2006 IJA Festival Competitors & Performers

at the IJA festival in Portland, Oregon
July 17-23, 2006

Welcome Party and Rose City Revue

• Director: Rhys Thomas
• MC: Rhys Thomas
• Shoehorn (Michael Conley)
• Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein (David Lichtenstein)
• Flaming Heterosexuals (Henrik Bothe & Stevie G.)
• Rob Brown
• David Clay
• Vanillatown Vaudevillians (Mike Mesa & Curtis Carlyle)
• Toby & Tyler (Tyler Bechtel and Toby Patella)
• JuggleMania - Rhys Thomas
• Flamebuoyant (Shireen Press & Indigo)
• Band: Beat Lore
• Backstage: Maria Thomas, Zephyr Nelson

Planting the Juggling Seed Show

• Directors: Kim Laird and Rob Barowski
• MC: Matt Hall
• Matt Hall
• Rhys Thomas
• Jason Kollum
• Kristofer Groth
• Drew Briney
• PB&J from Earl Boyles Elementary School
• Earthcapades Environmental Vaudeville
• Dave Finnigan

Individual Prop Competition

• Director and MC: Dan Holzman
• Judges: Jackie "Mr. E" Erickson, Matt Hall, Mark Faje, Andrew Conway, Aaron Gregg
• Timekeeper/score tallier: John Satriano

Devil Stick

• Yohei Ota -- 1st place
• Aaron Young -- 2nd place
• Blake Spears -- 3rd place

Diabolo

• Chen Tzy Yin -- 1st place
• Tetsunori Saito -- 2nd place
• Chiang Shu Hui -- 3rd place

3 Balls

• Kevin Axtell -- 1st place
• Will Penman -- 2nd place
• Komei Aoki -- 3rd place

3 Boxes

• Nicholas Flair -- 1st place
• Brian Gadomski -- 2nd place
• Jacob Weiss -- 3rd place

3 Clubs

• Takashi Kikyo -- 1st place
• Nate Johnson -- 2nd place
• Matt Henry -- 3rd place

Tricks of Light

• Director: Jim Dorman
• MC: August the Poet
• D (Dustin Hubel)
• Dynamic (Peter Schroeder)
• Jessica Reidel
• Marco Paoletti
• Flamebuoyant Productions (shireen press and Indigo Teiwes)
• Two High Guys (John Spinisa and Nate Johnson)
• David Sallee
• Fyodor Karamazov (Tim Furst)

Juniors Championships

• Director: Craig Barnes
• MC: Dorothy Finnigan
• Cameron Ritter
• Alex Zebrowski
• Scott Richter
• Patty Yi-Chieh Liao
• Billy Watson -- 3rd place
• Komei Aoki
• Tony Pezzo -- 2nd place
• William Wei-Liang Lin -- 1st place
• Takashi Kikyo
• David Deeble (exhibition)

Youth Showcase

• Director: David Groth
• MC: Riley Wiklund, the kids and David Groth
• Opening "Tell Me Why"
• Salt & Pepper, aka The Spice Boys (Sean Carney and Brenden Ying) "I Like to Move It."
• P, B and J - Micah, Amy, Megan and Kristian
• Justin Kolas
• Ben Hestness, "Mission Impossible"
• One Degree of Separation/ Corn Tortillas
• Kimberly Martinez
• Improvisation Partnership (Kimberly Martinez, Ben Hestness, Bennett Roesch, Jill Koralewski)
• Dana Ferranti
• Electra Woman and Dyna-Girl (Jill Koralewski & Laura Watson) "Get On Your Feet"
• Mike Webster
• Youngest Juggler in the Audience
• Ryan Towey, "Take Me Out"
• Genetic Fallout (Amanda and Scott Richter) "Grease"
• Wild & Rice (Kelsy Harr & Lauren Rice)"Sandstorm"
• Finale

Individual Championships

• Director: Craig Barnes
• MC: Matt Hall
• Yohei Ota
• Yao-Wen Chang
• Masaki Hirano
• Jason Garfield
• Takashi Hagiwara
• Michael Karas -- 3rd place
• Yuki Kojima -- 2nd place
• Artem Khomanko -- 1st place

Team Championships

• Director: Craig Barnes
• MC: Matt Hall
• Vanillatown Vaudevillians (Mike Mesa & Curtis Carlyle) -- 3rd place
• Les Filles
• MHD Taiwan (William Wei-Liang Lin, Ting-Chin Hsu) -- 1st place
• The Dew Drop Jugglers (Mick Lunzer, Jason LeMay, Jeff Kasper)
• Swatch -- 2nd place
• Guava (Anna Kutkiewicz and Selby Shlosberg)
• Taipei Physical Education College

eXtreme Juggling

• Directors: Jack Kalvan and Ben Tolpin
• Judges: Will Murray, Erin Stevens, Peggy Reuss and Kevin Axtell
• MC: BeeJay Joyer
• Three Balls: Cate Flaherty
• Four balls: Kazuhiro Shindo
• Five balls: Tomohiro Morita
• Seven balls: Marco Paoletti
• Four rings: Brian Gadomski
• Five rings: Ivan Pecel
• Six rings: Brian Gadomski
• Three clubs: Takashi Kikyo
• Four clubs: Niels Duinker
• Five clubs: Stefan Brencel
• web site

Cascade of Stars

• Director: Sky King
• MC: Mark Hayward
• Mud Bay Jugglers
• Jerome Thomas

Farewell Party and Show

• Director: Scotty Meltzer
• MC: Aaron Gregg
• Matt Henry
• Marco Paoletti
• Stanford Juggling Research Institute (Rick Rubenstein, NeilFred Piccioto & Martin Frost)
• Ivan Pecel
• Nicholas Flair
• Peter Panic
• Niels Duinker
• Kumar of India (Kumar Pallana)