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Is she juggling as a form of meditative prayer? Or just trying to raise a few extra bucks for the orphans?

Either way it’s good to see a nun juggling!

In a recent interview on Remote Patrolled, Nick Pike opens up about his America’s Got Talent experience. He discusses the three acts he was able to perform, his minor feud with judge Piers Morgan, and his post-AGT plans.

When asked if he would have done anything differently, Nick says:

I have no regrets. I achieved what I set out to do – and then some. I had a lot of fun performing and meeting all the other contestants on the show.  I would love to thank all of my supporters and fans out there, and challenge any of my critics to get out of their arm chair audition for the show, make it to the top 48, and then get back to me!!

Click here to read the interview.

Despite a fiery performance, Nick Pike couldn’t overcome the judges’ negativity and win the vote on America’s Got Talent.

Our hat’s off to Nick for getting as far as he did in the competition and showing great class by apologizing for some angry behavior exhibited the night before.

Nick has a lot of skill and a lot of passion that comes out every time he performs. We appreciate him representing jugglers this year on AGT!

Click here to watch the results show.

Apparently America’s Got Talent wasn’t done with Nick Pike after all!

The cruise ship juggler–who suffered the fate of nearly all jugglers on the popular talent competition last week–was invited back to join the top 48 line-up in Hollywood last night.

Nick received this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when the sword swallowing act of Twisted Trystan and Krystan withdrew from the competition.

Here’s his performance from last night:

That’s right, even though they brought him back, the judges gave Nick nothing but grief. Luckily the judges no longer decide who moves forward. Nick Pike’s fate is now in the hands of the American public.

We should have seen it coming.

Last week, the few jugglers that got through to Las Vegas on America’s Got Talent were quickly sent packing.

In what seems like an endless supply of rejection, the jugglers were once again dismissed from the summer talent show, despite demonstrating skill far beyond many who were put through to Hollywood.

Those of us in the Juggling Subculture are once again left scratching our heads, wondering if any jugglers will ever be given a the chance to present their talents to the American public.

Here’s Nick Pike’s Vegas performance:

A couple of new films have recently popped up in the juggling subculture.

Olga Kay just released Olga Kay’s Circus. This beautifully filmed short bills itself as “YouTube’s first interactive circus,” letting you chose your own adventure towards the end.

Click here to read a review of the film.

Here’s the trailer:

Also, Michael Karas recently released his film Spark.

He describes it as “a combination of traditional toss juggling and innovative non-traditional kinetic-based art.”

Here’s the trailer for Spark:

To celebrate the beginning of America’s Got Talent season here’s an interesting audition video from David DiMuzio.

David is the self-proclaimed world’s greatest singing juggler. We can’t think of anyone to challenge the title, so we say, way to go David!

Here’s hoping the producers enjoyed David’s audition, and that we’ll see him on the show sometime soon.

We’re suckers for a well produced promo video.

Especially when the kid’s an animal!

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Dr. Don Rapp has been juggling since 1940. He’s also been an educator for most of his life. Naturally, juggling has become a major part of his teaching repertoire.

Here he is performing one of his classic routines:

This article explains how Dr. Rapp uses juggling to teach kids about the connection between body and mind . . .

. . . but we were more intrigued by his simple, charming routine.

So often, observing the Juggling Subculture on the internet makes us feel inferior. So many great jugglers show off amazing routines with tricks it would take us lifetimes to learn.

Through this video the good doctor reminds us that a juggling routine doesn’t have to be packed with piourettes, or piled with props in order to bring a smile to people’s faces.

Here’s a family that really seems to enjoy spending time juggling together:

This video was submitted by Mercury Morningstar. He’s a fan of JugglingSubculture.com, and suggested I post this video because it has, as he put it:

• a demonstration of the elegent efficacy of the Jugglebelt, my own invention.

• a celebration of intergenerational family juggling, which is a powerful medicine for strengthening family connections.

• a demo of Juggledance, the precise synchronization of a juggling routine to music!

Cool invention Mercury! Thanks for sharing the video.