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Hello people!!



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Post Festival Update

Dunc would really, really like all your feedback on the Play Festival on the PLAY web site. So post on the forum there or use the Contact Us form to give as much feedback as you can.



Dom





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info update

Cost - £15

Dates - 19th - 21st August 2005

Location - Shrewsbury Agricultural Showground, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.

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UPDATE 23rd July 2005



Tickets now on sale, go to the website or book via telephone on 07814 018 091



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Update - 5th Jan 2005

The site is now up and running at https://www.playfestival.co.uk
there is a forum included so everyone can contribute to the ideas, concepts and development of the festival as a whole. It wouldn't survive without "everyones" involvement so feel free to log on, register and let us know what you'd like from us while you're there.

And to think non of this would have started if I hadn't gotten into HoP and realised how wonderful this scene is, thank you HoP even if you did remove the link from my sig without telling me why, or even telling me



Update 31st January 2005



Tickets can now be Pre-booked, up to five adult and five free childrens (u14's) can be booked, once they are released for sale you will be given a set time period to buy them before they will be offered to the public. We're still unsure what the time period will be but it will be a reasonable amount of time, such as 6 weeks, from them being released before they will be put back into the ticket pool. Everyone will be advised by email and in various public announcements of the release date well before they're out.







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I have been thinking for a while about organising an Object Manipulation (couldn't think how else to describe it!!) Convention sometime next year, and thought this would be the best place to get the ball rolling! (pun pun)



My idea is this......a mini festival for spinners/jugglers etc that's small and laid back enough to enjoy but big and organised enough to get the most out of. Maybe a band/dj or two in a tent, a fire show each night, weekend camping and most importantly lots of workshops, idea exchanges and fun for all the family. Easy going and fun are the objectives.



It wouldn't be poi based, it would be for all object manipulators from hat juggling to ribbon dancing and everything in between and to the sides so no pigeon holing or amimosity between arts will occur.



So what I'd like to know is if I organised, laid out capital etc for a proper weekend festival (Fri -> Sun) would I get enough interest and of course people attending? I obviously can't afford it by myself but if I put up the cash the more people I expect to come the cheaper I could cost it out per person.



I'd like to hope it'd cost no more that £25 each, but obviously the more people we expect to come the cheaper we can make it, I'd much rather it was a tenner than £25! (please note attendance would be a capped limit for safety and comforts sake)



All I'd be looking for is to break even or turn a small profit so it can be piled back into the next one making it even better and also cheaper.



As they say on poipoipoi's website......"it's not capitalism.......it's spherculism"



It would be in a decent sized feild with a remote location so there would be no townie trouble but close enough for easy access from major routes.



I figure if it's in the midlands area it's probably the easiest for everyone geographically although of course it depends what venues we can find and what the consensus is.



If this is the sort of thing folks would like then yell, but please be a serious yell as I'm realistically trying to sort numbers so I can get accurate costing done. There's also a poll I've set up HERE so vote in it if you can please.



If you think it's a little OTT compared to what is generally available such as Spitz and various annual juggling conventions please say so, all opinions have the same importance but don't forget to vote



Thanks folks! I hope you like the idea and can help me to make it a success for all those who come *fingers crossed*



If you have any info you think I might be interested in, ie quality venues (any free party goers out there that know good locations?) any ideas for during the convention or feel there's something individual you could offer I'd really appreciate hearing about it either in this thread or by PM. It's the only way I can make sure I'm giving people what they want!



Looking forward to your comments



Thanks for reading this rather long post



:staff: :ribbondance: :contactjuggle: :knifethrowing: :likwiddancing: :stiltwalking: :diablo: :bboys: :clubswinging: :wifeswapping: :etc:

Let's relight this forum

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.

Meh

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!

*Thats one of my favourite Nurseries over there,*

Roman, Trippie Hippie,On the way back from Play Festival

.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....

"I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Written by: flid

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is Mr NYC coming to play then?

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Written by: .:star:.

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hate to break it to you ltc but gothfrogette has two. she was special enough to get two at falmouth

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Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

Written by: Skulduggery

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ok I've got you all on the list for new badges/old bages/replacement bages/greedy pig badges.

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Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.

tHeReS gOoD aNd EvIl iN EaCh InDiViDuAl fIrE, iDeNtIfIeS nEeDs AnD fEeDs OuR dEsIrEs.

Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.

UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."

Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump

Im hungry!!!

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.

Geologists do it in the dirt................

"Take that, math!"

Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no

UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."

Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump

Written by: Glåss

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And I thought I could run some manipulation workshops.
But which ones?

13) Staff/ Stick twirling

Smiles and see you in the sunshine

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"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

Written by: Puresock

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I'd like to see a body popping workshop, personally. Someone should do this. *looks at Durbs and Glass*

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Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

Written by: Glåss

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I'm definately going to do:
1 Ball Contact - Contact Juggling is not juggling, but it is Easy - This workshop will show you how!
(the whole point of my books!!) for Complete beginners/ up to all levels as there is a lot of new concepts/material.

Then which of the rest do you people want?
1) Musicality with manipulation for any prop - If you give me a sound system for 1.5 hours -Complete beginners/ up to all levels re-run of Ueberpoi with a few improvements and any prop.

2) Possibly a manipulation battle workshop and a battle, but we need a lot of planning to work out whether this is practical. all levels re-run of Ueberpoi.

Or I can run workshops of all levels Beginners - intermediate - advanced in any of these:
3) Staff/ stick contact
4) 1 ball Contact
5) Multiball contact
6) Club Swinging inc snakes
7) 1 to 3 Club Manipulation and juggling

And finally I could do:
8) Body poppin waves
9) 3 ball juggling mixed with contact
10) Miscelaneous manipulations - Coins pens friut elbows etc
11) Poi
12) Isolations with everything
13) Staff/ Stick twirling

Smiles and see you in the sunshine
Drew

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Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

Written by: Durbs

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Written by: Puresock

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I'd like to see a body popping workshop, personally. Someone should do this. *looks at Durbs and Glass*

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You mean a bit like the body popping with CJ workshop I'm down for running?

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"Take that, math!"