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Location: United Kingdom
Hi All
Are there any Poi spinners around the center-ish of Derby that meet regularly (or ever, in fact!)?
I started uni here in sept, but theres only one I know of on a monday. I don't spin fire, I'm not experienced enough, and could do with some help spinning!!
Also, Nottingham for the same- I lived there before and go back ever weekend pretty much!!
Ta xx
One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
hey, umm... i'm not in Derby atm, but will hopefully be moving there in a few months if everything goes to plan, and i'm gonna be visiting there quite a lot until i do move (if, which i pray i do) so i could probs meet up with you? i dont spin fire just yet since it scares me, but i could probably help a bit with spinning if you like?
ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!
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Location: Midlands
I'm in Burton, just South of Derby. I go clubbing in Derbys rock venues most weekends. Don't know of any spinners there although I have seen 'em before in the 1st Floor Club (Many weeks back now).
I'm not burning and spinning yet myself, but I'm wanting too ... I just want to nail the basics before I attempt it though so I don't FUBAR my first attempt - I want it to be memorable for being non-fatal !
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
oooh! you go to First Floor?? Muchos happy about that, i can't wait to go, it sounds exactly like my kinda venue! and =O i'm applying to Burton college!!!
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1st Floors ok, nothing amazing though. Best in the area, cept some of the people in there can be bum-holes (Mostly the Burtonians that travel up there tbh.)
Burton College ? Oooof. Nah, it's no-where near as bad as it used to be. In fact, it actually looks like a proper college now, not some run-down 60's Polytech!
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
haha we must arrange a meet up when i'm in Derby next, i'm sure that it is only the Burtonians being idiots :P what is Burton college actually like? Not what it looks like...
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Location: Midlands
Well, you can't miss me, just look for the guy people shun! Mwah!
Nah, shout up when you're appearing and I'll make myself known and stuff, it'll be a laff, may even get ya a beer !
Burton College, tbh, used to be dire. It's improved in the last 2 years or so though and it's now trying for Uni college status, so they've generally stopped tolerating the herds of mindless chavs that seemed to populate the place !!! Nah, it's cool now, never used to be though. You'll do well no doubt !
Plus my local fave drinking hole is dead opposite (The Dog.).
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
lol will do
and i'd love a huge pint (or 4 :P) of beer you're gonna regret offering now..... ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!
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Huge pint ? And there was I thinking a pint was a pint. You yoofs with your modern fangled measurementising.
Regret ? Had enough of regretting stuff lately - time to LIVE !
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
haha okay, maybe i was exaggerating, you can't have a huge pint, but i'll have loads to make up for that fact :P muchos good idea... stop regretting stuff!!
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Oh, ya will, will ya ?
Fair enough. Never let it be said I stopped a female getting hammered!
That was oddly sinister .... but wasn't meant to be ! EEEEEEP!This summer will be amazing. Last one was utter nastiness apart from one great potential love, but even that's dead now, so in hindsight 2006 sucked canine dangly bits.
1st Floor clubs opening a new room too, so they'll be two rooms to spin in ! YAY !
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Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
hey knotty_girl, the nottingham fire meet is on a thursday unfortunately which doesn't help you too much if you come back at the weekends - sorry about that! but hey you're not missing much at the mo anyway with it being winter and not that many ppl go down when its cold and/or wet. but you should definately come down in the summer when you have the time - we have quite a nice contingent of about 40 ppl - they're not all spinners but they are all cool to talk to and get to know. and those who are spinners are always willing to help ppl learn new stuff
hope to see you there! Thoughts arrive like butterflies...
One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
haha yea, that did sound pretty sinister! i will make this summer great then, with lots of booze and spinny things
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I have my sinister, but it's currently locked up, gagged, bound, suspended and being slapped around a bit - and it likes it!
Booze and spinny things? For some reason I thought about drunken planetary rotation and orbits. How very ... odd.
But yeah, sounds like fun !!
