That time of the year again!
Here's what I've been up to this year, friends... a few new tricks, from me to you! Hope you dig it!
Daniel Simu - - Parent #
Fun stuff! I especially liked the table cloth pull at the start :D
It's inspiring to see, and makes me want to make a similar video some day! However I'm really not in the habit of recording myself yet, perhaps that is a first thing to tackle ;)
How did "Bramson rolls" end up being called that? I see more and more people use that name, but I would really prefer to call them "Everhart rolls"
Do you know who first named them like this?
That's a good question (... For David! Ha!)
I've heard that trick referred to as "bramson rolls" for as long as I've seen it. My guess is that Bob is the first guy who was televised doing it? One point of anec-data for ya :p
Little Paul - - Parent #
I think I've been assuming it's similar to why Alberts/Treblas are called Alberts/Treblas.
ie they're so named because more jugglers have seen Bob Bramson do them than Everhardt (because more footage exists of Bramson, for obvious reasons)
Little Paul - - Parent #
Although, oddly - the earliest reference I can find to the term "Bramson Rolls" seems to be a post on rec.juggling form 2009 from Norbi.
Seems like the term should pre-date that, so it's kinda odd it doesn't show up on r.j before then.
lukeburrage - - Parent #
I'm not sure. I don't remember it having a name before I heard them called Bramson Rolls in the last five years or so.
And like "isolated" its one of the many juggling terms that really annoys me when I see it used "incorrectly". For me, Bramson's trick only has the correct aesthetic qualities when performed with four objects. With three objects, especially three small hoops or rings, it has a hole in it, and completely ruins the effect.
[answering thread:] Cf. https://www.juggling.org/fame/bramson/malone.html and https://www.juggling.org/fame/bramson/award.html - lotsa "rolls", but no "Bramson Rolls" mentionned.
Bramson Rolls is definitely a recent term. Everhart obviously did it first with three, but Howard Nichols did it with four, including on television and film, before Bramson. It probably just comes down to the fact that modern jugglers most often associate it with Bramson because he was the virtuoso hoop juggler of the modern era and so many videos exist of him.
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