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Hello, hello and welcome to the all-new, shiny thread for fire dancers, spinners, object manipulators, drummers, musicians and anyone else interested in these arts anywhere in Ireland.



Our community started coming together a few years ago, and it's grown to include people from all over the country...



If you are new to poi or staff or spinning stuff and want to meet up with any of the Irish spinners, please post in this thread, introduce yourself and feel free to come along to the workshops, gatherings or events that get talked about.



Also, if you'd like to be on my mailing list for fire gatherings and other juggling events, please PM me your email address and I'll add it. The fire gathering takes place fortnightly in Belfast, but it's one way to keep in touch with everyone.



So welcome, and hope to see you soon



Clare x



Updates on Circus/spinny gatherings around Ireland



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 Dave from Babcock and Bobbins (on HoP as Bobbins).

8.30pm-10pm

I run a poi workshop for the Crescent Arts Centre (now housed in City Church, Holylands - opposite the Spar), 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/Scratch 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. �5 per week.



Galway:



Tuesday:

5pm-??

NUI Galway juggling club meet in Aras Na MacLeinn. Providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.



Thursday:

5pm-??

NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Bank of Ireland theatre.



Sunday:

12pm-4pm

NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Dangan Sports Centre.



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 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-9pm

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.



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.



(PS:

DIT will meet...

24th September - 5th December 2007

28th January - 14th March 2008

31st March - 25th April 2008)





Dun Laoghaire



Tuesday:

6pm-8pm

IADT meet� somewhere� a new club, and everyone is welcome!





Events:



British Juggling Convention (April)

UberParis (June)

Play (July)

EJC (July)

Falmouth (September)

Clonakilty JC (September)

Bristol (September)





(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

Woot, first reply, and I'm not even Irish

I'll be around Dublin this weekend, arriving Thursday evening, doing a gig on Friday, then potentially have Sat & Sun (24th & 25th March) to do stuff with

Any Dublin spinners fancy meeting up for spin/juggle/drink sometime?

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

Wow. A new thread. This is going to take some getting used to. I'll put the kettle on for us, and wait for everyone else to arrive.

Good plan putting all the meets info in the first post by the way Maybe it should be added to the first post in the "welcome to Ireland" thread in the meet others forum - and a link to here, because no-one really looks there anyway...

Durbs, as I've already explained to Clare, I'm horribly busy on Thursday, but will be around on Saturday and Sunday evening when i finish work for spinning/drinking, so let me know if you're at a loose end.

Helen_of_Poi

EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team

Tis all grand

They'll be staying with lovely Rob on Thursday, then giggery and accom on Friday, then back to Rob's on Saturday and Sunday for spinning and suchlike

Bluecat Rob... you'll remember hairy Rob from the U'Belfast workshop? Ridiculously good poi spinner with lots of hair?

Meh... wish I could be there

Helen... I think the details are already in the welcome to Ireland thread... I'll go check

x

Getting to the other side

Hey hey - Rob, looking forward to meeting you, and thanks for putting me up/putting up with me

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

I think it's a great name...

Thanks rob... nice one matey
xx

Getting to the other side

ooooo a new thread

Helen, may I have some tea when the kettle boils? *gets out the buscuits*

Speed of Dark: As yet unmeasured, but believed to be faster than light owing to its ability to move so quickly out of light's way. -- Terry Pratchett

[total number of times I've been hit in the head with poi: 10! <--- Double Digits!!!!]

What if I should fall right through the centre of the Earth and come out the other side where people walk upside-down?!

Hello lady

Hope you're having a great time in Noo Zeeland... greetings to the fiery circles out there

xx

Getting to the other side

Cool - more Dubliners, potentially around for spinny-spinny fun Sat/Sun

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

Yes indeed Dublin spinner folk...
Come watch Durbs... the lil man with a whole bucket load of poi attitude.

Will perform for biscuits and compliments...



Claire... good work... poi makes everyone give up their job. Hurrah!

Getting to the other side

Come watch? Come play with!
(Poi-wise that is...)

Biscuits, compliments and funny smelling cigarettes

What's busking like in Dublin btw?

