So yesterday was another Lestival, now become quite an institution.
Highlights included the tastiest sandwich I've had in a long time (bread still warm!) and a brief but fun impromptu passing session with Fred and Nunyat. I love the atmosphere that the atrium and cafe setup gives to Lestival - it's a stonking venue. Also Carrie said nice things about my three club improvement workshop from BJC! Thanks Carrie!
I very much enjoyed Nunyat's calm, composed and technical act in the show, and Loz and Marky Jay being their splendidly professional selves.
The run up to the show was stress-tastic with a combination of short getin, acts with no music, and acts with inaccessible music, leaving me the most complicated sequence of cues of any convention show yet with no time for any run throughs of anything. Stress or no stress, doors opened only 5 minutes later than planned, the show was admirably and confidently held together by Marky Jay, and the lack of run-through only poked its head in once.
Low points included the discovery that show pizza had arrived backstage while I was still working out front, leaving me after the end of the show, sitting on the stage, having a solo cold leftover pizza party. I also missed a lot of the usual Lestival suspects, including but not limited to Lorri, Sam and Martin, and Dr Alice.
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
Emily, you were marvellously stoic in the face of adversity, thanks. It did all just fall together in the end didn't it? Dog knows how. Maybe next time I should impose some ORDER from above!
I was gutted not to be able to come, the first Lestival I have missed, also one of my favourites but sadly a prior commitment got in the way. Hope to attend next year
alice
The Lestival show is always a good'un, but I particularly enjoyed it this year. The playground assault course majig (which was under construction last year) did not disappoint either.
Big thanks to the crew for another superb day at Brockington.
Hey guys, I'm defo new to this sort of thing so bear with me haha! I'm currently juggling with anything I can get my hands on. I have a small inventory which is shortly going to be expanded. I've had a couple years off from all this but I want to try and juggle more now. I juggling pins, rings, balls ofcourse and I use a diabolo. Other things like the unicycle are to be rediscovered, hence my joining. I've only ever attended chocfest, this was back in 2008. I just want to become more of a professional! Thanks
Welcome to the Edge Jake. If you are near York do you go to any of the York clubs?
Psst! Pro tip: call them clubs, not pins!
Yo! I'm based in wallsend but travel occasionally. Yeah pins, I'm a real solo juggler so my terminology is utter pap.
York Jugglers - - Parent #
You are welcome to join us in York, though there are clubs nearer to Wallsend.
There will be another Chocfest in January.
Robotic juggle - - Parent #
well now that your on an actual juggling site, welcome Jake by the way, their is indeed a lot of jargen to learn enjoy the site! and if you find yourself near Carbondale IL. on a Thursday hit cannon park my juggling club meets there.
If you want to learn some jargon, there is a great juggling glossary at www.twjc.co.uk/glossary.html
Robotic juggle - - Parent #
that's quite the extensive list.
Who is gonna come to EJC?
You can see the people who've added themselves to the event here. If you're going then add yourself. I'm going and looking forward to it. Bought a nice big new tent for the occasion (just hoping there will be enough space left to pitch it).
https://www.jugglingedge.com/event.php?EventID=2763
I will unfortunately not be able to make it :(
Who is going to going to come back & tell us what happened after the event?
Daniel Simu - - Parent #
I CAN'T!
I regret planning something (albeit something awesome) during the EJC. I can not stand having to disappoint 150 of my friends who all ask 'are you coming?'.
Perhaps I should send one out with a doll/t-shirt/club of mine to take a picture with everyone I will have to miss...
5 wonderful EJC's in a row.. I have a friend who did 23 EJC's in a row before he missed one (25 in total now), I thought I could perhaps break his record..
Daniel Simu - - Parent #
Performing in a circus, a friend of mine bought a tent and we have 2 weeks of campings to visit in the main season, which is of course during the EJC.
It will be a fun and new experience, but I won't get to meet all my friends...
