Friday, June 16th, 2006
Amazing Juggling Video
I just watched what may be the best juggling clip-video I have ever seen. It was done by Vova Galchenko and Mark Bakalor as a contest entry for Fat Boy Slim’s new video for his song “That Old Pair of Jeans” There was a lot of frustration in the juggling community when the video of [...]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Woodruff Place Flea Market
This weekend my neighborhood, Woodruff Place, is having their annual flea market. It’s kind of a big deal, and I’m told that last year there were about 6000 people who came through, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to do some street performing. Although the money would of course be nice, my [...]
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Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Toss Up Jugglefest
I LOVE juggling festivals. Love, love, LOVE them. This weekend is the Toss Up Jugglefest at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire IL. Yesterday was also the Illinios State Yo-yo Contest as a part of the festival, and I was a judge. In fact, I found out once I arrived that I was head judge. I [...]
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Indy Jugglers
Today I went to the weekly meeting of the Indianapolis Juggling Club for only the second time since I moved to Indy. My understanding was that the club only met in the summer, and since I am usually working on Sundays in the summer, I was only able to attend once before winter came. Today [...]
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Friday, May 5th, 2006
Jay Gilligan
Jay Gilligan and his buddy Erik Aberg are going to pass through town on their very brief Shoebox Tour on May 26th. Lenore has been helping me hook up a space for them to perform at Herron School of Art, and the show is going to be incredible. Now I just have to do some [...]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
NY Jugglefest
I just got back from Juggle Those in New York City and it was awesome. Those NY jugglers know how to have a good time. As it turned out, most of my favorite jugglers in the world were there. It was such a good time. On Sunday a bunch of us went to the Barnum [...]
