Bert Hansen's Juggling Reviews - Charles Carrer St. Louis , Missouri , June 19, 1946 (Thanks, Charlton Chute for this fine review of one of our outstanding jugglers)  

Apparatus on a cocktail wagon - Carrer works at very fast tempo introducing and explaining each trick with a few words in a happy manner.

1. On a rectangular tray are placed six tomato juice glasses in a row. In each is place a spoon. The tray is then revolved on the longer axis without dropping a glass or spoon.

2. Carrer straps on a belt with a pocket in the rear containing eight imitation oranges. a) Does fast low shower with four oranges. b) Juggles eight oranges, four in each hand in pains. c) Throws balls up singly catching them in pocket in the rear, the final one on a fast spin.

3. Juggles a large white plate hand over hand, off the shoulder, etc.

4. Adds a large imitation bottle (smaller in diameter than a beer bottle, and taller) - tips it end for end on plate, catches on side, on cork, on bottom etc., catches on arm and does sliding club move.

5. Brings on a tray with ten stemmed goblets in line. In front of each goblet is an ice cube, a slice of lemon and a cherry. In the first toss A each ice cube goes in the goblet, in the second toss each lemon slice goes in, and in the final toss each cherry goes in its goblet.

6. A six foot rod is introduced on top of which a knife blade is fixed horizontally. The pole is balanced on the chin - an apple tossed up and sliced in two coming down on the blade. Carrer catches one half of the apple in each hand.

7. Carrer's idea of mixing cocktails. The devil sticks are painted black. On the ends of the sticks are painted two nickel-plated cocktail shakers. Very spectacular when whirling.

8. Tosses a spoon on a plate under the left leg and catches the spoon behind left ear.

9. Toss of saucer, cup, spoon, and sugar lump, one at a time, from the toe of the right shoe to the top of his head. Walks off with sugar and spoon in cup on saucer on top of head.

10. For an encore, Carrer catches an orange on a fork at the end of a 24 foot limber pole balanced on his chin. Bert Hansen & Charlton Chute (Juggler's Bulletin #25, October 1946)

The J.B. needs more subs as Roger reports the list is still pathetically small. The Bulletin will be one of the choice jug collector items of the future, a reference for the period.

Future perusers will be amazed to learn of the apathy of present day pros to this, the first jug pub. Less than half subscribe, and contribs from those who do are meager. Doug Couden (Juggler's Bulletin #29, February 1947)

Still the best announcement in many months is that of the forthcoming Juggler's Session to be held in conjunction with the I.B.M. magic convention in Pittsburgh, June 16-19. The Juggling session, Art Jennings reports, will be Tuesday, June 17th (second day of the convention). We will have a room with a stage and light facilities (The Ball Room - what could be better for a jug session!) and we will have exclusive use of the room from 8 till 2 P.M. if we want it that long. This is the first time in history, to our knowledge, that there had been a planned Jug get together. Here's your chance to meet old friends, make new acquaintances, see new ideas presented, and in general shoot the breeze on things juggable. PLAN TO MAKE IT. If you will drop us a link as soon as you know definitely that you can be there, it will help the Jug Session Committee in its planning.  Eddie Johnson dropped us a line saying "I'm really eager - it will be my first opportunity to meet a number of Jugglers."  (Juggler's Bulletin #29, February 1947)

A group photo from the morning juggling session at the 1947 IBM convention, taken just hours before the IJA was founded.

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