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* Lots of people speculate about the outcome of juggling while parachuting, but it seems no one ever does anything about it for obvious reasons! However, skydiver John Kennett did try it with clubs on two jumps in June 1991 at Netheravon in Wiltshire, UK. He made both jumps from 3,500 feet, held the clubs in one hand and quickly opened his 'chute after just a couple seconds of freefall. He reports, "Having checked my canopy, made sure I was over some empty space on the airfield, and turned into wind so that I didn't go sailing away into the distance, I started to juggle. A ram-air canopy has a forward speed of about 20 miles per hour, so it was like juggling in a strongish wind. Suffice to say I soon dropped and watched helplessly as my club fell about 2,500 feet. I wondered whether it would stabilize and go screaming in, but it continued to tumble at a very leisurely rate and took ages to land! I watched it all the way in to remember where it had landed. I thought that I would probably have to drop the other clubs before my landing, but with one in each hand it was easy enough to hold the steering toggles, too. Sadly. I didn't get any photos, but there is a great opportunity her for some outstanding pictures. Any juggling manufacturer feel like sponsoring a skydiving team?"

* Las Vegas performer Steven August was one of the acts included in the "WOW Show of World's Most Awesome Acts," which was broadcast February 5 on ABC-TV. The 19 unusual acts filmed included men who shot apples off each others heads, contortionists, a man who breaks bricks under water with his foot, and a pididdler who spun everything from microwaves to suitcases on his fingers. August did his trade­mark illusion, balancing a flaming barbecue grill on his face, then pulling it down, covering it with a top and pulling a 10-foot live python from beneath the cover! Juggler Jack Taylor also appeared in the show juggling chain saws. In the variety act August has performed worldwide for the past 15 years, he juggles up to seven rings and makes a macaw appear from a scarf juggle. He also juggles three plugged-in blow driers, twisting the cords at first and then reversing the pattern to untwist the cords.