FESTIVALS

IJA schedules first regional championships

IJA championships director Holly Greeley has announced that the first IJA regional championships will coincide with festivals in Isla Vista, Calif., April 4-6 and Akron, Ohio, May 24-25.

 

Winners of the U.S. Nationals regional championships are automatically qualified for one of ten slots as finalists in the U.S. Nationals at the summer convention in San Jose. There will also be trophies for top finishers. Judging and rules will be in accordance with those enforced at the annual convention championships.

 

To enter the IJA Western Regionals in Isla Vista, contact Greeley by Feb. 15. To enter the Midwest Regional in Akron, contact her by April 15. People interested in judging either event should also contact her by those dates. Write Holly Greeley, W. Newton, MA. For more information on either festival, see the listing on this page.

 

Jan. 26-Feb. 2 Hawaii

The second annual Hawaiian Juggling Festival will be held on the grounds of the Kalani Honua retreat center next to the ocean on the big island of Hawaii. Accommodation limited to 90 jugglers. Package plan is $190. Schedule includes excursions, luau party, juggling challenge, anti-nuclear juggling show, more shows and a big dance party. Contact Graham Ellis, Pahao, HI.

 

Jan. 31-Feb. 2 Norfolk, Virginia

Circus Magic '86 will take place at the Holiday Inn (Executive Center). There will be juggling competition in all areas. Contact Steve Kissell,

Norfolk, VA.

 

Jan. 31-Feb. 2 Atlanta, Georgia

The Atlanta Jugglers Association will host the 8th annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival will be held at the Grady High School girl's gym. The standard format will be observed - fellowship, party and a Sunday public show. For more information, contact Rodger French or Toni Shifalo: Decatur, GA.

 

April 4-6 Isla Vista, California

The Fabulous Family Stromboli announces the 10th Annual April Fools Jugglers' Festival. Activities will begin Friday in a gym on the UC-Santa Barbara campus and continue Saturday in Isla Vista's Anisq' Oyo Park. Saturday night will feature the Performance and Public Show at a nearby theatre. The first IJA Western Regional Championship will also be conducted. For more information, write: The Strombolis, Isla Vista, CA.

 

April 4-6 Amherst, Massachusetts

7th Annual Return to Amherst Mini Convention, Robert Crown Center, Hampshire College. Bring sleeping bag and $12.00 registration fee.

 

April 9 and 10  RIT Spring Juggle In, Rochester, New York

Contact: Greg Moss, Rochester, NY.

 

April 12 Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

The Drexel Hill Middle School Juggling Club will host Juggling Day in the gymnasium of their school from 10-4. For more information, contact Jackie Erickson.

 

April 25-27 Copenhagen, Denmark

The second Nordic Juggler's Convention will be held at Ahlefeldtsgade in the heart of the city. Contact Per & Bina, Copenhagen Denmark.

April 12-13 Norman, Oklahoma

The third annual juggling festival will be held again in connection with the Medieval Fair on the University of Oklahoma campus at the newly refurbished Duck Pond. There will be open juggling all day and a gym available after 5 p.m. For more information write: Karen, Norman, OK.

 

May 24-25 Akron, Ohio

The Rubber City Jugglers invite all to Memorial Weekend Madness to check out Akron before the 1987 convention and witness the first IJA Midwest Regional Championships on Sunday afternoon. For more information, write: Kevin Delagrange, Akron, OH. Call  Tom Bennett  or Denny Smith.

 

9th European Juggling Festival

The festival will be held in the ancient walled Spanish city of Caste liar de la Frontera, near Gibralter. For more information, write Hermann Klink, Castellar de la Frontera, Camino de la Fuente vieja, Provincia Cadiz, Spain.

 

Philadelphia festival report

by Jackie Erickson & Glenn Ceponis

 

Jugglers from Atlanta to Bar Harbor and points between converged on the City of Brotherly Love for the second annual Philadelphia Juggler's Club's Juggling and Fun Skills Jubilee in early October. Using the setting of beautiful Fairmount Park's historic Boathouse Row, Sid Ozer and Andy D' Allessandro produced an old­fashioned juggling get-together.

 

You've heard of burning the candle at both ends? AI Friedman juggled tennis rackets with both ends lit! Rob Peck gave a workshop filled with plain and fancy hat manipulation. Glenn Ceponis carried on a ready exchange with participants in presiding over a three ball workshop. John Foss' one-wheeled circus included high and low unicycling and circus bicycling.

 

Boy were there door prizes! No kitchen sinks, but lots of props and even a front door were given to lucky ticket-holders!

 

The weekend's highlight was a marathon public show. Besides cheering many local performers, 200 spectators especially enjoyed Mike Meness' fine three ball routine, the ax-cruciating antics of Bob Nickerson and cigar box work of the Crab Trap Jugglers.