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Groundhog Festival History from 1979 to present

Our Members

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Gerry Almand
Dave Altman
Ron Anglin
Allison Bailes
Hal Baird
Bruce Brenizer
Daniel Drake & Dana Randall
Randy Fenster
Jeff Fish
Andy Ford
Rodger French
Michael Garner
Dan Garrett
Bill Giduz
Meredith Gordon
Andy Howard

Joyce Howard
Dan Howard
Katherine
Paul Huckabee
Jay Jones
Frankey Landon
Brenda, Sam & Tim McClain
Keith McNeil
Carrie McQueen
Justin Mullins
Jonathan Perry
Bruce Plott
Rick & L.J. Purtee
Jimmy Robertson
Anne Rohr

Chris Sands
Spencer Schwab
Tim Settimi
Charles Shapiro
Toni Shifalo
Ginny Slack
Henry Slack
Stephen Smith
Rick Steenblik
Ray Stern
George Strain
Jerry Taylor
Sean Tessier
Dan Thurmond
Alan Tidwell
Keith Watson

Andy Ford, AKA DrewBob

Role in AJA	president, GH festival equipment moving coordinator
Favorite Props	rings
About Me	DrewBob's page

Jay Jones

Role in AJA	vice-president
Learned to Juggle	still learning
Favorite Props	passing clubs
Working On	total awareness
About Me

Joyce Howard

Role in AJA	secretary & webmistress
Learned to Juggle	taught myself using golf balls to impress a boyfriend while I was in college
Favorite Props	balls, poi
Working On	5 ball bouncing, contact juggling, poi, this website
About Me	Joyce's website

Toni Shifalo, AKA LaBanana

Role in AJA	treasurer, past president, AJA founder
About Me	Toni's page

Alan Tidwell

Role in AJA	assistant treasurer, GH vendor coordinator, juggling skier, roller coaster enthusiast
Favorite Props	kendama

Gerry Almand

Role in AJA	juggler
Favorite Props	balls
About Me	programmer

Dave Altman

Role in AJA	rope spinning king, GH festival signs coordinator and past president
Learned to Juggle	taught myself using tennis balls in 1975
Favorite Props	balls, clubs, lassos, whips, diabolo, rola bola
Working On	5 clubs, 7 balls
About Me	Dave's page

Ron Anglin, AKA Quite a Catch

Role in AJA	elementary school ambassador
Learned to Juggle	learned 5 balls in a year at age 35
Favorite Props	diabolos
Working On	back handspring
About Me	quite a catch's page

Allison Bailes

Role in AJA	juggler
Learned to Juggle	in 1993, though all I could do was the 3-ball cascade until April 2006
Favorite Props	balls, clubs, rings
Working On	5-ball cascade, passing clubs
About Me	energy geek, environmental wacko, Texouisianian, carbon-based, bipedal (mostly), recovering academic Allison's website

Hal Baird

Role in AJA

GH festival sound coordinator

Randy Fenster

Role in AJA

newspaper & magazine publicity coordinator, family juggler, DC representative

Rodger French, AKA Lenny DeLuxe

Role in AJA	AJA representative in Africa, AJA founder
About Me	Lenny's page

Michael Garner

Role in AJA	GH festival cabaret MC & performer
Learned to Juggle
Favorite Props
Working On
About Me	comedian

Dan Garrett

Role in AJA	magician
About Me	Dan's website

Bill Giduz

Role in AJA

GH festival PHIL trophies chairman, NC representative, family juggler

Meredith Gordon, AKA Squeeze the Clown, and Grace

Role in AJA	hat & cane expert, family juggler
About Me	Squeeze the Clown's website

Andy Howard

Role in AJA	juggler
Learned to Juggle	at Callaway Gardens as a teenager
Favorite Props	clubs
Working On	5 balls

Dan Howard

Role in AJA	hey doc, my foot hurts
Learned to Juggle	when I was 7
Favorite Props	clubs
About Me	podiatrist

Katherine & Dominic

Role in AJA	t-shirt designer, family juggler
About Me	Opalcat's website

Brenda, Sam, Tim McClain

Role in AJA

GH registration helpers, tie-dye queen, family jugglers

Carrie McQueen

Role in AJA	juggler
Learned to Juggle	in K.C., MO. a male juggler said I couldn't...so I became a professional juggler and entertainer!
Favorite Props	stilts and clubs
Working On	5 balls, unicycle, new costuming
About Me	Carrie's website

Justin Mullins

Role in AJA	juggler and unicyclist
Learned to Juggle	for final exam in high school calculus class
Favorite Props	clubs and unicycle
Working On	7 balls
About Me	student at GA Tech

Jonathan Perry, AKA Jugglah

Role in AJA	Delaware representative, family juggler
Learned to Juggle	in 1989 from The Complete Juggler
Working On	fighting the losing battle of not regressing on the skills I once had (5 clubs, 7 balls)
About Me	my professional juggling website

Bruce Plott, AKA Vic Velour

Role in AJA	Maté & GH festival late night cabaret coordinator, band leader, roller coaster enthusiast
About Me	Bruce's page

Rick & L.J. Purtee

Role in AJA

Seattle representatives, past president (L.J.)

Jimmy Robertson

Role in AJA	GH festival maps and restaurants coordinator
Learned to Juggle	because my dad could, and I'm just too competitive
Favorite Props	I love club passing more than anything else in juggling
Working On	not much of anything (I told you I was a slacker)
About Me	Jimmy's page

Anne Rohr, AKA Annamime, and Sophie

Role in AJA	family juggler
About Me	Anne's website

Charles Shapiro

Role in AJA	GH festival story writer, past president
Learned to Juggle	from a book while in college
Favorite Props	balls are the assembly language of juggling
Working On	5-ball bounce, 5-club up (don't ask me to show these)
About Me	Charles's website

Henry Slack

Role in AJA

devilstick guru, keeper of Aloysius the camel, family juggler

Ray Stern

Role in AJA	gardener, pickle king
Favorite Props	clubs
About Me	chemist

Jerry Taylor, AKA FreeHugs

Role in AJA	GH festival competition timekeeper
About Me	Jerry's page

Dan Thurmon

Role in AJA	professional speaker
About Me	Dan's website

Keith Watson

Role in AJA

GH festival registration forms coordinator and facilities helper