Misplaced Pages

Rhys Thomas (juggler)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American entertainer
Rhys Thomas (sitting) in Corvallis

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

Rhys grew up in Crow, Oregon. 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. He has also appeared as far afield as the island of Tobago and unicycled on a frozen sea near the Bering Strait.

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

Rhys' wife, Maria, and daughters Isabel and Matilda.

References

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