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I walked into town with Martin Millard. I then met up with Niall, and Allen who was dressed in his Tartan Juggler costume. Void did an excellent job compering the games, and they were all played in good spirit. I nearly won the highest diabolo toss, and came about 6th in the Devilstick propellor game. Mad Pangea took care of the music and kept the party vibe alive throughout the whole event! Unicycle Gladiators got quite violent, and Aaron Greg easily won the money juggling contest. I got quite far in the money juggling, being sponsored by Niall with £2 coins! |
British Young Juggler of the Year Show
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It seemed well organised at first, but was 30mins late in starting due to a “drops sweepstake” where people could guess the amount of drops that all the acts would make in total. This spoiled the very first act on stage, as people were shouting out how many drops he was doing! The 13 acts were all good, and you could see the transformation in sheer ability in the acts that had performed both this year and last year. My favourite act by far was John Pete who did a 6 ball mills mess. He won the overall competition. Lucas did his act dressed as a girl. Arron Sparks cigar box routine was the judges favourite. Zac did a 3 diabolo routine, and there were 2 sets of twins that individually competed in this competition. The drop count was 117! |
Renegade Compered by Aaron Greg
Not many people stuck around for this renegade as the British Young Juggler of the Year show had started late and overran massively. It took a while for people to drift back and begin to participate in this renegade. It didn’t matter, as Aaron had plenty of charm and ability to keep us all entertained and slowly draw out acts from the audience.
Vendors
I finally got to meet Laurie, Annie and Steph from Butterfingers! I got to see what some of their new stock is like, so take a look at my juggling store over the next couple of months as I introduce a whole load of new stock to my store! I bought a few magic tricks from Mario also, as I have recently started doing little bits of magic during my schools shows.
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Public Show - Gravitate (Regal Theatre)
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I stewarded to direct people to buses for this event. It was held up when we all arrived, so we had to wander the shops for an hour before we were let into the Theatre! There was the usual balloon antics before the show started, and one great moment was when Jak from Jesters had his shop’s name made out of balloons, and fixed it to the front of the stage! The venue didn’t hold enough jugglers (capacity of 350), so the show would be performed twice today, and we were at the first showing. Matt Hall did a good job of compering, but it was always better when he stopped introducing people and did some performance pieces (especially his Kendama routine!) Highlights of the show for me were: |
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The Dragon Leisure Centre was a good venue. It was well laid out, and all the workshops were within easy walking distance so you could dash between venues when each workshop finished! The Cafe was excellent and reasonably priced. Lovely food, and a great view of the 24hr juggling hall while you ate, as well as a TV playing juggling DVDs. One slight complaint would just be that the tent for the renegades and shows was way too small and cramped, and so most people had to stand to watch the shows, or suffer from leg cramp! |
There were regular newsletters produced throughout
the convention. I only managed to see one, which was
quite funny, and it had the following sentence at
the bottom:
“Anyone encountering
a Ms Hayley Kneale is requested to pass on the following
information to her – ‘Everything’s
going to be fine, Hayley!’”
Everything was fine Hayley! You and your team did an excellent job. A big thanks to everyone involved. I am already looking forward to BJC 2007 in Nottingham!
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