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"I went looking for submission information for Circles of Light this year and can't find anything.Is there not going to be a COL 2014?If not, will COL be coming back?"
"http://www.homeofpoi.com/articles/COL2013.phpFirst I want to than you all and I like all your videos.---------------------------------------------------1. Demeure du Chaos- black smoke+..."
"helloi'm interested in entering the COL 2011.my problem is, i don't know where to get music for it? the options i thought of is recording myself (which won't be so good...) looking for ..."
"So, who's planning on entering COL this year?I'm going to film at the IJC again, and random spots all over Israel, going for something really good this year "
""hello, my name is Algirdas.i have few complains about the competition.i took the second place. and i believe that the guy ho took the first place broke few rules.1) it had to be a..."
"And it wasn't even my free copy, it were somebody elses...If you like reading other peoples opinions read on: (Or if I know you, I'll say something about you in this, if I don't more th..."
"Launched today and already found by some! We bring you 2 new photo competitions: "Show us your ink!" and "Most outrageous hair".For all you creative and expressive people out there - go..."
"maybe not quite the right area for this but one of the mods will over-rule the stoopid admin guy if necessary!I haven't seen any talk about the calendar competion we launched last week ..."
"There's always been talk about allowing longer video clips and other sections etc (well there's always talk about the should and should not's for COL! ) So we listen and learn and inve..."
"So the Flowers competition has closed and congratulations to Asikane for his winning entry. Anyone who was checking the results early this morning might be forgiven for thinking that he..."
"I have a question about the flower competition. In the rules it says that you must have taken the photo yourself. I have a pic I'd like to enter, however, my Dad took it, not me (I dire..."
"The wheels seem to turn slowly when you're waiting for something good, but now it's finally here!DVD details page Shop page Judges and participants copies are being sent out now. People..."
"So do the celebs have to be well known for this competition or could we use local celebs? Also why couldnt you make the kid comp 6 and under? I have the perfect pic but he is to old *s..."
"So first of all you'll have noticed we changed the title of this area from Circles of Light to the more generic HoP Competitions. Hopefully this won't cause too much confusion!And even ..."
"Looking through entries for the Why Spin Competition as well as the Calendar Competition (before it got filtered) there's an awful lot of people who enter competitions with their lovely..."
"Just seen that Malc's already put up the details for CoL 2007 - cool (Nice prize too...)After all the criticism of the last one, I reckon anyone who slagged if off should enter I know ..."
"Could there be any way to pick a currency but then get it delivered to a different country? I know that sounds annoying its just my credit cards are in U$S and my shipping address is i..."
"Yeah - Many many congratulations to the wonderfully lovely Clare And I got to be the one to tell her too (not a bad way to be woken up all in all )Well done to Fire Groove and RHD too..."
"I received my copy a couple of days ago and I've got to say it's pretty amazing- really high quality of spinning and production from the entries.Thanks once again to Malcolm and HOP for..."
"Ok.. so there's been quite a few COL video's out now and some of the earlier ones have also been converted to DVD. I was just trying to decide between buying the DVD's of COL2005 or COL..."
" Valura, you were right ages ago, this should be a separate thread. For late comers, the "COL Feedback thread" is full of accusations of plagiarism. If you read through the t..."
"Is there any chance of getting more details of the competition?I see in the article that the prizes are mentioned, but no indication on what the competition is actually being judged on...."
"Hallo! I want to ask wether I can apply to COL 2006 with some other toys different from the listed. I am doing fire nunchaku. I also have a friend who is very good at batons, so can he ..."
"I have been watching my COL5 dvd in Black and White and thought its was not right but looked at it anyway cause i had to watch it BUT then i looked at front cover and saw that it was co..."
"one of the first videos i watched on poi was COL 2004 and JOOLS simply blew me away! her style, fluidity, and skill level were all amazing! and to this day i will always think of her a ..."
"Hey, I've been playing with hoops since last july and poi since august and the two work really will together. I'm going to submit a hoop poi video for circles of light, but I'm not quit..."
"grr.i promised myself this wouldn't happen.but unfortunately, as happens every year, col filming and editing happens in our busiest period. in may and june we prepare for our entire yea..."
"Hi Malcolm,Just got a question. I am from Germany which means that my video package would have a rather long delivery time. So my question is: is my video still a valiable entry if it e..."
"what do i do about the music? cuz the chance that chemical brothers will allow me to use their music (or just answer me for that matter) is very unlikely. i tried sampling my own music ..."
"I'm new in home of poi and I was very interested in the CoL dvd, but I wasn't sure if the choice of toys is restricted to Staff/Poi/Glowstick/Fire Poi. I do diablo and I think i can get..."
"I'm curious about who has one each COL competition so far.I did a search and examined the back of the video/DVD covers, but couldn't find anywhere that lists the winners.I'm assuming th..."
"I would really like to see a video of Jesse spinning on COL2006.It would stretch the variety of people that little bit more, as well as be a great way of telling people 'Suitable for al..."
"i was just wondering what everyone thoughtwhat does this video mean to the community ?what does it mean for the performers who get on the video ?????question???????? "
"Hey everyone,I read in an earlier post that more and more entries are submitted to the COL competitions each time around. Can anyone give me a rough estimate of how many entries are lik..."
"i've just been getting into poi staff reciently and have lit up a few times.what is this Circle Of Light i keep hearing about? where can i find this Circle Of Light?Thankx!-ravin"
"And I am extremely disappointed with it.This is nothing that Malcolm had control of. He did a great job putting it together as always, and actually, I like the music. I think he found ..."
"so with all of the recent talks about the hazards and safety involved with all of our fire arts that we share here i have a simple question!.Who else thinks that it would be a good idea..."
"Okay, so I figured it's probably about time I submitted something to a COL.... and I have every intention of doing so for COL6.I just had to share some fantastic news with the forum. ..."
"Okay,I sat down last night to watch COL5 and have made some notes on each performance. If you performed on COL5 and want my constructive criticism, let me know and I'll tell you my tho..."
"and what toys are u planning on playing with?im planning on putting in two entrys this year one as the derik troy take on meg and one as me. with much single long staff and double long ..."