1979 IJA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Introduction

These are new possibilities, and I would hope we are all open to change.

I am encouraging entrants to rise to a rehearsed per­formance level of showing juggling for this competi­tion. You should be going for a tight, 6 minute routine. Use of music, costume, stage set-up, etc. are definite options to consider.

Also, if you feel that this sort of competition is not your type of thing - fine. We're setting up a performance space which can be used throughout the entire convention to showcase your material. But the competition is for set, worked-on presentations.

New Rules and Regulations

Events

Numbers Juggling: 1) 5 clubs 2) 7 balls, rings, clubs 4 trials for longest time

Junior Division: 3 minute routine. Must not have been juggling for more than 3 years.

Senior Division: 6 minute routine. Open to anyone.

Team Division: 6 minute routine. Open to 2 or more people.

In Numbers juggling, objects must be doing a con­tinuous cascade pattern in the air - no multiplex, no floor work. Time will stop when one object hits the ground.

5 clubs: must enter with a qualifying time of 15 seconds or more. You will be placed in a running order with shortest qualifying times competing first. The four trials will be run in order: first contestant A, then B, etc., then the second trial begins.

Junior, Senior and Team:

Props for these events are limitless. For example, you can use balls, clubs, bean bags, canes, hoops, devil sticks, cups & saucers, ball & parasol, diablo, hats, plate spinning, cigar boxes, rope spinning, bot­tle & plate, ping pong balls, fire torches, club swing­ing, etc. If you can throw it, spin it, catch it, kick it, balance it, eat it - use it!

Use any type of juggling or manipulation (toss juggl­ing, multiplex, foot juggling) or any type of auxiliary equipment (unicycles, wires, people, rolling globes, rollerskates) - it doesn't matter as long as what you do fits into your routine.

You may be verbal or silent. Use music, live or taped. Have your own music worked out in advance. We will try to have a cassette system on hand.

You are strongly encouraged to have a costume, transitions worked out, etc. to aid in overall visual effect of the juggling act.

The General Rules and Judging and Scoring will be printed in the May newsletter. You may contact me until June 20 at the following address:

Fred "Garbo" Garver

Clown in Residence

Baxter State School For the Deaf

Portland, Maine            

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