And now a story about another large family. Being in a large family usually means learning to juggle several tasks at once – shopping, cleaning, making dinner, helping with homework, bandaging a knee and keeping an eye on the children playing outside. However, in addition to a normal family life, the Boehmer family juggle clubs, rings, torches, balls and anything else they can get their hands on. It all started while Larry Boehmer was working as a pipeline worker for Shell Oil. His job took him away from his wife Judy and the four children they had at that time. He had spent the first few weeks sitting in his motel room between shifts, when one day, while he was feeling bored, he decided to take up a new hobby. Using a book, he taught himself to juggle. When he had mastered the basics, he went home and showed his children what he could do. Immediately, they wanted to learn too. Larry is a big family man, so he was only too happy about that and soon the whole family was juggling. Larry and three of the children gave their first family performance at an amusement park, and from there it all went from strength to strength. Now, there are four sons and seven daughters in the family, and they are the largest family of jugglers in the world, working together and performing regularly as a family. As Judy puts it, they didn’t plan on all this happening. When the kids saw each other, they picked up on different things. One would do rings, another would do clubs, acrobatics or the unicycle. Before they knew it, they had everybody doing something. Even Casey, the second son, who was born with only one arm, is a champion juggler in his own right, as well as part of the family troupe. Larry insists the children’s talents aren’t inherited, it’s simply a matter of practice and persistence. This is a skill that basically anybody can do – you just have to put your mind to it. It’s just that most people who try to learn juggling give up too soon. Each member of the family has a speciality but they all have to practise … a lot! Each member of the family not only takes part in the show, they also help with preparing the costumes, transporting everything and setting up the show. In the end though, performing in the show makes all the practice and hard work worth it. It’s great fun and they all love it.
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