and will join the Swiss national Circus Knie for its tour in 1990.

 

The new owners of Celebration Barn Theatre will present several summer workshops of interest to jugglers. Fred Garbo and Leland Faulkner will teach a four week "Antic Arts" workshop at the theatre in South Paris, Maine, June 5-30. . Faulkner and Carolyn Brett recently purchased Celebration Barn Theater after a long relationship with its founder, Tony Montanaro. Contact Celebration Barn Theatre,  South Paris, ME.

 

Judy Finelli of the Pickle Family Circus traveled to the Soviet Union in January with an American circus group in hopes of furthering exchanges of artists between the US and USSR.

 

The December 1988 issue of "Reader's Digest" features a lengthy article on juggling. IJA members Joe Buhler and Ron Graham (a former president) wrote about the heroes of our art and gave instructions on how to juggle the cascade.

 

Bob Nickerson was featured in the Jan. 9 issue of "People" as "The Doctor of Dribble." A multiple exposure photo showed more of Bob than of his ball dribbling, but Bob says he can do 13 tricks while dribbling four and 83 while performing three basketballs.

 

Dale Jones has been performing at a lot of fairs as well as opening for several people, Jones is now concentrating on making videotapes and working on "the business side of the job, which you have to do to survive." This business work has not stopped him from making improvements in his one-handed juggling, including a four-ball multiplex using one hand and one knee.

 

Jeff Mason, who won the IJA Individual Championship last year in Denver, says that he will not defend his title in Baltimore this summer. He says he will enjoy being at the convention without having to worry about competing. Mason has been working on more diabolo tricks over the winter. He has added a number of his one-diabolo tricks to his two-diabolo routine, including a two-diabolo "around­the-world." In addition to his solo work, Mason has launched a team project with juggler/vaudevillian Michael Menes. They will perform at Menes' cabaret in New Jersey this spring.

 

Tony Palomino has had several chances to show off his juggling and unicycling abilities over the last few months.  He recently appeared in three nationally televised milk commercials where he rode a unicycle while drinking a carton of milk. He also can be seen in the upcoming film "Homer and Eddie."

 

Hoping to improve on his sixth­place finish in the juniors competition in Denver, Jonathon Rosenberg of Oswego, N.Y., is hard at work preparing for this year's Baltimore convention. While much of his practice time is spent working on his act for the convention, Rosenberg is performing regularly as "Smugpuff the Clown," doing balloon sculptures, magic and, of course, juggling. In a very convention-like setting, Rosenberg won the juniors' division of the World Juggling Championship competition in Akron, Ohio last Fall.

 

Robert York is working on developing his cowboy-juggler character as he tours the nation this year. York, who is working primarily in comedy clubs, is also hard at work developing his workaholic­juggler image. He was on the road for 49 weeks last year, playing dates from coast to coast, and is scheduled to work 45 weeks this year.

 

Daniel Rosen continues to split his performance time between acting jobs and comedy club dates. He appeared on an episode of "Golden Girls" in February and also recently reprised his semi-recurring role on "Head of the Class." A television pilot that he appeared in is also being considered for the fall schedule. On the live-performance side, Rosen has been doing a series of shows at the Catch A Rising Star comedy clubs around the country, and will work at Bally's in Las Vegas this summer.

 

When their dog died, Cliff and Mary Spenger lost a trusted friend as well as the star of their renowned dog-juggling routine. But luckily for them, they didn't have to search far to find a replacement. Goodbye dog juggling, hello baby juggling! Mary Kylia Spenger, 17 months old, is the newest prop in the Spenger's act. "She loves it," says Cliff Spenger. And, he adds, so do audiences.

 

The Cascade Jugglers of Seattle recently performed at the Carnival of Hearts benefit for the March of Dimes. Among the jugglers appearing at the benefit were the Philippine Pride Jugglers and Darrell Toomey. "Jugglers are becoming more well known in the area," says Halina Kiljanczyk of the Cascade club. Two of the club's members, Matt Cantrell and Linda Siebert, appeared on a local television show and passed clubs, did balancing stunts and performed various ball tricks.