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Nominations
Due For IJA Board Candidates IJA
members wishing to run for one of the 11 spots on the Board of
Directors must send in a self-nomination form by February
15 in order for their name to appear as a candidate on the mail-in
ballot. That ballot will be mailed out with the convention
registration form in late March.
Persons
who do not get a nomination form in by that time may stiII register
their candidacy at the convention, but wiIl lose the benefit of the
absentee ballots sent in by people who don't attend the convention.
Send
in your nomination along with a statement of no more than 100 words
to Rich Chamberlin, IJA Chairman, at Kenmore, NY. For more
information, call him. Call
for Calendar Photos The
IJA plans to print a 1991 juggling calendar, and needs your help
gathering good photos. Send black and white, high quality photos of
yourself or other
jugglers to Ginny Rose at Buffalo, NY. Deadline to receive material
wiII be April 1.
LETTERS Back
In The Fold Enclosed
please find my check to enroll me as a member of your swell
association. I had intended to merely renew, since I had once been a
member in around 195253, but that wouldn't be fair! Goodness, that
was more than 35 years ago when, as a teen, I hung around in Vin
Carey's magic shop here in Baltimore. Vin, a.k.a. Fino the Clown, was
no mediocre juggler, and he had a large bulbous nose that, I swear,
was larger than that of W.C. Fields'.
In
any event, I was unable to avoid your great convention here in
Baltimore and I bought some clubs and bean bags there, and have picked
up where I left off a third of a century ago. It was so great to see
so very many young and talented jugglers there. Back in 1952 only a
handful existed in Baltimore. Now each week 25-30 great jugglers get
together and work out. I find juggling to be far better exercise than
jogging or stationary bike riding. And, it's much more fun of
course.
I'll
try not to let my membership lapse over the next 35 years! Offended
in Brooklyn I
have been juggling for about three years, and been an IJA member for
almost two. I express
I
am an avid reader of Jugglers World, and I always look forward to the
next issue. This magazine is put together well, and reflects the dignity
(and the humor!) of the IJA quite nicely.
However,
upon receiving the Fall 1989 issue, I was disappointed (not to mention
offended) that the cartoon on page 10
was allowed to be printed as it appears.
When
I first saw the cartoon page, I thought that this was going to be funny
and, indeed, I entered into the reading of it in a favorable frame of
mind. To begin with, the language of the cartoon did not befit a
publication such as this one. Not at all. Secondly, two references of a
sexually explicit nature were included. Box number eight was in poor
taste, but number four was entirely inappropriate, not to mention
unsavory!
As
an IJA member, and a fellow juggler, I must air this complaint.
Juggler's World should be a family magazine, one that all age groups can
enjoy and read. We should be learning technique, style and enjoyment
about our art and hobby, not foul language and locker room witticism!
This
is not meant to be a self-righteous sermon, but rather a request that
this fine magazine not lower its high standards to that of a tabloid. ERIC
BOTTORFF Brooklyn, New York |