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Brief Biography

of Joe the Juggler

A professional entertainer, since 1985.

  • Born Joseph C. Welling in 1961, one of 10 siblings.
    A real family circus!

  • Won merit-based Archdiocesan Scholarship to St. Thomas Aquinas High School.
  • National Merit Scholar.
  • B.A. cum laude in English from UM-St. Louis.
  • Graduate work in English Literature & Language at the University of Chicago.
    “So for me, ‘quality’ is more than just a word—it’s a noun.”

  • Worked as an interpreter for the Deaf over 8 years. (Intermediate level certification.)
    Joe has yet to master simultaneous juggling and signing.

  • Was once certified by the State of Missouri as an Emergency Medical Technician.
    Not a bad credential for someone who throws around machetes, torches and such.

  • Joe is at least proficient in HTML, JavaScript, C/C++, several varieties of BASIC, JAVA, Perl, Flash and others.
    A professional juggler who does computer programming as a hobby.

  • Joe lived in Quito, Ecuador 1998-2000 and is now back in St. Louis.
    A little known fact: south of the Equator, you have to juggle the opposite direction.