Portland Jugglers

Coming soon to the Extravaganza stage! The passing madness of the Stanford Juggling Research Institute (SJRI). With their special blend of new inventions and juggling humor, SJRI won the Silver medal at the IJA convention and regularly invent new and innovative patterns. Martin, NeilFred, and Rick will also be sharing their most recent inventions in their club-passing workshop.

Tickets for the Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza are now available for purchase. Get your tickets early! Tickets to the Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza are included with festival registration.

Tickets are available at the following locations

Brown Paper Tickets
1-800-838-3006
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80920

Serious Juggling
503-233-2577
http://www.seriousjuggling.com
(cash and check only, please)

At the door on the day of the show
(cash and check only, please)

Prices

$16 - General Admission
$10 - Student with ID
$8 - Children (12 years and under) and Seniors

Our special guests for the 2009 Portland Juggling Festival have a great range of juggling and artistic talents.

Sean Blue will be headlining the Extravaganza, showcasing his unique blend of technical juggling and object manipulation with artistry and dance. He was performed around the world, and in 2007 won the Award for Innovation from the International Jugglers' Association.

Actor, juggler, and clown Michael O'Neill will be the emcee for the Extravaganza. Michael has performed as a Ringling Brothers clown, created the Nomadic Theatre Company, and performed around the world with his Antic Arts Show and with Clowns without Borders.

Jeremiah Johnston and the Poetic Motion Machine will be joining us with their group juggling and passing prowess. They recently won the Bronze medal at the International Jugglers' Association convention, and will be performing at the Extravaganza and teaching workshops on club traps and scissor theory.

We're pleased to announce that we'll be throwing our 17th Annual Portland Juggling Festival the last weekend in September. September 25 - 27, 2009 Reed College Sports Center Portland, Oregon Plenty more details coming soon!

New Vaudeville, Modern Circus, Extremely Funny Physical Theater! The 12th annual Portland Clowns Without Borders Benefit Show is here again, Friday, March 20th at 7:30pm at the Da Vinci Middle School Theater, 2508 NE Everett, Portland. The best of new vaudeville and modern circus to fund two Portland-led Clowns Without Borders projects in Haiti. Reserve your tickets now, online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57759 or buy them at the door. Pre-purchased ticket holders will have priority seating. $10-25 adults, $5-10 youth 12 and under. Definitely family friendly. This is an annual highlight of Portland's variety theater/new circus scene featuring Portland's top jugglers, acrobats, eccentric comedians, and clowns -- including:

• The Bellini Twins, as seen recently on the Jay Leno show
• Leapin' Louie the most explosive Lithuanian-Jewish Cowboy Comedian to ever come out of Oregon
• The hilarious clowns of the Nomadic Theatre Co
• Magician extraordinaire Adam the Great
• The fabulous, funny Angel Ocasio
• Hoop genius Revolva -- new to Portland
• Shireen Press of Flamebuoyant Productions
• Tap dancer Aaron Wheeler-Kay
• The Zig-Zags from Do Jump!
• The Cedarwood Waldorf School Circus
• and more ... ... with live accompaniment by the Shoehorn Hat Band!

All to benefit Clowns Without Borders-USA. Portland has for 11 years been arguably the strongest center for Clowns Without Borders of any city in the US. This year the benefit will finance at least two projects to Haiti, led by local performers, Sarah Liane Foster (Nomadic Theatre) and David Lichtenstein (Leapin' Louie, Wanderlust Circus). On these trips professional performers will donate their time to bring shows and workshops to communities in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere even before it was hit by four hurricanes in the past year. No child without a smile! More info about Clowns Without Borders:

• http://clownswithoutborders.org/
• http://clownswithoutborders.org/expeditions/Ayiti/haiti07.shtml

The OSU Jugglers Club and the Corvallis Juggling and Unicycling Club are planning another great festival! It's just a short trip off of I-5 at the beautiful Oregon State University campus. Plan on a thrilling weekend of juggling and unicycling, with a couple of great shows, workshops, and multiple prop vendors. Friday - Sunday March 27-29, 2009 McAlexander Fieldhouse Oregon State University http://jugglingconvention2009.blogspot.com/ We'll see you there!

Thanks to everyone who helped make the 2008 Portland Juggling Festival such a great success. I hope you all had a great time and will be visiting us again in 2009.

Some local photographers took some great pictures during the festival and show. Enjoy!

Skippy Steve: http://www.stevenlprice.smugmug.com/Hobbies/618903
John Rudoff, M.D.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27490251@N03/sets/72157607617270554/

If you'd like links to your photos or videos of the festival, send us a note using the Contact Us link on the Web site.

The Willamette Week wrote a glowing review of the Portland Juggling Festival and Saturday's Extravaganza. Unfortunately, they didn't distinguish between the locations of the festival and the show. The show is at Benson High School on Saturday at 7pm.

Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza Saturday, 7pm Benson High School 546 NE 12th Ave.

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The Festival Reed College Watzek Sports Center 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.

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See you there!

They made it to Portland. Can anyone give them a ride back to Eugene?

Drew Carney from KGW Channel 8 showed up early one morning at Serious Juggling to talk about juggling, unicycling, and the Portland Juggling Festival. Check out the video, with Rhys, Matilda, Curt, Madison, Ben, and Yvette: http://www.kgw.com/video/index.html?tn&nvid=285639&shu=1