Manchester Spinners Meet up Info + Stuff

what an awsome meet guys! just like the good ol days :d

ill be a sheep and follow the crowd next week, gonna keep my time booked off

The "medicine" has gone to Edinburgh. I saw him at the train station with Neon.

Very droll Lowan, very droll... Coming to Wales?

right, its less than a week till were supposed to be going to shell island, so dare i ask what exactly is going on?

Should you not be asking that in the other thread that Pete started on this very subject?

I'm going to pre-empt Seye and say 3rd August. And actually make it this time.

I think we should all meet up on the 3rd of August!
Hang on a minute...

 Written by :PinkNigel


I'm going to pre-empt Seye and say 3rd August. And actually make it this time.

Beaten to it!

I should be able to make this one. I've got a whole week of work (doesnt happen all that often at the moment!) starting on the 4th so I will actually be around!

A Miracle!

j/k

Ooooh!!

2 meets in the space of 2 weeks? Madness!

You'd think it was summer or something!

Okay guys. I'm probably shooting myself in the foot here. In the wake of the loss of PLAY and its many workshops I've been thinking about the meets in general. In particular the heckles directed at myself! ('Stop practicing!' being the most memorable) I love you guys and the social aspect of the meets but feel people have been kinda slack on the spinning side of things!



How would people feel if one hour out of the average 6 or so was dedicated to spinning? Nothing too formal but if people posted on here with either requests for mini workshops or offer to teach something. Whether it be the basics of a certain prop or one trick in particlar. Or even just a little jam just to get things going? Nothing too dogmatic that it takes the fun out of the meets.

For example I'd be more than willing to teach what staff stuff I do know and if more than one person wants to learn that particuar something then at least I know what to teach before I get there! On the other side of that. I'd love to learn more poi but also get to grips with juggling. A bit of hooping too. So if anyone is willing to teach me those I'd love it! Acrobalance too! I'd love a partner to learn with!

This might serve as a good icebreaker for newbies here too who feel to shy to come up to someone to ask them for help. (remember we were there once!)

Doesn't matter if it's a one-on-one or a group.

After that we can get back to poking Jen's boobs and stealing her cider!

How do people feel about that? The last thing I want to do is be an annoying know-it-all upstart but it's just a suggestion.

I'll be in my bunk...

YaY! Dave, that's an excellent idea and pretty much sums up the little back-water we've drifted into.

More playing!!

Have to say that moving to Castlefield changed things so we'll have to er... erm... oh yeah, concentrate and focus... or something

I'll happily teach people things if I can. I suppose that would be devilstick, poi, staff (although dave is the man for that), etc.

Dave - Teach me some more staff stuff. Nothing too technical and geeky mind. The whole idea of minimal steves and the like makes me sleepy. More some pointers of how I can tidy stuff up. In return I can happily tell you all about Simta's latest poi geeksploits.

whoop sounds good to me

WHoop, its sounds liek a great plan, i dont tihnk therell be much i can tech any of you, but i can be an determined student

but unfortunatly i cannot make sunay 3rd as i will be in brighton hopefully.

good idea mate. i'll just have to learn something as there's nothin' i can teach (unless you like nunchuks, playing bass guitar or code writing).

Very good idea Dave! I mean, some of us (like me) are very slack when it comes to learning new stuff, and also I feel like I've hit a bit of a brick wall. Also it would be a good time to generate some positive feedback about peoples spinning.

Cool!

What we could do is make a little wiki-style list here with two columns. One with a list of toys or tricks wanted and another for skills offered which people can copy, edit and paste in their own subsequent posts

Like so:-

WANTED
Contact staff - Rod
Anti-staff - Jane
Poi Stalls - Freddy

OFFERED
CONTACT STAFF - Dave
POI TANGLES - Jen
HOOP - Robyn

Then after people edit to include their own name either to teach or under those who want to teach. Like So -

WANTED
Club Juggling - Dave
Poi Stalls - Freddy


OFFERED
CONTACT STAFF - Dave
Rod, Seye, Zippy
ANTISPIN STAFF - Dave
Jane, Geoffrey
POI TANGLES - Jen
Dave, Bungle
HOOP - Robyn
Dave, George

Then another idea is to have a little show and tell where people who have learned something get the chance to show it off in a makeshift rountine or just a demo of one trick can do so in front of a non-judgemental audience who can offer helpful advice!

Then everyone who wants to burn do so all together in a mini-mass burn?

How does that sound?

tis good idea. do sometimes feel odd when im the only one spinning at a meet.

im happy to geeksploit and geeksplain whatever