BJC 2010 Preregistration open!

Tickets are now available for preregistration for next years BJC!

It is being held from the 7th - 11th April 2010 in Huddersfield. We've got lots of great stuff planned for this event, which we'll be posting up on the website for you.

Tickets are being held at last year's prices, so until December 1st a full weekend ticket including the final show is only £65. You can also pre-order t-shirts, hoodies etc for a 10% discount. Get in

http://www.bjc2010.co.uk

Any questions or suggestions just ask, I'll be watching this topic.

kind of thinking about heading along, wondering if theres anything else around huddersfield worth seeing? my gf will be with me but shes not a massive juggler and im not sure if i can justify spending the whole weekend there when theres plenty other places to see and her family to visit.

thoughts?

What sorts of things do you like to do? Theres plenty of evening stuff - the usual selection of clubs/cinemas etc. The theatre will be doing shows over the weekend. Various comedy nights happen, probably Thursday night if I remember right.

Daytime stuff, theres decent walks if you head out of town a little - up towards Marsden or Holmfirth. Not sure what else happens while the sun is up though!

Or you could just persuade her that 5 days of juggling is reeeeeeeeally fun...

Epic lols.


As we say in England: "it's grim up north".
("North" being anywhere above Watford )

i suspected as much

Roll up roll up! Ticket prices for the BJC go up a teeny bit on the 9th. Until then they are the bargin price of £65!

We have had more preregistrations this time than any year in memory. Its shaping up to be a really memorable one! I've been pushing for some great spinning related stuff, we have a decent budget for the fireshow for once so don't miss it

Even if it is 'grim up north'

yeah will probably be registering in the next couple of days then its just a matter of finding how to get there from either stoke on trent or Hull

Easy on the train (via Manc or Leeds), also worth looking at the map of pre-regs and seeing if you can guess who any of them are to bug for a lift

whats going to be the set up outdoors? fire area, renegade big top and so forth?

We will have
- Big top
- Beer tent
- Renegade tent (I think)
- Fire area

Then theres a huge hall, a seperate large hall, a couple of smaller dance studio size rooms, an indoor catering/chillout area and all the usual stuff.

We're quite lucky with our setup in that the buildings encircle a large courtyard which attaches to the playing field. With the big top/beer tents in the courtyard there will be easy access from any area to any other (or more importantly, any area to the beer )

How much are the drinks? and what will there be? spirits? If I appear I intend to be mortal at least a day.

big top and renegade tent, wow!

sounds amazing

how is the no smoking policy going to be policed? thats going to be fun..

Most people adhere to the smoking policy by choice anyway, I think it has become 2nd nature now really.



Though, it can sometimes depend on how late it is, and how busy the tents are.
The later, the emptier the tent is, so some people do smoke inside. Particularly if there is a good breeze through the tent.

booked!

Drinks will be reasonable. I'm having discussions with the bar crew tonight to ensure you're looking at 2.50 for a decent pint, not nearer to 3! I'd imagine there will be a basic selection of spirits but don't expect anything fancy (doubt we'll be doing cocktail jugs!)

The law in Britain states no smoking in any indoor space. However I'm a busy man, and won't have time to check up on you. I can make no guarentees for the rest of the crew, or the people around you.

Ta Majestik, come say hi during the event

Woohoo - I've got my ticket and time off work all booked and sorted


I however, will be on holiday and therefore not busy at all. I'll have plenty of time available to tell people I see smoking inside to finish their smoking outside.

God sake, we gave you the restaurants. You wanted the airplanes and we were happy to hand them over. You non smokers are seriously ungrateful ><

Bovril used to smoke, and I still do.


Ya stinking hippy

how does that 'find a car pool' thingy work? i guess it would help if i knew where i was leaving from to get there >.<

its all byo sleeping tents and cooking gear isnt it? any HoPpers feel like sharing with two friendly aussies?

Thats a point, I think last year they had a carpool app. I'll bring it up at the meeting tomorrow and see what I can get arranged.

Bar is now sorted. Pints around the £2 mark, a good selection of spirits and, to my suprise, they suggested cocktails and other fancy creations!

BTW, if anyone is in a band, or has any suggestions for ones we should look at, PM me, we're getting all that sorted out in the next couple of weeks

the map with everyone who has pre reg'd is up but i couldnt really figure out how to work it :?

cocktails are yummy but a lot of work! might be worth finding out who will actually be running the bar, what their experience is, and what their thoughs of it are. you really need a well set up bar and some experienced staff to make cocktails work well.

and bandwise i think you should get Seven Seconds of Love, that would make me joyous beyond owning a submarine

The map is just a map with markers of the locations people have bought tickets from, its not interactive in any way. I managed to guess who some of them would be from the locations but there is no official car share thing yet.

Edit: I just created a carshare pool here. If you want to signup for it I'll get it advertised on the website / jugglingdb etc and hopefully we can get plenty of people sharing!

The bar is being run by a local bar's management, they do cocktails etc in their club so I can't foresee any issues

I'll add Seven Seconds of Love to my 'listen to' list.

looking forward to some tastey cocktails then

seven seconds of love are connected with rathergood.com, if you are aware of the awesomeness of that website and they're basically the only uk band i know haha

*bump*

anyone reading this who may have spare tent space for two Australians? we are stackable and wont take up much space!

Hey dude, if you don't get anything sorted by a week or so before the event send me a PM, I can probably sort out an old tent to lend ya, I can't guarantee its state though! (old festival tent)

"as long as it isnt vomit stained" - girl friends reply.

cheers, will let you know closer to the date.

One week to go! *Does the happy dance*

So who's going?

I'm guessing a bunch of hippies?

Who you calling a hippie?!?

*ahem*

If anybody wants a lift from London (or on the way from London) tomorrow (Friday) let me know.

T

Did you make it in the end Irinus? I didn't spot you anywhere.

Thanks to everyone who came along, it was a great event and it was wonderful to have you.

*goes off to sleep for a week*

Hehe, yeah I made it for a few days. I saw you all over the place but you seemed quite busy organising so I didn't bother you

Awesome convention!

HLGCBS!

Highs:

Chatting to people, Montes Food, Studio with MIRRORS!, Pre-Show Balloon
Madness (only at the bjc... ahhhhh), Malte and friends side by side
passing patterns, Sam for sorting my music and generalised awesomeness,
german wheel workshops.

Lows:
Mud on studio floor, missing a 2nd german wheel workshop due to sleepin'
in. Missing renegades cos of wanting sleep, the renegade on saturday
ending without any nudity, massive swearing, abuse of food or completely
unprepared drunken acts.

Goals: Completed. Win.

Crush: New contact club tricks, Colin, Frida, Magic Matt and the german
wheel.

Bane: Workshops happening in the studio that really didn't require a dance
floor and mirrors. Yeah I know it's picky, but I loved that room.
Music playing lound in the main hall... it means I have to turn up my mp3
player twice as loud to drown it out.
Snakeboarders, I nearly hit so many of them, and yeah it would have been
their fault but also I would have felt really bad and maybe cried a little
bit inside.

Surprise! Circus School show actually being pretty good. German Wheel
workshops and how easy the cartwheel was in that thing.... Having to do my
club contact workshop twice due to time confusion, that was a surprise.
Also was nice to see so many people turn up.