Editors: Don Lewis and Martin Frost
(ijanews@juggle.org)
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CONTENTS
- Chair’s message
- Smithsonian podcast about Paul Cinquevalli
- Get Ready For Halloween!
- Marketplace
- Latest articles in eJuggle
- Upcoming juggling festivals
Chair’s message, by Nathan Wakefield
One of the benefits of being an IJA member is access to great deals from vendors in our Vendor Discount Program.
We’re very fortunate to have a number of participating vendors who offer our members a number of perks. It’s also a very diverse listing as well. We have great deals from companies that sell traditional juggling equipment, fire props, even danger props and ebooks.
Here’s a quick breakdown of our current offerings for the Vendor Discount Program.
- Lybrary – 25% off the complete digitized JUGGLE magazine package
- Bravo Juggling – 10% off all orders
- Brontosaurus Balls – 14% off on all balls, other than white
- Flying Clipper – Special IJA member pricing on select balls
- Fyregear – 15% off all orders
- Gballz – Free Standard Embossing on orders of 5 or more ballz
- Juggling Fashion – 10% off all orders
- Master Ong’s Prop Shop – 10% off all orders (excluding apparel and events)
- Neon Husky – 10% off all orders
- Pass the Props – 10% off all orders
- Sport Juggling Company – Free embroidery upgrade (up to 10 Sportco balls)
- Three Finger Juggling – 10% off all orders
To take advantage of these savings, simply log in to your IJA account and visit our Vendor Discount Program page.
We continue to add new vendors regularly, so be on the lookout in the eNewsletter for announcements of new additions.
Thankful for the support of so many partnering vendors,
Nathan Wakefield
IJA Chairman
Smithsonian podcast about Paul Cinquevalli
This month one of the Smithsonian Institution’s Sidedoor podcasts is about the life of famous juggler Paul Cinquevalli and how his art is being carried on today. The Sidedoor podcast interviewed Thom Wall and Erik Åberg for the history of juggling and circus art like that of Cinquevalli.
As the Smithsonian says:
In the late 1800s, Paul Cinquevalli was one of the most famous and thrilling entertainers in the world. Tales of his juggling and balancing exploits spanned continents. But by the mid 20th century, his name was all but forgotten. In this episode, Sidedoor explores Cinquevalli’s epic rise and fall, and brings you inside the Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s circus tents for a one-of-a-kind Cinquevalli-inspired juggling revival.
The podcast episode and more information from the Smithsonian collection can be found on their website: https://www.si.edu/sidedoor/ep-7-man-who-defied-gravity.
Get Ready For Halloween! by Don Lewis
October 31st is the day when youngsters get out their costumes and do the neighborhood rounds yelling “Trick or Treat!”. Quite often a group of parents travel around with the kids to make sure everything is safe. It’s a couple of hours of fun.
Rather than jump up from your comfortable seat every time a miniature goblin rings your doorbell, why not stand outside and juggle something? It usually impresses the kids — and always impresses the adults tagging along with them. If you have a local juggling club, keep some cards on hand to hand out to people who are interested. I always find at least a few adults that admit that they can juggle a bit. And a lot of kids get exposed to juggling in phys ed programs. Your juggling club is the logical next place for them to go to get seriously hooked on juggling.
One year I was juggling on the front porch and Jen was handing out candy to a steady stream of kids. One of them said “Hey lady, I really like your mannequin.” Keep a few spare balls out for impromptu lessons. A lot of people will say, “I tried but couldn’t do it.” Get them to quickly catch three balls in order, and then throw them back to you like that. They just juggled and are probably surprised.
The other impediment to getting people interested is the cost of props. Yes, to a non juggler the props seem expensive. But, you don’t have to start with the good stuff. Dollar store balls can be juggled well if they have a bit of weight. Even tennis balls work well with a bit of sand or water in them to keep them from bouncing madly. The Green Club Project plans are available on the IJA website so that anyone can make inexpensive, properly balanced clubs, with flexible grips. Props are not an excuse!
There are lots of how-to videos on the IJA website.
Have fun. You do the tricks and they get the treats. The following links print a page of business cards that promote the IJA and the Green Club Project. You can buy standard business card paper at an office supplies store and print some out. Or just print them on regular paper, cut, and hand them out with the treats.
Marketplace
From time to time, people contact us about juggling-related items they no longer need, to see if any IJA members are interested in the items. It could be a sale, a swap, or just a come-and-get-it giveaway. The IJA has no opinion on the potential value or quality of these items or services. Items are listed here as a service to members. Caveat emptor.
