Members who wish to run for office and be included on the mail ballot must submit a statement of candidacy and photo to the IJA by that time. The ballot will be mailed to all members in the spring. In addition, the board will review recommendations for sites for the 1986 Annual Convention. Site proposals, along with supporting material, must be received by that meeting.

For more information on either item, contact IJA secretary Rich Chamberlin,  Kenmore, NY.

Jugglers Network aims to help jugglers find work

Gene Jones, former IJA president, has formed "The Jugglers Network," a non-profit corporation to help jugglers find work. Jones and his associate, David Charnee, a former Ringling clown, are fielding inquiries from potential employers and referring them to jugglers having the specific skills the job requires.

After setting up the initial contact, the Jugglers Network leaves contract negotiation up to the parties involved. "We're not an agency, we're more like a casting service," Jones said, adding that "in most cases we can benefit professional, rather than amateur jugglers." Jones also provides the service to mimes.

For now, fees for successful referrals are being figured on a case-by-case basis, but Jones plans to seek out grants that will make it a free service. He invites all jugglers interested to submit a biographical sheet, their phone number, a detailed description of their particular skills and a videotape if available. Write him in New York, NY.

New film covers juggling from Tonga to Fargo; Vegas acts to street folk

The culmination of a four year project and dream occurred Sept. 23 at the Mill Valley Film Festival as the movie "Juggling" made its debut.

This hour long feature from Strider Productions is hosted by Shields and Yarnell, and takes the audience on a fantastic voyage across "the wide world of juggling" from far-away Tonga and China to that city in the heartland - Fargo - and across time from ancient Egypt to the present.

Producer Bob Crossley, a professional bridge player who grew up around the San Francisco street juggling scene, said the film is designed as an entertaining medium to help people appreciate juggling. He believes it is the only comprehensive movie about juggling yet produced for general audiences.

The film was conceived more than a decade ago when Crossley saw and filmed on Super-8 female jugglers in Tonga. A filmmaking friend who saw the footage thought the Tongans would be good material for a more substantial film project, and the idea for a general juggling film grew from that kernel. Some of the film's first footage was shot at the IJA's 1980 convention in Fargo, when cameraman John Malvino made a daring skate­board ride between a two long lines of jugglers facing each other and passing clubs. That scene is included in the film. The final film was culled from over 30 hours of footage.

Crossley, associate producer Paul Lewis and director Kim Hoeg are now working on distribution for the film through cable television and theaters in the United States and Europe. Crossley said he would also like to show it at the IJA convention next summer.