From rfs1@castle.york.ac.uk Tue Mar 28 20:20:29 GMT 1995 Article: 18564 of rec.juggling Path: hal.COM!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!auspex-gw.auspex.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!pipex!warwick!yama.mcc.ac.uk!news.york.ac.uk!news From: rfs1@castle.york.ac.uk (rfs1) Newsgroups: rec.juggling Subject: Re: Magnus Nicholls Date: 28 Mar 1995 09:07:32 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Lines: 30 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[6882] Message-ID: <3l8jkk$ddj@mailer.york.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rastelli.york.ac.uk X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.6@rastelli.york.ac.uk Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. > The following quotations are from several sources. I'm still > playing catchup and haven't got all the references. Sorry. Agreed news here is dodgy. > > > It is likely that Nicholls was the first to juggle 5 clubs, made > > of thin but solid white pine, though his work with plates, cups, > > and candelabras led to his most spectacular tricks. > > I found it intriguing that I never found any reports of Nicholls > juggling significant numbers of balls. Au Contrair (sp?), after his noted bust up with Rastelli I heard that he ceased to pursue the 9 balls he had almost cracked and abandoned numbers in favour or a revolutionary one ball routine. Using a large white stageball, which he manipulated in many odd ways around his hands, arms and body was completely different (Francis Brunn was to be inspired by him) but the audiences were left cold by the act. Gradually he took to more and more esoteric works deserting juggling almost completely. One of the reason for his obscurity today ? Rob.