Melbourne Juggling Convention 07

MELBOURNE JUGGLING CONVENTION 2007
VENUE: Collingwood College, Melbourne, Australia
DATE: Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September
The venue is booked, so put the dates in your diary!
We will have access to 2 gyms with showers, a dance studio, footie oval, and theatre! Close transport links to the city, backpacker accomodation is walking distance from the venue, and a scout group is providing some on-site catering!

What more would you want?!?

The convention will host numerous workshops in many disciplines throughout the weekend, and include a Renegade Show (open-stage) on Friday night, a professional Public Show in a 250-seat theatre on Saturday night, and the ever-popular Juggling Olympics on Sunday afternoon.

If you buy your ticket before 1st August, all three days and two shows will cost you just $50.00AU. The price will go up after 1st August to $80.00AU.
You can purchase tickets through the website, to be launched very soon:

http://juggling-club.com/mjc

Keep your eye on it for information about location, accomodation, performers and workshops

Please feel free to e-mail any questions/requests to this post, or you can send them in private to mjcinfo@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!!!

Christian

*yay*

good to hear your plans are going ahead christian.. will definetly be there

I'll be there!!!
*Rushes to signup sheet*

Nice work, Christian!! So pleased to hear that it is all going ahead. I am going to try and make it down there...

*starts plotting and planning*

Is the juggling convention accessible by people of all skills? I'm very new to this whole juggling thing is all ^^

Whole heartedly agree Rozi, I went to SJC barely being able to hold down a 3-ball pattern... I still enjoyed myself and picked up heaps of new skills... (Still can't get mill's mess *Curses and mutters to self*)
And if some of the people that came to SJC come to MJC there'll be plenty of poi,staff and various other toys and skills going around...
You won't regret coming...

yeah, brenn (judging by SJC) its really good

plus, you quite possibly met christian (aka sweaty56) at common ground

Ooooh So it's not just clubs, juggling balls and unicycling? whee! Count me in!


*brings his assorted Yoga, staff, fans and acrobalance skills along *

Looks like another reason to get myself to Oz earlier...

Christian: I fooking miss you dude

It's too late for UberOz but the other two are definites!

sweet! see you there dave

I'm glad that there seems to be some (lots!) of interest in the Melb convention - nice one! I'm working hard to make it an everything-goes convention including ALL abilities in ALL areas... so please do come along! It's going to be lots of fun, just like the SJC.

Update: Several high-quality acts have been secured for the public show and people are signing up to the workshop list already - including Poi, Diabolo, Staff, and of course, juggling.

Keep posting your thoughts here - any requests/questions welcome.

Christian.

I might try and make this

hmmm, im more than happy to help teach a poi workshop

Anyone in Melbourne willing to put up a British HOPper were he to arrive in Melbourne (and in the country) on the 22nd?

i guess i could arrange that... it being my holidays and all

Yay!

w00t! Prebook tickets are up on THIS LINK

Just booked my Pass...
Counting down the days!

Can fire be part of the renegade show? ^^

That'd probably be one question for Christian... It'd depend on the Venue and their policy on fire...

Unfortunately, Fire is not an option at the MJC this year - it's the first convention of it's kind in Melbourne so money is very limited, and insurance is incredibly expensive.
The plan is to start small and slowly grow the convention, introducing more and more elements -hopefully next year fire twirling can be an option. this year, however, it's just not worth doubling the ticket cost for just that one event...

Understandable

I dont juggle... but can I come up one day just to hug people?

This is a juggling convention... You can come along to huggle, but you'll have to learn how to juggle... (lol It rhymes )
There'll be plenty of us there to teach
Cya, Moka

PS: Was nice to meet you on Sunday Brenn

YAY!
but I'm pretty unco when it comes to juggling... I'm one of those people that throw one ball in the air then pass the other from hand to hand!