(Here's a rundown of the Grand Spectacle that Brigitte alluded to - Ed.)

 

The stage was set in the gymnasium in front of a parachute backdrop with lighting racks on scaffolding and the audience seated in portable bleachers. A six piece band opened the show as all performers filed onto stage for a mass introduction. Then these individual acts appeared:

· Jon Leffingwell (USA) - Six rings and three cigar boxes.

· Craig Barnes (USA) - Devil stick and three balls.

· Kevin Brooking (Europe) - Flopping around on stage imitating a seal, he manipulated a beach ball on a mouthstick and played catch with it and members of the audience.

· Philemon Hors Lesmurs - Three balls in whiteface.

· High Fidelity (W. Berlin) - Takeaways, runarounds and slapstick comedy.

· De Kapriolen (Wiesbaden, Ger.) - Balance and spinning.

· Moshe (Canada) - Hat comedy and disappearing foam ball tricks with an audience volunteer.

· Frankfurter Jugglers (W. Ger.) - Acrobatic formations with up to 8 people, club passing between people standing on others' shoulders.

· Allyn & Otte (W. Ger.) - Spinning fire hula hoop, torches, fire blowing and eating, broken glass walking.

· Raspynis (USA) - Seven club passing, six machetes around volunteer while spinning ball on mouthstick and hoop on one leg.

· Gustav Parking (France) - Comedy and fire blowing, using chocolate powder instead of kerosene!

. Allan Jacobs (USA) - Duo ball routine between himself and projected mm of his shadow. Also club swinging.

. Todd Strong (USA) - Diablo manipulation.

. Wolfgang Krebs (W. Germany) - Comedy perfonnance on oboe while reading music on stand balanced on his head.

. Peter Shub (USA) - Mime with intractable in­visible dog on le:ash, comedy with diverse items such as metal tape measure and a tripod.

. Wusel and Lehman (Berlin) - Dueling trom­bone and saxaphone and tap dance.

. Derek Scott - Three ball comedy, boxes, manic apple eating with a peach as an encore.

. Neil Robinson - Magic with six rings and a dan­cing cane.

. Pavlov's Dog (USA) - Comedy buildup to club passing on unicycles.

. Peter Davison (USA) - Three and five ball routine.

. Gregor Popovitch (USSR) - Devil stick, up to six balls, manipulations on free standing ladder, eight ring pulldown for an encore.