Page 16 March 1981
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The Joggler's Jottings By Bill Giduz, editor Davidson, NC
"Hey!
I saw you in Runner's World," a student exclaimed to me passing in
the hall. It was news to me, but a quick trip to the library confirmed
it.
Way back in the "People" section of the January edition, the Davidson joggler was portrayed in word and full-color photograph doing his thing. If that high-visibility publicity in a leading national magazine catalyzed the joggling revolution, I've yet to hear the starter's gun. Discouragingly, it did not put me in touch with a single other joggler. Encouragingly, though, it did prompt at least two inquiries into IJA membership, which continues to swell at a brisk pace.
Don't we all wish we had started juggling (playing piano, running, painting, chasing the opposite sex, etc.) when we were three years old? Young jugglers astound me. I met 11-year-01d David Lee when the Ice Capades played here. Trained by his father, Albert Moreira, David juggles seven rings and is working on eight. He first appeared on the ice with his older brother, Albert Lucas, at age one-and-a-half. Now he's got a solo six minute act on the same show. Yet youth overpowers even stardom, and David is one of the most friendly, eager-to-please jugglers I've met.
The executive board of the IJA plans to meet in Rochester, NY, February 28 to discuss administrative things and plan for the Cleveland convention. Meeting in Rochester in the dead of winter is another one of those headaches that go along with putting your house in order. With proper care, adequate enthusiasm and support from members, the IJA can guide the juggling movement to the big time. It will become the liaison between individual jugglers and all those movie moguls, TV execs and sports promoters who recognize the good thing that juggling is becoming.
If there's a dollar amount beside your name on the mailing label, you still owe 1981 dues. Please pay promptly or we'll cut you off in another issue or so.
Rich Chamberlin, treasurer, reports that the following people have donated a total of $267 to the IJA. Donations are appreciated, and may help establish tax-free status.
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