All juggling events in 2012
Juggling events in United States, 2012
Friday, 20 April 2012 to Sunday, 22 April 2012
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The Northwest Arkansas Jugglers, Razorback Jugglers, and the University of Arkansas are proud to announce the 10th annual Northwest Arkansas Juggling Festival!
The event will be completely FREE (no gym entrance fee and no charge to see the shows)!
Special guests:
Kyle Johnson
"In his last 9 years Kyle has studied and performed juggling around the world. He was voted "Most Inspirational Juggler" at the Humboldt Juggling Festival in 2009 and the Damento Juggling Festival in 2010, certified by the the International Jugglers' Association for Y.E.P. (Youth Education Program) for teaching juggling to children in 2010, and has been giving private lessons as well as larger workshops at international festivals for the past three years. Kyle is currently focusing on mixing contact juggling with conventional toss juggling and smooth movement."
http://www.pullingshapes.com/
https://youtu.be/l43Sv2xsamU
Brad Weston
Brad Weston's unique juggling act has appeared on:
David Letterman
Tonight Show
The Ellen Degeneres Show
The Today Show
Ripley's Believe It or Not
and many others
Voted an AOL TOP TV Moment
"Brad Weston is a big event all by himself!"
-David Letterman
Brad's amazing and hilarious act is a theatrical thrill ride... on a unicycle... in a straight jacket! Clean, fast paced, and full of surprises, this show from Chicago is as much like watching a magic show as it is like seeing a juggler. See what everyone is talking about!
http://www.bradweston.com/
https://youtu.be/m2De5bpMapo?list=UL
Brian P. Dailey
Brian has performed thousands of shows for Circus, Theme Parks, four countries in Europe, and one place in Asia. He was the headliner for the 2011 Smokey Mountain Juggling Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and he was an emcee and performer at the 2011 Boulder Juggling Festival in Boulder, Colorado. Brian is from Chicago.
https://youtu.be/Yajh1iljSrg
Also appearing:
Ethan Robison
Ethan is a 10 year old juggling prodigy from Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He's been juggling for a little over two years, and in that short time he's learned to juggle 5 clubs, 7 balls, and he's learning to pass 9 clubs between two people. Ethan performed in the Youth Showcase at The 2011 International Jugglers' Association Festival in Rochester, Minnesota. Ethan is a special guest of the 2012 Austin Jugglefest.
The Institute of Jugglology
Eric Jackson
Schedule:
Friday April 20th
5-10:50 PM
Location: Gym 1 of the HPER building at the University of Arkansas.
Juggling, workshops, and a FREE show at 7PM in gym 1 of the HPER Friday night.
Saturday April 21st
Juggling, workshops, Unicycle races, and juggling games (juggling combat, juggling endurance games, quarter juggling, 3 ball juggling simon says, etc), will be in the gymnasium at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.
Saturday's FREE show will be in the chapel at the Jones Center for Families.
Last year our event had over 100 jugglers attend from at least 13 different states, and two from Sweden.
We hope you'll join us this year!
Please stay tuned for updates!
Also, please invite your friends and fellow jugglers!
*If you come to the festival, there is a new attraction in the area. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a $488 milllion dollar art museum that just opened 11/11/11. Crystal Bridges is only about a 25 minute drive from the juggling festival. Tickets to the museum are FREE, but you must reserve them in advance:
http://crystalbridges.org/