Posted:top o' the morning wales based poiple! this is the thread for all things wales based, although the crew is mostly based in the land of taff currently with a sizeable offshoot in the land of tawe, please talk about funky things all over cymru in this thread!!
so, for the uninitiated, here is an exciting list of regular poi activities for the wales based....
Cardiff/Caerdydd:
Thursday nights, 8-10pm, come along to Ebenezer Church (Charles Street, around the back of Burger King and Next) for nofitstate circus' community juggling club, for poi and all sorts of other exciting juggle arts. It's just 2.
Little Devil's Circus coming soon... contact pitman for further details or keep an eye on this thread
on sunny evenings/days, Roath Park (Rec. or flower garden) you may well find a NOn spinning... it might also not be a NOn, or even a HoP person at all, but if you see someone there spinning, you may as well say hello...
at other unspecified times, there may be other meets, check the most recent posts in this thread for specific details...
Juggling Shops
Cardiff Games, Duke St Arcade: although not exclusively a juggling shop, they stock some poi, juggling balls and rings, plus occasional other sorts of toys... oh and the guy who owns it does poi too!
Route One Skate Shop, Morgan Arcade: Stocks variety of juggling equipment, including poi.
HoP people in town
NOn
Rossco Bossco
Pitman
Ryan
Unclassified Leggy Girl
Swansea/Abertawe and surrounding area:
Juggling Club, Thursdays 7-9pm In the Phoenix Centre, in the Townhill Area of Swansea. Costs 2 for the session!
Circus Eruption is based in Swansea and they run a juggling club for young people, also frequently advertise in the Big Issue for volunteers to help out, but i don't know anything else about location or anything for that at the moment.....
Juggling Shops
Don't know of any
HoP people in town & surroundings
Skully
holysmoke27
Port Talbot:
Tai Poi Workshops on Aberavon beach most weekends! 2
Juggling Shops
Don't know of any
HoP people in town
Gizmo
Kim
Gums
Rhondda Cynon Taf:
HoP people in town
NOn (Aberdare on workdays)
Stroo(poss? M.I.A...)
Juls (Pontypridd)
Llanelli:
HoP people in town
Adz
Caerphilly:
HoP people in town
Nia
Abergavenny/Usk/Monmouth area:
Monmouth, 7pm, under the Monnow bridge Every week, free, look out for the lovely poiple...
HoP people in town
Buggleberry Fairy
Mr Chutney
Shaping Light
Aberystwyth:
Juggling Shops
Pixie Moon in Market Hall. Stocks juggling equipment, Poi/Flag Poi/Fire Poi, Staff and other Circus Skills.
HoP people in town
Imaginary Grace
Anglesey:
HoP people in town
glowingsunsets
everything else happens spontaneously in or around this thread, so please introduce yourself in this thread and come hang out with the coolest poiple in wales.....
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Posted:it has made me sad that we have let this bored go to this bad of a state. we used to be one of the top boreds every single day. we have had only 3 posts in 2009. this is all going to change.
if adz was here he would kick our asses or ram them with his spikey hair
if your about, make yourself known. we are still meeting every week at at city hall on the grass on a sunday eve. would love more people to come down.
plus people, just post to chat again, say hello to your fellow countrymen.
love, peace and circus
DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU. SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!
i am glad to find some other poi spinner in cardiff. i am new in this area and looking for people to meet up and share moves and stuff. are you still meeting at the city hall in cardiff (when the weather is not like that at the moment)? I would like to come to see you soon.
Posted:Hey, I'm a bad person. I moved to Cardiff in 2005, made some posts, met a few guys once and then lost touch all together. I've been thinking about starting up again on the poi front so I'll see if I can bump into you guys on a sunday evening perhaps.
Posted:oi pitman why bring me into it lmao,how many people are meeting up now? we could be back in wales in 3 months so ill deffo be up for more meets.have you had any new gigs? i made some monkey fists out of nylon rope a few weeks ago i was so bored after work,looked quite good to! are those ropes still going strong? take it easy matey!
Posted:Hey all, im on the Newport side of Cardiff boo i know, was wondering if any spinners in Newport but im in Cardiff a lot and want to meet up with people to try and improve myself
Posted:hey hey mikee,how are you mate? its been so long,where have you been? im in nz now so wont be spinning in wales for a couple of months but pitman is still around look him up on face book. good to see you back dude.
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Posted:Im in the area ( Pontypridd but work every day in Cardiff city ) and the only meet i know of in the area is the NofitState Circus open skillshare of a Thursday evening from 7:30pm onwards in thier hall, Ebeneezer Church in the city centre.
Been a few times and there have only been 1 or 2 poi spinners but they were very friendly ( the one guy especially, Fred i think his name was, long curly hair ) and happy to help out with anything thats giving you grief.
Posted:Looking for poi and staff spinners to come to my event. I'm putting on a charity event in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund -A FIREWALK and FESTIVAL OF LIGHT. Loads of room in a field!
Venue-Monmouth Showgrounds NP25 3LX Saturday 16 October 2010. LET'S MAKE IT BIG,FUN AND ELECTRIC. EVERYONE WELCOME
if anyone wants to meet up for a spin soon then let me know.
so how is everyone, whats people been up to and hello new people
bondpoi - look at the very first post of this thred, as non is a little bit amazing she put asked around and put a lot of this info together for people.
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DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU. SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!
Recently started spinning poi and am looking for others to spin with to have some fun and also learn some new moves. Anyone still spinning in Cardiff or Pontypridd?
Posted:Yeh, ive just moved to cardiff and im looking for people to spin with. E-mail me if your interested, i'm living right next to the millenium stadium jhawkins92@btinternet.com
I was just checking out my old videos and came to see if the thread is still active. We are thinking about planning a trip back so I'll keep you posted.