Tim Graham

Another Seattle resident, Graham has been looking for the perfect cigar box for ten years. After rejecting the designs of others, he used his construction background to make his own, trying every material and method of fastening he could think of.

 

He finally settled on imported birch plywood and a strong wood glue, innovations he picked up from his hobby in radio­controlled boats.

 

Each box is about six ounces and covered with a puncture-proof mylar in a variety of colors, and is edged with cloth tape for good hand grip. Graham took a tip from Kris Kremo and left the ends bare, finding that the extra lightweight boxes perform better without having to adjust for end-grip, the friction of which can itself cause problems. Another case of one juggler pursuing the perfect product.

 

Janes Juggle Balls

Jane Hussey's deep involvement with the nonprofit Creative Arts Theater and School in Texas led to the necessity of making fancy show balls for the traveling mime and juggling troupe. She offers what she calls the ball-within- a-ball design, encasing an ordinary birdseed ball in a brightly colored outer balls.

 

This not only proves a durable and attractive combination, it lets you juggle twice the numbers you've been able to before! Another attractive product for the iron-pumping juggler are Hussey's "Moose Balls." These four- inch, two­pound monoliths are filled with "special juggling rocks" and, says Hussey, 20 minutes a day of Mill's Mess with these will cause you to buy a new wardrobe.

 

Jenack Circus Corporation

Although not incorporated until 1984, Bill Jenack has been in the business more than 50 years since he built and sold his first unicycle. He thereby claims the title as oldest continuously operating prop dealer serving the juggling and circus arts community.

 

Specializing in juggling cups, devil sticks, aluminum spinning plates and unicycles, Jenack sells largely to schools, jugglers, clowns and variety performers. This Westbury, N.Y., company has a long tradition of quality merchandise, family involvement and service to the juggling and circus arts world through teaching, writing grants and establishing three unicycle organizations (including the IUF) and the Friends of the Circus Arts.

 

Jenack also works in association with Circus Education Specialists, another non­profit endeavor dedicated to preserving the circus arts through education and entertainment, a result of programs developed through the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Juggler's Prop Shop

This Tulsa, Okla., company was founded in 1983 by Ruby Brown and David Kelley. They specialize in beanbags, particularly custom-made bags with a choice of materials.

 

They currently offer bags in leather, corduroy and shockingly attractive lame, as well as double-knit bags filled with polybeads that have proved successful throughout the country in school juggling classes. They also carry devil sticks, lacrosse balls and Sipa-Sipa footbags.