Preliminary Workshop Schedule for the 2013 IJA Festival

You’ve all been asking, so here it is. You can download a preliminary version of the festival workshop schedule here: Workshop Schedule The schedule is definitely fluid. At this stage of the game, I’m probably having to make 5-10 changes every day due to moving workshops, changing difficulties, adding new workshops, and so on. Which is mostly good stuff, but …

Message from the Chair, June 2013

Hello, and hope this message finds you all well! It is a good time to be a juggler; let me remind you a few of the reasons. World Juggling Day is almost upon us. On June 15th, join jugglers around the world in celebrating what we do and the wide range of reasons we do it. Whether you choose to …

Message from the Chair, March 2013

Let me start off with a piece of mildly interesting trivia, so I can give you the answer at the end: without looking at our roster, which 3 states in the United States have the most IJA members as of our last published roster? We meet again. There isn’t necessarily a lot of news to share with you, but some …

(Not the Last) Message from the Chair, February 2013

Hello, everyone! First and foremost, let me clear something up. As far back as the Winston-Salem festival, I have heard rumors and whispers. “I sure hope the Bowling Green festival goes well, because if it doesn’t, I hear it will be the last IJA festival!” And at every festival I’ve been to since, I’ve heard the same rumors. Let me …

A Message from the Chair, November 2012

The past month has been a slower month than usual, so I don’t have as much to report. But it is always good to keep in touch, and update you on what we can. Festival planning for this summer’s festival in Bowling Green continues onward. While Kim Laird is working tirelessly already on tidying up details, she has also brought …

A Message from the Chair, October 2012

Greetings to all our juggling, unicycling, spinning, burning, and otherwise entertaining friends. We’ve continued to be busy behind the scenes trying to fulfill our charter of rendering service, so I’m back to pass on some of the highlights. At the festival in Winston-Salem, we announced the return of our Vendor Discount Program. This allows IJA members to get discounts when …

A Message from the Chair, September 2012

  We meet again! On the heels of the August board meeting, I’m once again checking in to catch you up on goings on within the IJA. Festival business. I’m happy to announce that Kim Laird has taken on the job of Festival Coordinator for the 2013 festival at Bowling Green State University. She’s already hard at work, and recently …

A Message from the Chair

For those of you I haven’t met (yet), allow me to introduce myself. I’m Dave Pawson, and I’ll be your chairman of the board for the next year. This is sincerely an honor for me, and makes for very exciting times. But as exciting as this is for me, there are a lot of things going on these days that …