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The July 11 edition of San Francisco Weekly
carried a photo of John Gilkey and his coat rack, along
with this description of
his appearance in the show "Frederico" at the Cable Car
Theatre: "First up is the marvelous John Gilkey, as 'Tim,' a
clown / mime whose huge hands seem to grow out of the comically
short-sleeved suit he wears. He's
tall
and skinny, with a rubber face, an endearing smile and a tuft
of hair that conveys all sorts of good cheer. And it seems he can do
almost anything with the objects he produces for juggling."
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In a summer appearance at Princeton University, Penn Gillette (of Penn
&: Teller) did two comedy juggling routines in his show. He
juggled three torches, comically catching and dropping the wrong end
following a skillful demonstration of chops. He also juggled three
wine bottles after breaking off the bottom of each and brandishing
them at the audience.
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Speaking of license plates, juggler Eric Bagai has the Oregon plate
"H.LUDENS," which is Latin for "playing man" (as
opposed to h.sapiens, "thinking man. ")
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Here's an update on Myron Wilcox's
juggling project for the Strathmore, Calif., Presbyterian Church
hunger fund... Myron has now raised $6,211 for the fund by selling
2,169 bean balls made by fellow parishioner Irma Donaldson. Myron
recently joined Mag Hughes in teaching juggling and group games for
three days to a conference of 200 coaches from throughout
California.
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Some short notes... Daniel Rosen worked in June as an opening act at
the Nugget hotel in Sparks, Nev., for the singing group, Riders in the
Sky... The Boogie Down jugglers were featured at the Israel Festival
in Pleasanton, Calif., in June... The Passing Zone entertained seven
days a week this summer at the Tommy Bartlett Ski, Sky and Stage Show
in Wisconsin... Mardine Rubio was featured in an article in the July 6
edition of the
Baltimore Sun....... Fritz
Brehm and Las
Piranhas have been criss-crossing the Atlantic performing on the Queen
Elizabeth II, and took time during shore leave in New York to catch
The Rolling Stones in Giant Stadium...
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Rhode Island entertainer Keith Johnson and his wife, Mary, had their
first child, Harry Johnson, on August 16. Keith has been presenting
educational programs about science, reading, history and the
environment at elementary schools throughout the region, using his
skills in juggling, yo-yo, balloon twisting and magic. Mary has joined
the family business as business manager.
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Notes on jugglers from other publications... TJ. Howell spent the
summer under the big top at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisc...
Sampion appeared with the Super Cirque Tour in Quebec and the Shrine
Show in Virginia
Beach... Philip Wellford juggles with Branson, Missouri's, number one
show, appearing with Kirby Van Burch's "Prince of Magic"
show... Slim Chance juggles in Branson's "Country Tonite"
show... Bob Welz with The Hanneford Circus in Ft. Lauderdale... David
Gaona, Deliah Zerbini and Nicholas Zerbini in three rings at once with
Bentley Brothers Circus, while clown Bruce Warner includes juggling in
his act... In three rings at once with Serge Coronas Circus Hollywood
were Sergie, Tito and Jurgens Timmerman... And in three rings at once
with Circus Gatti are Rafael and Alix
Suarez, Lalo Murillo and Carlos
Guiterrez... The Dions juggle on the rola-bola with Franzen Brothers
Circus... Justino Zoppe with Garden Brothers Circus, "Canada's
Entertainment Giant"... The Zacherys with Cathy Rogers Children's
Variety
Show in
Cincinnati... The
Culpepper Circus finale features fire juggling by the entire
company... Jay Gilligan did both a juggling act and a unicycle act for
Robert Johnson's Culpepper Circus... The Jenzac Brothers with Kelly
Miller Circus... The Qian Brothers with Circus InternationaL.. The
Gentleman jugglers with the Old Time Big Top Circus at the Ohio State
Fair... The Lang Family with the Vidbel Circus... J.R. Galambo with
Circus Continental... Daniel Schreiber doing diabolo and devil stick
with Roberts Brothers Circus...
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And elsewhere... Vladimir Tsarkov, "The Red Harlequin,"
combines acrobatics and juggling with Circus Knie... the Trio Joubino
(Regina and Marco and Kiko Joubino) with Chipperfield Brothers Circus
in England... the Hungarian juggler Natasha doing three umbrellas,
balls, rings and clubs with Circus Harlequin in England... Stephen
Sallay with Bobby Roberts' Super Circus... Trio Fortuna with Circus
Ginnett... Marco and Regina Biasini with Chipperfield Brothers' Circus
appeared on the cover of the June 1994 edition of King Pole
magazine... Gabi Dunai juggling on horseback with Robert Brothers'
Famous Circus, while the Romanian troupe, Three Bon Schaka pass rings
and clubs... Renaldo doing clubs, rings, ping pong balls and Mexican
hats with Circus USA... Dany Centner with Circus Hergotti... Anders
Nykvist with the Ludvika Mini Circus in Sweden... Kip Reynolds at the
Phoenix Zoo in Miyozaki, Japan, and The Mums jugglers (Nathan Stein
and Roy Johny) at the Ocean Dome Amusement Park in Tokyo... Manuel
Alvarez with Circus Krone... The Arlise Trio combine juggling and
unicycling in an act with Walker Brothers Circus... The Joowani Duo
with Circus Medrano... The Faltiny Troupe with the Herman Renz
Circus... Alex Caroli and Cecilia with the Benneweis Circus... The
Novoselov Trio with Dominik Gasser Circus... Octavio Alegria with the
Austrian National Circus... Lucito Garcia with Peter Jay's
International Circus... Chick Rogers Jr. with Williams Tip-Top
Circus...