I'll be there - at registration desk for the first few days and then at the information desk.. One thing that is happening at the information desk this year is a "complaints area" - this is the current name that no-one is happy with. It's a point at which you can report that a fence is down, toilets not working [or just need more toilet paper]. Any suggestions for a more appropriate name that will not be lost in translation?
This will indeed also be the volunteer sign-up point. As for "Feedback" point - will people see this as a point for "immediate" feedback - i.e. things that need immediate sorting out (that can actually be sorted out) or instead will it just be used for grumbling over things that it's too late to do anything about...
In saying that, I do prefer "Feedback point" over "Complaints" anyday...
pumpkineater23 - - Parent #
Problems?
Little Paul - - Parent #
Are the general populace familiar enough with "Bug Reports" as a term?
I remember the tents in Svendborg being too hot in the morning, this is something some subsequent EJC organisers still haven't sorted out - they should ask for some tips from BJC organisers who nearly always make sure camping is not too hot.
#EJCSvendborg - no one seems to be tagging much these days
The Ubuntu team use "paper cuts" as a term for trivial but annoying things.
"MOANING" is probably not multilingual enough but it's nice.
"Constructive Criticism"
"Fix me" written above a large white board, which one can both add to and remove from.
"Fix me" I like this one!
The purpose of this point is to enable people to sort out the minor issues that become major bugbears... The name should convey this without need for explanation in lots of languages [hence the need for careful consideration of the name].. We're not expecting people to complain about the name if we don't get it right, rather they won't know that that's where they should be going to report an issue / find more toilet paper if they don't understand the name - because almost nobody actually reads the information booklet handed out [unless they are working at the information desk]. Many people consider the "Information point" only as a source of information, rather than as a two way communication hub.
For those who are not on facebook (or who think that it's not the best place to have an event forum) should be aware that there is now a non-facebook based forum [how active it will be, given that it's only launched with 10 days to go to #EJC2013, I don't know]... the url is, unsurprisingly:
https://forum.ejc2013.com/
I'll be there. We were just sorting out some stuff, and were looking at the programme on the EJC site.
And noticed that they have a gala show on the evening of the 3rd. Which is the day the convention ends, so we will have left by then. That's a bit crazy, isn't it? Oh no, wait, in the small print in the confirmation email it says that the site is open until Sunday at 3pm. Which is the 4TH OF AUGUST, not the 3rd. Way to go, EJC, you can't even advertise the correct dates of your own convention. We booked our ferry (before getting the email) based on the advertised dates, so now we've been screwed out of a day of EJC.
Pillocks.
Sorry about that, Void, the EJC team strongly wanted to advertise the dates that there were events scheduled at EJC hence not mentioning the Sunday when everyone would be packing up. I personally remember a strong discussion after seeing the dates on the flyers at Lublin. The EJA Pre-reg were not convinced by the argument and advertised EJA as being 27 July to 4 August. (the dates on Juggling Edge are 27/7 - 4/8 (though that is probably little consolation))
This saying you finish the day before you do may be a cultural thing, I am sorry you are missing a day of EJC.
EJC Ireland are advertising their dates in a more conventional manner.
Oh you will be able to buy tickets to see earlier performances of the Gala show on Thursday or Friday at EJC @ €18 for adults
Ooh dear, that's a bit bad. I've jest checked & we have the correct dates listed here (well done Mïark) hopefully some people will have booked their holiday according to those.
Reminds me of BJC 2003. I did the website & did a lot of the online championing for that year & had to do a lot of damage limitation after it was realised that the several hundred fliers that had been printed had the wrong MONTH on them.
In my last job someone printed a thousand event programmes with the wrong sponsor's logo on the front. Whoops! Not a mistake they're likely to make again but these things do happen.
Advertising EJC as finishing on 3/8 is not a mistake, it is quite deliberate by the EJC team, they haven't let everyone know what they mean with this new way of advertising conventions dates, especially jugglers who have grown used to the last date advertised being the day people leave rather than the day before they leave.
Maybe we will adopt this new style of convention dating though I don't know if it will work for 1 day conventions (or 12 hour (½-day) conventions as they might become known as.
