From conway@bdt.com Sat May 18 16:56:23 GMT 1996 Article: 27339 of rec.juggling Path: hal.COM!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.earthlink.net!user From: conway@bdt.com (Andrew John Conway) Newsgroups: rec.juggling Subject: The Howard Brothers - Banjo Jugglers Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 10:36:10 +0800 Organization: ROTFL Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: conway.dial-up.bdt.com x-CDA: Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits Mark Cosdon, intrepid researcher for the Juggling Hall of Fame, recently sent me a bundle of cuttings from Variety. One of them from 1911 I can't resist sharing with you: Begin quote from Variety 12/23/11, page 173:************** HOWARD BROTHERS There are many players of banjo touring the vaudeville circuits, and banjo playing acts must posess exceptional features in order to be classed among the Novelties. The exacting demands of modern vaudeville fall most heavily upon acts of this sort. The Howard Brothers are far in advance of all other exponents of this form of entertainment, and the musical possibilities of the banjo have never been shown to greater advantage than by these young men who play classical and popular airs, and give pleasing imitations, and cap their performance by juggling the banjos like Indian clubs between them, and at the same time playing popular airs with wonderful precision and real art. Direction, JO PAIGE SMITH. End quote ************************************************* The illustration shows the two brothers standing back to back and passing eight banjos. Now that's what I call entertainment... Andrew conway@bdt.com http://www.bdt.com/home/conway/ When you can't say 'fuck', you can't say 'fuck the government' - Lenny Bruce Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; [...] - First Amendment to the US Constitution