University Daily Kansan, January 29, 1982 Page 7
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John Calboun demonstrates his nimble-fingered juggling technique. Calboun is in the process of organizing a juggling school here in Lawrence.
Juggling waiter teaches art of tossing
By LISA GUTIERREZ Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
When John Calhoon performs he really makes things fly-batons, meatballs, cherries or chicken livers.
"Anybody can juggle," the 25-year-old Lawrence resident said yesterday morning as he delicately jugged three beanbags in a display of his own hand-over-matter skills.
Because he thinks that anyone can master the art of juggling and because a little extra money could come in handy for the father of a 28-month-old child, he began to learn the basics of beginning, intermediate and advanced jugglers.
"I figured I was just going to do this for fun."
Cahooto, "Plus, the little bit of extra money
overhaul it."
"They did it to bug my mom," he laughed.
"But I became addicted."
Calhoun, who grew up in Kansas City, Kan., learned how to juggle while in junior high school. He said he used to watch his father and brother juggle eggs and oranges.
His "addiction" led Calooon and a friend to juggling jobs in the old Washington Street Station restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., eight years ago. Calooon chuckled mischievously as he remembered one of the hazards he encountered juggling for restaurant customers.
He said the most unusual items he had ever seen were the blue hat and the longing for the National Republican Convention in 1974.
"People didn't really like it too much when balls fell into their spaghetti," he said.
"We jugged them for the customers who came into the restaurant." Calhoon said.
Calooon no longer juggles colored eggs for a living, but he still works around food as a wafer at Russell's East, 3400 W. Sixth St. He said the room has two couches in the banquet rooms at Russell's East.
Several people have already responded to advertising advertisements for juggling lessons and notebooks.
Two of the people who responded to Califon's team for almost a year, who have been a jungling team for almost a year,
"I became interested in juggling after seeing jugglers on television and at the circus," said David Haddad, Fairway, Kan., freshman. "I've been juggling on and off for about five years."
Haddad's juggling partner Doug Green, Shawnee Mission freshman, also answered Clemens' questions.
"I wanted to find out if I was as good a juggler as be was," Green said.
Green said he became interested in juggling in high school when a professional jugger visited his school. The professional gave Green tips on juggling.
Others who have answered Calhoon's ad have not had as much experience juggling.
"I called basically because I've been juggling on my own for three months," said Jole Glea, a senior computer scientist at Google.
Gleide said he was interested in team juggling and was looking for someone to pass batons and balls with. His interest in juggling was a way to combat the boredom of school.
"I started while I was in school at K-State."
Gleis said, "I guess I started out of boredom."
"I have a little bag of balls I bring with me to work everyday," he said. "If you get down to where you can throw something the same way everytime, then you can learn it."
"If you practice 10 minutes a day, in two weeks you could be juggling," he said. "Once you've learned it, it only takes about two hours of practice."
Although the response to Calhoon's classes, which cost $20 for eight to ten lessons, has been less than overwhelming in numbers, the end result is that students and face as face are bullied three hundred batons.
His enthusiasm is infectious, at least where his family is concerned.
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