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_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Hello, hello and welcome to the thread for all Irish fire dancers, spinners, object manipulators, drummers, musicians and anyone else interested in these arts in Ireland.



This thread was started nearly a couple of years ago now... and it's since grown to include more people, gatherings, events, fun and games than we had thought possible.



And it's still growing - so if you're new to the arts, or want to meet up with any of us, please post at the end of this thread to introduce yourself... or send me a PM with your email address and I'll add your name to our mailing list.



There are spinners, dancers and manipulators all over the country, and you'll find lots of them on here... don't be shy, we're nice biggrin



So welcome, and hope to see you soon hug



Clare x



Updates on Circus/spinny gatherings around Ireland – 6 November 2006



Belfast:



Tuesday:

5pm-7pm

Streetwise (community circus) meet in Morton Community Centre (off Lisburn Road)… providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills. Run by the lovely Dave from Babcock and Bobbins (on HoP as Bobbins).

8.30pm-10pm

Lisa and I take our poi workshop in Crescent Arts Centre (featuring occasional special guests when they visit smile)… Please PM me if you are interested in poi lessons.

9.30/10pm-midnight

Fortnightly fire gathering in Crescent Park, Belfast (opposite The Fly bar). This is a friendly and informal gathering for anyone interested in spinning fire or learning more. Please PM me if you want to know the dates for the next gathering.



Wednesday:

7pm-9.30pm

Adult circus in Belfast Community Circus (Gordon St, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast). Weekly circus training for adults using various circusy props. £3 per week (I think).



Galway:



Tuesday:

5pm-??

NUI Galway juggling club meet in Aras Na MacLeinn. Run by the fabulous Eimhin (on here as Flip), providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.



Thursday:

5pm-??

NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Bank of Ireland theatre… as above.



Sunday:

12pm-4pm

NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Dangan Sports Centre…. As above.



Cork:



Tuesday:

5.30pm-8pm

Cork Community Circus meet at Loch Community Centre, at the top of Barracks St, Greenmount – providing an indoor space to practice and learn new skills. (Probably) run by the lovely Cormac (not on HoP). Three euro cover charge.



Limerick:



Thursday:

7pm-9pm

Limerick Juggling Club meet at the Limerick Youth Centre, on Lower Glentworth Street. Club run by fantastic jugglers Joe McGinley and Richy Brennan.



Dublin:



Monday:

5pm-7pm

DIT juggling club meet in the hall behind Belvedere College – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.



Tuesday:

7pm-9pm

Trinity juggling club meet in Goldsmith Hall, Pearse Street – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.



Wednesday:

7pm-9pm

DIT juggling club meet in Linen Hall, across the road from Bolton Street. Go through the archway at the side of Bodkins, and it's on the top floor, in the gym.

4.30pm-6pm

NCAD juggling club meet… somewhere



Thursday:

6pm-9.30pm

UCD juggling club meet in the Memorial Hall, beside the Architecture buildings – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.



Dun Laoghaire



Tuesday:

6pm-8pm

IADT meet… somewhere… a new club, and everyone is welcome!







Events:



Tralee:



November 24-26

Tralee juggling convention… organized by the lovely Fanzini’s, the public show is looking fantastic… smile





(If you have any updates on these clubs or events, please PM them to me...)





Take care, happy spinning

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_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Squarefish smile

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squarefishSILVER Member
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland

Posted:
here I am!
DSS are we still on for beach type fun?
Cameron,
good to see you here, took you long enough...... ;-)
shaping_lightSILVER Member
member
138 posts
Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom

Posted:
Cameron and Clare (sp?) Good to see yous at the weekend!!!

Clare (the other yin) and Lisa good to see yous too.
Any chance you could mail me a few of them pics Lisa - slacky would like to put your pics on the site if thats ok..

I'll see yous both on sunday pm or monday am byeses!!!

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shaping_lightSILVER Member
member
138 posts
Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom

Posted:
oh and anyone heading to burning man i'm off now to buy my flight tickets.

I will be in San Fran from 21st. There has been chat about hireing and RV if finances allow.

If anyone fancies hooking up apres BM gis a pm

Have a nice easter everyone smile

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nordemember
39 posts
Location: Bangor, Norn Iron

Posted:
ahooooooooy country gurl !



you recovered from sat night yet beerchug



took my poor legs about 3 days before they stopped dancing bounce



and my car still smells of hippy ! *ahem* cameron



all good tho.... great night, fanks to everyone



im dreading the photos !!



grouphug to all



a special hug for lisa if shes reading this

Love me when i least deserve it... cause that is when i need it the most

_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Ah Michelle... adventuring again biggrin

Lucky girl hug

Thanks for a great night Saturday... and see you Sunday/Monday.

And it was great to see you Cameron and Clare... hope the trip home was grand... thanks so much for coming up, and come back soon!!

News from my happy little world - after two months of procrastination and needless worry, I finally finished my cost projections at 4.30am.

Hurrrahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and wooohoooooooooooooooo!!!! bounce

(ok, might not mean much to you, but christ, it's good to have that done)

Take care y'all
clare x

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ado-pGOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland

Posted:
 Written by: FurryPurple


News from my happy little world - after two months of procrastination and needless worry, I finally finished my cost projections at 4.30am.




And so ends the hippy days wink

well done smile

Love is the law.

_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Danke biggrin

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nordemember
39 posts
Location: Bangor, Norn Iron

Posted:
good god clare.... wots wif your sig ! eek

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_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
ubblol



I was talking to the utterly splendid Drew this morning, and he just dropped that into conversation smile



I'd just woken up, was very excited about having no financey stuff to do... and he just came out with it...



Much laughter and hilarity...



I guess that's what happens when you live in a hangar with lots of performers... ubblol

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_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
(Oh yes... and apparently he's designed a vibrator biggrin)

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nordemember
39 posts
Location: Bangor, Norn Iron

Posted:
LMAO

you do know of 'that shop' just off Main Street in the arcade... dont you wink

have fun !

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_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Of course smile

I bought a nice mask in there once...

Bliss... hidden away from the church-goers ubblol

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shaping_lightSILVER Member
member
138 posts
Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom

Posted:
God Paul! How could I forget that fetching look you were sporting on sat night!! Good to see you again must meet up soon for some more beerchug ubbloco

I have been thinking about a pre -burning man party up here in the cuntry-way the coos and sheep-an all.
Will start a new thread for it if there is enough interest and stop hi-jacking this one smile

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doctor_fandangoGOLD Member
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761 posts
Location: in the corner beside the filing cabinets, 2nd floo...

Posted:
thanks to all the fire spinners and drummers for making it out to templebar square lastnight. you helped raise €400 which will go to help fund the 4 music schools run by the "chernobyl childrens foundation".
thanks a mill, it was great craic.
super thanks to kelly for organising it!!!

There's no place like 127.0.0.1, There's no place like 127.0.0.1, There's no place like 127.0.0.1,

"in most of our friends we're the hippies. but we have hippie friends of our own.. its like a dog having its own pet" - H. Sinoquet 19-03-2005

_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Well done Barry and the Dublin crew biggrin

grouphug

And Michelle... Y'might as well post details of a Northern gathering in here... I think everyone comes in here anyways and individual threads tend to get lost among the others...

Hope you're well lady...

And a very happy Easter to all the lovely Irish spinning crew - you guys rock and it's great to know you grouphug

have some chocolate...


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taintedaddict
422 posts
Location: London

Posted:
hey guys just a wee note to remind you that the festival of fools is happening in belfast next weekend with acts from all over, hope to see everyone there smile

There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers...

nordemember
39 posts
Location: Bangor, Norn Iron

Posted:
 Written by: michellepoi


God Paul! How could I forget that fetching look you were sporting on sat night!! Good to see you again must meet up soon for some more beerchug ubbloco

I have been thinking about a pre -burning man party up here in the cuntry-way the coos and sheep-an all.
Will start a new thread for it if there is enough interest and stop hi-jacking this one smile



im dreading the photos ! redface

as for pre burning man party....... i think u should have a pre-pre burning man party just to be sure to be sure biggrin ubbloco

my dancing shoes have had a weeks rest ubbrollsmile

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Deviant_thinkingmember
36 posts
Location: Edenderry, Co. Offaly

Posted:
ohh your shitting me, i was in temple bar last night, i got the 19.30 bus home (T_T)

guys im stuck here. i gotta buy a set of fire poi and i was searching dublin all last weekend. in visuals they cost 55 and in art,craft and hobby shop in jervis they were 53. thats a rip off so i need a better source for them, unfortunetly i cant go online.

im living in cork and even pinochio's costs a bomb. HELP ME, ITS SUNNY N I WANNA SPIN!

alternativly i will pay for someone to make me a firestaff. comon lads, pull a few strings for me...! barry??!? LISA?!?! do i mean nothing to u =P (btw check my bebo: casper-2nd.bebo.com)

Give a man a fire and he's warm for the night,
Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

doctor_fandangoGOLD Member
co-director of A.C.B.I.S.H.A.
761 posts
Location: in the corner beside the filing cabinets, 2nd floo...

Posted:
down boy! take a deep breath... meditate..right ...ok,
welcome back to the boards hug its been far toolong since we've seen ya round here matey. you have three options available to you, make/commission/buy.
1: make - go into the poi boards and get some helpful advice on what to use, and how to construct your own poi.
2: commission: ask (very nicely,now) in this thread fo someone to build you a set of poi and send them out to you.
3: buy from the shop in hop. if you need to you can check it out, and tell me which one you want, then if you send the money up to me i'll sort out the transaction for you?
which option suits best...the choice, is yours!!
now get typing and send me a pm, hows life treatin ya?

