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A site for the new juggling pavilion at the Bellyacres juggling
community in
Hawaii
had just been cleared as Benji Marantz spoke from there. He spent the
winter in
Hawaii
, but was on the way to Boston
for the summer. One of his first jobs was to choreograph a 20-minute
fire show as part of the Faneuil Hall Street Performers Festival on
Memorial Day. The festival, which included a performance by Tony
Montanaro, kicked off the street performers season at Faneuil Hall.
Marantz will be working in the region with Cyrus P. Koski, Flip and
Jeannie Wall. He and Wall present their torch passing routine as
"passions of flame." Marantz plays the part of Pierre
Escargot on a sixfoot unicycle. He passes passionately with Wall,
who kicks up a mighty high step as a French can-can dancer on
three-foot stilts - complete with fishnet stockings!
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The new
Monmouth County, N.J., Jugglers Association came up with a unique
event. In honor of one of today' s great jugglers they staged an
"Anthony Gatto's Birthday Numbers Challenge." Club leader
Jay Roth won the event by juggling six balls, six rings and five
clubs.
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Michael Holly performs a comedy juggling act at the
Marina
Hotel
in Las Vegas
. It includes two bowling balls and an M&M candy piece, five balls
and a routine with an apple, hatchet and bowling ball.
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Also in Las Vegas, at the Holiday Casino, Willy & Stron team
member Charles Stron has added a free-standing slack rope rig to his
prop case. He's able to juggle three clubs while riding a unicycle on
it, and is relieved now to not have to worry about finding places on
stages to attach his rope.
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J.W. Ross, a 62-year-old retiree from Marshalltown,
Iowa, is finally doing just what he always wanted to do. Ross puts on
a juggling, clowning, magic and dog show with the help of his canine
friends, Barney and Bernie. They have appeared in schools, churches
and on television across the state.
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A film crew from George Schlatter productions followed Edward
Jackman's performance circuit for about ten days in April. Jackman
will be the subject of the debut of Schlatter's new "Funny
People" show, which will air on NBC on July 27.
