Forums > Events, Performances and Gatherings > British Juggling Convention 20th - 23rd April

At the request of Bubbles, here's the BJC2006 thread.

Many of you know the score, infact it was last year's BJC where I met my first HOP'res & got talked into giving these forums a go. It was my first ever camping convention & I've been hoocked ever since, I even met my partner there

There's Juggling & Spinning & Acro & workshops & 24 hr juggling hall & a fireshow & much more, but not least important is it'll be my birthday on the Saterday they have a lovley & informative website here. Pre-reg is £50 & ends March 7th.

You comming then?

Blue is best, blue is beautiful
If I knew what I was looking for, I would have found it by now, but that would take all the fun out of it. - me
I never wanted to be different. I just wanted to be me - bmeshop.com

 Written by: Harry_Potter


The Reason:-
In the old days, not now (which was stated) Staffers and Poi people tended to just be Dog and String Tramps, who tended to be very antisolcial and not get on very well with the nice people. I think its a old running streotypical thing.

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

 Written by: becci


but they had scissors

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

 Written by: Neon Shaolin


Sym - did you have permission to put flyers up?

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'

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

Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump

"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant

Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.

'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi

Jake the Juggler

Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

"I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock

Yo-yoist, Staffer and 3 Ball and Club Juggling
'Its people like us, who make them feel talentless.'

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

 Written by: TheBovrilMonkey


On the topic of anti-poi sentiment - I'm always really curious as to what people who claim to hate poi think of club swinging.
It's certainly not juggling, and it bears a certain resemblance to poi, given that most of the movements are the same.

I've always thought it was held in a better light than spinning poi for some reason, but then I've not really spoken to many people about it.
If there is a difference, I really don't know why - maybe it's just because clubs are objects that jugglers are familiar with.

Ignor me please I crave attention - and white chocolate.

 Written by: PinkNigel


OK, so I'm a club swinger ( and not a poi spinner, so flame me!! )

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

 Written by: Sym


Also, getting a bus to the show? WFT? Getting hurried on to an almost empty bus for a 50 minute ride, only to have to wait about for almost an hour before we could see the show (that wasn't amazing) then getting rushed back on to a bus full of drunk idots and brats was very uncool indeed.

The games were ok, but I left because they dragged on loads. One highlight was the 3 leg poi race: Simon and I did the best weave by far, but we didn't win. Still poi in the games is a start.

No firespinning. WTF?

Telling us to get out on Sunday night when we'd paid till Monday morning? Not cool.

A wise man once said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore you should shut the up and listen" (though, to be fair, he might not've put it _quite_ like that..)

 Written by: PinkNigel



Buses to the show: This isn't particularly uncommon, it's very difficult to get the ideal convention location that has all of juggling spaces, camping spaces, showers and toilets aplenty, roofed accomodation for those that prefer not to camp, show venue, lovely big outdoor space for the games and the sunny days... And to get all that and get it cheap when you've got no start-up funds and only a guess at how many folk will turn up?

 Written by: PinkNigel


So this year we had to travel to the show. And yea, as I heard it ( from Hayley, so I think this might be what really happened ;o) ) the bus co. f***ed up ( they went to the wrong place to collect folk for the afternoon show, resulting in a knock-on delay for those of us going to the second show ), nothing to do with the BJC orgs, that one..

 Written by: PinkNigel


( I didn't go to the games at all cos I figured they'd drag on loads.. )

 Written by: PinkNigel


The no fire part was an insurance issue. To quote Mini from the juggling convention organiser's yahoo group:"our problem was the insurer absolutely refused to cover it.

we could have allowed fire. but we would not have been covered.

 Written by: PinkNigel


Play are an entirely different set up. they have 100% pre reg.
this makes it a members club and no public are allowed on site. it
completely changes the insurance issues."

 Written by: PinkNigel



It got mentioned somewhere (? In real life. Maybe at the convention meeting?) that this could happen again next year, seems pretty likely in our modern world of insure everything and wrap us all up in cotton wool to save us from harm. In which case you'll be needing to arrive with your own PLI certificate in order to use your fire toys..

 Written by: PinkNigel


"Get out on Sunday night when we'd paid till Monday morning" Huh? You're just wrong there sunshine. OK, so it meant kipping in the beer tent with associated packing logistic headaches, but you could've been there till Monday..

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees

 Written by: PinkNigel


our prop is better than yours cos we have to practice more, AND we notice who's around us".

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

 Written by: Sym

 Written by: PinkNigel


Play are an entirely different set up. they have 100% pre reg.
this makes it a members club and no public are allowed on site. it
completely changes the insurance issues."

Do we? I wish someone had let Dunc and I know! We might not have worried about the licence and ticket booking systems then! Oh, and I'll scrap the public open day on the Thursday, where the local community can come and do some workshops. And it'll save on staff now I don't have to worry about selling tickets on the gate!

A wise man once said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore you should shut the up and listen" (though, to be fair, he might not've put it _quite_ like that..)

There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees