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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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Unclassified: Im in St mellons. where are you?
I think were planning on going to pontcana park not roath, is that close

Aberavon avon is up by Port Talbot. I only know that coz i just looked at multi map!

it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Hey all.

Aberavon is indeed by Port Talbot, and thus it is possible to get a train there, we have done it before. And even though we got a lift from the station before with sage, i have reason to believe the beach is within walking distance. So yes Giz, i think we should indeed have a meet down aberavon in the sunnyshine!

Ok so we can meet in Pontcanna, I was just saying that in Roath Park i quite often happen along some fantabulously clever juggly poi types who aren't on HoP, and thus if anyone wants to go there on a sunny day, they may also meet them... and me probably too, since it's closer for me, and my garden's not really big enough for practise...

So THIS weekend is the 20th and 21st of April, and i propose that meeting on Saturday would be a good thing, in Pontcanna fields in the afternoon. so who's in?

As for the other exciting summery things>>

buggleberry, there will be hundreds of lovely people at Play, it's about the loveliest festival ever, so you should come anyway, and i think butterfly and 3 beat/2 beat is going to be the best place to start for your guides, if they manage to crack that, you could move on to doing behind the head butterflys giant butterflys and other butterfly variations... if they crack that... windmills... Having a look at the order of the HoP lessons might help you plan it...

Pitman, how are you getting to Firegathering? Driving? If i go, i can get the train although would prefer to avoid getting train through London if poss, as it makes it 3x more expensive... and will def be seeking a lift from the train station

Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006

if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.

it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

to many freaks to little circuses!

DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!

frankieB: i'm in llanrumney, so majorly not far away from you!

non: rightio then, train to abber it is looking for a train buddy now then... lol yep yep yep, i shall be coming this weekend on saturday about 1pm :S

also, no one mentioned to me that cardiff games sold fire poi.... they're getting all their stock in about 2 weeks, which is fire poi, glow poi, possibly sock poi, juggling balls, diabolo and loads of other stuff

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it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Adz> yeah of course we can, but you've seen how hard it is to get cymru people together for a meet, i'm happy to go anywhere for a meet as long as i have advance notice of where, when and whether other people are actually going to turn up! These days i seem to have to plan my weekends as well as the rest of my week...

stacey> I have listed Cardiff Games in the very first post and mentioned a fair few times throughout the thread... the guy in there told me he spins too in fact. But i bought monkey fists from there and they broke pretty quickly, so might be good to ask him who made the stock if you're buying fire stuff.

PLAY> you can buy tickets in advance, but they are not on sale yet as far as i am aware, check the Play thread for details and updates on that one. It's best not to risk buying on the door, as there are only 500 tickets available and it pretty much sold out last year...

Saturday> 1pm, Pontcanna

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to many freaks to little circuses!

adz - i may come to play got to look at cash first

non - spoke to ryan and he said that he can do a run for you at the station and a few others if they need it but he wont be able to take you their like i thought.

saturday - right 1pm poncana, next to the parkys house, all toys welcome and ryan may actualy turn up on time to this one. and is anyone bringing parafin?????????

firegathering - whos going

DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!

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whats cardiff games?last time i came to cardiff it was only me and pitman lol, no 1 else showed,saturday 12pm swansea sounds great lmao.

when is play?who is going?



Cardiff Games is a shop... that sells games and juggling stuff...

and yeah, i know, i said i would come down later but pitman said you'd both left already...

play is from 25th to 29th of July, it's on a farm in Shropshire, and every HoPper in the UK is going (practically.) Tickets will be �35, there will be a Play bus running from the station and there will most likely be a wiki site again for people needing a lift or offering one, as well as providing all sorts of exciting information about workshops etc. And the Play thread, website and newsletters will variously contain every bit of further information you could possibly want. Type Play in the search and you'd probably also get loads of photos of exciting things happening at Play... and i repeat EVERYONE IS GOING TO PLAY...

Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006

if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.

DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!

he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

frankie: good that you have a big enough garden, since then if only you n me are available we can use your garden instead of trekking into town i've been spinning a bit longer than that, about mmm.... properly its been about 4 months, but i'll be happy to show you anything you dont already know yes, i am coming on saturday, i was going to get a bus into town since i need to grab a few things first, i'm going to be there about an hour or so before anyone else, so if you gave me a lift you'd just be watching me shop! lol unless you shop aswell??

non: may i mention that i only came into this thread at about page 40, you think i'm going to read all the other pages?! i think not! lol thanks for the heads up bout the monkey fists, i'll defo ask him i would really be quite angry if i went to play hoping to buy on the door and ended up being sold out!!

pitman: grr..... is ryan still coming or not then? have fun with the parents and the take away! lol

mike: whats a renagade??

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he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

ooooh sounds like fun... and if you do a devil sticks workshop then i may possibly join in, since i've been told its impossibly difficult lol

ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!

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Unclassified: I think I'll give the shopping a miss this time. Im going round my friends on friday night, Im sure its going to get messy, so shopping or town will be the last thing I wanna do!! but thanks for the offer.... .

it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!

to many freaks to little circuses!

DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU.
SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!

frankie: fair enough then maybe next time but do you want to meet me at the train station so i have someone to go to pontcanna with??

mike: everyone i've asked has said that d. sticks are hard, dont try and fool me! lol although saying that, i havent tried yet...

adz: since pitman is pushing these ropes they must be good, how much u asking roughly? things are pretty good thanks, and with you? nothing good happening with me, getting the dreaded exam timetable tomorrow, exams on my birthday = not happy bunny! i cant believe the line up now! amazing or what?! and bloodstock aswell, loving to see lacuna coil again i'm just waiting on the timetable now to see if i can come to download, praying i've got no exams for the couple of days before and after download

ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!

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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!

well, i'm free any weekend, so throw in some dates and i'll come best to make the most out of the lovely weather while it lasts

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Frankie & Stacey > seeing as it looks to be just us three on saturday, how would you feel about moving meet location to Bute Park (the ickle concreted patch for ease of finding each other)? As i will probably also be going into town on saturday, and it's a lot closer than pontcanna. Having said that, i may also be late as am possibly getting my new camera delivered on Sat morning, and it says it could be anytime up until 1pm on the delivery info... Frankie, I'll PM you my mobile number too in case you need it to find us

Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006

if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.

sure, i dont mind that at all, the concrete thingy it is then

and can i ask, are there any festivals or events happening the last weekend of june, or the 2 weekends after that??

ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!

mjk is monitoring your interwebs!

to many freaks to little circuses!