* And with circuses elsewhere world­wide:.. American Tory Cross with her clowning and juggling, and Russia's Safargalin Troupe with the Theater Carre circus in Holland... Kerst Circus in Utrecht featured Boule, a turn-of-the-cen­tury comedy restaurant juggling routine from Gougou and Sosman and 19-year­old Octavio Alegria... Ahoy Circus in Rotterdam featured Sergei Ignatov with five clubs, up to seven balls and nine hoops, as well as the four-person Troupe Afanassjews on their rotating see-saw type prop... comedy juggler Teddy Green with the International Big Top Circus in Ireland... Chile's Carlos Valencia with Courtney Brothers Circus in Ireland... egg juggling from Ramon and Mono with Ireland's McDonald's International Circus.. .Yves Nikol and his sister Lydia doing five and six hoops, boomerangs, Mexican hats and clubs with Chipperfield's Circus in Dublin... Philip Walker concluded his Gerry Cottle Circus routine by juggling three bulky sports bags... A Hungarian juggler named Natasha did three umbrellas, five hoops, five balls and four clubs with Circus Harlequin in Liverpool... The Fedovnov Duo, Sveta and Gennadv, combine juggling with jump ropes and hand balancing with the Royal London Circus in the Philippines... Franck Zavatta with the Cirque Franck Zavatta in France... Andreas Martinez with Fliegenpilz in Germany... Sabrina Fackelli and Line Carroll at different times with Circus Krone... Eddy Carelo does a "big trick" on the slack wire with Circus Pajazzo, twirling rings on one arm and one leg, spinning balls on a head pedestal and fin­ger, and juggling three rings.

 

* Kazakh jugglers Mikhail Staroseletsky and Urkan Urmanov appeared with the Kazakh State Circus during its recent three month tour of China. Urmanov does a comedy act that includes juggling with a dombra (a musical instrument like a balalaika) and two sticks. Staroseletsky does work combining tennis balls and rackets, concluding with a cascade of two balls, two rings and a racket.

 

* Comedy juggler Bobby Hunt and Bonnie Kempling, who met at the 1990 IJA festival in Los Angeles, were married on January 29, 1994, near Chicago. For their honeymoon, the pair put together an act to work on a cruise ship in the Bahamas. Kempling, daughter of IJA faithfuls Terry and Kaye Kempling, does social work in Chicago. Hunt's parents are also entertainers. His father juggles and his mother had a rope and whip act.

 

* Historians of juggling are invited to submit articles to a new bimonthly international magazine entitled "The Medieval and Renaissance Times." The magazine contains scholarly articles written for the general reader, along with entertainment features. Subscriptions are $29.95 for one year. For more information, direct your query to the editor at North Brunswick NJ.

 

* Anthony Gatto, who turned 21 recently, is making a big impression on reviewers in Las Vegas. Writing in his column in "Showtime," Wayne Bernath said, "Of the hundreds of shows I've reviewed since the 70s, Gatto is the first time I've seen an act get a standing ovation... He may well be the best act in Las Vegas." Gatto juggles with Melinda's magic show at the Lady Luck Casino show room.

 

*IJA member Ross Davies is looking for information on using club swinging as treatment for people with disabilities such as arthritis and asthma. If you know of studies or evidence of such usage, or can give him historical data on club swinging, write him at: Crafers; Australia.

 

* Australian juggler Earl Shatford is tossing nine rings in performance with the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. The group was founded in recognition of "The Year of the Child" in 1979 and features performers aged 8 to 18. Two years ago they employed six Russian trainers for a three-month residency, and juggler Albert Petrovski was among them. Shatford said his skills advanced rapidly under Petrovski's tutelage, to the point that tricks in his act now include five ring pancakes, seven balls, four clubs in a flat shower, five club back­crosses, and the nine ring pulldown finale. Shatford recently toured for three weeks with The Great Moscow Circus, which included Alexander Frish as juggler and ringmaster. Besides juggling, Shatford also pedals 11 other performers in a group bike act and he works with a human pyramid.

 

* L.A. juggler Hal Harris is appearing nationally on the new Fox cable network "FIX" in promo segments juggling (and dropping) blocks shaped like the network's logo.

 

* Correction to the last issue... A photo of a clown spilling popcorn from the Las Vegas IJA mini-festival was misidentified. He is Benny Le Grand, the main clown with Mystere Cirque du Soleil at Treasure Island.