Hill
& Tison win on one bet
Young
pair stands tall in Teams under ten ring shower
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The
class of the Teams Championship were clear winners Benji Hill of
Thomasville, N.C., and Dana Tison of
Baltimore,
Md.
The hardworking youngsters moved all over the stage with
flashy and technically demanding club and ring passing. They
scored with both high and low numbers of objects. Highlights
included five ring takeaways
and a ten ring pass, as well as innovative passing of just three
clubs back and forth.
Hill
and Tison worked together for hours daily for almost seven weeks
to blend their individual technical talent into a Teams winner.
It was a one-time shot, Hill said, explaining that the pair was
splitting up after the convention. Tison, 14, who is working on
nine rings, finished second in last year's Juniors Championship.
He plans now to continue his high school education in
Baltimore. Hill, a 19-year-old high school graduate, joins
the John Strong Clowncapades tour of the the West Coast this
fall.
Long-time
comrades Benj Marantz and Tom Murphy met each other six feet in
the air as part of their second-placed routine. Murphy juggled
three clubs on a freestanding ladder until Marantz wheeled by
on a giraffe unicycle to take them away. For a finale, Marantz
stood on Murphy's shoulders as both juggled three clubs.
The
Raspyni Brothers, Dan Holzman and Barry Friedman, included a
cast of IJA convention floor all-stars in their "Live
Aid" third place juggling skit. Their supporters on stage
were Arsene, Charlie Brown, Jeff Daymont, Jon Held, Larry Merlo,
Todd Strong and Larry Kluger and Waldo on everything from
dueling diabolos to devil sticks. The idea "started over a
Mexican dinner," the previous week, Holzman explained.
Other
Team Championship acts and highlights were:
Cabangahan Jugglers (Amy Adams, Irlopol Macabinguil, Emelie
Cafino, Gina Taylo, Joyce Bonachita) - Added a true
international flair to the championships with beautiful costumes
and rattan clubs from their homeland, the Phillipines. Act
included various formations of club passing with five people.
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-Gilbey's
Gin (Scott Dineen, Joe-Ted Zadareky, Rob Hoover, Springfield,
Va.) - Minimalist routine with three players. Two did one ring
while third did three scarves.
-Jongleur
Jugglers (Yvonne Wetherell, Michael Stillwell, John Creveling,
Gainesville,
Fla.) - Limericks with three people and three clubs, various
configurations of passing clubs, including takeaways, feeds,
weaves and eight club passing between two people.
-Manic
Expressions (Wally Long, Rebel Bailey, Tommy Gabriel, Boone,
N.C.) - Club passing between three people, interesting
permutations of runarounds and takeaways. Ten club passing
between three people.
-Suspenders
(Gary Podolsky, Michael Kramer,Skokie, Ill.) - Gangster routine
turns into scarf juggling. Takeaways from above using a ladder,
hat steals. Passing scarves sideways and back-to-back.
-Us,
Inc. (Robbie Weinstein, John Schearich, Albuquerque,
N.M.
) - Synchronized three ball routine, club takeaways, runarounds,
six and seven club passing.
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