Does we = this EJC's organising team or the EJA in general?
I don't understand why anyone would do this. The first day is the day you turn up, the last day is the day you leave. Anything else defies logic.
We=jugglers in general
I don't think it will happen, of all the other juggling convention websites I have seen, (and I might have seen a few over the last year) none to my knowledge have used this years EJC's date advertising logic.
Some conventions like to list all the dates they are on rather than just the first and last, but to miss off the last day is a novel approach.
Although the EJA helps EJC, I don't think they prescribe how EJC should be advertised datewise.
I would personally advertise the time of the planned start on the website (14:00)to stop people turning up first thing. the fact it finishes at 15:00 on Sunday 4 might also be useful, but the fun of the EJC is it is organised by different teams each year so has a different flavour or style.
Hello to the new users who all joined up today. Looks like you all came through the last mass invitation drop on rec.juggling. I notice that some people are a bit shy about starting new threads so I thought I'd start this one just in case you want somewhere to say hello!
I'm Orinoco & I run the site, if you need any help just let me know.
Oooo.... A "hello new people" thread.
My contribution: Hello new people!
Feel free to ask for more details. ;)
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
... and hello too to anybody who's arrived from /r/juggling, where I have just been busy whoring out kindly providing invitations.
Little Paul - - Parent #
Hello new people!
It'd be awesome if you could tell us a little about what juggling is like in your bit of the world, especially if you're outside the uk (and double especially if you've been to the Berlin convention)
I'm from Bristol, uk, and juggling round here is awesome (I assume, I don't actually make it to any of the local clubs any more!)
Robotic juggle - - Parent #
Juggling is frowned apon in the US and is stereotyped as an only circus activity i am the only juggler i know personally and ther are no clubs in my area so its an activity i do a lot in non public place ( exempt the mall at my workplace it gets uber slow)
The World Juggling Federation has helped to break that stereotype. Although I would argue that it's a stereotype that is not limited to the USA.
Robotic juggle - - Parent #
As a relatively new juggler i have no comparasin but your probibly right and ill keep juggling anyway due to the closenit community regardless of how small
Roflcopter - - Parent #
As an American I'd have to agree. The sterotype of the circus and clowning is very heavy. Juggle anywhere in public and you'll certainly hear the "Afro Circus" theme. WJF being on espn has helped but It's realization as a sport or as an activity like dancing or things like that. I guess its just underground here in the states.
Little Paul - - Parent #
Interesting - they actually sing the words to afro circus? Or do they just hum "entrance of the gladiators" (which is the real name of the tune)
Just wondering how strong a cultural influence Madagascar 3 really is...
To be honest, I don't think the public perception of juggling is much different anywhere else in the world, the association with circus is strong everywhere (and why not! Circus has historically given extremely high calibre jugglers an awful lot of work!)
Personally I don't have a problem with it, because I know enough juggling history to be flattered by the comparison rather than insulted by it.
"do you work in a circus?" - wow! I wish I was good enough to have a high level solid act that I can perform flawlessly 2 shows a day, day in day out *and* strike/set a bigtop every couple of days living out of a trailer... I just can't work that hard!
Roflcopter - - Parent #
hahaha they just normally hum it. true the associsation of the circus is everywhere. I dont rekon anyone gets offended unless the word clown comes up...I'm not a clown. Clowns are just freaky sometimes.
Little Paul - - Parent #
I think you've misunderstood clowning, you're not the only one... I've seen more than a few "clowns" who have misunderstood clowning
pumpkineater23 - - Parent #
Like Ronald McDonald for example?
