... Several juggling acts won prizes at recent circus festivals. At the 14th World Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow, silver medals went to Spain's ANTONIO ALVAREZ and Czechoslovakia's ZDENEK POLACH. Poland's SOS PETROSSIAN won a special prize. During the concurrent 5th World Festival of the Circus of the Future, DANIEL HOCHSTEINER from Germany won a silver medal, and MICHEL ARIAS won a special prize.

 

... Another European winner was RED RYDER, AKA RYDER SCHWARTZ, who was a finalist and the top-rated solo juggler at the first annual Varietipreis Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, in January. He was one of eight finalists chosen to perform from 32 invited entrants for the televised final night of the festival. Schwartz opened his 10-minute act as a tough motorcycle punk, juggling up to four "hubcaps" in Frisbee style. A flashy confetti explosion cued an on-stage costume change and a hat, cane and ball routine that included some magic illusions. That was followed by a comic sight gag, and a cigar box routine with pirouettes and spins. He finished as a cowboy character doing five and four clubs, as well as three clubs and his ten-gallon hat. Under the management of The Jugglers Network, Schwartz is back in Europe this summer working a disco stage in Lausanne, a variety theatre in Stuttgart, and at the Polygon Theatre in Zurich in July and August.

 

... Here in baseball season we find this year's Topps card of St. Louis Cardinals infielder CRAIG WILSON depicts him juggling. He's not the first with this honor, though. The 1988 Donruss #648 features OREL HERSHISER juggling three baseballs also!

 

... Any more juggling vanity license plates out there? Only one sent in this issue: JUGGLE - TIMOTHY SULLIVAN of Newport, R.I.

 

... WEST END MARKET PLACE in Dallas, the first urban festival center in Texas and the Southwest, is auditioning entertainers interested in performing for tips in this historic area of the city. For more information, call AIisa Keas during work hours on weekdays.

 

.. Notes on jugglers in circuses gathered from various publications... ERIC BRENN at the Tigerpalast variety club in Germany... THE JAROMY DUO with the Martin Hanson Christmas Circus in the Netherlands... SERGE PERCELLY with the Menschen- Tiere­Sensationen show in Berlin... THREE JUGGLERS with the Shrine Circus in Monroe, La. - SAMPION, JURGENS and the CARLOS DUO. FERNANDO & IRENE BAUTISTAS with the Cole All Star Circus... THE CAROS and the six members of the LOS FERNANDES with Circus Vargas... TJ. HOWELL at Busch Gardens in Tampa... VLASTEC BERTINI at the Florida Circus Festival, along with NICKLAUS SOUREN and his sister, DELILAH ZERBINI, and TIMOTHY and LYNEA HERNANDEZ... THE CASEY CAlNAN DUO in Paul Lee's Magic Show... THE TORRES BROTHERS with Circus Vargas... IBRAJIM MACIAS juggles on slack wire and does five clubs, four balls and ping pong balls with Bentley Bros. Circus... Five rings of simultaneous juggling with Carson & Barnes Circus - TONINO & FREDDY ROSALES, THE PADILLAS (Alejandro, Romel and Sebastian, and Rosa Alena), THE ROSALES FAMILY (Jorge, Carmen, Ricardom, Chicu), THE RAMIREZ FAMILY (Betty, Ruth, Richardo, Edgardo) and CHRISTINE BYRD... BOB WELZ juggles and serves as ringmaster with the George Hanneford Family Circus in Ft. Lauderdale... The 19th edition of the Royal Lichtenstein Circus includes juggling by JAMES MYERS, DARREN PETERSON, JOE REICHLIN and BILL TOMBER... THE ESPANAS with the Great American Circus, as well as MILTON ZAMUDIO, who juggles on the trapeze... AMY MULLER with Kelly Miller Circus... JOSE & ANTONIO OLMEDA with George Carden Circus... MAURICIO & JULIE DROUGETT with the Famous Cole Show... DUO ANASTASINI doing diabolo with the Yankee Doodle Circus... CHRISTINE WEINER HERRIOTT with Plunkett Brothers Circus... BOB WELZ with the Hanneford Circus...THE DANIELS, KRIS KRISTOVand IVAN & SON in a three-ring "juggling jamboree" with the Beatty Cole Circus... Big Apple Circus includes a clown gag with OAF and MR. FISH juggling eggs. The eggs are real and the yolks fly!.. DAVID LUCAS with the "Zing" show at Harrah's in Reno... JUSTINO ZOPPE eliciting high praise for his moonwalking imitation of Michael Jackson while juggling with the Medinah Shrine Circus in Chicago... T.J. HOWELL at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis!:., for the summer... In Ireland, jugglers included THREE RUSU with Fossett's Circus, ABDUL AZIKEE withTom Duffy & Son's Circus, RICHARD COURTNEY with Big Top Circus, CORELLIS with J.B.A. Brothers Circus... In England, ANDREW VAN BUREN with Royalle's Circus Spectacular, THE FAL TINYS from Czechoslovakia with Gerry Cottle's Circus... the Soviet antipodiste NADIA KRUSHNIKOVA with Circus King... Austen Brothers Circus includes a number called "Juggle!" which ultimately involves 10 jugglers. DAVID KONYOT attempts to learn from a book, white-faced clown JEFF JAYES emerges from a giant white clown hat to juggle three clubs, joined by JO ROBLEY-DIXON, DAVID HIBLING, MICHAEL AUSTEN JR., ANDY KEMP, PAM KONYOT and antipodiste REBECCA AUSTEN. This leads up to the entry of MARIA GARCIA, who ascends and descends in a headstand on the trapeze while juggling.