I just saw COL 2008

So Noel lent me his copy and I finally got to see it! This is such a valuable project Malcolm & HoP have undertaken, it really gives such a good snapshot of how these arts are developing over time. YouTube performs some of the same function, but whereas the vids on YouTube are often process-oriented, these are so much more about presentation, and they're "curated" so the overall quality is assured.

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As is the case with everyone, I was enthralled by some of these and bored by some others but even those had redeeming qualities. Mostly for the ones I thought less successful it was a case of all the pieces not quite coming together, even if they were all present.

My top three, the ones that made me go 'wow' more than once and that I had to immediately rewatch (in order of appearance):

Bali Dreams / Sandy Contact / Spinning in Headphones

I can't rank them though as they're all so good in different ways.

Clare, I thought your video was lovely but in particular I wanted to mention that I love the music. I've actually hooped to it a couple of times, it's great. Kudos to...Will(?).

Good effort everyone! Already plotting for next year (so much to practice!!!)

p.s. the title of the track in mine is "Medibeat" ('beat', not 'bent' ;p)

Glad you liked the vid...

And Will is glad you liked his track - he says thank you

x

PS: and durbin, why so eager to know? think you won, huh?!

heheheheh... hope so!

Not so much eager as curious

I liked the track too - is that Will's normal stuff or something specially created?

yeah, i want to know who durbin beat into second place!

Im sorry, ive been away for a bit, and i havent kept up with all of this. Is it too late to enter a video for the dvd? Cause the contest is still up.

I might just be making some nooby mistake, so be kind if im being stupid.

But weve been doing very serious filming, and i soooo want to enter.

Our most recent exploit was a poi shoot in the local mall, we gathered crowds and everything.

Sorry dude the DVD is already out and kickass
peoples are just waiting for judgment

but hey it just gives you more time to make a really kickass entry for next year.

Indeed - the entry for CoL 2009 is already up

Burnage to the hardcore.

See what happens when im without interweb for extended periods?

xD

Oh well, i will pour a whole ton of extra work into my filming in the hopes of entering next year.

I think they've decided that noone wins this year, as giving any sort of prize to someone like durbs is considered to be against the geneva convention.

Wouldnt it be supporting terrorism, bluecat? I've seen Durbs' videos after all.

Hey - terrorists need supporting too!

oui. j'ai besoin de gagner $2000 pour acheter un nouveau ak-47

Well I did a days work at a juggling shop and now have a copy of COL8 but been too busy to watch it!
Sooon or after Woodford or something....

so, without intending to sound desperate (but probably failing ), when are we likely to hear? should we be revising our 'expecting results of judges deliberations in november' to 2009? I don't mind waiting but some info'd be nice.

off for a computer free christmas in a couple of days :o) aaaah

smiles
Rob

nice spinning all around,i especially loved nick's performance though.has to go down in my books as one of the best fire spins ive ever seen.

also,where or when are the results for the competition announced?

:ditto:

*twiddles thumbs*

I am announcing winners this Friday. Sorry about delay.

Great

Thanks
x

hmm,seems i was so cleverly on another page when i asked my question and didnt realize that bluecat already asked....i love being really intelligent so i do

..i think i shud win though for my powerful intellectual skills of pretending to enter a video but not really....i think my pretend video was too good (am i convincing anybody here???......didnt think so....im gona crawl back into my hole...)lol

good luck to everybody anyway,i hope to have a video entered in 2010

Confusion! Ok, so I haven't seen it yet, but... I've seen a few reviews in this thread of my and Brad's entry yet we're not listed among those on the DVD...

Can someone clear this up for me?

What was the name of your 'piece'? That's what's listed on the DVD,not the names of the people involved. SO unless we know your piece was called Pali Dreams or SyndhroDudes in Heaven or Me in Post-Industrial Wonderland or whatever, there's not much way to know/help

Please someone correct me if I'm being obtuse and the people's names really are listed somewhere....
CHeers
Gabe

Apologies! However, being that I've not yet seen the DVD, it would have taken some act of paranormal psychic ability for me to know this thing that you have just so kindly told me. :-p

Act name: Puppeteer's Dream

Gratzi!

As previously explained because of so many credits and contact details we refer to the www.homeofpoi.com/col2008
As you will see on that page there is a lot of information.
This allows information to be kept up to date.
Performers names have changed in the past as with contact details, websites etc.
A simple title is provided to us which can be a troupe name persons name, and/or descriptive title.
We place those on the video to "keep it clean" for watching and say for full details see that link.
I really do not want to display outdated information on a DVD.
Maybe next time submit a different title for the entry being aware that it can not change.

Does that make sense?
I want everyone to get credit for their work and keep it updated with emails, performance name/s, websites...
Is it that hard to look it up on the website?
Maybe I can send a printed copy with each. But I prefer to print less paper if I can

Oh, my! Now things have definitely gone wonky -- this is why I normally don't talk :x

Please disregard my earlier comments and sorry for the trouble... I'll scrape up a copy of the DVD and have a looksie for meself

Your work is fantastic and amazing, Malcolm, and I'm sure we all appreciate your love of trees and attentiveness to our tendency to alter identities.

<3

Oops
Totally my bad. Silly me and my lousy eyesight. Didn't see the little words at the bottom of the cover.

I've been told that it's tagged on at the end of the Fiammella Fire Duo chapter, and it doesn't have its own chapter. But since I don't have the video, I can't confirm that.

[edit] Could someone that has it please take a looksee? I'll make cupcakes

Yes. There are some text at the end of the video. Something like thanks to all involved in making this DVD and futher information available from www.homeofpoi.com/col2008 plus the cover of the DVD talks about the link.

Sorry you do not have a copy yourself

Yes, that text is at the end of the DVD. This is before it. I've been described some of the details [via PM], and they correspond exactly. What I'm asking is for someone to check their actual video against the list on www.homeofpoi.com/col2008 and we can clear this up.



[edit & addquote] In no way misunderstand this to mean that I don't appreciate all the hard work of the HoP team to put this wonderful DVD together.

please can i crash this topis new user sorry i am from rsa and would like to find out more about competitions and championships can you help me get some direction

HI there poifun-academy. Welcome to HoP.
(Just a pointer though... good idea to take your email address out from your name box- might attract spammers.)

Are you looking for live competitions? Personally I don't know of many, as the general ethos of the poi community as I've seen it tends to be more about skill sharing and having fun without competition. The topic has been raised here a few times, having cometitive leagues and so on, but it never seems to get very far.

People have raised objections about the codification and ranking that would be involved, and the notion that 'winning' such a thing would be meaningful, given that so many poiple would not get involved. So saying someone was the 'champion' of Europe or whatever would not be respected, and would just be divisive to the community.

There are heaps of comps for baton twirlers though, you might get some clues from that world. And I did hear some rumours of glowstring 'battles' though that was from the USA and seemed related to the hiphop battle approach.

Having said that, there is one little comp I know about...a firedance comp held on the Gold Coast, Qld, Australia once a year, sponsored by a local shop (Threeworlds).
I've been a judge for that one a few times, so I know the criteria include choreo, presentation and safety as well as technical skill. There was a similar one in Cairns a few years ago too. One thing about comps with financial prizes is that the money has to come from somewhere, so the ones I have known are sponsored by shops.

HoP runs COL (Circles of light) as a video competition, so its about how well the vid is presenting the art, not just technicals.

There are heaps of comps for baton twirlers though, you might get some clues from that world. And I did hear some rumours of glowstring 'battles' though that was from the USA and seemed related to the hiphop battle approach.

Are you looking to run one, or enter one?