Page 27                                         Fall 1991

The other teams entered were:

- The Dew Drop Jugglers (Jeff Kasper, Jason LeMay, Mick Lunzer). They appeared as cat burglars stealing various props from a juggling museum. They began with diabolos, juggling them in synchronization, then passing three and four diabolos between them. Next came clubs, with lines, feeds and runarounds with nine, ten and eleven. They finished with boxes, manipulating up to 11 boxes between the three men as they passed them back and forth. A dozen drops.

 

- The Flaming Idiots (Kevin Hurt, Jon O'Connor and Bob Williams). They did a comedy talking routine that opened with six club passing between two men while the third did takeouts in the middle of the pattern. They moved on to nine clubs between three people with various weaves and feeds, then nine club passing as they stood in a back-to-back-to-back triangle. Williams got a big hand for his splendid fielding of wild throws as he fed the other two jugglers, then for his pickup from nine to a short ten club pass to end the routine. One drop.

 

- Happenstance (Mike DeSombre, Martin Frost). In their exclusively club passing routine to music, they demonstrated many unique passing patterns and rhythms. One surprising routine had Frost standing behind DeSombre as each man juggled three clubs in tight-knit unison, with one set of hands directly beneath the other. They passed seven clubs side by side and face to face with many variations, then did eight club single, double and triple spins. They ended with a solid run of nine clubs and solid run of eight back to back. Seven drops.

 

- Pin Pushers (K.C. Canter, Tommy Gabriel, Scott Moore). A club passing routine to music that featured takeaways from the middle of a passing pattern by Moore and Gabriel. They worked up to an 11 club feed between three people, and finished with a brief run of 12. Eight drops.

 

- Raising Cain (Scott & David Cain). Their club passing routine worked up from six to eight clubs. As one brother did four clubs, the other passed him a fifth that was absorbed into a five club juggle. Four drops.

 

- Christa Rypins and Tuey Wilson. Their act, called "The Kiss," used interpretive dance and props to tell the story of boy-meets-girl, loses girl and gets girl again. Each performer took solo turns as they used ball spinning and body rolls, shaker cups, ribbon twirling, a yo-yo and hat tricks. The finale had Wilson standing on an unsupported ladder, twirling a large lariat around Rypins, who juggled five balls. Five drops.

Clockwork (l-r) Rubenstein & Kalvan) won a bronze in the Teams (Bob Nelson Jr. photo)

Clockwork (l-r) Rubenstein & Kalvan) won a bronze in the Teams (Bob Nelson Jr. photo)

Tuey Wilson & Christa Rypins in the Teams (Bob Nelson Jr. photo)

Tuey Wilson & Christa Rypins in the Teams (Bob Nelson Jr. photo)

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