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

*opens another packet of biscuits and passes them round*

There's alot of poi spinners called Clare huh? or in some cases its spelt "Claire"

I've seen a few people setting themselves up on Grafton Street, seems to be the place to be if you wanna busk.
It's been taken over by those people who stand as still as statues. (I like the Angel girl, she's pretty!)
We need to increase the number of jugglers and spinners on grafton street!!

Speed of Dark: As yet unmeasured, but believed to be faster than light owing to its ability to move so quickly out of light's way. -- Terry Pratchett

[total number of times I've been hit in the head with poi: 10! <--- Double Digits!!!!]

Fire busking's pretty rubbish in Dublin Durbin...

You need drummers, and fire safeties and pretty girls for the hat... otherwise the police assume you're a crusty juggler and move you on fairly fast.

But I dunno... it's been a while for me, so maybe's it all changed...

Getting to the other side

I'm surprised there isn't more Artsy people busking around Temple Bar...I'd say you'd attract loads of attention around there if you were spinning fire and such. It's also easier to get a good space to spin, Grafton Street is always packed, could be quite dangerous.
Tho I suppose Grafton Street is the place for street artists really, always has been

Speed of Dark: As yet unmeasured, but believed to be faster than light owing to its ability to move so quickly out of light's way. -- Terry Pratchett

[total number of times I've been hit in the head with poi: 10! <--- Double Digits!!!!]

Getting to the other side

New Irish thread,
so is this the Irish shite talk thread or is that the other one?

To the Rob and Durbs, enjoy your Dublin adventure, and get yer arses down south for some chill out in the countryside sometime

Hope everyone's well, looking forward to some nice spinny gatherings now the weather is getting warmer



Ronan

Don't bolt your door with a boiled carrot...

Now Mr Pot-amus... didn't we decide at the weekend that, just like the Play thread, there is no chance of seperating nonsense from organisation (I realise this often, funnily enough)... so just one new thread will do

Getting to the other side

Fun is not a straight line <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hey Eimhin
First two weeks of June(1st+2nd, 8th+9th) I'm working, but I should still be able to make it up for saturday night and sunday... last weekend (25th-27th) of May is no good?

As for galway visits what about Sunday, Monday and maybe Tuesday of next weekend? (1st-3rd April)

Keep checking those cupboards!

See you soon

Don't bolt your door with a boiled carrot...

You my friend, i will defend and if we change, well i'll love you anyway

 Written by: flip


,I've just been on to mcp and co. about this big meet down the country and there's a votary system being put in place over when it should be... first or second week in june





UberParis is on from June 15th - 17th, so probably best not to clash with that...

About the Temple Bar thing - the squares in Temple Bar are basically private property, controlled by Temple Bar Cultural Trust. Therefore they have the power to decide whether or not you can be there. Last year they gave us the use of Meeting House Square for the DJC fireshow, as we provided them with an insurance certificate, safety plan etc.

This year we asked for the same again. Unfortunately they were not happy because fuel had made the ground slippery last year, so they did not want the DJC back. In the end though, the decision was made (not by me) to hold the DJC fireshow in their other square, Temple Bar Square. Without arranging permissions, insurance etc.

I think it's fairly safe to assume that Temple Bar Cultural Trust will not have been very happy about this, and that it is unlikely that they will be particularly welcoming to the DJC or to fire performers in future.

Grafton Street is still the best bet for busking in Dublin, although you do have to get a good spot, where the street is quite wide as it can get pretty congested. The guards will usually not bother you if you have safety stuff e.g. fire blanket visible, are not drinking or drunk, and if the ground is not getting slippery. Basically, if you look like you know what you are doing, you will usually be fine.

i've recently been wondering about Smithfield as a potential busking spot - the space is certainly there. Does anyone know if there is enough foot traffic for it to be worthwhile?

Hmm, this post turned out to be very long...

Helen_of_Poi

EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team

Speed of Dark: As yet unmeasured, but believed to be faster than light owing to its ability to move so quickly out of light's way. -- Terry Pratchett

[total number of times I've been hit in the head with poi: 10! <--- Double Digits!!!!]