Synergy Spinners: Wednesday poi and hoop workshop in Clapham, London

Synergy Spinners is a weekly spinning meet, currently happening every wednesday evening from 8pm - midnight at

Wessex House
1a St Johns Hill
London SW11 1TN

The venue is a nightclub opposite Clapham Junction train station, so very easy to get to.

We have use of the club soundsystem and have guest DJs playing just for us!

Entry is just £3.

Please join our facebook group for updates on DJs, special events like full moon fire spins, plus photos and videos from previous meets.

Alex is also teaching 6 week poi courses for beginners and intermediates, from 7.30-9pm. Places must be booked and paid for in advance.

for more information contact me at synergyspinners@yahoo.co.uk or join the Synergy Spinners facebook group for regular updates

hopefully see you there!!

yay! looks good!

To celebrate the turning of the solar year and the start of the return to Summer and regular spinning meets, we will be holding a small Winter Solstice party on December 21st. The plan is also for anyone planning on going to Stonehenge for the open access at Sunrise to be able to gather and share lifts.

There'll be a mixture of trance and upbeat chillout music from DJs Dreadnaut, Christian Sky, Mif, John Miszt, Walter and Tom, and plenty of space for poi spinning, hoola-hooping and juggling plus drumming and dancing, capoeira and any other activity.

There will be a reasonably priced cafe and bar.

Doors will open around 7pm, and close around 5am in plenty of time to reach Stonehenge for opening time around 7am.

Entry by donation - suggested £3

every Friday thereafter we will be back to small meets from 7pm-11pm. If you'd like to get involved in any way, DJing, decorating, or running any kind of workshop then please email me or comment below

please pass it on and hopefully see you there

wicked
ill be there alex

woot for HoP connections!

are you carrying this on into 2008? me and a mate live in norwich but this looks brilliant to turn up to once in a while to meet some fellow spinners

hi Rin

yes I hope this to be a permanent workshop but I need people to turn up for me to continue running it!

Come on people - this Friday - large warm indoor space - cafe - soundsystem - DJs - use it or lose it!

Not gonna make it this week, but I'll bust a gut to get there on the 11th. What's it been like last few weeks, have any of the Guildford-type people got to this?

my ear's exploded and I have college placement for two weeks hopefully make it in a few weeks if it hasn;t been lost by then

"Guildford-type" people? You mean uber-cool, smart, sexy spinners?

No SamboFlux...? I'm sure he would have posted on here by now!

I might head down tonight: who's coming?

Yes, Mr Durbs I do.

we had about 10 people down last friday, but there's room for LOTS more - at least 50, maybe 100

heres a photo of the comfy lounge/cafe space (sorry about my crap phone camera)



P.S. anyone know how to resize images with UBB code?

I'm going to try to get down for next week (work permitting)

Fearpig: Got there before me! I'll probably head down next week. See you loverly people then!!!

See you tomorrow!

great meet last night! we're starting to get a feel for how good this meet could be.. there were lots of new faces, great spinning, and a giant glow-in-the-dark frisbee session at the end

thanks everyone who came, and yes we did have Guildford crew

next week we will be upstairs only, so no soundsystem (we'll have a little stereo though)

but we'll be back downstairs and full power again on Feb 1st

and we are also planning to do another allnighter on Feb 29th, so put that in your diary

Hehe, I know about the Guildfordian people, I was there, though not really saying hi to anyone

Next time I shall. Never ventured upstairs, was stood by the stack mostly :P Really awesome space you guys have got, next time I'll try to turn up before half eight :P

Do you need to be a really experienced spinner to come along?

I know a bit, but haven't spun for quite a while - something to do other than getting drunk in the nearest pub on a Friday night would be good though

You dont need to be able to do anything to go to these.
Walking would help in getting there of course, but you could always just get a taxi

But yes, it is much cheaper than getting drunk in a pub

indeed all levels of skill are welcome

poi spinners are a friendly bunch, so if theres anything you see someone doing that you want to learn then just ask them

and we do have a (semi-organic) bar, so you can have a drink as well as a spin if you want

i missed yesterday night! i thought it was on the thursday this week for some reason..
bummed.
tomorrow is my last day ion london, and i came all the way from aus to hang out with UK spinners and ive had a significant lack of poi while ive been here.
the most action ive got is oddballs in camden.
WHERE IS EVERYONE?

hey guys i hope this is the right thread... i havent been on hop in ages. im going to be in london mid april / may for treatment on my spine andwas wondering if theres much meetings going on??? Im going to be in london for bout a month and i dont know anyone so itd be great to meet up with some of you guys

Another good night on Fri, although I was a bit to bushed to be much use. I don't think pounding trance from the word go helped though, that guy played a much better set the week before. Need more bounciness! Good to see those of you that I did....

ahh sorry we missed you keyarghah! come for longer next time!

tainted: yes there are lots of meets in London at the moment - Brick Lane on Tuesdays, Greenwich on Wednesdays, Jacksons Lane on Thursdays, and this one on Fridays - we're the biggest and loudest though

Duballstar - sorry I wasn't there last week to oversee music policy - the idea was Paddy would play motown and blues for a couple of hours, then Fiend would play breaks, then Noize Boy would play trance for the last hour. Not sure why that didn't happen..

anyway no soundsytem tonight, though the space is still open for those who want to use it. Personally I will be at the Synergy Project at SEOne.

next week the soundsystem will be back on, and no it won't all be pounding trance (though there certainly will be some )

and feb 29th is looking like the date for our all night party

Hey well done to have a meet there. I like that space. I had my (very elderly) birthday party there in 2006! Spinning around in the back room with Meenik while the lovely TOm played VERY bouncy tunes, lotsa good memories.

