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15th British Juggling Convention
Renegade!
I managed to make it to all 3 renegade shows, which
took place in the No Fit State Circus Tent. The shows
got better as the weekend went on, as Fridays ended
up quite morbid near the end.
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Peewee was a most excellent
compere, and he kept us all amused (especially
when he accidentally swigged some of Dr Bob's
Chili Vodka) and couldn't speak for quite a long
time! Incidentally, when Peewee went backstage,
someone offered him a handkerchief which they
had doused in chili vodka, so he felt even worse
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Vodka Chili: I tried a sip of it, and my nose
exploded (blood everywhere)! If I had done this on
stage, instead of in the stands, I am sure I would
have got an applause and possibly a prize, but I had
to settle for running out of the tent with blood dripping
everywhere, and heading to the toilets to bung my
nose with tissue and clean up!
Poetry: Peewee had introduced poetry reading
into this year's renegade, in an attempt to keep the
number of acts high, as numbers had been dropping
off in recent years. His plan worked, as by the final
day, there were so many poets storming the stage,
that the renegade shows went on for many many hours!!
Andy and Steve Dobinson both went on stage several
times to recite their own poems. Most memorable would
be Betty's poem, which got a rousing round of applause.
The poem started off lovely, and then when out of
the blue she used the F*** word, the crowd went wild,
and she won the star poetry prize that night!
Eat the Cheese!: On the Saturday's renegade
show, the Stirling Juggling Project sat up the back
with some cheese, wine and crackers. For a laugh,
Ewan stormed the stage and demanded that Peewee "Eat
the Cheese". Peewee didn't want to eat cheese
handed to him from a complete stranger, but by this
time, the crowd had gotten behind Ewan and a chant
was started which would last the rest of the Convention!
 
Other Renegade Acts:
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FRI:
- Night Fever - two guys dressed in 70's gear
performing 3 ball tricks and fitting in dance
moves to comic effect!
- Guy blowing up 2 balloons using his nose
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SAT:
- Skipping while on a unicycle
- Andy did the flight of the bumblebee on
his teeth, then Peewee did the song by hitting
his head!
- The Bar Staff did an excellent re-enactment
of the Box routine (Alban Elved) which we
had all endured earlier on at the Theatre!
Instead of booing these guys off their harnesses,
we all cheered, and the guys messed around
on top of some vases for about 20 minutes!
Hilarious...
- Christian rap: After Ross had gave some
poetry which poked fun at Christianity, he
introduced a Christian girl to even up the
score. She was excellent with her rap which
was performed to great effect
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SUN:
- Reduced Public Show Company - doing a
very hilarious re-enactment of the night
of surprises show
- Zanzibar - one of the best renegade performances,
despite the lack of music which he had specially
choreographed his routine too. His tricks
with 2 diabolo's were totally inspiring
for everyone.
- Fire balls! - Some guys who had never
used fireballs before, came onstage, lit
them up, and then kept dropping them onto
the floor as they had no idea what they
were doing and kept burning themselves!
While they did this, a guy did a little
firestaff spinning in the background. He
was asked back onstage by himself and was
absolutely fantastic!
- 12foot neon lit wolf! - hard to describe,
but very memorable!
- Ewan monkeying around - Ewan took his
monkey and unicycle on stage, and did some
unicycling and certain unprintable things
with his monkey friend!
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