S.I.R.C.U.S Juggling Festival

The St. Ignatius/Rubber City Ultimate Symposium
(aka the Cleveland Juggling Festival)

When

Oct. 4-6, 1996

• Friday: from 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
• Saturday: from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
• Sunday: from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Where

Cleveland, Ohio
Friday & Saturday: at the St. Ignatius High School, 1911 W. 30th St. Cleveland, Ohio.
Sunday: at the Severance Athletic Club, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. (near the corner of Euclid Heights Blvd and S. Taylor Rd, behind the Severance Mall. Directions to be given out at the fest on Saturday)

Cost

Free!

Details

Friday, October 4th

6:30pm -10:00pm Open Juggling at St. Ignatius High School Gym,1911 W. 30th St. Cleveland, Ohio.. (Follow the signs from the parking lot.)

Saturday, October 5th

St. Ignatius gym open 10:00am - 7:00pm

• 2:00 Breakouts (small workshops)
• 3:00 Games
• 4:30 Open Stage - E-mail me if you'd like to perform!
• 5:30 Raffle
• 6:00 Pizza

We are working on ideas for group activities after the gym closes down at 7:00. Watch for a notice posted at the registration table. Information about local restaurants will be available.

Sunday, October 6th

11:00 - 4:00 Open Juggling at the Severance Athletic Center

Detailed directions to the Sunday location will be available on Saturday. It's in Cleveland Heights near the corner of S. Taylor Road and Euclid Heights Blvd off of the road that encircles the Severance Center shopping mall.

General Information
Beginning juggling lessons will be available for your family and friends. If you are interested in this, get back to me, and I will set aside a time that I know you will be there.

Breakouts will be held according to interest. If you would like to learn or work on particular tricks with devil sticks, diabolo, club swinging, three clubs, three ball, five ball, whatever, please let us know when you register.

The Todd Smith Company, and possibly other vendors will be available for festival shopping.

If you have old props that you want to get rid of, remember to bring them in for the used prop sale!

Come a day early or stay the whole week to do some sightseeing! Here are some suggestions:

• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (216) 781-ROCK
• The Great Lakes Science Cener (216) 694-2000
• The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (216) 661-6500
• The Cleveland Museum of Art (216) 421-7340 [it's great!]
• Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum (216) 721-5722
• NASA Lewis Research Center (216) 433-4000
• The Cleveland Children's Museum (216) 791-KIDS
• Trolley Tours (216) 771-4484
• Colonial Carriage Tours (216) 351-8171
• Goodtimes III sightseeing boat (216) 861-5110
• There's plenty of good shopping downtown, too!

Directions:

• From the West: Take I-90 East to W. 44th/41st St. exit. Make a left (North) onto W. 41st St. Make a right onto Lorain Ave. It's one-half mile on the left.
• From the South: Take I-77 North to I-490 West to I-90 West OR I-71 North to I-90 West. Get off at W. 41st St. exit. Make a right (North) onto W. 41st St. Make a right onto Lorain Ave. It's one-half mile on the left.
• From the East: Take I-90 West through downtown Cleveland to W. 41st St. exit. Make a right (North) onto W. 41st St. Make a right onto Lorain Ave. It's one-half mile on the left.

Please Note: W. 44th St. is one-way south. W. 41st St. is one-way north.

Ample free secured parking is available. A Wendy's is right across the street, and the West Side Market (a multi-cultural food market) is walking distance away. A SubWay sandwich shop is near the WSM. There is a "Rapid" mass transit station right by the West Side Market on Lorain Avenue, which connects to downtown and the airport.

Lodging:
We have a group rate at a hotel nearby the juggling site. Call ASAP to make sure you get a room!

The Edgewater Inn
11837 Edgewater Drive
Lakewood, OH 44107
Tel: (216) 221-9000

When you call ask for the "SIRCUS" rate - $30/night

To get there, take the exit for 117th St. off of I-90 and go north on 117th. Go all the way to the end, and make a left onto Edgewater Drive. It's five buildings down on the left.

For More Information Contact

Erica Kelch
P.O. Box 188009 (#159)
University Heights, OH 44118
Tel: 216-491-1776
e-mail: JFoolery@aol.com

or, Scott Slesnick
4436 Greenmeadow NW
Canton, OH 44709
Tel: +1 330 494-4827
e-mail: SlesnickS@aol.com

or, Andrew Johnson
Tel: +1 216 651 0222, ext. 239

or, For more information on lodging send a SASE to:
Russ O'Brien
480 Longmere Dr.
Kent, Ohio 44240
Tel: +1 330 678 3170
(or E-mail Erica!)