From: dougger@ERC.MsState.Edu (Douglas Meyer)
Subject: Mississippi Juggling
Organization: /home3/dougger/.organization
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:09:15 GMT


Howdy!!!

After going through 4 years of withdrawl from being in a juggling
club, I've finally broken down and decided to start one here at
Mississippi State University.  Sure I'm on staff here and not a
student, but I'm still a kid at heart.  However, it raises a bunch of
questions, all of which have been asked before, I'm sure.

1) Props, props, and more props...

It looks like I'll be buying most everything so that we have enough
for people to use.  ugh!  so this brings up all kinds of stuff..

a.  I've found some army surplus machetes (16", 18" and 22") which I
can get for a reasonable price.  I'll just do some handle mods if
needed, a little rebalancing, and make sure that blade is razor sharp.
;-)

b.  I have 7 silver bullets and 3 blah europeans, but I know it won't
be enough.  I'm a little concerned about the cost, because I once was
told that Jugglebug has their moldings done in Japan  (Dube doesn't
right?  They're American made maybe??) ... anyway, the dollar is
hitting record lows, and so clubs are hitting record highs.  I thought
airflites looked pretty good, but I don't have a current price.  Who
else is out there selling decent clubs at a tolerable price??

ALSO:  What's this stuff I occasionally hear about discounts for
buying stuff over the net?  Is somebody on here doing that??

c.  Beanbags... I think I have a friend that will sew me (for the cost
of the materials) about 47 ba-zillion beanbags.  I was figuring that I
could use colorful sailcloth or heavy ripstop to make them colorful
and have good durability.  Filling?  Do split-peas or rice sound good?
Are there better fillings??  And how many ounces of the stuff is right
for an "average" beanbag??

d.  I think I can get a couple old, banged-up bowling balls.. no prob.

e.  Rings... I've juggled 'em a few times, but don't know anything
about them, how to make them, or where I might just be able to buy a
half dozen decent ones.... help please!!

f.  Home-made torches.. is there such a thing that is safe and fairly
simple to make well balanced??

g.  Diablos, devil sticks, etc., etc.... good prices anyone???


2.  OK.. next is a harder question.  I haven't been able to find a
single name of a person in this general area that is a class-A juggler
that I could get in here for a clinic or just to spend a day taking me
up a couple notches with my juggling.  The region that is within about
3 hours drive in any direction from Starkville, Mississippi takes in
the following cities:

Jackson, Miss. - about 2 hours south
Birmingham, Al. - about 2.5 hours east
Memphis, Tenn. - about 3.5 hours Northwest

Does anybody know somebody out here???  (Boy, up in Chicagoland,
Pittsburgh, and central Indiana there was never a problem finding good
jugglers!) 


3.  I read a lot of the posts a month ago about starting juggling
clubs, keeping members, getting new members, having fests, etc.  I
appreciate all that information.  If anybody has any other ideas that
would be especially helpful during this formative time, please don't
hesitate to write!!!  I'm still writing up the constitution and
by-laws for this group, and I've yet to even pin down a decent name.



But things are looking up!!!  
(Hey, there's a name in there somewhere!... maybe for a kite store)


Thanks for all the help!
--
Douglas Brent Meyer
Research Assistant
Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation
Box 6176
Mississippi State, MS  39759
                                    "In short, there are three things
Office: (601)-325-2477               that last:  faith, hope and love; 
FAX:    (601)-325-7692               and the greatest of these is love."

E-Mail Address:  dougger@erc.msstate.edu




  
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