NOTES

* Street acts are invited to compete in the Oranjeboom Straatfestival in Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 20-22. Acts will be judged on originality, technical skill, improvisation, humor and professionalism, and first prize is 2,000 Dutch francs. All acts selected will have their travel and accommodations covered, and passing the hat is allowed. Entry deadline is May 1. Call the Juggler's World office for a copy of the entry form, or call Lee Hayes for more information.

 

* Denmark's Circus Changhigh recommends a new "Notes" photo feature called "I juggled on..." They send along this photo of one of the circus men juggling on a camel. How about you? Where have you juggled?  Send along your photos and share the experience with all our readers.

 

* Robert Nelson, The Butterfly Man will hereby be known as Robert Armstrong Nelson, a name he'll use on the comedy club circuit. He is signing a contract with an agency to represent him in comedy clubs and in film and television.

 

* Several jugglers appeared in the past summer and winter tours of The Circus Kingdom. The 90-day summer tour of the Christian-oriented college-student circus included juggling by Andy Barden, Jim Cannon, Nels Cremean, Lynn Dreher and Carl Zumstein. During a winter holiday tour of Florida, Jim Cannon, Steve Hammes, Bryant McCown Jr. and Zumstein did juggling numbers. Hammes and McCown then joined Roberts Brothers Circus, for whom they're doing juggling, aerial, trampoline and wire-walking acts this season. The Circus Kingdom is looking for jugglers for its upcoming summer season. See the classified ads in this issue for more information.

 

* On New Year's Eve as part of Boston and Portsmouth First Night celebrations, Maine juggler Sheila Curtis performed as Madam Recycle. Her large, colorful costume is constructed from trash and recycled goods, and she entertains with ideas about planetary health through juggling, unicycling, magic and audience participation. Curtis was otherwise busy this winter performing as Trickster Fox at ski resorts throughout New England.

 

* Jonathan Seglins, Fred Anderson and Jeff Bradley recently performed together at the Saikung and Whitehead Vietnamese refugee detention camps near Hong Kong.

 

* Writer Kathy Veth wants to interview left-handed jugglers to find out about how their experiences differ from those of the right-handed jugglers of the world. Contact her at Chelmsford MA.

 

* Brad Zentmyer is marketing a juggling video called "A Day at the Seaport," which includes more than 17 minutes of his street performing and musical juggling

at South Street Seaport in New York City. The cost is $22.95 (shipping included), and he promises a full refund if you're not satisfied. Make checks out to

Bradley Zentmyer and mail to Paterson NJ.

 

* Scott Anthony, who does juggling, comedy and motivational speaking out of Colorado Springs, recently played the part of a jug­gler in "Life's A Stage," a pilot show for a proposed nationally syndicated television series. He was also the only joggler among 30,000 runners in this year's Crescent City Classic 10K race in New Orleans.

 

* European propmaker AJA has produced a new set of 10 full color juggling post cards. Those featured include members of Las Piranhas, Neil Stammer, The Blim Brothers and other individuals. For more information on the cards, or an AJA prop catalog, contact AJA at Leimen, Germany.

 

* Todd Blair and Jimmy Robertson, who juggled together last summer at Kings Dominion in Virginia as "Flight Patterns," have a non-speaking role in the new movie, "Mommy Market." They are members of star Sissy Spacek's "Troupe" of performers. Spacek also learned to juggle for the movie, a family picture that will be released next summer.

 

* Myron Wilcox says, "Try this trick!" He balances the devil stick vertically on one of the hand sticks, then flips it over 180-degrees to catch it in a balance on the hand stick on its other end! He was inspired in watching W.C. Fields do the same move with a stick balanced on his foot.

 

* Jack Swersie performed with Perry Como in the Perry Como Holiday Show in Lowell, Mass. Cindy Marvell is collaborating with Wendy Osserman in a show entitled "Bouncing Back" to be presented at the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City May 20-23.

 

* Michael Moschen was the subject of a long feature article in the Oct. 4, 1992, New York Times. The article reviewed his performance history and talked about an upcoming performance at SUNY-Purchase.