If you think all jugglers are the same, Jason Garfield will put that myth to rest. Eighteen years of completely unnecessary intense training have earned him 3 Lucas Cups and 11 gold medals.

Jason Garfield is the only competitive juggler to make a previous Lucas Cup recipient surrender his trophy.  In 2000, Jason set the world record for 11 balls and currently holds the world record for possessing more Lucas Cups than any other human being.

Jason has produced the best instructional and entertaining juggling videos on the planet. His show is specific to each venue and is designed to be appreciated by jugglers and non-jugglers and some people from Alabama.

Non-jugglers will be thoroughly educated and informed in the discipline of juggling as it pertains to technique and its relation to the performances most commonly exhibited as well as his high level of skill as it relates to his performance.

For this particular performance, Jason guarantees to perform tricks never performed by anyone else and some tricks never performed by anyone, including himself.  And of course, as always, the obligatory attempts at comedy and original quasi-humorous audience participation bits based on minimal juggling skill that embarrass innocent audience members which are only used to drag the show out to the required duration.

If you are a juggler and you don't want to see a juggling performance that will make you feel ashamed to be a juggler, see this show.

Juggler's Jam
Tuesday • immediately following The Jason Garfield Show
Presented by NYC Carmine Street Irregulars City Center Pavilion
Sponsored in part by Bud Markowitz & Bud's Kids.

You are invited to experience a blazin' underground dance party NYC style, ya heard!! DJ Sky on the 1&2's bringing the ruckus and slinging all the funky joints house, club, breakbeat, alternative, garage, hiphop, classics and more. Diverse dance music guaranteed to make you move.

Come swing with us. Bring along your illuminated props to jam in the designated Twilight Juggling Zone. Globalls, poi, staff, swinging clubs whatever gets your groove on. Check out who's hot! Show us what you got! (Glowsticks will be sold).

New Competition Event/Prize $$
Check this out!
Wednesday • 4pm
City Center Pavilion

Two Individual prop competitions will take place on the gym floor in Reno.

A 3-ball routine and a 3-club routine. Routines should be no longer then two minutes long and choreographed to music. The judging will be based on technique, presentation, and originality. Prize money will be awarded to the top three finishers in each event. $250 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third. There is no entry fee.

For more information contact:
Daniel Holzman
(510) 758-1208
dan@raspyni.com
The 3-club routine in this event is sponsored by
Todd Smith Juggling Equipment
www.toddsmith.com
(800) 584-4531, (216) 589-0525 (outside of the US).

The 6th Annual IJA Youth Showcase
Wednesday • 7pm
followed by
The Junior Championships
Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino Theater

The Youth Showcase features performers up to age 18. It is a chance for beginner jugglers to have a first experience in front of a large audience, and for more advanced jugglers to show the results of years of hard work. Besides beanbags, rings, clubs and diabolos, the show will include choreographed routines, comedy, live music, anti-jugglers and a juggling piece created in Reno. Rhys Thomas, performer extraordinaire from Portland, Oregon, will be the emcee. Join us for a fun evening and support these young jugglers!

Youth Showcase Guidelines
You must be 18 years or under to be on stage/performing.

Key Dates / Details:
May 15: Those who have contacted the director by this date have priority for time in the show especially if you send in a video.
June 15: Music and music cues must be sent to David Groth. Music must be edited onto either one CD or one tape.

Send a copy of the music (CD or tape), with instructions for how it is used in your performance to David Groth, 719 Woodland Dr., Coeur d’Alene, ID, 83814.

Reminders:
• Bring a second copy of your music (CD or tape) to the festival
• Arrive early or on time for rehearsals and show.
• Be available at the festival for a Tech Rehearsal Workshop Tuesday afternoon.
• Be available at the festival for a Tech Rehearsal 3:30-6:00 pm Wednesday afternoon at the Golden Phoenix Casino Hotel Theater.
•The performance is Wednesday, July 16th at 7:00 pm at the Golden Phoenix Casino Hotel Theater.

Questions/Suggestions?
Contact David Groth, director, or Mary-Jane Bennett, assistant director
(208) 667-4694,
idahojuggler@adelphia.net.

Junior Championships
Wednesday • 9pm
Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino Theater

IJA Championships: Junior, Individual & Team Championships will be judged on the basis of the ordinal system of awarding a gold, silver and bronze medal to the top three jugglers in each event. Each act in the Junior Championships may run up to seven minutes and each act in the Individual and Team Championships may run up to eight minutes. The judges count performance as 40% of a competitor's overall score and count technique as 60%. See schedule for registration times.


Thursday • 7pm
Individual & Team Championships
Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino Theater
Contact Craig Barnes, Championships Director, regarding the Junior, Individual and Team Championships
cnbarnes@hotcoco.infi.net.
(925) 831-1126.

Karl-Heinz Ziethen's Video Lounge
Thursday and Friday • 4pm
Circus Circus Mandalay Conference Room

Karl-Heinz invites you to join him as he presents rare juggling footage and clips from famous old comedy acts from his personal archives. Not to be missed!

9^th Anual Juggler's Auction
Thursday and Friday • 11am
City Center Pavilion

Yes! It's our first 9th Annual (Reno) Auction. Give Freedom to your old juggling related memorabilia; old props, promotional pictures, postcards, posters, and books (especially autographed). Auction Organizer Braidy Brown is looking to amass a mother load of unused, unwanted and unlearned juggling related treasure to be given new hope for love and use. Nothing is too small, too large, or too insignificant. Braidy is asking ALL festival participants to bring a donation for this year's Auction. Not coming? You can still give freedom to your juggling stuff by sending your donation.

As in the past 10 years, money raised goes to build and support the IJA Archives.

Braidy Brown, Archive Director,
1197 Cornell Ave, Binghamton, NY 13901,
Tel/Fax (607) 724-0538.

New Wave Vaudeville
Friday • 8pm
Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino Theater

The national touring company of New Wave Vaudeville presents some of the best modern vaudeville performers in the United States in a fantastic performance filled with phenomenal juggling, incredible illusions, hilarious comedy and adventurous audience participation. This performance will feature Vladimir Kotkin, Michael Menes, Jason & Matthew Tardy and Morten Hansen.

The Games of the IJA
Saturday • 10AM-Noon • 1-4PM
City Center Pavilion

The IJA will hold its Games Day on Saturday in the City Center Pavilion. Favorites from last year and crazy new fun games with plenty of surprises are planned.

Games Directors:

Cascade of Stars Show
Saturday • 8pm
Mark McGuire, Show Director
Golden Phoenix Hotel Casino Theater

As Entertainment Director for the world famous Circus Circus, Mark McGuire travels extensively searching for the world's best acts. Sometimes he wishes he was still on the stage instead of in the audience...or that he was so rich he didn't have to work at all...or both. Mostly he just wishes that he had more time to sail his boat. This will be his 5th time directing the Cascade of Stars for the IJA and he is exhausted just thinking about it. . . but isn’t that what it takes to make a great show?
This year’s Cascade of Stars will feature the Passing Zone among other fabulous acts Don’t miss it!

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: Kaye and Terry Kimpling
(217) 342-3470

Vendors

Floor space for vendors will be available around the perimeter of the City Center Pavilion for the festival week.
Contact: Bill Ritchie
(508) 533-4543