thegoheads - - Parent #
"Juggling is frowned apon in the US and is stereotyped as an only circus activity "
I don't think it's so much that juggling is frowned upon as it is an unusual activity that presents possible liabilities. That's typically the reason to get kicked out of a rec center or something for juggling. That's been my experience anyway. From my understanding, other countries are less worried about everyone suing each other over everything. I've heard it's predominantly a USA problem. I'm sure my UK friends will back me up on that ;)
As far as the circus/clown stereotype goes, I totally understand why people make that connection, and I only find it annoying when people are commenting just to amuse themselves and have no real intention of finding out if I'm actually a circus clown or not. My biggest pet peeve is when people tell me I need to go on America's Got Talent, then I try to explain that I'm a hobby juggler and don't have an act, but they insist "yeah, but you're really good!" Good at what? Being a loner and throwing siteswaps while facing a corner? I'm sure that's what the judges are looking for. Hell, I even have a promo video for that act! https://www.youtube.com/v/HWKkXoHbNNk
Robotic juggle - - Parent #
So amazing had to track it down but glad i did holey crap i have tears in my eyes
RegularJugular - - Parent #
"an unusual activity that presents possible liabilities". I had a security guard tell me something about it being a 'safety hazard' in a UK shopping centre once. I was practicing juggling beanbags while waiting for a friend, I think I was a liability to them as people might confuse my activity for busking probably more than I was a safety hazard, but that's speculation.
Miserable hecklers:
I do find a small but vocal minority of people actively dislike jugglers. From what I can tell they are likely to dislike most people too apart from other narrow minded misery spreaders. I'm sure that type would gang together to make additional difficulty for other people jugglers or otherwise. Some of these people don't even heckle, but just being in their vicinity can still be a problem, which I don't yet know how to deal with, actively or
Tangent:
I actually want to try to become a paid performer... The first steps are really uncomfortable.
RegularJugular - - Parent #
"actively or passively"
Roflcopter - - Parent #
Albeit there are still some liabilities. I'm pretty sure we have all dropped a club on somebody,especially ourselves.
FUN FACT: Back in the middle ages Jugglers were considered just as evil if not more that witches. The power to manipulate multiple objects at once was obvious manifestation of satanic powers.
they could have been burned even more than witches.
Little Paul - - Parent #
"The power to manipulate multiple objects at once was obvious manifestation of satanic powers." do you have a citation for that? It's an interesting theory I'd not heard before and I'd like to read up on it a bit more.
Or is it from the "Renaissance Faire" book of historical stories?
I was under the impression that the usual reason given for mistrust of medieval jugglers was that jugglers and magicians were considered one and the same, and that both as forms of public entertainment took place at markets and fairs.
Much like anything else which draws a crowd (minstrels etc), they were handy distractions for theives/pickpockets/cut purses and were distrusted because of the criminal connection (a scene which Hieronymus Bosch depicted in "The counjurer") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hieronymus_Bosch_051.jpg
Roflcopter - - Parent #
That too they were not very trusted.
I'm not exactally sure wheree o reead it but i remember wondering if there was some sort of anti-juggling group or idea so i thing I looked up on google someting like "Anti-juggling" or "God Hates Jugglers" (because if it exsits,somebody somewhere thinks god hates it)
so try that.
Little Paul - - Parent #
You suck at providing references...
Little Paul - - Parent #
https://www2.bc.edu/~lewbel/jugweb/history-1.html says
"Another modern misconception is that medieval church considered juggling to be a black art or a tool of the devil. In fact, I have never seen any evidence that the medieval church ever specifically persecuted jugglers or juggling. If anything, the examples in Fletcher [3] and the appearence of jugglers in the margins of illuminated manuscripts would suggest the Church’s approval of juggling."
And Arthur Lewbell is a name I respect when it comes to juggling history.
Roflcopter - - Parent #
dont make me make jokes about the queen...
I'm kidding i kinda like the queen.
Roflcopter - - Parent #
But I will make jokes..
Little Paul - - Parent #
Oh right, it's lazy British "we're all best mates with teh queen" stereo typing time is it? :P
Roflcopter - - Parent #
something like that :P
Roflcopter - - Parent #
The queen?
Yes, I doubt she'll sign up though, she's a bit busy at the moment & her husband is ill.
Little Paul - - Parent #
I'm sure once her birthday hangover has worn off though she'll jump straight on it like a corgi on a trouserleg
pumpkineater23 - - Parent #
The Queen's corgis are said to be delighted Prince Philip is back at the palace.
