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Nevertheless,
Jennings
main concern
'as that the name have three words, so that the initials could fit on
the three clubs in the logo he had already designed. "The
International Juggler's Association" was decided on and the logo
adopted.
Jennings
made it a point that acceptance of a membership card be conditional
on the
pledge "to render assistance to fellow jugglers."
When that motion carried,
Jennings' real dream came true.
The
meeting ended on the note that the IJA be dedicated to preserving and
furthering the art (not just the business) of juggling, and to promote
fellowship among all those actively associated with it.
As
they broke up, Montandon and Greene pulled out cigars and the group went
outside for pictures. Joyce, who had
brought a camera, asked an I.B.M. member to snap a picture of them.
Immortalized:
Bernie Joyce in informal student dress of T-shirt and
jacket, Jack Greene with stogie and dress suit, facing away,
admiring some passing fancy perhaps. Harry Lind in old fashioned
threepiece suit, smiling straight into the camera ; Art Jennings
with hands behind his back,: at parade rest, looking dour on this great
occasion. George Barvinchak, looking spiffy in a new
double-breasted suit, trying not to smile. Bill Dunham hunched
down in his suit next to Montandon with his T-shirt and cigar. And Eddy
Easy, nonchalant with elbow on knee.
Suitably
framed in history, they returned to the hotel and enjoyed more magic and
juggling, and began working on sustaining their new organization. |
