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Ernst Montego receives the Historical Achievement Award from Karl-Heinz Ziethen and emcee Pat Hazzell. (Barry Korengold photo) |
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1997
Festival Awards IJA Award of Excellence - Art Jennings
IJA
Historical Achievement Award - Ernst
IJA Extraordinary Service Award - Richard
IJA Education Award - Hovey Burgess
People's Choice Award - Jorg Miiller
Flamingo Award - Dorothy Finnigan
Clubhead
Award for the Best Vest - Rob &
Outstanding
Woman Award - Dina
San
Francisco Gutter Jugglers Award New
Club head Award Honors Those With "Vested" Interest in
Juggling by
Erica Kekh
Those
who didn't attend the final night's
The
Clubhead Award will be given annually to (usually) one juggler based
on a criteria that will be kept secret until the award is given, and
each year the award will be given for a different
"accomplishment." This way, no one can try to win it! It's
sponsored by the Cleveland Clubheads Juggling Club and Akron's
Rubber City Jugglers. (Ohio, USA)
This
year's Clubhead award honored the "Best Vest of the
Fest."1t was an Airflite club crafted with classic "Mr.
Potato Head" features, mounted on a wood base with a metal
plaque. And, of course, he was wearing a nice satin vest with
sparkly decorations! The three judges for the award were Russ
O'Brien (who also makes the People's Choice Award each year), Scott
Slesnick and myself.
Of
course, we were very proud of our cute little guy and our idea.
Here's the story behind it...
The
judges decided to award a Best Vest of the Fest in response to some
negative "vest sentiment" we'd heard this year. It started
at a video party one night during the Dayton fest,
We
(the in-vest-igators) tried to spot everyone who was wearing a vest
at Pittsburgh. With apologies to anyone we missed, here they are...
Acknowledged
vest-wearers included: The "Magician's Been Drinking" guy,
one of the men in the European Showcase, a guy from DC in an Uncle
Sam vest with tails, Rod Laver, Pat Hazell (host of the Cascade of
Stars show), Dan Holzman, Andy Head, Dave Kaplan, Ed Jackman (host
of Comedy Night), and the Chainsaw Guy.
Some
of our favorites included: The "Stoolies" team (nice, bright
colors), Heather and Darrin from "Redefining Gravity" (very
classy vests), Baron Von Vaudeville (fun vest!), Peter Panic (in his
best green), Merry Spahr (very pretty beaded vest), Elliot Goldstein
(with matching pants!), Otto Mann (a neon orange traffic-workers vest
to go with his juggled traffic cones. He also wore a nice wool vest on
the last night of Renegade), John Wee (of the Passing Zone, hosts of
the Championships. He looked really sharp in his black formal-style
vest), Arsene (very stylish and interesting), and Ken Sprano (gorgeous
vest).
Then,
there were the finalists. The second runner-up was Robert Nelson, The
Butterfly Man, for his multi-techni-colored vest. (He told us he had
bought it for $4). The first runner-up was Julian Pittman, who did a
great performance for the Seniors Championships. He had a neat
short-style vest with fringes around the shoulder and neck. A kind of
bullfighter-ish style.
And
the winners of the 1997 First-Annual Clubhead Award for "The Best
Vest of the Fest" were Rob and Linda Peck! Not only did they have
a nice vest, but they used it in their performance at the Benefit
Show. While doing the runaround, they transferred the vest back and
forth. (I understand that this trick was first developed by Jim
Hugunin and Martin Frost, who performed it on Renegade Stage in
Burlington '94). Pretty cool trick! So congratulations Rob &
Linda!
And,
remember, if you're thinking of getting yourself a vest for your
performing outfit, do it! It's always a good investment! |
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Ernst Montego receives the Historical Achievement Award from Karl-Heinz Ziethen and emcee Pat Hazzell. (Barry Korengold photo) |
