Groundhog Day
Jugglers Festival 2000

Over 135 jugglers attended the 22nd Annual Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival staged by the Atlanta Jugglers Association at Grady High School in Atlanta, Georgia on Feb. 4-6.  The vintage gym was filled all three days with jugglers, spectators and vendors in a lively interchange.

Here's an account of the Y2K festival written by AJA President Charles Shapiro and published in JUGGLE magazine.

Here are some great pictures of the festival taken by Madison Bryan.

The t-shirt design this year (shown above) was drawn by Lisa Chkoreff.  In the photo on the right registration table workers Brenda and Sam wore the tie-dyed shirts which have been a signature item at the Groundhog Festival for the past few years.

Three juggling vendors -- Infinite Illusions, Serious Juggling, and Andy's Odd Sports -- set up tables full of colorful and intriguing props in the gym.

On Saturday afternoon the jugglers were treated to a fascinating video presentation of cutting edge robotic juggling research.  It was narrated by Chris Atkeson who is a professor at Georgia Tech and has built a multitude of juggling machines that can actually learn much the same way we do.  Click here to see a picture of one of his robots and more about his research.

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