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Chairman's Report

by Perry Rubenfeld, Chairman of the IJA Board of Directors

I hope that the excitement for the upcoming 49th IJA Festival in Rapid City is growing as fast in you as it is in me. Driving through or just visiting the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore and the Badlands of South Dakota is a trip that I would repeat any time. I hope that all IJA members and their families will be able to attend the festival and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. This truly will be a family vacation festival, and plans for sight-seeing trips will be offered.

Plans are well underway for the festival. Dick Franco will be directing the Cascade of Stars show and Arthur Lewbel will be in charge of the IJA Championships. Award of Excellence recipient Albert Lucas and IJA Historical Achievement Award recipient Bob Bramson will both perform in the Cascade of Stars show. Bob Bramson has chosen our festival to close out his career, and will make the Cascade of Stars show his final appearance in 53 years as a professional juggler.

The IJA Winter Festival in Las Vegas was an exciting time for all participants, with lots of juggling, Vegas shows and camaraderie being the menu for the week.

The IJA has formed a committee headed by director Mike Vondruska to "develop a plan to improve the quality, availability and cost performance of Juggler's World." This committee has already made some changes in content that will appear in this issue. Members having suggestions should forward them to Mike in writing at Bensenville IL.

I hope many of you saw the wonderful 10minute feature on the IJA festival in Las Vegas done by the television show "Amazing America" recently.

In this issue you'll find the official mail-in ballot for the upcoming elections of the Board of Directors. If you are not going to attend the festival in Rapid City, please take a moment to send your vote in.

I want to thank all those who have volunteered their time, effort and expertise to assist the IJA in certain areas this past year. Not wanting to forget one, I will not try to name all. Whether you are serving on a committee, making phone calls, giving the IJA legal advice, helping with program ideas, volunteering with the Clubs & Affiliates Newsletter, or helping with computer-related matters, your time and effort is appreciated beyond words.

The following motions which have not been previously reported to the membership

were carried unanimously at the IJA Board of Directors conference calls held Nov. 27, 1995, and March 25,1996:

1) That the IJA expel one of its members.

2) To post the current issue of the Clubs & Affiliates Newsletter to the Juggling Information Service and to post Juggler's World magazine there no earlier than one year after each issue appears.

3) To accept the minutes of the IJA conference call of November 27.

4) To set the number of board of directors for the IJA for the upcoming year at seven. 5) To contribute $75 toward the purchase of the IJA Award of Excellence in Education.

6) To accept and approve the 1996 budget as presented.

7) To accept our chief administrative officer's report on membership dues as written, with Canadian and U.S. membership rates remaining as before. This will better reflect the actual cost of servicing our overseas members.

I look forward to seeing you all in Rapid City!

CAO's Report

by Norman Schneiderman, Chief Administrative Officer

Hello fellow jugglers! The numbers are in from 1995, and I am pleased to report a

modest profit once again. Business is good with membership up slightly from last year. The new membership software is up and running on our computer and the bugs are slowly being worked out. Hopefully, we will not have the same glitches we have had in the past with errors in the Roster and inaccurate numbers for membership. 1995's numbers seem to indicate we had 2801 "member units." Family memberships count as only one "unit" so the number of members was actually quite a bit higher, but our former computer software didn't calculate the number of people in each family. We are also finally developing a mailing list of past members to target for renewal, 0so we may see membership growth from that strategy as well.

The Las Vegas Winterfest was a great time. It was very intimate with lots of good juggling and shows to be seen. Rapid City looks like a special time this summer, and the Pittsburgh '97 rumors just keep growing and growing. (Save your pennies, because this will be the biggest juggling event ever!)

As always, write, e-mail and or call with your questions, comments and suggestions.

Festival Auctions: New & Old

by Braidy Brown

Yes, it's new! It's our new "Collectible Auction" along with our "Third-First Annual lJA Auction." Your auction organizer, Braidy Brown, has selected four great finds to be sold. And you can be part of the auction fun prior to the 49th IJA festival in Rapid City.

That's right! You can be the owner of any or all of the four great items being offered! Bid once and big high, and hopefully you'll be the highest bidder when the item is presented at the IJA auction in Rapid City during the summer festival. (Each item will be sold to the highest bidder at the time of auction. Your bid, if the highest, will be considered the purchase price.)

THE FIRST ITEM

(1): An original Stefan A. Bell (Csiszar) painting. This painting was donated to the auction by the artist/juggler/ performer/teacher, Stefan Bell, a.k.a. The Great Ballini. This oil-on-stretched-canvas painting measures 24" x 36". It is a multi-colored, multi-dimensional painting rich in reds, blues, whites and yellows, featuring a variety of juggling props.

This exciting painting has an appraised gallery value of $2,400. It will take an opening bid of at least $500 to start the bidding on this beautiful and very valuable painting. You can read more about the artist and see a black and white picture of this painting on page 28 of the 1992 Spring issue of "Juggler's World." Its the second picture on the page. An art gallery-quality painting that would grace any room...A marvelous conversation piece for any owner with juggling interest

THE SECOND ITEM (2): A wonderful, one-of-a-kind painting donated for auction by its artist, ArtJennings--renowned performer, IJA founder and IJA board member. This painting was selected from Art's personal collection. It's a wonderful painting of the superlative juggler Bobby May performing the feature piece of his show standing on his head while bouncing six balls on a drum. The picture, very rich in color, was painted in acrylic on a 16" x 12" canvas board, and has been professionally framed in a silver-over-blue fluted hardwood frame. This painting would be a marvelous addition to any collection.

THE THIRD ITEM (3): An original, one-ofa-kind performance derby that was used by Kris Kremo on his World Tour with the Big Apple Circus. Kris has personally autographed and detailed this derby: This is a very experienced hat that was used by Kris in many performances. A rare find for the collector of juggling memorabilia, or to performers looking to add a high degree of experience and class to their act.

THE FOURTH ITEM (4): The original "Deek Franco" and Red River Rosy costumes from a show that starred Dick Franco and his wife, Carleen. This costume ensemble includes "Deek's" shirt, tie, trousers, suspenders, shoes and break-away sleeves, along with Rosy's bright red dress and shoes. This is a one-of-a-kind, very collectible item. Be the first in your juggling club to hang a pair of Dick Franco's pants in your closet!

TO BID:

1) You must include your name, address, phone number, the number of the item on which you're bidding and the dollar amount you want to bid.

2) All bids must be in writing. No phone bids will be accepted. Only those bids received by July 14, 1996, will be considered. We're not responsible for bids we do not receive.

3) All items will be sold in their "as is" condition at the time of sale.

4) If you are the high bidder, you will be notified by phone.

Mail your bids to: Braidy Brown, IJA board member and auction organizer.