They won't get blamed for pissing on the sofa anymore.
Little Paul - - Parent #
Apparently the Corgis piss wherever and whenever they want:
"one footman said: ‘They’re yappy, snappy and we bloody well hate them — because for some reason the Queen will not allow them to be fully house-trained.’"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2201308/Why-Queen-loves-corgis--rest-Palace-hates-them.html
(Apologies for the Daily Heil link)
RegularJugular - - Parent #
I particularly liked the 'they could have been burned even more than witches.' flair. It's better than what Wikipedia would have done/did.
I worried about historical accuracy once... Now whenever I hear a quote I rate how much I trust it and why.
RegularJugular - - Parent #
"they could have been burned even more than witches" by their hecklers. Although why they would pass the flaming torches to the hecklers I have no idea.
See this Banksy for a representation of more modern reprehensible behaviour by jugglers...
https://mrawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Pg003_V1.png
Little Paul - - Parent #
Wait - Ian is Banksy?
He kept that quiet...
RegularJugular - - Parent #
I'm still expecting to see it cleaned up on a T-Shirt at some point...
I may have missed the Pre-Order and they could be on the way now.
*RegJug inappropriately plugs https://mrawa.com and https://LazyJuggler.com
Hi Everyone!
Thought I'd introduce myself - but some of you know me already. I'm Ellie, I'm ginger and my juggly origins are in York (although I currently reside near Birmingham). I was also one of the Yellow Hoodie wearers at BJC 2013 (the only ginger one), so sorry already if I forced you to restock toilet rolls... I can juggle/hoop, but at juggling I tend to get distracted by tea, cake and board games.
I'm on the hunt for two things which you lovely jugglers might be able to help me with:
1) an Irish juggler called Blue (female) who was at BJC 2013. I can't find her anywhere!
2) Any Australian jugglers who live on the East coast. Me and my other half (Ben Dove - also yellow hoodie wearer but he didn't look like he did much...also the finance guy) are travelling from September in that area and we're looking for new jugglers to meet, greet and feed cake!
Thanks everyone!
Ellie xox
Gee, thanks Chris!
I remember you too - you always wore a hat and danced beautifully with that broom...
Hi Ellie, glad you could make it.
I wasn't sure whether to let you in or not given that you mentioned Ron Trickett in your invitation request. You did put on a great BJC though so I thought it best to give you the benefit of the doubt ;)
pumpkineater23 - - Parent #
Hey hello Ellie. Welcome.
Hi Ellie,
The Irish lass named Blue; I think she is the one who asked about the navy contact ball in lost property being acrylic and who advertised Galway Convention on the BJC facebook group (well she is Irish, female, came to BJC and called Blue so it might be the same person).
Australia in September; some of the Newcastle (UK) jugglers used to go to Australia to avoid the UK winters they might have recommendations.
There is also the Melbourne Juggling Convention in September which would be a good place to meet jugglers, Mullum is also on the east coast in October, don't know if Objectify or Hoopy Happenings are on this November. If you are still there in January there is often more than one event on the Australia Day bank holiday weekend (but they normally clash with Chocfest) though the only east coast one, Sydney, I think has ended.
I assume you found the list of Australian Jugging Clubs on this site.
There is also some info on Sydney juggling clubs on this reddit thread.
Good luck with your travels, don't forget to bring some cake.
M
Thanks Miarke!
I've heard rumblings about a Wollongong Juggling Convention in January?
I have also heard such rumours from Circus Wow (Wollongong Community Women’s Circus)(facebook link) though they are calling it Wollongong Juggling Festival (WJF), perhaps to avoid confusing it with Wollongong Juggling Convention (a convention held in the early 90s)
Hey everyone!
My name is Alex, Im an MBA student from Russia. I've just joined this community and I hope to get some advice.
