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Roger Dollarhide's Championships Report

The championships were long and difficult this year, due to the large number of entries (84) and a controversy over

multiplex juggling. Despite the long 7 hour day of competition and controversy, the competitors performed

marvelously, with great skill and humor. The audience, too, was very well-behaved despite the eventual weariness of the proceedings, when the novelty of the TV crews and the performances wore thin with the burden of passing time.

Everyone kept their cool, and there was never an angry word (t hat I heard) over the multiplex controversy. The fact . that no real nastiness erupted shows what a really fraternal organization the IJA is and what great people IJA-ers are. I hope nothing ever happens to destroy the fellowship that exists in our organization.

I would like to thank my fellow competition officials for their help. Judy and Hovey Burgess have been a great help to me with the Championships over the years and this year was no exception. As scorekeeper and timekeeper, respectively, they volunteered several hours of their valuable juggling time to help me. I really appreciate it.

The panel of judges, although having diverse juggling interests, all performed their jobs with fairness, skill, and consistency. Thank you, Judges Will Harmon, Garbo, and Dave Walden.

After ten years of directing the Championships, I am more than happy to turn the job over to Garbo. I wish him luck in bringing the Championships back to being a fun activity. It is definitely time for a change in the Championships. As I've said before, the original intention of the Championships was to promote juggling as a sport - maybe even elevate it to Olympic status someday. There are others, however, who want to promote the entertainment and artistic aspects of Juggling, as well they should. Each year brings new surprises, ideas, and excitement at the IJA Convention. Let's keep the good thing going! See you at Amherst in '79! Keep 'em flying!

Championship Highlights - Donna DiMeo

In the numbers juggling event, the IJA record set by Fudi in 1968 was broken this year, not only by one entrant, but by two. Steve Mills juggled five clubs for winning time of 110 seconds, and Barrett Felker kept five pins aloft for 80.5 seconds, to earn second place in the Numbers event.

Several contestants won multiple awards: Peter Davison, Edward Jackman, and Barrett Felker each placed in 3 events, and Steve Mills captured two ribbons.

Other notable performances:

Steve Mock's very smooth 3 ball juggle, and his cigar box routine for which he was awarded first place, Object Manipulation.

Barrett Felker's marvelous 3 club juggle

Karamazov Brothers' unique Team Juggling entry, which included a bounce juggle off giant conga drums!

Garbo and Jacobs' team juggling, which won first place in that category, was great. They have only been working together a few months.

Mike Marlin's second place act for Auxiliary equipment was performed while atop a "dead" body.

Also in the Auxiliary equipment was Bouchard, "the little happy one from the village", who placed dead last. His act was basically unleashed insanity - at one point he even jumped onto the judges' table!

There was only one female contestant who entered the Championships: Peggy Hannan, in the Junior Division.

Bob Bryant and Norm Johnson accompanied each other's club routines with drumming. This really added to the acts and created a lot of audience response.

The participants are listed in the order in which they finished. Winning scores are listed for first, second and third places.

Junior Division:

Ben Decker (69.33), Paul Burke (63.66), Ron Meyers (62.66), Mike Keith, Roger French, Linsay Morris, Happy Feder, Ken Appelnaum, John Owleioler, David Wilkins, Rob Leith, Peggy Hannon, David Haines, Michael Taylor.

Senior Division:

Balls: Barrett Felker (82.33), Edward Jackman (76), Peter Davison (72), Lheith, Steve Mock, Joe Jordan, Larry Vaksman, Steve Mills, Kit Summers, Robert Morganti, Craig Darmes, Bill Barr, Arthur Lewbel, Jon Held, Lenny Mazel, Andy Swan, Mike Kass, Jim Gagmepain, John Beckner, Glenn Davis.

Clubs: Barrett Felker (79), Peter Davison (75), Edward Jackman (70.33), Norm Johnson, Steve Mills, Kit Summers, Mike Kass, Bob Bryant, Joe Jordan.

Numbers: Steve Mills (105 sec.), Barrett Felker (80.5 sec.), Peter Davison (33.5 sec.), Joe Jordan, Ed Jackman, Kit Summers, Will Harmonarmon, Bob Bryant, Norm Johnson, Frank Olivier, Jim Gagnepain.**

Object Manipulation: Steve Mock (68.33), Joe Jordan (65.66), Edward Jackman (64.33), Lenny Mazel, John Luker, Steve Mills, Andy Swann, Glenn Davis, John Held, Frank Olivier.

Auxiliary Equipment: Edward Jackman (57), Mike Marlin (56), Steve Mills (44.66), Holn Held, Larry Vaksman, Kit Summers, Bob Bryant, Joe Jordan, Bouchard.

Team Juggling: Garbo and Jacobs (77.66), The Karamazov Brothers (60.66), John Held and Kit Summers (52.33), Ed Jackman and Peter Davison, Passing Fancy, Mike Marlin and Jean Paul Janack.

**The above listing excludes entrants Hovey Burgess, who juggled 5 clubs taped together as 3, and Lheith, who was disqualified. (See Multiplex Controversy, Page 2)