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The Suspenders Juggling Troupe

From: Whitney Jones
Length: 04:35

Snappy, Stretcho, and Criss-Cross are like brothers. Together they are The Suspenders Juggling Troupe from Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Suspenders have been performing together for nearly three decades. Read the full description.

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Playing: The Suspenders Juggling Troupe
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2011__1496_-_version_2_small Snappy, Stretcho, and Criss-Cross are like brothers. Together they are The Suspenders Juggling Troupe from Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Suspenders have been performing together for nearly three decades.

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Transcript

—At Practice—
(Practice sound in)

WHIT: IT’S TUESDAY NIGHT, WHICH MEANS ‘THE SUSPENDERS’ CAN BE FOUND AT THE FALMOUTH REC CENTER. THEY’VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES.

SNAPPY: We’ve been at this for a lonnnnnng tiiiiime…
WHIT: THAT’S AL MONIZ, HIS JUGGLING NAME IS ‘SNAPPY’

STRETCHO: I don’t know, we kind of fell into it a little bit.
WHIT: THAT’S BOB PETTENGILL, HE GOES BY ‘STRETCHO’

CRISS-CROSS: There are not a lot of juggling groups that can make that claim.
WHIT: AND THAT’S GEOFF WAY, ALSO KNOWN AS ‘CRISS-CROSS’

(Practice sound fade out)

— Creating an Act—
WHIT: ‘THE SUSPENDERS’ STARTED PERFORMING IN 1984…BY ACCIDENT. SNAPPY AND STRETCHO WERE JUGGLING TOGETHER JUST FOR FUN. THEN THEY MET CRISS-CROSS. SOMEONE HEARD ABOUT THEIR GROUP AND THEY GOT A CALL:

SNAPPY: Somebody at the Falmouth Library…
CRISS-CROSS: …the library here…
STRETCHO: …Falmouth Library actually....
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Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Snappy, Stretcho, and Criss-Cross are like brothers. Together, they make up The Suspenders Juggling Troupe from Falmouth, Massachusetts. They have been performing together for twenty-seven years. Whitney Jones caught up with The Suspenders at a recent practice.

OUTRO:

That story was produced by Whitney Jones.