Steve Langley is the Great Fetuccini, emcee and performer at the Family Vaudeville Extravaganza. (Bill Giduz photo)

SOURCE: Lake Norman Jugglers

The Hurricane Hugo Juggling Festival returns to Davidson on Sept. 5, and with it comes the annual Family Vaudeville Extravaganza. It’s an entertaining evening with mirthful and talented entertainers, at Davidson College’s Duke Family Performance Hall.

The family-friendly show will begin at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $5 each. Tickets can be purchased online anytime at www.davidson.edu/tickets, or by phone beginning August 24 at 704-894-2135 from 10-4 weekdays. They will also be available at the door until the show sells out.

The Lake Norman area’s top New Vaudeville comedian, The Great Fettucini (a.k.a. Steve Langley), will perform some of his own clever manipulations, and introduce the evening’s performers.

Those scheduled to appear include juggler Tommy Curtin, comedy magician Presto, comedy mentalist Jon Stetson, and New Vaudeville entertainer Todd Charles.

Saturday night’s show is a highlight of the 19th annual Hurricane Hugo Juggling Festival at Davidson College. All those interested in juggling are invited to a public “learn to juggle” session on the Davidson Village Green from 9 a.m. – noon on Saturday, September 5. Juggling balls and lessons will be available.

Local jugglers held the first Hurricane Hugo festival in 1990 “in recollection of that frightful night in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo blew through, sending objects flying through the sky in an uncontrolled cascade of fury!” It is one of about 50 annual weekend festivals hosted by juggling clubs across the nation, and should attract participants from as far away as Florida and New York.

The Hurricane Hugo Juggling Festival and Vaudeville Extravaganza are sponsored by the Lake Norman Jugglers, the Davidson College Union, and Ben & Jerry’s of Davidson. For more information on the show and festival, contact Bill Giduz; 704/892-1296 (h); giduz@bellsouth.net.