Rhys Thomas (juggler) explained

Rhys Thomas, born 1963[1] [2] is a juggler, comedian and entertainer in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He has been performing publicly since 1987.[3] His performance style is one characterized by jokes and puns accompanied by visual tricks and stunts. He performs at schools, churches, libraries[4] and pirate festivals.[5]

Rhys grew up in Crow, Oregon.[6] He taught himself to walk on a cable strung between two trees above a pond.

As a juggler, Rhys has appeared in the European Juggling Competition in Denmark, twice at the World Cup Street Performer Competition in Japan and as an artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution.[7] He has also appeared as far afield as the island of Tobago and unicycled on a frozen sea near the Bering Strait.[8]

Rhys also helped found the Portland Juggling Festival, and has appeared in many of its juggling and vaudeville extravaganzas.[9] [10] His official website.[11] [12] [13] 1994 Ben Linder Memorial Award was given to Rhys Thomas.[14]

Rhys' wife, Maria, and daughters Isabel and Matilda.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OMSI juggler makes physics fun. 31 March 2010 .
  2. Web site: 46-3,p20.
  3. Juggle magazine, May/June 2004, p. 24
  4. The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) June 8, 2003, p. C2
  5. Web site: 2008 PORTLAND PIRATE FESTIVAL SEPT. 20TH & 21ST CATHEDRAL PARK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON - SCHEDULE . www.portlandpiratefestival.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905154341/http://www.portlandpiratefestival.com/pages/schedule.php . 2008-09-05.
  6. Juggle magazine, May/June 2004, p. 24
  7. Web site: STPNS - Madcap Variety Show is a Modern Vaudeville, Socorro, New Mexico . www.stpns.net . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724063252/http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=75449742095437925 . 24 July 2011 . dead.
  8. "SCENE AND HERD: Fun with flying objects" Inara Verzemnieks, The Oregonian, Friday November 11, 2005, A&E p.8
  9. News: Juggling by the Numbers. Wall Street Journal. 5 June 1996. Hauser. Susan G..
  10. Web site: Juggling show teaches physics principles | East PDX News.
  11. http://www.jugglemania.com Jugglemania
  12. Web site: Contact.
  13. Web site: Readers respond: Trump should resign. 15 June 2020.
  14. Web site: 46-3,p16.
  15. Web site: Reno diary: Entry the sixth and final.

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