Neil Robinson, an American magician, had a hand snake with a mind of its own. Six Chinese rings boggled the audience as Robinson clanked them together and apart seemingly at will.

 

John Ballanger, an English performer, did a two ball routine while playing a recorder. He repeated the tricks playing the recorder through his nose. He acted so scared of juggling sickles that he knocked himself to the floor.

 

Ban Labaroutte, a Canadian clown, blew his nose in his gloves. With rings he made a bird, toilet seat and elephant ears. He comically articulated the sounds of his pretend automobile as he drank and smoked himself to heaven.

 

Gerard Estrem, a French street comic, talked as fast as his speeding devil stick routine. When Ge Ge dropped, he used his sticks on his leg. He did propeller spin for half the routine and stuck his tongue in it.

 

Klap, a four-person German troupe, did a tightly choreographed dance with clubs in their hands, but they didn't juggle. They dropped the clubs and swept them off.  Returning, they juggled 12 hats and passed and put them on each others'

.heads.

 

Ken Guru from Australia entered carry­ing a suitcase. He made 180-degree turns without turning the case. His ping pong popping routine culminated with a volunteer popping one into his mouth.

 

Narbo, an American performer now living in Paris, clowned around adjusting the placement of his bag and saying "Merci" 20 separate times, and then "Merci beaucoup."

 

Lynn Thomas from England changed the color of balls as they were pulled in and out of a paper bag. He tossed a ball through the top of his hat and it came out through a trap door in the front. Lynn spun a ball, ring and coin on top of his umbrella.

Francois Chotard, a French ball spinner, had balls spinning on balls. Using finger picks he spun four balls with one hand.

 

He spun six walls and two plates on sticks held by volunteer children.

 

Luce, a French juggler, performed a cigar box type routine with three large balls. She juggled five rings and was quick and smooth with three clubs. Given a special assortment of four flowers, she juggled them also, doing a four column split.

Cotton, a French performer, did a three torch routine that included a chin-to-nose­to-forehead balance.

 

Jugglers from around the world may do well to try to follow the example set by Canadian Ben Labaroutte as he attended the European Jugglers Convention.

Labaroutte got the Cultural Affairs Office of Quebec to pay for his air fare and some of his housing costs for a two week stay in France. The veteran clown said the secret was supplying clear, specific information on exact objectives of his trip.  His intent was to establish international relations at the convention, and to gather information to start a Quebec street performers association.