1991 IJA Festival Highlights

The following is the contents of the 1991 IJA Festival Highlights tape. This year's festival was held in St. Louis, Missouri. It lists the times in hours:minutes:seconds, and gives a brief description of the different clips on the tape.

0:00:00 - 0:02:30 Introduction

0:02:30 - 0:03:15 Young Talent Showcase

0:03:15 - 0:19:00 Juniors Championships
Check out the Jugglers World article on the juniors championships.

• Robin Chestnut - 3 clubs
• Jason Weistadt - 3 balls
• Ben Tolpin - 3 balls, 5 balls
• Sean Blue - 4 clubs
• Jay Gilligan - 4 & 5 ball bounce, 5 balls
• 3rd place: Sean McKinney - 3 clubs
• 2nd place: Brian Patz
  • 4 clubs
  • 3 clubs
  • cigar boxes
  • 6 rings

• 0:10:35 - 0:11:15 Emcee gags

• 0:11:15 - 0:16:40 1st place: Pat McGuire
  • hat tricks
  • hat & cane
  • 5 balls with one on forehead
  • head rolls
  • 7 ball lift bounce
  • 5 clubs
  • 3 ball - lots of head roll moves while juggling

• 0:16:40 - 0:19:00 Juniors awards ceremony

0:19:40 - 0:25:00 Workshops

• Mathematics of Juggling - Arthur Lewbel
• Jugglers Computer Network - Bill Paxton
• Club repair and decoration - Greg Cohen
• Beginning 3 ball - Laura Green
• Club passing demo - Martin Frost - cool 6 and 7 club handoff stuff
• 0:21:55 - 0:24:00 Impromptu items
  • Card stuff
  • Balancing ball on nose
  • Cigar boxes - Jeff Daymont
  • Contact juggling
• Three ball demo
• Devilstick
• Unicycle - Dave Goldman riding an impossible wheel

• 5 clubs
• Demos
• Workshop on practice techniques

• Rola bola's with club passing
• 2 balls & ponytail - Jeff Daymont
• Diabolo
• Tight rope
• Glow balls
• Glow in the dark yo-yo's
• two devilsticks
• Other various acts

0:43:00 - 0:43:30 IJA auction

0:43:30 - 0:48:00 Numbers Championships - Anthony Gatto ruled

0:48:00 - 0:49:20 Prop vendors

0:49:20 - 0:49:45 Juggler's World convention newsletter

0:49:45 - 1:23:15 Seniors Championships

• 0:50:55 - 1:09:55 Teams Championships
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  • 0:50:55 - 0:51:50 The Pin Pushers - club passing with hand offs
  • 0:51:50 - 0:52:30 Raising Cain - 6 club passing
  • 0:52:30 - 0:53:35 Dew Drop Jugglers - Diabolo Passing
  • 0:53:35 - 0:54:40 Happenstance - 6 club passing
  • 0:54:40 - 0:55:45 The Flaming Idiots - 6 clubs with hand offs, 7 clubs to 9 clubs (three people)
  • 0:55:45 - 0:56:50 The Kiss - Ball Spinning

  • 0:56:50 - 1:00:40 Bronze: Clockwork (Jack Kalvan, Rick Rubenstein)
    • Flower pot stacking
    • 5 large balls between two people

  • 1:00:40 - 1:07:15 Silver: Doubble Troubble (Alex and Nick Karvounis)
    • cigar boxes in symmetry - with passing and steals
    • 3 club steals
    • 6 club passing
    • 7 club passing patterns
    • 9 club passing
    • 10 club passing

  • 1:07:15 - 1:09:55 Team awards

• 1:09:55 - 1:23:15 Individual championships
  Check out the Jugglers World article on the Individual championship performances.
  • 1:10:00 - 1:11:00 Bob Nickerson - hula hoops and three balls
  • 1:11:00 - 1:11:30 Scott Burton - 3 balls on back

  • 1:11:30 - 1:12:30 Bronze: Dana Tison - 5 ball tricks

  • 1:12:30 - 1:13:50 Bronze: Jason Garfield - 4 clubs

  • 1:13:50 - 1:14:40 Bronze: Tuey Wilson - ball spinning, ring spinning

  • 1:14:40 - 1:21:00 Silver: Andrew Head
    • hat tricks
    • stool and hat
    • ball and hat
    • club swinging
    • 3 club tricks
    • 4 clubs

  • 1:21:00 - 1:23:15 Individual Championship awards

• Combat
• Joggling
• 5 ball endurance
• 3 ball open
• Clubs are trump
• Boxes, boxes, boxes
• Diabolo till you drop
• Four ball frenzy
• Obstacle course
• Diabolo toss
• Unicycle demo
• yo-yo show

• Dale Jones - lettuce eating
• Sandy Brown - cigar boxes
• Dave Deeble - balloon and scarf
• The Flaming Idiots - juggling leapfrog
• Doubble Troubble - 7 club passing
• The Swordsmen (Doug Mumaw and David Woolley)
• Anthony Gatto - 5 clubs
• Jeff Daymont - Sergie doll plate spinning

• 1:30:25 - 1:40:35 Sergie Ignatov
  • 5 clubs
  • 5 balls
  • 7 stage balls
  • 6 to 7 rings
  • 4 clubs
  • 3 clubs
  • 7 to 9 rings
  • 9 to 11 ring flash

• 1:40:35 - 1:41:45 Wrap up of public show

• The Flaming Idiots
• People's Choice Award - Laura Green
• IJA Founders Award - Andrew Head
• Honorary Life Membership - Phineas Indritz
• IJA Excellence in Education Award - Dave Finnigan
• IJA Historical Achievement Award - Trixie Larue
• IJA Award of Excellence - Sergei Ignatov

1:48:00 - 1:50:00 Renegade stage

• Jeff Daymont with Sergie doll
• Sergie Ignatov come on stage and pulls out a Jeff Daymont doll