Free: Laugh Maker magazines and balloon books available
Paul Boccia is interested in giving away many back issues of Laugh Maker (children’s entertainment magazine), plus several balloon books. He doesn’t want to ship them and lives near New York City. So if you’re in that area and are interested in the magazines and/or books, contact Paul at 914-261-5227 or pauly730@aol.com.
For sale: two-volume set of 4,000 Years of Juggling
Kurt Kalas says he is the original owner of the two-volume book 4,000 Years of Juggling and is ready to sell it. He’s asking $1000 for the set but will consider other serious offers. If you want to see it before deciding whether to buy it, you can arrange to look at the set in south Chicago by contacting Kurt at 708-535-6266 or kgkalas@gmail.com.
Latest articles in eJuggle
- The Berliner Jonglierconvention Review – 2017(DE) by Jon Peat
- 27. pyramidales Jonglier- und Kleinkunstfestival Karlsruhe Convention Review – 2017(DE) by Jon Peat
- The Hoop and Glass Trick by David Cain
- IJA Tricks Of The Month Japan September 2017 by Keiichi Waguri by IJA Tricks of the Month
- Erik Åberg on “Drop Everything” podcast with host Dan Holzman by Daniel Holzman
- Juggling Biographies by Scott A Cain
- Interview with Aleksandra Sobolieva by Esteban Velez
- Ladies Malabaristas – Colombia by Esteban Velez
- Francis Brunn Videos from the Bobby Jule Collection by David Cain
Upcoming juggling festivals
Below is a list of some upcoming juggling festivals. For a list of even more fests, check our worldwide juggling event listings.
To get a festival listed here for free, just drop a note to us at ijanews@juggle.org. Hey, jugglers want to know about juggling fests. Help them out and get more jugglers to your fest at the same time.
La 1er Rencontre des Jongleurs d’Afrique
19 Sep – 29 Sep 2017
Cotonou, Benin Benin (Bénin)
https://www.facebook.com/events/329513310722530
12. J-Fest Türkiye Jonglörlük Festivali (Turkish Juggling Fest)
25 Sep – 1 Oct 2017
Sundance Nature Village Phaselis Caddesi, Tekirova, Kemer, 07980 Antalya Turkey (Türkiye)
https://www.j-fest.com/
Portland Juggling Festival
29 Sep – 1 Oct 2017
Reed College Sports Center, Portland, OR USA
https://www.portlandjugglers.org
6th Annual Cleveland Circus Juggling Festival
29 Sep – 1 Oct 2017
11892 Carlton Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 USA
https://sites.google.com/a/case.edu/juggling/
Freshers’ Juggling Convention 2017
6 Oct – 8 Oct 2017
Ucd Student Centre, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
https://www.facebook.com/events/252832055228121
Philly Fest 2017 Juggling Festival
6 Oct – 8 Oct 2017
Collingdale Borough Hall, 800 MacDade Blvd, Collingdale, PA 19023-3826 USA
https://www.facebook.com/events/149757865616388
Juggling Convention in SPB (Russia)
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2017
Russia, Saint Petersburg, “Red Triangle” Russia (Россия)
https://ogospb.timepad.ru/event/487661/
St Louis Jugglefest 2017
20 Oct – 22 Oct 2017
Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis 63130 USA
https://www.facebook.com/events/344201889336184/
Show: Limestone City Juggling Festival 2017
4 Nov – 4 Nov 2017
Queen’s Theological Hall, 85 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V6, Canada
https://www.facebook.com/events/294122527738534
Richmond Juggling Convention 2017
16 Dec – 17 Dec 2017
Richmond Waldorf School, 1301 Robin Hood Road, Richmond, Virginia 23227 USA
https://www.facebook.com/events/687275958134323
40th Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival
2 Feb – 4 Feb 2018
Yaarab Shrine Center Recreation Building, 400 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta, GA 30308 USA
https://atlantajugglers.org/festivals/upcoming-festival
The 25th Israel Juggling Convention (IJC)
1 Apr – 5 Apr 2018
Gan HaShlosha National Park (Sahne), Israel Israel (ישראל)
https://www.ijc.co.il/Convention/ijc25/
71st Annual IJA Juggling Festival
16 Jul – 22 Jul 2018
Springfield, MA USA
https://juggle.org/festival/
41st European Juggling Convention 2018, Azores
28 Jul – 5 Aug 2018
Sao Miguel, Azores Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/Ejc2018-Açores-193484871063481/