* There's a new magazine out for unicycle enthusiasts - Unirider. It's published in Germany by Sammy Helwig and his Unirider­Team, and should appear in February, June and November. The cost is $10 (US) per issue. Write to Unirider- Team;  Koln; Germany. The first issue is 40 pages and printed in German, but about half the copy is translated into English on insert pages.

 

* The NBC Today Show and the local affiliate's "Spanning the World" sports show carried video stories on the 57-minute under­water juggle by Ashrita Furman. Furman accomplished his feat last fall while inside a dive tank sitting in the street outside a Queens, N .Y., dive shop. Thousands of passers-by and fans witnessed the act.

 

* Instructors at this summer's Celebration Barn Theatre workshops include IJA members Fred Garbo, teaching "antic arts," and Randy Judkins, teaching "recipe characters." For more information on all workshops, write South Paris ME.

 

* Notes on performers gleaned from other publications... Armando Cristiani performed with Circus Fantasy, as did R-Lo the clown... Lee Henneberry juggled in the President Riverboat Casino in Davenport, Iowa... Frank Olivier was featured on Comic Strip Live on March 20... 13-year­old Justino Zoppe with the Hamid Morton Circus. . . Sampion with the Kelly Miller Cir­cus... Debbie &: Emil Goetsche are appearing with Vidbel Circus... The Richards Trio appears with Reid Brothers Circus... The Langs (Bob, Jane, Suzie, Rob &: David) and Alexis Sisters (Marlyn, Gabi, Maggie Camacho) with the Shrine Circus in Cincinnati and Dallas... Jose Luna, Carlos Gutierrez and Rafael

Suarez simultaneously in three rings with Circus Gatti... Miriam Moreno with The Great Wallendas Debut All American Style Circus Big Top... Joanne, Esther and Paula conclude their hair hang with the Royal Hanneford Circus by juggling flaming torches... Casey Cainen juggles with the Franzen Brothers Circus... Jason Bautista, age seven, juggled with the Royal Hanneford Circus at a Shrine date in Columbus, Ohio... Vladimir Tsarkov juggles hoops with the Big Apple Circus... Timothy and Linnea Hernandez do Western-style juggling and whips with the Williams­Althoff Circus in Cleveland, Ohio... Bob Welz does comedy juggling with the permanent Hanneford Circus in Ft. Lauderdale... Stefan and Lisa Cote juggled with the King Royal Circus... The Fornasaris and The Bautistas juggled in two rings while The Olates spun

plates in another during the Antioch Temple Shrine Circus in Dayton. . .

 

* And in Europe... Stephane Gruss juggles on the ground and on horseback with Le Cirque National Alexis Gruss in France, concluding with three torches while galloping around the ring... Octavio Alegria juggles with Circus Knie... Valeri Gouriev is a strongman juggler with Circus Busch­Berlin. .. Roger Mettin juggles on horseback with Circus Sarrasani. .. Comic jugglers Buba &: Buka juggled at the Wintergarten... The Fredys troupe juggled with Circus Nock... Duo Danielle (Rebecca and Victoria King) with Fossetts Circus in Ireland. .. the Three Bon Schaka doing hoops, clubs and saucers with Courtney Brothers Circus. .. Brian Mack ("Brillo") juggling eggs with McDonald's International Circus... Philip Walker ("Philipo") did five balls, five rackets, three large sports bags and a combination of all three with Gerry Cottle's Circus in England. . . Richard del Oro with up to five clubs and four rackets with the International Winter Circus in England... Manuel Alvarez with Circus Krone... Saravat Begbudi is juggling on horseback with The Great Moscow Circus tour of Australia. The Prokhorov Troupe also juggle in the show... The Safargaline troupe (one woman and three men) from Russia competed in the 17th International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, winning the special prize of Le Cirque dans l'Univers.

 

* Several young jugglers took home medals from festivals in Paris earlier this year. Russian juggler Votre Pierrot, (Eugueni Pimonienko), and Frenchman Vincent de Lavenere won Bronze Medals for performances among 55 acts from 15 countries at the 16th Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow. Other jugglers entered included Serguei Perepeliski from Israel and Mohammed Romah from Egypt. A Hungarian juggler, Lajos Nereus, won a Silver Medal in the 7th International Festival of the Circus of the Future, which has an 11-year-old age limit for performers.

 

* Jugglers appearing in the Second International Verona Circus Festival included Octavio Alegria (Mexico), the Anastasini Duo (Italy), Alex Caroli and Cecilia (Italy/Chile), Zee Denek (Czechoslovakia) and Serguei Zabolotny (Russia).

 

* The 17th World Festival of Tomorrow's Circus will be in Paris Jan. 20-24, 1994. The registration deadline is Nov. 15, 1993, and interested parties should contact Cirque de Demain; Paris.

 

* Ray Wold, whose unique fire act was profiled in the Winter issue of the magazine, took time off from appearing at the Reno Hilton to travel to Rome, Italy, to participate in the Golden Circus Festival last December. He appeared with acts from around the world, and was presented with the event's Gold Cup at the end of the month as the top act among them.

 

* Tina Fraser and Bill SiInpkin, who perform in Richland, Wash., as "Two of Clubs," won $3,000 for their second place performance on the TV show, America's Funniest People. Their skill? They played "She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain" on bicycle pumps! IJA members may be familiar with the act from their performance of it at Club Renegade at the Los Angeles festival. Fraser and Simpkin have been performing together for three years, including several summer fairs in Oregon and Washington. The act includes knife passing, balls, torches and clubs. Simpkins eats fire and Fraser rides a giraffe unicycle as well. And, of course, they play their bicycle pumps. Their repertoire also includes "Happy Birthday" and 'Jingle Bells."