 Written by: Dreadnaut


lots of meets in London at the moment - Brick Lane on Tuesdays,

That's a meet in a pub night though isn't it, not really a spin? Though I hear tell there's gonna be a new Tuesday spinny place soon....

can anyone help me with this

right then this week we have a rather fantabulous allnight shindig for all you lovely spinners (and your friends)

we'll be playing from our usual start time of 7pm right the way through to 7am!

Special guest DJs will be

DYMONS (Elestial Records) psydub master from Switzerland
MR HORACE (International Observer) roots and dub
DREADNAUT (Liquid Sound) dub and psydub
MAGHINA (Nomads) progressive psy
MISHMASH (7 sins) progressive psy
Miszt (misztifiedmind) trance and bass
MR STRANGELOVE (Wonky Disco) psytrance
TEN TON ATOM (Digital City) minimal tech
KIM (Kamaflage Records) electro
MATT CATT - party mashups
FIEND - spacey drum n bass

the cafe and bar will be open, plus all the usual synergy centre attractions, relaxed vibe, friendly security

entrance price: £3 before 11pm, £5 after

see ya there!

woot! only a day to go!

should be a wicked party - we have now got an acoustic chillout space upstairs, and conscious films for the lounge, so bring your non-spinning friends too!

I'm there

(Not right now obviously, but later on tonight I will be...)

This is gonna be an ongoing thing?

You know, like without the summer hiatus?;)

SOmething to come back for...

Oi - am I not not enough for you?

You're moving to Sydney anyway Gayboy! You and your Ladyfriend!

irony overload Dave!

yeah hopefully this should stay running over the summer, but I'll need help if I'm away at a festival or something.

The party idea didn't really work, most people still left before midnight. But we carried on til dawn, and there was lots of space for those who stayed.

Maybe I'll do it again if I get enough requests...

just a little bump to remind everyone that this is still happening..

I won't be there this week as I'm DJing at the inSpiral Lounge in Camden, but if anyone wants to take on the organisation (i.e making sure the soundsystem gets setup on time and donations are collected) let me know

back to usual next week...

no meet this week as its the Synergy Project at SeOne (I still have a few concessions places available but u need to text me NOW if you want one)

next week back to normal-ish though there will be an allnight Edensounds party afterwards.. spinners are welcome to stay as long as they've paid their £3 donation

more info on the Synergy Project at www.thesynergyproject.org
more info on Edensounds at www.edensounds.net

this week we will be upstairs with a little soundsystem..

also as I'm getting quite a few DJ bookings on Fridays at the moment and with festival season coming I want to know if its worth carrying on running this meet

please post on this thread if you would like it to continue, or maybe move to another day, or take a summer break.. thanks

Hey all - just moved to London a couple of months ago, and haven't had time to spin in forever, but really want to get back into it. Will anything be going on next Friday?

This meet is on hold for the summer. There's a Facebook group with more info.

Synergy Spinners is back!!

Relaunching next Friday, 5th December 7-11pm @ the Synergy Centre.

After an extended summer break, we are excited to be meeting once again on Friday evenings for lots of poi and staff spinning, hula hooping, juggling, diabolo, devilstick, contact ball, frisbee, and anything else we can think of to play with.

please invite your friends and lets make this massive!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46767144121

next confirmed dates are Friday 19th December, and Friday 2nd January.. if there's enough interest after that we can go weekly again

I am new to this but i will come check it out!

SYNERGY SPINNERS HAS MOVED!

The old Synergy Centre on Farmers Road is no more. We had some good times there. We hope to be able to move to the old Buddhist Centre in Waterloo very shortly, but in the meantime Synergy Spinners will be taking place at

Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre,
100 Vauxhall Walk, SE11 5EL
Just a five minute walk from Vauxhall station, across the park.

It is a very friendly community-run space, with an outdoors area for fire spinning and smoking.

At the moment we are mainly a beginners poi and staff workshop, with lessons by Alex and Adrien from 8-10pm.

Donations of £3 are requested, the money goes towards making new toys for the workshops, as well as our travel expenses.

6 week intensive poi courses will also soon be available for £60 / £40 concessions.

for more information contact me at synergyspinners@yahoo.co.uk

Wow! I didn't Adrien was talking about this when he told me he is teaching at Vauxhall! I will try and make it down for next Friday!

This sounds really cool! Is this still going?

Try emailing the email address

synergyspinners@yahoo.co.uk

Hi guys

just to let you know we have now moved to Monday nights, 8-10pm

still at VGCC, address as above

argh! we just lost another venue!

we are now meeting on Wednesday evenings, 7-10pm

at Wessex House
1a St Johns Hill
Clapham Junction

hope to see you there!

just a quick bump to let you know this is still happening at Wessex House

we're starting to get busier now.. got a regular turnout of about 12 spinners

and I still have one place left for my beginners poi course starting this wednesday.. email me if you're interested

with the weather getting warmer now, I'm going to stop running the meet at Wessex House, and start meeting outside instead.

This week will be the last meet at Wessex House, and we'll have a big Wessex House leaving party with lots of DJs, and free food and drink.

Next week we'll meet on Clapham Common for a Full Moon Fire Spin

my next beginners poi course will start on May 5th

just a quick bump to let you all know we are back again at Wessex House (address above) every wednesday from 8pm - midnight.

Please join the Synergy Spinners facebook group for more regular updates, photos, videos etc