some of these 1000+ jugglers to join our association for $4 per year dues.

We are co-sponsoring a Juggling Extravaganza at the Seattle Center on April 22nd and hope to get between 500 and 1000 jugglers out for it. One of the activities will be a Jugglathon for charity, at which participants will be sponsored for every minute they can juggle, up to sixty minutes.

-- Ray Fryson

President, Pro-tern

Seattle Jugglers' Association

[Editor's note: we look forward to further reports on the apparently massive juggling activity going on in Seattle and to meeting some of the numerous Seattle jugglers at the convention in Eugene.]

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