HONORARY AWARDS
The IJA from time to time bestows special awards on deserving
individuals or groups to honor them for a particular service or excellence.
Named below are the recipients of these awards over the years. (See also
the awards and service provided by the Flamingo Club.)
Click on a link below to jump to that award.
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Recipients of the IJA Award of Excellence |
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| This award acknowledges
the jugglers who have represented the best the art has to offer through a
career of professional performance. |
| 1989 |
Anthony Gatto |
1990 |
Kris Kremo |
| 1991 |
Sergei Ignatov |
1992 |
Michael Moschen |
| 1993 |
Gregory Popovich |
1995 |
Dick Franco |
| 1996 |
Albert Lucas |
1997 |
Art Jennings |
| 2004 |
The Flying Karamazov Brothers |
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Recipients of the Historical Achievement Award |
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This award honors jugglers who have in their careers shown
extraordinary juggling achievements. The winner is customarily invited to
the IJA festival with all expenses paid. The award consists of an engraved
plaque accompanied by a framed certificate of the board's
proclamation. |
| 1991 |
Trixie Larue |
1992 |
Lotte Brunn |
| 1994 |
Gus Lauppe |
1995 |
Rudy Cardenas |
| 1996 |
Bob Bramson |
1997 |
Ernst Kuhn Montego |
| 2000 |
Rudy Horn |
2001 |
Fudi |
| 2002 |
Evgeni Biljauer |
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Recipients of the Bobby May Award |
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The IJA Bobby May Award honors a juggler or juggling coach for helping other
jugglers with their acts. New and experienced performers alike seek out the
advice and critique of their peers in their quest to improve their
acts. Not everyone is receptive to these inquiries. However, some
performers are known as able, receptive mentors who are always willing to
help those who seek them out. The award is named for Bobby May, who
was one of these mentors. Despite his international reputation, Bobby May
always had time to coach young jugglers who showed up on his doorstep or at
the backstage door. |
| 1995 |
Dan Holzman |
2003 |
Nick Gatto & Albert Moreira |
| 2004 |
Robert A. Nelson The Butterfly Man |
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Recipients of the IJA Extraordinary Service Award |
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This award is given to living jugglers who show outstanding
service to the field of juggling. It is primarily intended for those who
have shown consistent commitment to the promotion of juggling. The award
consists of an engraved plaque and a framed certificate of the board's
proclamation. |
| 1989 |
Karl-Heinz Ziethen |
1993 |
Bill Giduz |
| 1997 |
Richard Chamberlin |
1999 |
Ginny Rose |
| 2000 |
Rob Peck & Dina Scharnhorst |
2004 |
Roger Montandon |
| 2005 |
Martin Frost |
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Recipients of the IJA Founders Award |
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The IJA Founders Award is given to recognize a juggler
whose performance at any point during the annual festival best reflects the
spirt of vaudeville entertainment that the organization's founders upheld.
The award committee seeks a performer whose act shows a logical progression
from beginning to middle to end, contains no drops, demonstrates
outstanding and engaging characterization and conveys good comedy and
variety arts skills. The award is a 10-1/2" statuette of IJA founder Art
Jennings as The Bum Juggler. This award was retired after 1999. |
| 1991 |
Andrew Head |
1992 |
Daniel Gulko |
| 1993 |
Michael Menes |
1994 |
Kosen Kagami |
| 1995 |
John Gilkey |
1996 |
Bob Nickerson |
| 1999 |
Paul Arneberg |
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Recipients of the Excellence In Education Award |
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This award is given to "to bring attention to the amazing
people who teach juggling, for without them, where would we all be." It
recognizes outstanding efforts by individuals to teach juggling either to
non-jugglers or to those who already juggle. Nominations for the award may
be made by any member of the organization, and nominees need not be IJA
members. The award is a framed certificate and three apples for the
winning teacher. This award was created by, and has been sponsored for
many years by Laura Green, a longtime friend of jugglers everywhere. |
| 1991 |
Dave Finnigan |
1992 |
Mike Vondruska |
| 1993 |
Jahnathon Whitfield |
1994 |
Kit Summers |
| 1995 |
Myron Wilcox |
1996 |
Laurie Young & Kay Caskey |
| 1997 |
Hovey Burgess |
1998 |
Perry Rubenfeld |
| 1999 |
Rob Peck |
2000 |
Paul Arneberg |
| 2001 |
Kevin O'Keefe |
2002 |
Bud Markowitz, Michael Rosman & Todd Strong |
| 2004 |
Jackie "Mr. E" Erickson |
2005 |
Kevin Delagrange |
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Recipients of the People's Choice Award |
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| The People's Choice Award
reflects the popularity of an individual performer or group of performers during the
festival week. Festival attendees vote based on feelings about an
individual's or group's contribution to the festival. Ballots must be
turned in by the specified deadline (near the end of the festival). The
winner is announced at one of the final festival events and receives a
hand-crafted trophy made and donated by Russ O'Brien of the Akron juggling
club. |
| 1987 |
Bounce & Ooo La La |
1988 |
Philippine Pride Jugglers |
| 1989 |
Sergei / Jeffrey Daymont |
1990 |
Arsene |
| 1991 |
Laura Green |
1992 |
Elliot Cutler |
| 1993 |
Masahiro Mizuno |
1994 |
Ngaio Bealum |
| 1995 |
John Gilkey |
1996 |
Gil Pontius |
| 1997 |
Jorg Muller |
1998 |
Les Tourisks |
| 1999 |
The Gandini Juggling Project |
2000 |
Jason Garfield |
| 2001 |
The Boehmer Family |
2002 |
Perpetual Motion: Chuck Hawley & Anthony Shave |
| 2003 |
Team Rootberry: Jonathan Root & Bill Berry |
2004 |
Luke Burrage |
| 2005 |
Matt Hall |
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Honorary Life Members |
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| Honorary IJA Life
Memberships are given in recognition of IJA members demonstrating dedicated
service to the organization over a long period of time. The award consists
of a framed certificate and all benefits of a lifetime membership in the
IJA. |
| Before 1979 |
George Barvin* |
Before 1979 |
William Brown* |
| Before 1979 |
Eva Crosby* |
Before 1979 |
Art Jennings |
| Before 1979 |
Bernard Joyce* |
Before 1979 |
Roger Montandon |
| 1979 |
Bill Dietrich |
1979 |
Bobby May* |
| 1979 |
Stu Raynolds |
1983 |
Roger Dollarhide |
| 1990 |
Mary Wilkins |
1991 |
Phineas Indritz* |
| 1995 |
Eddie Johnson* |
1996 |
Betty Willer |
* Passed away.
(If you know the date of induction of any the 'Before 1979' Honorary
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