There's no place like 127.0.0.1, There's no place like 127.0.0.1, There's no place like 127.0.0.1,

"in most of our friends we're the hippies. but we have hippie friends of our own.. its like a dog having its own pet" - H. Sinoquet 19-03-2005

Deviant_thinkingmember
36 posts
Location: Edenderry, Co. Offaly

Posted:
Hey dude,
well I'm living in Cork, i dont drink or drug anymore, havent done so in 6 months so far, thinks r cool. I work in FÁS teaching ppl the ECDL (a computer qualification) nad i go to gym quite a bit n cycle around alot so ive kinda switched from completely off the rails to big into fitness so things r a lil funny on that front. im made to get back spinning tho.

Aiden says he lives in Limerick and pm'd me about a comission, so we'll see how that works out. fingers crossed! im dying to get back moving on that front. if that doesnt work out i'll get back to u dude!

all the best...

Ken... (btw Lisa, i think u owe me a photo album full of pics of that duck bong somoking all over the world... =P)

Give a man a fire and he's warm for the night,
Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

ma'tinaBRONZE Member
multiplex
611 posts
Location: somewhere..., Germany

Posted:
Hi! wave

I need help, who of you irish people can tell me wheather there is a possibility to get from dublin to millstreet/cork, ejc, by train.....and how much it will be approximately???????

hug thx in advance

tina

- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*

zarkiaBRONZE Member
Member
98 posts
Location: ireland

Posted:
you may not believe it, but its way cheaper to fly from dublin to cork. the train is 54 or something, but you can fly for less than 40.

unless, of course you have spesific reason to take the train.
Helen_of_PoiSILVER Member
lapsed spinner
412 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland

Posted:
Everything you need to know about getting to Millstreet is on the "getting to Millstreet" area of the EJC website

As you can see, there are buses, trains, planes, ferries...

Happy travels!

Helen_of_Poi

EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team

squarefishSILVER Member
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland

Posted:
Morning everyone,

Congrats to everyone who was burning down at Whiterock on Friday and Saturday , guys we looked cool. WooHoo!!!!

Big thanks to james for inviting us down and can't wait to see the finished product biggrin

Dig that funky skintight lycra gimp costume by the way ........... ubbloco
_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
ubblol

Yes indeed... well done James hug The red lycra suited you biggrin

spank but that's for making us use really bad fuel though!! spank

eek

Not happy bout that one!

Anyways... a good time had... hope it looked well.

Take care
Clare x

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DeepSoulSheepGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland

Posted:
ubblove ubbrollsmile ubblove

Thank you so very much for your time and talent guys. We really appreciate it!



We are very happy about the way that weekend went. biggrin



We believe we got a really great footage and as soon as it's all edited and finished I'll let you guys know. The plan is to show it at the IFI and have a party afterwards. I'll keep you all informed anyway.



Martin: you madman. That planet was awesome....and I don't use the word flippantly! cool

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

DeepSoulSheepGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland

Posted:
To everybody regarding the fuel:

My appologies.

I will be looking into fuel info more here on HOP. I was under the impression that Kerosine and parafin are the same thing and the names are used inter changably. I haven't been on top of such details since I was last a regular poster which is over a year and half ago.

I did at that time read that kero was the best fuel to use. I do remember reading before that if a fuel is unsmelly and not smokey it's because it has chemicals added to it which are in fact worse for you.

I at no time before the weekend thought Kero would be bad for you or your wicks, but I hope that goes without saying.

I take on board what you guys were saying about there being different grades or qualitys and all that and again I was not aware of this before the weekend. After talking to Martin I worked hard to find a place that sold kero by the litre. I believed it to be cheaper exactly because it was sold by the litre and was not being sold as lamp oil, not because it was a lower grade.

If anyone feels there wicks have been damaged then pm me and we'll sort it out.

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

_Clare_BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)

Posted:
Tis not so much the wicks James...



Tis the fact that most people felt quite sick (headaches) after using that fuel.



I drove home on Saturday night - three hours in my lil car which was stinking of the stuff...



And I ended up having to stop the car to be sick just outside Belfast. Not good frown



Don't like being sick. ubbcrying



Anyways, I'm sorry I didn't let you know about the fuels sooner, but I thought that as you'd been playing for longer than all of us, you would have known already. smile



As far as I know, parrafin/kerosene are the same thing, but there are loads of different grades. The cheaper the grade, the less refined, and the more filled with toxic nastiness.



That red stuff is about the worst. You can smell it as soon as you open the container... yes it's cheaper (which is good for big gatherings)... but it's not worth it in the horrible feeling you get afterwards.



Anyways, never worry... tis all a learning curve smile hug



Glad the filming went well.



Take care and see you soon

Clare x

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nordemember
39 posts
Location: Bangor, Norn Iron

Posted:
kerosine is American for parafin...... is it not ?
https://www.bartleby.com/68/2/3502.html


https://www.answers.com/topic/kerosene
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