The University of Minnesota Varsity Jugglers assisted in the coronation of King Boreas at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in January by juggling torches in the "Fire & Ice" ceremony. They also plan to perform at Moomba Ill, the annual boomerang festival in Duluth the first week of May. Others are invited to join them for open workshops on Aug. 20 on the shores of Lake Gervais north of Minneapolis. Call Renata for more information.

 

SFC Mark Miller, an instructor at the US Army Chemical School in Fort McClellan, Ala., is working to promote juggling in that state. Miller performed for Gov. Guy Hunt and local dignitaries in January for the Anniston Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. He's also formed the Alabama Juggling Association to teach juggling to interested local folks. An avid joggler as well, Miller logs five miles three times a week.

 

Kit Summers has begun presenting a juggling-based school assembly presentation, "Learning With Finesse, A Key to Success," in California. The inspirational messages he delivers emphasize that practice can help you achieve, you can learn from mistakes, goal setting is great and that juggling is fun!

 

Edward Jackman continues to work a heavy schedule of colleges on the NACA circuit. Jackman had bookings for more than 35 educational institutions in the midwest and northeastern states in March and April.

 

Jugglers interested in liability insurance might consider joining the World Clown Association. The WCA offers a $1 million policy for a current premium of $72 per year. Write The World Clown Association, Allentown, PA.

 

The Karamazov Brothers take their show "Down Under" in May and June. They'll help celebrate Australia's Bicentennial with shows in Brisbane, Townsville and Darwin Australia in May. On the same trip, they've scheduled performances in New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore.  

 

Marko Dzamtovski of Brooklyn, N. Y., is performing the upside-down head stand bounce of three balls off a drum head. He can also flash five, a trick made famous by Bobby May. Dzamtovski is interested in corresponding with people who can bounce two balls with their forehead. His address is Brooklyn, NY.

 

Francois Chotard, the French ball spinner, won a Gold Lion award in the First International Acrobatics Festival in China last October. Chotard is able to spin nine balls on one hand through use of mechanical extensions on his fingers.

 

Roni Lynn wrote about the benefits of juggling as a form of occupational therapy in the Jan. 21 issue of "Occupational Therapy Forum. " Teaching one of her patients to juggle, Lynn called juggling an "untapped source for improving cognitive and perceptual skills. It intensifies and lengthens concentration and attention to task," she said. For more information, contact her at: OTR, Hollywood, Fla.

 

New Zealand's AI Forbes sends along photos taken 18 years ago of himself juggling eight balls. Older and wiser now, Forbes has published a book on 'The Homebuilt Dynamo." It describes a home­size electrical powerplant driven by a bicycle rider. Forbes and his wife, Julia, have lived a back-to- the-land lifestyle in New Zealand since moving there from Canada in 1962.

 

The Cascade Jugglers of Seattle have begun putting together a photo album of everyone who juggles at their meetings. The album will supplement the roster and serve as an interesting historical record of the group and its activities.

 

Jeff Taveggia's third place finish in last summer's IJA championships has spurred him to make the transition from performing as a clown to performing as a juggler. Taveggia said a clown job at Disneyland early in the year would be his last in that capacity. A March - April job on the Norwegian Caribbean Cruise Lines out of Miami represented his first as strictly a juggler.

 

Taveggia, a graduate of Ringling Brother's Clown College and clown performer with that circus for several years, said he gained confidence performing without makeup during the Key West Buskerfest in January. He juggled up to five softballs and did torches on a rola bola for his finale.

 

Reg Bolton of Mt. Lawley, Australia joggled The Western Australia People's Marathon last August. Though he didn't finish without a drop, he did finish in 3 hours, 45 minutes - good enough for 260th out of a field of 500. Bolton is founder of The Suitcase Circus, an organization that teaches circus skills and organizes. performing arts festivals throughout Australia.

 

Another joggler, Helaman Pratt­Ferguson of Provo, Utah, had one of his mathematical sculptures selected as a permanent addition to the American Mathematical Society headquarters building. The "Torus with Cross-cap and Vector Field" is 547 - pound block of Carrara marble chiseled to illustrate the mathematical theory of surfaces. Pratt­Ferguson teaches mathematics at Brigham Young University.

 

How about you? We'd like to include news of your juggling activities in the Summer issue of "Juggler's World. " Send in news items and photos to Davidson, NC by April 22.