[Disclaimer: Geek content = 0. Fun content = 100. This is a really great show that I produce once a year. -Stuart]
The Portland Juggling & Vaudeville Extravaganza is the annual show of the Portland Juggling Festival, featuring the festival’s special guests, and it is always an amazing evening of talent, laughs and entertainment. This year’s show is going to be INCREDIBLE, so please tell all your friends, family, colleagues, everyone to come to the show. We depend on your word of mouth to get the message out and people to the show, so please spread the word!
Juggling & Vaudeville Extravaganza
7:00 PM, Saturday, September 26, 2009
Benson Auditorium, 546 NE 12th Ave, Portland, OR
$16 General, $10 Student with ID, $8 Child (12 & under) and Senior
Tickets available at:
Brown Paper Tickets: 800-838-3006 or click here.
And at the door, day of the show (cash or check only)
Facebook Friends! If you are on Facebook, it is easy to tell your friends about the show. Simply follow this link to the event page, add yourself to the event, and click on “Invite People to Come” under the logo. It is quick, it is easy, and it will make a big difference to the success of our show!
Okay, what about those performers? I’m glad you asked!
This year we are extremely excited to have Sean Blue from New York City headlining the show. Sean is an artist, juggler and teacher, a creative force whom the famed Bill Irwin called a “master juggler.” Sean received the Award of Innovation from the International Jugglers’ Association in 2007. His versatile and technical juggling skills will astound you.
We are fortunate to have not one, but two of the world’s leading women unicyclists in the show. First, Kaori Matsuzawa, Japanese Women’s Unicycle Champion, returns to the Extravaganza this year. She was a huge hit at last year’s festival and show, and we just had to have her back! Last year she brilliantly transformed unicycling into modern dance on our stage, performing in a long flowing dress. Yes, you read that correctly, unicycling in a dress. Kaori has an all-new routine for us this year!
Second, Becky Banning is the reigning North American Women’s Freestyle Champion, having successfully defended her title from last year, and won 5 gold medals in artistic unicycling in the process. At 17 years old, she has competed in seven North American Championships and two International Championships, and is the leader of the Panther Pride Unicycle Team in North Bend, Washington. We are honored to have two highly talented unicyclists on the same stage, showing two wonderfully different approaches to riding on a single wheel.
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Beth Clarke to Portland. Beth is a rope walker (or funambulist if you’d like a fancy word to impress your friends) who will perform a slack rope act like none you’ve ever seen. Well, I suppose that is unless you’ve seen Beth perform as a member of the highly acclaimed Sweet Can Circus from San Francisco. She has studied and performed all over the world, and I bet the end of her performance will surprise you!
There are many more acts in the show, including Poetic Motion Machine (2009 IJA Team medalists), Stanford Juggling Research Institute (2004 IJA Team medalists), Circus Conspiracy, and local favorites including Rhys Thomas, Charlie Brown, Curt Carlyle, and more!
You can see that this is going to be one incredible evening of live entertainment without equal anywhere! It only happens once a year, so plan to join us and bring all of your friends!