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... BRYAN NASH in North Hollywood, Calif., a professional juggler for the past two years, has appeared in a number of spot roles on television. He was on the former NBC show "Sunday's Best" and in a pilot for a new show, "Mimi and Me." He did unicycling in the movie, "Shakes The Clown," and juggled torches ,'in a night carnival scene in "Ricochet," an upcoming film starring Denzel Washington. His specialty is four torches, but his act also features clubs, balls and cigar boxes.

... In Munich MARKUS MARCONI was joined by Owen Morse, who wanted to see the European scene first-hand. Others headed to Europe for the summer included TERRY HURD and SUSIE WILLIAMS, who planned to perform together before returning to the states for the St. Louis festival. Markus also reported excitement building about the European convention in Verona and the Tblisi convention in Soviet Georgia, with several Americans planning to make the long journey.

... KRIS KREMO is fulfilling a promise to perform with Circus Knie during its 700th Swiss Anniversary Season. Knie's entire lineup this season is Swiss performers, and Kremo grew up and learned juggling in that country.

... The Associated Press ran a national wire story and juggling photo about GARY ISAACS, a mechanical engineer who "traded his slide rule, business suits and six-figure salary for a bright red nose and floppy shoes." Isaacs, who holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from MIT and a graduate business degree from UCLA, decided he really wanted to be a clown. He enrolled in Ringling Brothers Clown College, graduated and was looking for a job in his new field at the time the article was written.

... THE FETTUCINI BROTHERS, STEVE LANGLEY and SEAN SULLIVAN, have taken their comedy juggling act on the ocean. They got their first cruise ship job in February, plying the waters between Ft. Lauderdale and the Bahamas for three weeks on the SS Mardi Gras. They've been back on board Carnival's ships several times since then. They juggled at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, have done several comedy clubs and were filmed for the cable show, "Works In Progress." They're also hoping to get onto the college circuit through representation at seven regional conventions of NACA this year. They signed off the report saying, "that's what's up in the fast-paced, slam-bang, live-on-the- razor' s-edge, laugh - in-the-face-ofdeath world of the Fettucini Brothers!"

... THE AMERICAN DREAM COMEDY TEAM spent time this spring in Australia, appearing three times in one week on the nationally broadcast "Midday with Ray Martin" television show. Actually, JOHN PARK was only on the show twice to SCOTT MELTZER'S three times. The first time Scott was on the show by himself because he couldn't find John. Later, John, who is working hard on the cups and saucers kickup trick, met Aussie LLYNDA NAIRN (nee Gobi), whom many people may remember doing the same trick in the SUNY-Purchase convention public show. She gave him some good hints, but he is still soliciting suggestions for a good last object to kick into the last cup besides the usual lump of sugar or teaspoon. Any suggestions?

... Friends and colleagues from the Chelmsford (England) Juggling and Unicycle Club formed a guard of honor when JOHN HAWKINS and NAOMI HELEN COOK were married in February. John, a postman in Chelmsford, took up juggling four years ago. He says he won't be juggling the wedding china, but may give it a whirl with three rolling pins the couple received as wedding gifts.

... Comedy juggler DIETER TASSO is appearing with the Tommy Bartlett Show in Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., through early September.

... The April 22 issue of "The New Yorker" magazine includes a short article on LOTTIE BRUNN. It begins with a description of Gregory Popovitch's act with the Moscow Circus, and segues into a visit with Brunn. It includes some biographical material and her assertion that numbers juggling means very little if the act is not "beautiful" above all.

... BOB GOETZELMAN of Ft. Myers, Fla., took his clubs along for a ride on a parasail and managed a cascade that got him pictured prominently in the Ft. Myers New Press. Goetzelman, who operates the GULF COAST JUGGLING INSTITUTE, said the wind was very gusty, the experience very enjoyable, and that he'd do it again. He didn't explain how he'd pick up those drops, though!

... JONATHAN SEGLINS and his partner, JONATHAN AUSTIN, wrote a special show about handling business affairs and trusting in partnership for the national sales meeting of Planters-Lifesavers. They juggled five balls together and passed six torches on tall unicycles. Seglins was headed for the British Isles this spring.

... Another feature of the PlanterLifesavers multi-media show was a video of DAN MENENDEZ and his keyboard juggling. A few seconds of that act will appear in a Planters "everyone loves a nut" TV commercial. Menendez appeared at the President's Ford's Theatre Show in March, performing for George Bush and some top generals fresh back from the mideast war. He also did more than a dozen NBA halftime shows last season, and appeared at the Nugget in Reno for two weeks in April.

... PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, the famous French impressionist painter, juggled. It's a fact, according to the magazine OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WEEK. The April 25 edition reports that Dr. James S. Louie of the UCLA med center has studied Renoir's rheumatoid arthritis for 30 years, and discovered that Renoir juggled leather balls to improve his agility, among other exercises and methods of coping with his disease.

... LOVELL BUCHANAN will be clowning around this summer at WILLOW VALLEY INN in Lancaster, Pa. His nightly tent-show production of Prof. Funfoolery's Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza will feature a three and four ball comedy juggling routine. He's also an experienced magician, cartoonist, clown and puppeteer who builds many of his own tricks and technical stage props.

... Appearing at Holland Village theme park in Japan last winter, CINDY MARVELL fell off a unicycle and fractured an elbow. She hastily concocted a new one-handed show for the month in which she was in a cast. Other jugglers there were VICTOR & MANUEL ZUNIGA, JEANNE WALL and BRAD ZUPP.

... GENE JONES, Guinness World Judge for Juggling, reports that another record has fallen recently. BRUCE CREVIER has successful spun 15 basketballs at once!

... DAVE BUASE of Reading, Penn., got some good press for a four-week juggling class he taught there. The 55-year-old copy shop owner says juggling helps him relieve the stress of the work day and he wanted to share the joy with others. JIM KERR of Anchorage, Alaska, was also featured in a two-page photo feature about his class at the university there.