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
haha i bet it is :P you're such a pervert! lol are you going to PLAY this year?
yea, that is quite odd, i thought of a lot of other situations, none of which involved planetary rotations. strange strange boy!
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Location: Midlands
PLAY ? Of course. It'll be my first spinning event and gather. Really looking forward to it, all excited and stuff !!!!
Drunk planets. Yeah, was in an odd frame of mind. Had these images of Mercury hiccuping and staggering round the Sun telling Mars and Jupiter that ..."...No, you're not listening, I mean it, I really love you guys ...*hic*".
Perv ? Moi ? Only when I can get away with it ! I'm normal and decent and gentlemanly normally.
Still need to find some more meets in the area ... might give Derby Uni a ring in a bit. Hmm.
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
oooh, and mine! i'm really nervous about all the people that are gonna be there that are so much better than me! and i'm also scared that i'll end up spending the week on my own
hahaha i'd love to see that! make a comic of it and show me! lol
gentlemanly?? hmm.... i'll make that decision when i see you! lol if possible, you should come to a cardiff meet!!
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I'm worried about that too, but I'm going to meet people and have a nice holiday basically - and of course to learn lots ! I'll be on my own too, even though a couple of mates from up here are going I'm not just gonna lurk around them!
You won't spend it alone! I'm probably going alone but I know I'll have lots of new friends to get to know, yourself included!
Comic ? Hmmm ....
I am a gentleman! Until I know I don't have to be ...
Cardiff ... I'll see what time and fuel permits ! I want to get to lots of meets and, erm, meet people !
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I live in nottingham, couldn't make it to derby, but nottingham i can do
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Location: Midlands
Are there any groups in Nottingham ? Having difficulty finding any local groups except my mates group.
Didn't know if there may be a Uni group or anything ?
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
well then, i now know that if i end up on my own at all then i can just find you to keep me company
i really wanna get some staff going, hopefully there will be a workshop there when you think you may be able to come to cardiff then give me a shout and i'll arrange something, also, check out the Cymru baby, yeah! thread for info on cardiff meets, so you could possibly come along to one of them?
ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!
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I'll try, defo wanna get round to some groups, meet people, put names to faces, learn from people and stuff.
Aye, I go places on my own all the time, usually I end up finding people in the same situation and just hanging round with them and making some really good mates out of it !
Works mental, so Wales might be a stretch for the foreseeable future, but if I win the lottery I think I may travel considerably more ...
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
lol fair enough then. i'm hoping to drag my ass to derby soon so could prob meet up. not too sure when just yet though.
ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!
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Cool - I've got a mate at Uni trying to find out about spinning groups etc so hopefully there'll be a meet on too and you can meet lots of spinners .... as could I !
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One day penguins will take over the world
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Location: Derby, United Kingdom
lol i dont see why you cant grab some random people that spin and start a regular group there.....
ummmm...........anybody have any suggestions as to what i can put here?!
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Location: Derby UK
Derby Uni has a Circus and Street Performance society, they meet on mondays 7-9pm at the Main campus, its not on at the mo, but should be back up by the end of sept.
check this site for more info, it should be updated when its starts up again https://www.udsu.co.uk/casps/
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Location: Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
Hello,
I have just moved down to ilkeston. I used to do poi quite a bit 2 years ago and am looking for some people to meet up with to get back in to it again.
Was also wondering if you were interested in fire spinning too.
Georgina
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Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
nice one
there's the nottingham fields of fire meet every thursday on forest fields/goose fair site - here's th HOP thread for it [Old link] but the website is out of date. here's the new website which needs some work still on it, so here is the wikipage - which may be more useful at the mo! It's really friendly and you should definitely come down and spin with us! although getting back to ilkeston at that time of night might be a little tricky! not sure when the last rainbow 2 is.... then there's the nottingham juggling club, which is on a monday in sherwood i believe but i haven't had a chance to go yet - Peachi would be the one to talk to for that Hope to see you soon! Thoughts arrive like butterflies...
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