BY AIR: Call Global Network Travel to receive a discount on American Airlines, the official airline of the festival, and identify yourself as a juggler. Global Network Travel is the lJA's official travel agency, and your best bet for discounted airfares. Book 60 days or more prior to the festival and get an additional discount. By using Global Network Travel you benefit the IJA.

 

IJA VAN: Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport is the eleventh busiest airport in the world. If you need an airport pick-up to the festival on Sunday or Monday, catch the "JUGGLERS" van for a $10 donation. The van will be marked "JUGGLERS" It will pick you up on the 4th floor of the Parking Garage, outside the elevator marked Mirage Hotel. To get there from baggage claim, take the elevator closest to the car rental desks. You must-be pre-registered to use this service and provide us with the airline, flight number, date and time of your arrival.

 

SHUTTLE BUS: Or, you can take a cab, which costs around $5.00, to Vacation Village Hotel just outside the airport. At Vacation Village go to the north entrance. The K-T Shuttle Bus, at a cost of $5.00, will take you to Buffalo Bill's in about 45 minutes. note: The K-T Shuttle Bus runs from 5:55am and continues every hour at 55 minutes past the hour all day and night until 12:55am. No bus at 1 :55 am. Last bus is at 2:55am.

 

REGISTRATION - AVOID LINES - PRE-REGISTER.

Pre-registration should be completed by JUNE 26. See the registration form for options and prices. On-site registration will take place at the Primm Valley Conference Center. Daily admission and indi­vidual event tickets will also be available at the Conference Center. There will be no admittance to the juggling area until you have registered. For more information on registration contact Bob Mahler.

 

FOOLISH EXPLOITS & FABULOUS FEATS

SUNDAY 8PM WHISKEY PETE'S SHOWROOM

Directed by Mark McGuire, Entertainment Director,

Circus Circus Hotel-Casino, Reno

SPONSORED BY CIRCUS CIRCUS HOTEL-CASINO.

A variety show for the common being, opens the fes­tival with a BANG! Featuring Russian record holder and juggling legend Sergei Ignatov, among other stars. ... Balancing, Magic, Comedy, Variety.. .Americans, Russians, Chinese..."this is not your father's opening night show!" note: A couple of juggling spots are still open. If you have something to offer to an outstanding line-up call Ginny Rose or send video tape to Mark McGuire, Director of Entertainment, Circus Circus Hotel-Casino, Reno, NV.

 

BENEFIT SHOW MONDAY

Dina Scharnhorst is looking for volunteers to help put on a Benefit Show for the Las Vegas Shriners Hospital Children. Musicians, photographers, video­graphers are needed. Contact Dina.

 

SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES- MONDAY 9 PM WHISKEY PETE'S SHOWROOM

Fun, family night-a festival favorites. Join us at the movies as we relive some of our juggling history. Juggling films never before seen.

 

EXCURSIONS-TUESDAY

TUESDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING ­ VISIT THE FAMOUS LAS VEGAS STRIP & TAKE IN A SHOW AT THE TROPICANA!

Where else will you see the latest, greatest or "oldest" wonders of the world (in imitation, of course), laid out within a stretch of five miles?' There is the pyramid-shaped hotel Luxor with a giant sphinx guarding the entrance; New York-New York, a "tourist's choice" replica of the Big Apple, identifiable by scaled-down reproductions of its most famous skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Bridge; The Mirage, whose 50-foot exploding volcano brings the most dramatic side of Hawaii to the desert; and Treasure Island, where dueling pirate ships battle for treasure.

 

After a day of sight-seeing join us at the Best of Folies Bergere featuring Charlie Frye and Company at the Tropicana Resort & Casino. Show time is 8pm & 10:30pm. Tickets are $45. Transportation to the strip will not be provided. Catch the shuttle from Buffalo Bill's at the north side of the building, east of the monorail, by the employee entrance. It will take you to the north side of Flamingo at the corner of Palo Verde across from the Continental Hotel (about two miles from the strip): K-T Shuttle Bus from Buffalo Bill's departs 7:20am and at 20 minutes past the hour all day and night until 12:20am, then at 1 :20am and 2:20am. Last bus is at 4:20am. Cost is $5.00.

 

SIGN-UP at the IJA TABLE for CAR POOLING.

 

OR, TAKE A HIKE TUESDAY IN THE DESERT ROCK CLIMBING WITH RICHARD DINGMAN­Red Rock Canyon offers some of the best rock climbing in the world. Red Rock Canyon was once the home of ancient Indian tribes, this magnificent canyon was formed by a thrust fault and is home to wild horses and burros, as well as various species of wildlife including desert bighorn sheep and antelope. Experience the beauty of the desert and its treasures-early departure Tuesday am. For more information contact Richard or stop by the IJA table in the Conference Center.

 

WORLD YO-YO COMPETITION TUESDAY, JULY 14, 8 AM-1 PM WHISKEY PETE'S SHOWROOM

The World Yo-Yo Competition will consist of a Novice Division for those under 11, an Advanced, Masters, one-handed freestyle, two-handed freestyle and Pro/Am Divisions with no age brack­ets. Prizes will be trophies. Contest will be run according to AYVA rules with the exception that any type yo-yo may be used in any division. For more information contact Dale Oliver.

