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Thu 06 Jun 2007Double juggle, trial and troubleThey've performed for the Oscars, CEOs, and the OJ Simpson trial jury. Now the Raspyni Brothers are juggling back to their roots on the streets of Dublin, writes Peter CrawleyThere have certainly been more auspicious starts to a performing career than that afforded to Barry Friedman and Dan Holzman. Two jugglers from California who had clicked together in their early 20s, their big break was performing in a slot at a Renaissance fair in Chicago - "It's where Americans pretend they're European for a day or two," explains Friedman - in 1982.