From: amasss@vet.vet.purdue.edu (Sandra Amass)
Newsgroups: rec.juggling
Subject: bloomington fest review
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:43:35 GMT
Organization: Purdue University SVM
Originator: amasss@vet.vet.purdue.edu

the bloomington halloween fest review
                     by san-D
i entered the Armory or tried to. the door i chose was locked so i
was sent around the side and then.....i entered the armory. it was
pretty big. not as big as Purdue's gargantuan armory but it did have
one thing that Purdue did not- CLEAN FLOORS. nearly spotless.
"wonder why purdue can't keep those floors clean?" said the
bloomington janitor. and i wondered the same. there was adequate room
for jugglers and KOMBATants alike. Even Michael Fergusen could juggle
what 8 - 10 -22 balls in a shower pattern without bothering any
Kombat players, but i digress.

i entered the armory and i said hello to thomasl and lisa ragatz and
then i noticed the box. the box covered in black cloth that said
"STICK YOUR HEAD IN THERE" or so it implied. I was wary. why should
i stick MY head in there. It was halloween. Could be something in there
to jump out and poke my eye out- like a soccer ball. Sure they told
me when i got there that Jay Gilligan had his eye ripped from his body
by a soccer ball- how did i know that Jay just hadn't arrived before me
and stuck his head in that box and then whatever evil thing in there
gauged out his eye and the bloomington people hid him away somewhere
and then set out a get well card as a cover up. HUH? TELL ME HOW
I WOULD KNOW THAT!?!. As i was making this decision- whether or
not to stick my face in the box-no no sorry My entire head in this casket
of doom. Fritz comes up behind me and says " Put your head in the box"
Hmmm. I was even more suspicous. But after interrogating Fritz and
confirming the fact that Fritz was not himself in the box, taking into
account my safety, i carefully lifted the black curtain of death
and plunged my head into the darkness. THE HOOROR. THERE IN THE BOX
WAS JAY GILLIGAN'S EYE!!! just kidding- it was only a t-shirt.
not just any shirt it glowed in the dark. It had a fantastic design
better than any i had ever seen in any small cardboard box covered
with black cloth- or at any juggle fest. i was impressed. I did notice
a small defect in the design The "P" on the foamin bucket didn't glow.
go figure.

Oncemy pupils readjusted i looked around the gym. there were people from
everywhere. Including the infamous george strain! Wow what a turnout.
And the caliber of the jugglers present was tremendous.

The next thing i noticed was the big table of props. A vendor? No
the RAFFLE. the biggest bestest hugest raffle in the world!
It would have been at least. I guess i view the raffle as a chance
to spend a minimal amount of money and maybe win props that i could
otherwise not afford- not in a million trillion years. i do not see
 a raffle as an investment. But some one did and it was no surprise who took
away all those wonderful prizes.Why didn't you just buy the props
if you had that much money in the first place? Ah, but i am bitter-
there is no reason why one should not purchase gobs of tickets
and win all the great prizes except that it kind of spoils the fun for everyone
else. Kudos to bloomington who had the high ethical values not to fix the
raffle, even though the results put a gray cloud over the fest for a brief
moment.

The reflections people were there. that was a very happy thing. i purchased
new great fancy clubs and everyone liked the new designs on the table.
It was nice to have a soft club vendor at arms reach from the Kombat
arena.

Michael Ferguson wass there as i mentioned before selling the best bags
in the world. he also had some made for Deron barnhart that
are non biodegradable so they might withstand the torturous
mildews of Africa. Thanks Michael. And thanks to all who donated
to the deron fund.

The fest was free, and the food was free and the drinks too after
5pm and i just thought it was great. GOOD JOB BLOOMINGTON!