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Folks
Saying "No"
At
His Conventions The
article entitled "Letter
from London" in the Spring issue had lots of good news about
the popularity of juggling in Britain. I
Juggling
is an athletic / artistic activity and drugs are totally out of place
when people gather to practice. The people I meet at IJA gatherings
impress me as intelligent beings who love to Dan
Fitzgerald Wichita, Kansas Clarification
for Cutler Article Thanks
for publishing the interview with Eliot
Cutler in the Summer issue.
One
pivotal answer was lost in the editing, however. On the question of how
to prevent a "smattering of applause" while doing five balls
or any hard trick with a long build-up, Eliot answered: "I would
tell the audience that this is intensely difficult, or some such setup,
and ask them to be quiet while the balls are 'in the air.' Then catch
them at the end, take a big bow and get all the applause. Or even just
holding up one finger and going 'shhh' quietly, then doing the five a
while, stop and take a bow." Dusty
Galbraith Silvis, Illinois Collectively,
What Are We? Perhaps
you've heard of a "pride" of Lions, or a "gaggle" of
geese, or even (my favorite) a "celebration" of polar bears.
Have you ever wondered if there is such a descriptive name for a group
of jugglers?
There
has been some discussion on the Internet rec.juggling newsgroup and it
has been discovered that a group of jugglers is called a "neverthriving"
... Huh?!
I
don't think that's lyrical or humorous enough for a group like us. So
I'd like for us to take the "herd" of bulls by the horns and
rename ourselves. I'd like to collect the best suggestions and publish a
list in the next Juggler's World and on the Internet
for us all to vote on.
Put
on your creative thinking caps and come up with something like: a
"cascade" of jugglers; a "shower" of jugglers; a
"mess" of jugglers... Send your suggestions to: Steven Salberg; Denville, N.J. |