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Don't tell me it's actually happened.  I can't possibly be the first one to
get the 1992 videos.  Naahhh.

However, in the event that I am among the fortunate first few, here's a
brief review for those of you still considering purchasing them.

The highlights tape is almost not worth the price, IMO.  The "narration"
moves too slowly, does not provide enough information, and doesn't sound
interesting to the ear.  It sounds like it was read cold, and badly, too.
The quality is better than last year's tape, but I didn't find the choices
of what got put on to be that great.  Maybe it's me, but I didn't get a 
"feel" for the convention like I did from last year's tape.  And there just
wasn't enough Club Renegade footage for this little black duck.  I still
think the Renegades should market tapes from CR--I'd pay for 'em.  And
where was the footage of Gulko's tie act that I was hoping to see?  Not
one second made it onto the final product.

Another point, petty though it may be, about the highlights tape--the cover
is dull.  No photos, just nice lettering.  Whee.

BUT, let's be fair about this.  As I said, the quality is good, much better
than last year's, especially for the staged events.  The only real problem
was the low camera position, so when someone got a standing O you couldn't
see the stage.  Other than that, it was weel done technically, and the titles
were good, although they needed either the highlighting used last year or
they needed to be larger for the technical details, and the numbers titles
need a background or something--they're almost illegible.

Overall, I give it about a 4.  I did like the inclusion of the entire winning
(oops, wrong word there, eh?) acts for Seniors and Teams, and would have
liked to have seen the whole winning Juniors act--oh well, guess I can buy
the Juniors tape.  What I think we need is a tape that not only shows a lot
of good juggling, but one that gives non-convention goers and the general
public a good look at what we do at our conventions.  I don't know about
the cost, but the IJA might consider making a promotional tape which would
include segments from previous years, all designed to promote juggling and
the IJA to the general public--when we have spare cash, of course....


The Seniors/Teams tape:  Not much to say, as this is MY kind of tape--just
juggling.  The technical quality was good, the presentation is nice and
straightforward, except for Craig's awkwardness with the awards.  It does, 
however, stress one point very clearly:  NEVER let Markus MC anything ever
again.  Yick.  It was even worse than I remember it.

Anyway, there's my $.02.  Has anyone else received their tapes yet?  Duane?


Jim the Juggler, a.k.a.:  jimd@m2xenix.psg.com