The Table Cloth Pull Trick

The table cloth pull trick is one of the most famous magic and juggling tricks in the world. While it’s probably more associated with magic, the origins and presentation of the trick stem from juggling. For those who aren’t familiar with the trick, the performer pulls a table cloth out from under a set of dinner ware. Check out the …

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Ultimate Juggling Tricks Challenge # 1 – Balls

The Ultimate Juggling Tricks Challenge is a new juggling competition invented by Scott Cain. This may or may not work, but here’s the basic idea. (If it doesn’t work, it was worth a try!) A category will be chosen and jugglers from around the world can submit videos (unlisted Youtube videos are preferred) of single juggling tricks (not routines) in …

Juggling and Comic Books: A Pictorial Gallery – Part 2

As I stated in Part 1 of this series, I’ve been a juggler for 36 years, but I’ve been a comic book collector for even longer than that. Therefore, I was very glad to receive a donation to the Museum of Juggling History that combines these two endeavors. Darrell W. Toomey donated a collection of comic books with juggling featured …

Juggling and Comic Books: A Pictorial Gallery – Part 1

I have been a juggler for 36 years, but I’ve been a comic book collector for even longer than that. Therefore, I was very glad to receive a donation to the Museum of Juggling History that combines these two endeavors. Darrell W. Toomey donated a collection of comic books with juggling featured on the cover. This sparked the idea of …

Viviane Chabre Obituary

We are sad to report that Viviane Chabre of the well known husband and wife juggling duo Les Dougalls has passed away. She was preceded in death by her husband and partner Erwin Steiner, who passed away in 1984 from cancer. Viviane, who was born February 4, 1943, was from Belgium and was a seventh generation circus artist and the …

Dream Tricks Challenge # 4 – The Results

The two first Dream Tricks Challenge articles challenged jugglers to attempt tricks that had never been done, at least on video. The results were quite amazing. The third DTC article provided readers with 12 old school or Gentleman juggler tricks or routines to attempt. The fourth edition of DTC included 12 more tricks that come from the era of Gentleman …

Types of Prop Balancing in Juggling

Balancing has long been a part of the performing juggler’s repertoire. Early juggling prop catalogs, which can be seen here and here, attest to the wide array of balance props and routines that were popular over a hundred years ago. Today’s jugglers still utilize balance tricks in their acts, even if they don’t have multiple unique props with which to …

Scott Burton Obituary

Our community has lost a very talented and original juggler. Scott Burton, 56, passed away November 27th, 2017. He was preceded in death by his father Harvey Burton. He is survived by his wife Linda, daughters Rachel & Maya, sons Dylan & Matthew, mother Jean Burton, siblings Arlene Krzyska, Debra Deacon, David Burton (Amy Ouradnik), Jack Burton (Juliet), Rosemary Willliams …

George Moore

George Moore is not a juggler that many, if any, readers will be familiar with. Not much is known about him, but what we do know is quite interesting. George Moore was born on August 31, 1889 in Philadelphia, PA (USA). He performed in vaudeville and specialized in juggling very odd and / or oversized props. He married another vaudevillian …