... The central Florida entertainment megaplex has seen a lot of juggling recently. At Disney World, John Nations did seven 20-minute shows a day from February through August. His walkarounds amused crowds standing in hot lines, while in the cooler evening he did a full street show, working with from three and six balls and five clubs on a rola-bola. Other Disney jugglers were Max Winfrey and Jonathan Austin. Winfrey did five tennis rackets, three machetes on a pogo stick and juggled the stick along with a bowling ball and car keys. They both devil stick tennis rackets brilliantly, and Winfrey even devil sticks a baseball bat. Another act in the park were The Nanjing Jugglers trio, who do an 18-ring three person line feed among many skills they demonstrate in several acts. At nearby Sea World are Mark Faje and 1987 Juniors winner Curt Bonnem, performing as "Up in the Air" with Carter Brown's Lazer Vaudeville show. Many of the area entertainers have been meeting with Orlando jugglers regularly.

 

... Joggler Mike Drobny of Matamoras, N.M., age 71, got good press in his hometown recently about his early morning routine. The retired truck driver has been jogging for 20 years, and stumbled onto the idea of joggling in a magazine.

 

IN MEMORIAM

... Longtime IJA foreign correspondent and friend Lindsay Leslie of Newport-on-Tay, Scotland, died in June. Leslie was a prolific contributor to the magazine, as well as performing juggler, prop maker and consultant to networks and entertainment agencies. An electrician by trade, his early interest and assistance helped spark the first European juggling conventions, and he hosted the second convention in 1979 in Edinborough, where 25 jugglers gathered.  We will miss him.