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Login/Join to Participateblue haired pyrovixen monkey girl!
155 posts
Location: Kent, United Kingdom
At the request of Bubbles, here's the BJC2006 thread.
Many of you know the score, infact it was last year's BJC where I met my first HOP'res & got talked into giving these forums a go. It was my first ever camping convention & I've been hoocked ever since, I even met my partner there
There's Juggling & Spinning & Acro & workshops & 24 hr juggling hall & a fireshow & much more, but not least important is it'll be my birthday on the Saterday
they have a lovley & informative website here. Pre-reg is £50 & ends March 7th.You comming then?
Blue is best, blue is beautiful
If I knew what I was looking for, I would have found it by now, but that would take all the fun out of it. - me
I never wanted to be different. I just wanted to be me - bmeshop.com
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
6,120 posts
Location: Behind you. With Jam
Well Maus I serious enjoyed flipping you upside and round again that was fun.
Can't actually say i did ANY juggling during the weekend but have started on the basics of contact juggling so might make SOME progess with that.
Jake, Becci etc thanks for making me feel welcome in the hallowed ground of the teepee.
Strugs you double-staffed specimen of manhood! Thanks for the little tutorial. I hope I can make you proud when i next see you.
Jo, that was a lovely hat, kinda matches with Sym's... Shame about the lice. Hope you didn't give it to me although I do feel the odd isolated tingle on my scalp... probably (hopefully!) just needs washing :P
"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
181 posts
Location: Derbyshire
Waaa that was all crazy. Had to take the day off school to get over that. Erm to tell you the truth i dont think i met many people. I was planning on to but i couldnt really put face to name or i dunno. I think i spoke to Strugs. Bloody brilliant. I tell him he makes it look easy, and he replys 'It is' bah if only i was that good. Anyway thanks guys for adding tothe atomoshere and erm ur face will be somewhere in my drunken head. Im still cringing from the Saturday night Renegade, alot of craziness.
Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'
500 posts
Location: Lower Shaw Farm
CHILLI VODKA
Jake the Juggler
member
38 posts
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Whos got photos they wanna show us all then?
ps its me bufdee!
I lost.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,384 posts
Location: mancunian, United Kingdom
happy birfday rob!!!!!
i got a load of pics devepoped today
so ill put them up soon as, but i gotta go pop out now so ill do it when i get back. Disclaimer:im not responsible for what i say or do whether it be before,during and after drinking alcoholic substances (owned by BMVC).
Creater of Jenisms(TM)
Virginity like bubble,one prick all gone.
181 posts
Location: Derbyshire
I have photos. Being developed and put on CD now so i'll post them up like tomorrow hopefully. Haha i may have a few of Tempay as he was erm doing some crazy Diablo stuff. But i should have a load of photos of the 24hr hall. Im still annoyed i didnt see you guys. Im so bad.
Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
Karen has some photos of 2Bags routine from the circomedia show.will post later...
Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
i really liked the BJC, what i didnt like was the shoddy organisation and their hatred of Poi-ers.
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Will have to get 'I'd rather be a swinger than a tosser' T-shirts printed for the next BJC
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
Written by: polarity
Will have to get 'I'd rather be a swinger than a tosser' T-shirts printed for the next BJC
lol
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,384 posts
Location: mancunian, United Kingdom
hell yeah!currently uploading the pics now, its taking a while and im sleepy
Disclaimer:im not responsible for what i say or do whether it be before,during and after drinking alcoholic substances (owned by BMVC).
Creater of Jenisms(TM)
Virginity like bubble,one prick all gone.
422 posts
Location: London
ahhhh so annoyed that i missed that...ive been getting texts of my mate ture rubbing in what a great time they had ect... glad everyone had such a good time
There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers...
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Written by: polarity
Will have to get 'I'd rather be a swinger than a tosser' T-shirts printed for the next BJC
Can I sell those at PLAY please....pleeeeeease! Let's relight this forum 
old hand
717 posts
Location: Bristol, England
Written by: Mint SauceWritten by: polarity
Will have to get 'I'd rather be a swinger than a tosser' T-shirts printed for the next BJC
lol
https://www.spreadshirt.net
"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Dunc, go for it
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Written by: garthy
https://www.spreadshirt.net
Are they all from Germany?
I think we're sorted for t-shirts tho, we have [Old link]
Let's relight this forum
old hand
717 posts
Location: Bristol, England
Written by: DuncWritten by: garthy
https://www.spreadshirt.net
Are they all from Germany?
I think we're sorted for t-shirts tho, we have [Old link]
Ah only intended for induviduals not for play!
"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx
500 posts
Location: Lower Shaw Farm
Bad organisation? You're lucky you haven't been before then! I thought this year was well organised in comparison.
Hatred of poi? I wasn't aware of that. Please fill me in . . .