Im not a professional juggler and Im not planning to be a professional. The reason why I joined this community is that I want to socialize while Im studying in London. I do juggling for fun (can do 3 a 4 balls juggling tricks) and Im looking for some activities/events in London that I could attend to practice my skills, meet new people and have fun. I was trying to find some clubs or event on the Internet but got a bit confused about which clubs are for professionals and which are not :/
I live in Notting Hill and Im looking for the closest juggling clubs/events.
Thank you!
Alex
Little Paul - - Parent #
Welcome Alex!
The list of UK clubs on https://jugglingedge.com/clublistings.php?Region=UK may be helpful, I'm pretty sure most of the clubs listed on there would welcome a hobby juggler like yourself - although I'm not entirely sure if any of them are student clubs only open to students of a particular university or anything.
My knowledge of London geography is a bit sketchy, but I think you're probably not too far from the oddballs juggling shop in Camden (about 20 minutes on the tube I think?) https://www.oddballs.co.uk/juggling-shop-london-uk
Pop in there and have a chat to them, they're fun and friendly types and will put you in touch with local clubs etc.
Hi Alex, thanks for signing up & saying hi.
Hmm, I never knew there was a Notting Hill in Australia, but this map may be a bit more useful. Hopefully one of the Londoners will say hi shortly.
pumpkineater23 - - Parent #
Hey hello Alex. Welcome.
Hi Alex :)
Complete beginners through to life-long professionals are welcome at all the clubs I've ever experienced in England (though you'll mainly find very enthusiastic hobbyists). Where are you studying? I've never been along to the student clubs in London because I'm up in York during term time, but there are a few uni clubs near you so if you don't want to travel much they're probably your best bet.
Other than that I'd second the #OddballsClub - https://www.oddballs.co.uk/circus-spinning-juggling-workshops (am I even allowed to link to a non-edge listing? I feel kinda evil.)
Looking forward to throwing things around with you.
Sadie.
Hey Alex!
Welcome! There are quite a lot of London juggling clubs. If your in Notting Hill then you'll be near the Central line (either Holland Park or Notting Hill Gate). This should be easy for you to get to both Oddballs and Spinning@
Oddballs - Wednesday 7pm-9:30pm - https://www.jugglingedge.com/club.php?ClubID=36&
Spinning@ - Tuesday 6:30ish - 10pmish https://www.jugglingedge.com/club.php?ClubID=1154&
I usually go to both. There are also UCL and Imperial, which I occasionally go to and Jackons Jugglers (near Upper Holloway) that focuses more on club juggling and passing.
Catch you one of them sometime!
Ian
Akihiro Yanai - truly awesome contact routine from Japan's JJF 2012.
Apologies if it's glasscock, but you have to admit it's still mindbogglingly great.
https://youtu.be/-veNIp9dBL4
Not that amazing, he's from Japan and all Japanese can do this.
Humor aside, this is a fantastic routine! I don't do contact but there's just something about watching it that is so peaceful. Thanks for sharing!
I love the sounds the audience make. There's nothing quite like the incredulous nervous laughter of a room of jugglers.
Just fantastic.
Thanks for posting that. Sadie, you're right, those noises are great, and completely appropriate for that routine!
Little Paul - - Parent #
That was great! Really *really* nice tricks do e really well. Loved the 2ball section. I only spotted two drops, but they were so well handled I could easily have missed them :)
He turned up to Turbo Fest this year, almost completely buy surprise. He first contacted us to be in the show, but we were already full (and then some!). Then at the fest, he just arrived! He paid his own way from Japan, just to come and see it, and ended up doing something on renegade which had EVERYONE asking "was that the guy from YouTube".
Fun times.
I contacted him before asking if we were full actually :3
Sometimes errors pay off...
Little Paul - - Parent #
I really want to make it to turbo at some point. It's one of the few fests I'd be willing to fly half way round the planet for. (if doing so wasn't so expensive;)
pumpkineater23 - - Parent #
I had no idea what glasscock meant, never seen the photo until just now.
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
It was arguably a bit lazy of me to use the term without context, but so many Edgizens also read b3ta that it was safe to assume that most people would understand it. I'm glad to have introduced you to the term!
