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FESTIVAL CALENDAR
Nov.
10-1 The Second Annual University of Massachusetts J-Power Festival will be sponsored by the U. Mass Juggling Club. Preregistration is highly recommended. Travis Bear, c/o U. Mass Juggling Club, Amherst MA.
Jan 27-Feb. 3,1990 Kalapana, Hawaii The
Sixth Annual Hawaiian Vaudeville Festival will be held at Kalani
Honua. Rates at Kalani Honua run from $200 for camping to $365 for a
double room and private bath. Price includes lodging and vegetarian
meals. Contact the Hawaiian Vaudeville Co.; Pahoa HI.
Feb.
23-24 Williamsburg, Virginia Circus
Magic '90 at the George Washington Inn. Magic, puppetry, balloons,
clowning & juggling. Steve Kissell; Norfolk VA. March
30-Aprill, 1990 Kissimmee, Florida The
Third Nude Jugglefest will be held at "the Cadillac of nudist
resorts." Contact Sherry Boas; Kissimmee FL. June
16, 1990 Everywhere! Juggling
Day will again be celebrated by clubs and affiliates everywhere..:.
Late
News From Maastricht On Largest Convention Yet
The
13th Annual European Juggling Convention held in early September in
Maastricht, Holland, turned into the largest juggling convention ever.
More than 1,800 jugglers registered for the three-day festival of open
juggling, workshops and shows.
Most
camped on the grounds of the Dousberg sporting complex, enjoying the
open juggling space provided by two adjoining indoor gymnasiums. The
Moscow Circus juggling duo of Viktor and Anatoly drew large crowds
practicing on the juggling floor, then brought the crowd to its feet
with a ten-club passing finale to their act in the Public Show.
In
keeping with local cuisine, festival organizer Lee Hayes provided
chocolate clubs as prizes for the victors in the European juggling
games, held in a square in the center of town. A full report and
photos will be included in the Winter edition of Juggler's World. Jongleur (The Juggler) How
do you manage To
juggle those oranges? All
of those oranges While
you walk across A
ravine on a tight-rope? You
balance those oranges, Bounce
them hand to hand, Your
petit point steps With
curled toes on the wire. You
and those oranges Dance
like the planets in space, Has
your mother ever Asked
you why you can't Practice
a proper trade Flat
on the ground? If
an orange falls, That
confident smile On
your face Will
follow, Maybe
gravity wins in the end, With
arms waving at oranges Bound
for eternity, No
net to catch. People watch with their breaths held, Some turn away, afraid, sure of disaster, Some wait anxiously, hoping you'll Reach
that other side safely, Some
hope for the fall When
momentum's at maximum, You
concentrate with a lightness, On
one point, just one.
BY
ELINOR MEISKEY Pueblo,
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