Friday, July 15, 2011

Anthony Gatto to throw first pitch

Cirque du Soleil performers will be at Trop for Rays game Sunday

Move over, . The performers of Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba troupe in Orlando are coming to Tropicana Field on Sunday to entertain the crowd before the nighttime game against the Boston Red Sox.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

World Juggling Day on Jeopardy...

I was just watching Jeopardy "Kids" version on TV with my daughters, and the question to the answer was "World Juggling Day". Pretty cool. I forget exactly how the answer was worded, but the category was something like "World Celebrations" and the answer was something like "what "World" Day is in mid June and might be celebrated by throwing three torches in the air, or something to that effect.

The Juggler of Carlsbad


The writer does not bother to learn or find out the juggler's name, but seems to enjoy what he does. Anyone know who he is writing about?

Juggling Museum?

Here is a related story to that last post about Ken Benge, here is a newspaper story about a possible Juggling History Museum being considered in Beecher, Illinois that would house his personal collection.

Ken Benge







Ken wrote "The Art of Juggling", which was a key book for me, as a developing juggler. It was the first juggling book that I read and I still reference it today whenever I perform my Library program.