Little Paul - - Parent #
I think the number of b3tans on The Edge is probably fairly small in proportion to the total number of users (although some of the more vocal posters are also b3tans)
For anyone still unclear about the meaning of "glasscock" there's a definition here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glasscock which has reminded me how much fun it is to muck about on urbandictionary... there goes the rest of my afternoon!
Lestival - the 6th Leicester Circus Festival!
This important message has been liberally plastered all over teh interwebs :-
Hi all,
Well, we've been been keeping ourselves very much to ourselves up until now, but Lestival VI is just one short week away. May the 4th be with you!
This year Lestival falls on May the 4th, also known as Star Wars Day. Consequently there will be free lightsabers for everyone attending. Hurrah! Please use them responsibly and try not to chop your granny in half when you get home.
As usual we have all the goodies you've come to expect - our spiffy juggling space with its stoopid high ceilings, games, traders, choons, the fantastic café, WiFi (if the venue remembers the password), and an evening show hosted by Gandini Juggling Project stalwart Jon Udry, and friends.
The ticket prices remain the same, topping out at £8 for an all-day adult ticket.
We'll be open from 10-10 and we'd love to see lots and lots of you there.
--
Jay Linn
https://leicesterjugglers.org/lestival/ - old skool baby!
I'm led to believe (by Jay Linn amongst others) that this is a wonderful convention that you all wish to attend. As an added bonus I will not be there (again).
Nigel
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
*** UPDATE ***
Good news everybody, we've just confirmed BYJOTY 2013 winner Dave Leahy will be in the show! So if you didn't get the chance to see him rockng Pickering (I didn't!), now's your chance.
#Lestival
#LestivalLeicester #Lestival #Lestival5 Some Lestival pics at https://tlmb.net/galleries/Lestival2013 with an added bonus of https://tlmb.net/galleries/Lestival2012.
If Jason Garfield took up ballet it would probably look something like this:
https://youtu.be/FBcmiohgouc
Yes, one of the best juggling videos I've seen in ages.
https://www.jugglingedge.com/forum.php?ThreadID=707
thegoheads - - Parent #
I don't get the Garfield/ballet reference...???
Really cool video though. I like that he thanked Rodney Mullen in a list of jugglers.
I guess he means that he has the strength and raw technical skill of Garfield, but also has the artistic and presentation skills of a ballet dancer (or just someone who studies at DOCH).
Juggling meets ballet you say? https://vimeo.com/65099287
I was talking to someone at BJC who recommended that I check out this site. I think his name was either Orin, Simon or Paul.
You may have seen me pottering around BJC in a crew hoodie and a blue sock hat, doing anything but juggling.
Little Paul - - Parent #
Hurrah! Welcome aboard - and thanks for wearing a yellow hoodie!
Yay new people. This does seem to be the most active juggling message board in the English language right now.
JugglingRock on Facebook is probably more active, although the majority of the posts are videos.
Little Paul - - Parent #
I think that's quite a common approach to internet communities these days. It's all "look at this thing I found" or "look what I made, love me love me LOVE ME!!! RATE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE!!!11eleventy"
Call me old fashioned, but I quite like text, banter, and you know... discussion!
Mike Moore - - Parent #
While I agree with your sentiment, I find Jugglingrock does agood job (for the most part) or avoiding annoying like/subscription/share requests. I'm always surprised by how much user-generated content there is, too, rather than posts of others' videos.
I pop up precisely when I mean to.
I guess this means that you figured out my Reddit account then.
Little Paul - - Parent #
You haven't popped up on ##juggling yet (as far as I can tell) - come on in, the water's lovely.
We've also got a new web client for people to play with, so if anyone reading tried https://jugglelounge.com before but decided they didn't like the web client, I'd love to hear how you get on with https://www.jugglelounge.com/webchat/alternative-web-client/ instead.
York Jugglers - - Parent #
Hi Chris, great to see you here, BJC2013 was great, glad to hear someone has been promoting this place while they were there.