AUCTION '98

PRIMM VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER

Have you ever had the urge to be philanthropic? Well, if ever there was a right time to donate-this is the year! We're looking to amass a virtual "motherload" of bargains to be offered at the auction, with the proceeds going to support the preservation of our juggling history. Auction Organizer Braidy Brown is pleased to announce John Phipps as his co-chairman this year. And so.. We're going for "Twice the Treasure-Twice the Fun" again this year, in planning for two fantas­tic auctions! The COLLECTIBLES AUCTION is back for it's third year and will feature celebrity memorabilia-collectible props, costumes, pictures, posters and anything else you can think ef to donate. We'll also have some very special artworks and paintings. And, we're also back with our 5TH, FIRST ANNUAL AUCTION, that will again feature outstanding equipment and products donated from around the world by the proud members of our juggling community. Everything will be sold to the highest bidder with the proceeds going to support juggling history. Be part of this year's fun by sending me any juggling related items, new or old; props, pictures- autographed or embarrassing. Send it, we'll sell it. Make sure your great items are represented in this year's auction by sending me either your donation or a note describing the items to be auctioned in Primm. Add stress to my mail carrier! Send as much as possible today to Braidy Brown, Member of the IJA Board of Directors and Auction Co- Chairman, Binghamton, NY or John Phipps, Auction Co-Chairman, Dayton, OH.

 

IJA STAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS,

JUNIOR, INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS WEDNESDAY 8 PM

WHISKEY PETE'S SHOWROOM.

The IJA Stage Championships, Junior, Individual and Team Championships will be judged based on the' ordinal system of awarding a gold, silver and bronze medal to the top three jugglers in each event. The IJA champion, winner of the Individuals, will also be presented with the IJA Championship Trophy. Each act in the Junior Championships may run up to seven minutes max and each act in the Individual and Team Championships may run up to eight minutes max. The judges count performance as 40% of a competitor's overall score and count technique as 60%. Registration will be open until Monday evening, July 13. Championships Director-Craig Barnes. Assistant Championship Director-Arthur Lewbel. For more information regarding the Junior, Individual and Team Champion-ships contact Arthur. For information regarding the Numbers contact Numbers Championships Director-Ben Schoenberg and for information regarding Joggling contact Joggling Director-Larry Kluger.

 

THE GAMES OF THE IJA

THURSDAY-1PM

PRIMM VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER

Always a blast-planned are crazy, new, fun games with plenty of surprises and favorites from last year. The Games are sponsored by the Rubber City Jugglers. Contact Games Director, Scott Siesnick; Canton, OH.

 

CASCADE OF STARS SHOW-EUROPEAN STYLE THURSDAY 8 PM

WHISKEY PETE'S SHOWROOM.

Directed by Tim Roberts

After the gracious reception awarded to the members of the "European Showcase" at last year's festival in Pittsburgh, the IJA has decided to try and see if a relatively unknown organizer can pull it off two years in a row. The guy who filled in the spaces at last year's show between Jorg, Toon, Denis, Didier, Fabien and the others, has been rummaging around France and Belgium since last September in order to unearth a night's worth of innovative and imaginative European talent. If the last fax from the continent is to be believed, his efforts are well worth all the free beer he drank during the 50th anniver­sary. Hope to see you there!

 

SPECIAL WORKSHOPS..

SERGEI AND KATJA IGNATOV­

ADVANCED JUGGLING TECHNIQUES

FOR THE SERIOUS JUGGLER.

5 DAYS: SUN-MON, NOON-2PM, TUE-WED, 1PM, THUR. NOON-2PM FEE: $200

YOU MUST BE PREREGISTERED TO ATTEND.

 

Sergei Ignatov, living legend and juggler extraordinaire, will lead a special 5-day workshop on advanced juggling techniques for the serious juggler. For two hours every day, jugglers will have an opportunity to hear Sergei speak on the fine points of numbers juggling, demonstrate techniques and get critical feed­back from him on their own abilities and routines. Sergei, who trained at the Moscow Circus School under Violetta Kiss, has among other accomplishments, been the first person to juggle and perform with eleven rings. His daughter Katja will be assisting him. This is top-caliber instruction from one of the world's best. Don't miss out on this rare opportunity.

 

CHARLIE FRYE WORKSHOP­

ECCENTRIC JUGGLING & SLIGHT OF HAND THURSDAY, TIME: TBA

NO FEE

Top entertainer Charlie Frye, currently featured at the Tropicana Hotel, will give an unusual workshop in his speciality - Eccentric Juggling and Slight of Hand.

 

OTHER WORKSHOPS

Dozens of one-hour workshops covering a wide variety of juggling skills will be offered during the festival. If you are interested in teaching workshops, contact Rob Peck.

 

VENDORS

Floor space for vendors will be available around the perimeter of the Conference Center for the festival week. Contact Barry Korengold, San Francisco, CA.

 

VIDEO POLICY

Registrants may make videotapes for non-com­mercial purposes inside the Conference Center with permission of the person being taped. No videotaping of any staged championships event or show (except joggling) will be allowed. The IJA will be taping these events and will make the festival tape available later in the year. Videotaping of work­shops will be left to the discretion of individual workshop leaders. For more information contact IJA Director, Dr. Steven Salberg, Denville, NJ.

 

VOLUNTEERS

The organizers need your support in lending a hand with registration, security, staging, etc. If you can volunteer a little time at the festival, call Dina Scharnhorst, Volunteer Coordinator.

 

AFFILIATES

The IJA encourages its affiliates and all other jug­gling groups to bring banners to hang in the Conference Center. There will be an affiliate meeting at the festival to discuss mutual concerns, and affili­ates are invited to present special awards to deserv­ing individuals at the festival. For general affiliate information contact IJA Director Bill Giduz, Davidson, NC.