On
disposing of the four sticks, he went into routines involving a
mouthstick, two sticks, and a ball. I don't remember the sequence of
the routine, but some of the tricks were:
1)
Bouncing the ball from the head to to mouthstick.
2)
Head back, ball on underside of mouthstick, to head up straight and
ball on top of mouthstick, to ball on back
of neck.
3)
Kicks ball with heel after dropping backwards, ball flying over head
and again caught on stick.
4)
Ball rolls from stick to neck, is then rolled from neck over forehead
and up stick to balance on tip of stick.
5)
Using two mouthsticks, he transferred the ball from one stick to
another and back again.
6)
He whipped the stick around the ball (this was very effective!), and
spun the ball on the stick.
7)
He rolled the ball around his head and face and from ear to ear
8)
Ball rolled down back of legs, thrown in the air with heel and caught
again on the mouthstick.
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He
then juggled two sticks and a ball, throwing the ball
in the air, bouncing it off the floor and catching it
on his feet as he did a hand-stand! He bounced the ball on his
head and whipped sticks right and left under it. He bounced
the ball high and caught it alternately on right and left
ears. He threw the ball high and caught it between the heels
of his feet.
He
bounced two balls on his head, and did tricks with a
mouthstick and two balls. He then balanced a ball on his foot,
a stick on the ball, and another ball
on top of the stick. He kicked the assemblage up, caught the
top ball
on the back
of his neck, the
stick in his
mouth, and
balanced the
other ball on the
stick.
It
would be rather difficult to describe the sequence of all
the tricks, and there are many I
don't
remember, except that they
were all done with great artistry and
are unsurpassed by anyone!
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He
bounced a ball while juggling six plates and spinning a hoop
on his right leg. He juggled eight plates, starting out with
six and snatching two out of a holster (he later did this
while balancing a stick with a ball on top).
He
did a one-hand handstand spinning a pole with a streamer on
the bottom of his feet, spinning a baton with streamers in the
left hand and holding a stick in his mouth with a plate
spinning on it.
He
did a head stand on a prop, and spun a pole on his feet
while juggling three sticks upside down,
while slowly turning in headstand position.
Lying
on his back he juggled three sticks, spun a large
star on top of his foot, and spun a hoop on his leg.
I also saw him do the one hand stand spinning the pole
on his feet and bouncing two balls downward on a drum.
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he had put in throwing
the balls in the audience and catching them in a balance
on a mouthstick. I also remember him catching a
small ball about the size of a tennis ball from the
foot to balance on his nose. He also did the trick with six
plates, bouncing ball on his head, hoop spinning on foot,
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