Jake the Juggler
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
I think it was the signs that said "absolutely no poi" that gave away their emotional feelings
I didn't even go but I heard about it
Let's relight this forum
406 posts
Location: Oxford, UK
Jugglers will always hate poi because they know that they'll never be beautiful ballerinas like us.
"Take that, math!"
500 posts
Location: Lower Shaw Farm
haha! . . . I must have missed those signs.
At least it was only signs, it wasn't so long ago in history that anyone caught doing poi at a juggling convention would face death by firing squad. True story.
I guess we will know that poi is totally accepted at juggling conventions when they have a poi routine in the public show at BJC . . . I guess it's you people's job to impress them enough.
Jake the Juggler
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
I was doing my best to only do tech poi in the hall
I thought they did a bad job - I wasn't happy about paying £50 for something I thought was a bit crap. I'm not sure if I'll go next year...
One thing that really got be (apart form the anti-poi jugglers) was the fact that my play flyers kept getting taken down when I put them up...I put up loads over the weekend and they all get removed, even though they were put next to other event posters...
Also, getting a bus to the show? WFT? Getting hurried on to an almost empty bus for a 50 minute ride, only to have to wait about for almost an hour before we could see the show (that wasn't amazing) then getting rushed back on to a bus full of drunk idots and brats was very uncool indeed.
The games were ok, but I left because they dragged on loads. One highlight was the 3 leg poi race: Simon and I did the best weave by far, but we didn't win. Still poi in the games is a start.
No firespinning. WTF?
Telling us to get out on Sunday night when we'd paid till Monday morning? Not cool.
I could go on...all in all I had a good time, but only because of the people, not the BJC. I would have has as much fun if I'd been at a campsite with you all near the beach. Maybe with some cream tea....
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
151 posts
Location: south wales
I would have to agree with a lot of that sym, although I did have a really great time, but i guess that was mostly down to the people.
The bus to show thing was a bit silly, so I drove. And the not being able to park by the campsite too wasn't very helpful either.
As for the games...they were great, mainly because zennor won a set of aerotech balls (the best prize in the games and they give it to an 8 yr old!)
Not sure why the Play flyers were being taken down, as when I was talking to the organiser he was really positive about Play, maybe people just wanted to take them with them so they had the information.
As for the anti-poi, it did make me pick up a new toy, not sure if that is good or bad.
So yea, it was the people who make it great, and I'd like to thank everyone who talked me into going in the end, and helped out with the kids. It would have been a nightmare without all you wonderful people.
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
can someone who was there explain the anti-poi-ness please since the bjc is normally quite poi friendly...
was it just a sign or two, or were there people being openly anti-poi?
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
I read on rec.juggling that Ewano (I think) made an "absolutely no poi on site" sign. Good lad.
He should make one for diablo too.
Willy - is bad for your health...
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
was that it?
just a silly sign?
i would definitely have made a point of regularly standing in front of it spinning balls on string
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
151 posts
Location: south wales
but they had scissors
181 posts
Location: Derbyshire
Hey well i heard about these signs. As The Nottingham and Derby Clubs set the BJC up. Im part of the Derby Juggling Club. It was just a joke no hatred involved. It was to do with the 'Absalutley no Fire!' signs and jsut thought it be a joke. Also i asked about why jugglers hate Poi and Staffers.
The Reason:-
In the old days, not now (which was stated) Staffers and Poi people tended to just be Dog and String Tramps, who tended to be very antisolcial and not get on very well with the nice people. I think its a old running streotypical thing.
Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
There was more than that one sign, people had written it on the white board in the hall, and I think some people wrote something about it on the BJC 2006 wall hanging thing as well. I felt very looked down on whenever I span, as if I shouldn't be there at all. When I met about 5 different people who after asking me what I did stopped talked to me because I said poi. You could actually see their expression fall.
I got a bit fed up with the whole thing really. It seems like a big old boy network that you can only join when you're able to juggle 7 balls. Maybe it's me, but I'm going to stick to events that allow me to have fun without paying £50 and getting told I can't play with my toys when I get there. I didn't stop spinning because of them, but it doesn't make you feel great about going there again.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
hehe, 'Member' huhuh
6,120 posts
Location: Behind you. With Jam
Sym - did you have permission to put flyers up? If not, as nice as it would've been, if you didn't have permission it's not surprising. Bloody paperwork!
The only anti-poi sentiment I found was on the huge signing sheet in the hall where there were only a couple of signatures featuring 'no poi'.
To be be fair it was a JUGGLING convention. I did feel an air of snobbery if only because of there being only a handful of poi-ers.
It couldn't've been THAT anti-poi if there was a workshop for poi...
I decided to try my hand at contact juggling instead (I'm getting there.....) and adding more than a few artistic contributions to the wall... (Stick to what you're good at...)
"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
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