Interview with Ebrima Faal, the Stuttering Juggler

By: Esteban Vélez. The International Jugglers Association shared a video of an artist performing incredible tricks with basketballs. Then Erin Stephens told me about that person and helped me contact him. That juggler is Ebrima Faal, who calls himself “the stuttering juggler” on his social media. He is 21 years old. He was born in a small town in Bansang, …

Dewitt Young – An Almost Forgotten Juggler

By David Cain In the past, I’ve written fairly extensively about Ollie Young, the juggler credited as inventing kick ups with clubs, and an early hoop, diabolo, and boomerang juggler. It turns out that Ollie’s brother Dewitt was a talented juggler as well. The brothers were from Columbus, Ohio (USA). Dewitt Young was born 1879. In the late 1890s, Dewitt …

Interesting Facts about Ollie Young

By Esteban Vélez. Juggling historian David Cain recently published three incredible articles on eJuggle about aspects of the life of juggler Ollie Young. In them, Cain reveals details of Young’s artistic career, as well as images and newspaper clippings not widely known in the juggling community. If you’d like to read David Cain’s articles, you can find them here, here, …

Betty Gorham, IJA Member # 1

By David Cain Betty Gorham was born on July 26th, 1931. Her mother was an avid circus fan and would take Betty to all the local performances near their home in Davenport, Iowa. Betty learned to juggle at the age of thirteen, juggling mittens on the way to school. Doug Couden, already an established professional on the school assembly circuit, …

Harry Rouclere – Juggler and Magician

By: Esteban Vélez. Harry was a successful artist who created tricks and routines that revolutionized the world of magic in his time. Together with his wife, Mildred May, they became one of the most sought-after duos in the entertainment industry. Harry Rouclere Terhune was born on June 3, 1866, in Paterson, New Jersey. Before entering the world of magic full-time, …

Ollie Young and April – Vaudeville Diabolo and Soap Bubble Jugglers

By David Cain Author’s Note: In 2015, I introduced the juggling world to Ollie Young, an important and innovative juggler who had been almost completely forgotten. In 2025, I was contacted by an attorney who lived in Columbus, Ohio, Ollie Young’s hometown. He told me that his great uncle had been a very close friend to Ollie’s widow and that …

Juggling Interviews Podcast Episode 21: Wade Stokan

EDITOR’S NOTE: The juggler Wade refers to at the 46:30 mark is Ben Cornish (IG: ben_the_juggler) This series is part of eJuggle, the IJA’s online juggling resource: https://www.juggle.org/ejuggle In this episode, the super talented Wade Stokan shares about his beginnings and his passion for music and dancing along with insights on his social media journey. Wade Stokan’s Socials: Instagram:   …

So You Want to Join the Circus and Also Get a College Degree…

By JoAnn Ireland So you want to join the circus and also go to college – or maybe your parents want you to go to college – either way, there are options to turn your dream into a reality. On a recent trip to Tallahassee, Florida I visited the site of the Florida State University (FSU) (https://www.fsu.edu) Flying High Circus …