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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



So welcome, and hope to see you soon



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 )� 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�





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





Take care, happy spinning

X

Getting to the other side

Love is the law.

Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.

- W B Yeats

Ah Yeats... wonder what he would make of firedancing?!

Well Aidan, I shall join you in my own special comfy chair (it has one of those lever things that makes the bottom shoot out for your legs - ahhhh, and recline. That's better )

Anyways, I'm meeting up with friends this Friday and I have yet to find out if I'm working on Sunday, but all being well, I'm definitely up for taking the train down on Saturday - if it's still ok to stay with you Lisa?!

So if I've got this right, Aidan, you're coming up Friday, but on Saturday there'll be afternoon practising, followed by evening fire, followed by nighttime drinking?!!!
Sweet

Ok, hope you're all well m'lovelies.
Take care
Love Clare xo

Getting to the other side

Love is the law.

Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.

- W B Yeats

Love is the law.

Pity you'll miss it Kat,
but there'll definitely be eating Aidan... especially munchiness
Clare xo

Getting to the other side

yay! our new home!



*does a little happy dance*



clare, sure, you can stay with me, no problem at all i can meet you from the station if you let me know what time(ish) you'll be arriving.



aidan, bring your spare staff, i'd like to have another shot at it. i've loads of poi so there's plenty for your mates to try out.



so, sounds like a fine plan ado!



followed by (and some food)

followed by



woohooo!!

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My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Lol, wayhey!!
F*ck it, I don't care if I'm working Sunday... I can just get the train up - I don't start til 4pm anyways.
So yep, I'll be there.

Ok, just phoned the train people... I'll get the train at 12pm, so I should be in Dublin at 2.40pm on Saturday
Coming back on Sunday its either leaving at 10am, arriving in Belfast at 12.15pm, or 2.30pm, arriving at 4.45pm - hmmm. Oh well, we'll see.

Anyways, thanks Lisa, I really appreciate the offer of somewhere to stay, heheheh, tis going to be lots of fun
I'll be the one wearing jeans, glasses with a red backpack and probably my hair in plaits - see you then

Take care lads
xo

Getting to the other side

Love is the law.

Yay! woohoo!!

i asked Patrick yesterday but i think he's going to london for a few days and only getting back on saturday so he said he'd see how he feels.

but i'll be there. and sure feck it, if it rains we can spin in the bandstand

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Helen_of_Poi

EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team

Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

hi laura,

i live in clondalkin, so that's not near any beach at all, north or south. i'm out west of town so it makes no difference which direction i go.
if it's too cold for the seafront we could always head up to the pheonix park.
anyone got djembe's or anything that they can bring along? all i have is a bodhr�n but i've lost my stick so it's useless would be nice to have a couple of beats going on

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Love is the law.

Hehehhehehe.
Such excitement

I'll be getting into the railway station at 2.40 on Saturday - so hopefully I'll see Lisa there (thanks for this btw - I'll text you when I'm on my way ) Then I'll see all the rest of you at the bandstand - I agree with the Phoenix park idea. Beaches are nice if it's sunny and warm... but a park close to pubs is better

Djembe's, any type of drums, didjeridoos, guitars - all music will be welcome!!! But failing that, I'll bring my cd player and some crappy speakers... better than nothing

Hmmm... what should I do for fuel - I suppose the best thing is just to get it there, instead of carrying it on the train?!

I'm highly looking forward to this... see you all then.

Take care
Clare xo

Getting to the other side

Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Love is the law.

i'll sort out the fuel, i'll collect some on my way in to meet clare from the train. i get it in a camping store on mary st (bottom end of henry st)

clare i'll meet you at connolly. i'll text you beforehand and let you know what i'm wearing

this is really exciting and the weather forecast for the weekend is good too

see ya all tomorrow

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Getting to the other side

Cool, I will bring a nice big metal tin so we can soak and dip and not fear the melting of plastic onto our skin.

its lookin good, cheers to everyone for the response. see you all tomoro

Love is the law.

Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Hey there lads...

Well, it's 8.30pm on Sunday night, I'm sitting in work, and I'm absolutely totally bloody shattered

Just wanted to say I had a lovely day yesterday... it was great meeting you guys and I learnt new things

Much thanks to Lisa... thanks for letting me stay over, really appreciated it

So, looking forward to seeing you all again sometime soon

Take care

Getting to the other side

I too had a very wonderfull weekend.

Thankyou to everyone who came along.

I dont think i could have picked nicer people to do my first public burn with.

Nice one folks

Love is the law.

so glad you all had a good time, i had a blast ! (slept most of the afternoon yesterday though)

guess what? i turned on the tv late last nite and saw the tail end of the ballina mardi gras on TG4!! didn't see you clare, but there were some really cool close up shots of martin & helen. i wanted to ring you all to tell you to switch it on but my phone was out of credit

will be keeping a low profile this weekend due to cashflow problems, but hopefully see you all on rathlin the weekend after.....



Lisa

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Hello, hello

Still sitting here in work, still bored.

However, I'm going to phone RTE and TG4 tomorrow, to see if I can get a copy of this tape... wanna see how it looked by the end of the parade

AND... even better... I've just bought my ticket to the mighty Roots, who are playing in Dublin on Monday 30 August... wayhey!!! Am definitely looking forward to that one. Is anyone else going?! The Roots are incredible, I saw them play in Auckland... can't wait for this one

Anyways, take care everyone... maybe see some of you in a couple of weeks?!!!

xx

Getting to the other side

Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Helen_of_Poi

EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team

Love is the law.