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LETTERS Mixed
Musicals I
always drop everything and read "Juggler's World" from
cover to cover as soon as it comes in the mail. One little glitch
caught my eye in the Fall 1986 issue. On
page 10, in the paragraph toward the end of the first column
about 9-year-old Mark Bakalor, aside from the type "san"
instead of "sang", the song 'Kids" is stated to be
from "The Music Man." Although there are many children in
that production by Meredith Wilson, I think you'll find that the
song "Kids" is from the musical "Bye, Bye,
Birdie." Victor
Nash - Falls Church, Va. On
a Mountaintop I
live in Merced, Calif., "the Gateway to Yosemite." I'm one
of Merced's proud jugglers. Juggling has become a contagious hit here,
with quite a following. This spring I accomplished a goal that was a
dream. I juggled on top of Half Dome in Yosemite, elevation 8,852
feet. I want to recommend it to everyone! I've got a photo taken on
the peak. In the background Margaret
Richards Another
"Greatest" I
read with interest the article and controversy surrounding Anthony
Gatto being described in a paper as the world's greatest juggler. With
that in mind, I thought you'd be interested in this:
The
Ronald McDonald Circus was traveling across Canada and I noticed in
their print advertising that they, too, had, "The World's
Greatest Juggler." I was interested to know if Anthony was
coming. .. After ten days of phone calls to the public relations
department, I was told that "The World's Greatest Juggler"
was Arturo Allegria!
I
was miffed and called Consumer and Corporate Affairs, who said that it
was false advertising to bill anyone as "the world's
greatest" unless it has been proven. Perry
Rubenfeld - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I
always save Thursdays for juggling in the Downtown Square. I live 15
miles from Auckland and arrive by bus at 8 a.m. Take net bag from my
packsack with 8 lacrosse balls and 3 small dog balIs (for kids with tiny
hands). Take hat and raincoat (to cope with Auckland's changeable
weather!) and lodge them in the fork of a tree.
I
follow a fairly rigid practice pattern of one hour on the 7 ball
cascade. I find by practicing the most difficult things first, it I
also found the perfect method to stop people from talking incessantly
about the world's problems is to hand them three balls and persuade them
to put some real energy into something close at hand which can really
change the world around them.
About
six months ago I donated my stack the
Auckland Public Library and am pleased to note recently that they have
become dog-eared from use. AII the best!
AI
Forbes
Conventional
Wisdom (?!) Here
are some "gems of wisdom" I "Juggling
is just a matter of making the "I
found that cheap shot humor works "Juggling's
realIy caught on, so to "After
this I don't want to have anything "This
is only seven." Anthony Gatto, "I'll
be going to conventions 'till I'm "People
are crazy, I'm sure." Karen
No
Place for Politics The
letters to the editor in the last issue
made me think I had lived too long. Three of the six were political
and/or about racial imbalances
throughout the world. Hey, I thought I had finally found a group of
people that had one thing in common - they live to juggle and juggle to
live!
Let's
keep the world's problems out of this magazine, and may we all strive
toward not judging a juggler by the color of his balls! A
great life on the road Thank
you for printing Sandy Brown's article about
her visit to Moscow. I spend
well over half the year on the road and am constantly asked, "Don't
you get sick and tired of all the traveling?" Every time I'm asked
that, a strange, knowing smile sneaks onto my face as I reflect back on
the wonderful times I've had, the times others have told me about
(Sandy's), and the times to come. I answer, "Well, I put up with
it!" Thanks for the trip, Sandy! Barry
Friedman
Supplies
for the revolution Nicaragua's
people need peace to continue building a new society. Because we feel
they deserve our help, two juggling expeditions are headed there in
March and April 1987. Through our performances and visits we hope to
show our solidarity with the peoples' struggle to create an independent
nation. The tours will be documented so we can share the experiences and
lessons with others when we return .
Anyone
wishing to support these campaigns but unable to join is invited to send
a donation of money or equipment.
The
U.S. government's support of the contras and trade embargo has cut off
supplies of U.S. equipment for the revolutionary jugglers of Nicaragua.
To demonstrate our opposition, our missions hope to deliver surplus
Renegade MX missle clubs, a squadron of Dube's long range Europeans, a
few Todd Smith fire torches, a fleet of high-velocity H.G.'s (the top
secret JuggleBug projectile), lots of Rocky Mountain juggling supplies,
and hundreds of the new multi-purpose icosahedron Zen ballistics. Of
course, we'll take odd sets, old sets or even new sets, but no
elephants, please!
Perfect
for Vietnam "Outside
in the narrow corridor of the Catinat a nervous young couple waited
their turn to see MiIligan. Jugglers, he said, shaking his head with
both amazement and derision. Who the hell needs jugglers? he muttered.
They went out with spats. "
This
is from a fine novel of the Vietnam War entitled "Laughing
War," by Martyn Burke. Burke's image of a third-rate agent booking
irrelevant entertainment on a remote base in Vietnam before a major
engagement near the end of a losing war makes juggling the perfect, even
the inevitable, choice. Duane Starcher - St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada |