soooo.. nearly awake enough to post a HlGCB,and i like the new, realxed rules, which allow more than one thing, so here we go:
Highs
all three shows i did in the much maligned big top. the Clock was a lot of fun to do with character for the first time, the ballons with J9 was utterly great, and a good use of the boat (and yes, i had to get my lawyer inbvolved to prove it was my boat. thanks tommy). And Vodka and Orange was my favourite episode yet. i hope the scottish accents were a good change from the italian flavour of the rest of the (fabulous) show
gladiators on sunday - i genuinely didn't plan the shoe thing, but it worked. mwahahahahaha.
2nd British Weeble Golf championshps on the wonderfully sunny sunday afternoon... (round of applauise for random mike *Clap* )
the sun on the aforesaid sunday :o) if it had been all week it would have made staying on asphalt more palatable.
senmaru
BKC
the lunch afterwards in the pub
the threestaff/club session with meg and sam very late on saturday. utterly awesome and inspiring.
i could go on and on, cause i had a LOT of highs from this one... but...
Lows
the weather (not a bane, cause i have a van....)
failing to plug PLAY very well
(1)
not seeing peachi and sinD enough, considering i was camped with them :o( either i drag them out of BBMC nwext year, or i learn about balloon modelling...(2)
Flame Oz not coming to do their uber-tight fireshow :o(
the much maligned big top
feeling like i was being ripped off by a certain trader taking pics of my props when i was specifically saying they had been designed by someone else and trying to get credit passed on but being totally ignored. bad form m'sieu. like the rest of your convention it would seem.
Goals
Arrive: almost didn't, but finally got there. Win!
teach good workshops: check. hybrids one was tough, but the staff juggling workshops were really well attended and i watched people who started their convention as the bane of many jugglers become accomplished letters-go.
have fun on stage: Check (see highs above). we were really not sure how V and O was going to go down....
have fun: Check. not hard, this one.
be scottish (and spend very little): check! £13 on food, £8 on beer, £2 on coffee, £9 on juggling equipment, £7 of which was given away immediately
leave and arrive at intended location: semifail: steeringbox went on the van
expensive and meant i didn't arrive in notts until 11pm
Crush
hmmmmm. Jeanine for being so excited about the balloons and the poi, and developing a fixed grin as a result. senmaru, is there a fanclub i can join? peter arghbrergh. was really nice to see you saturday night and wanted to show you with some of the things i'd been working on but didn't get the chance :o( The Void: coffee, amusement, keeping me away from the councilestateparade/nongames, and finally a lovely kendama. you rock :o) and all the others i spent ages hanging out with: nigel, steve, simian, meg, chutney, jo, will, will, sylvia, martin (newly recrowned gold) gracie, kev, etcetc)
Banes
the poi abuse :o( i'm really, really bored of it now.
the ropes attached to my van. i hate you, you R*****T
It was great. thanks everyone who did anything at all towards making it wonderful :o)
Rob
(1): 23-27 July, shortlytobeupdatedwebsite -
www.playfestival.co.uk(2): fortunately i get to spend monday-wednesday with them, so if anything not seeing them during the convention was a high, or i'd be ready to kill them by now....
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to all those that were there
everyone seemed to love the guy from tokyo (not even going to bother trying to spell his name) but i thought the diablo duo was awesome too -very sychronised 
nice photos Bovvy! The one of Polarity makes him look like a Brian Froud goblin or munchkin!! 
bring on the summer!! 
although i managed to drink lots of tea 
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