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Glasgow Face Painting and Juggling Convention 2004
The Show
The show took place on the Saturday
night, in a brand new location which we had to get
the underground train to! The venue was at Maryhill
Community Education Centre where I had ran a workshop
the previous year for a local community group.
I was asked by Captain Duncan to be
the stage hand for his routine, so I got to be on
stage for his act. One day, I will take to the stage
and perform for other jugglers, but I will build up
my renegade performances first!
Scott C was our Compere for the evening.
The following is the order of acts along with a brief
comment/review:
| 1) |
Charles |
Short Intro |
Charles wasn’t
MCing this year, so he just made a few welcoming
gestures and then passed on to our MC Scott
C. |
| 2) |
Scott C |
Chair Balance Magic Act |
They picked a wee girl out
the audience and levitated her on a chair, just
like what happened to me several years ago! |
| 3) |
Charles |
3 Ball Non Glo |
Very skillful. |
| 4) |
Wee Andy |
Globalls |
Great routine with the orange
and blue coloured balls. |
| 5) |
Roger |
Unicycle |
Roger brought on 4 unicycles,
one of which was invisible! He used a normal
unicycle, a big wheeled one, a two wheeled one,
and the invisible one. |
| 6) |
Larrisa |
Glo Club Swinging |
Excellent stuff once again
from the lovely Larrisa. |
| 7) |
Jamie |
Devil Stick |
Fantastic as always from
Jamie. Nearly managed his cartwheel and catch
finale! |
| 8) |
Scott C |
Banana / Bandana Routine |
As seen last year. Back
by popular demand.
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| 9) |
Scott C |
Memory Trick |
The shopping list trick
was very funny. Zoe had picked an item from
a supermarket and Scott had picked the right
barcode for it! The build up was fantastic! |
| 10) |
Scott
C |
Barbed Wire
Linking Rings |
Exactly what
is says on the tin. |
| 11) |
Fuzzy |
Miniature Bike Trick |
Fuzzy jumped over someone
on his mini-bike. No magic involved, just
a big build up. Funny though thanks to his
assistant! |
| 12) |
Carlos |
Globalls |
The masked avenger was
back in disguise once again, to do the same
routine as per the past two years to exactly
the same tune “Things can only get better”!
Great routine, but seen it many times before
now! |
| 13) |
Duncan |
Rola Bolo Balance |
I set up the stage for
him, and stood at the side as he requested
his razor sharp balls (of fear), razor sharp
clubs (of terror), and razor sharp knives
(of mass destruction). He rola-bola’d
on top of a set of ladders. Funny and entertaining
act. |
| 14) |
Ruth |
UV Poi |
Highlight of the show!
Ruth was fantastic and spent a lot of time
getting her outfit and UV make-up ready. Dressed
in black with a mask, the first poi-spin was
fast paced, then she whipped off her cloak
to reveal tartan skirt, and launched into
another routine, before building up to the
poi with glo-sticks attached for a breathtaking
finale! |
| 15) |
Surfing Penguin |
Flags |
Never seen this before.
Accompanied by Ian on the violin. Flag waving
and throwing. Enchanting. |
| 16) |
Luke Burrage |
Numbers Juggling |
Juggling with tennis balls
and ball holder to begin with. Moving on to
doing some numbers tricks. The inimitable
and unique Luke Burrage was outstanding! |
| 17) |
Donald Grant |
Diabolo |
Never seen him perform
before. He was breathtaking with his one diabolo
routine, then followed his 2 diabolo tricks
book trick by trick for the second half of
his routine! Amazing stuff. Dressed for the
occasion in a kilt to keep the ladies happy! |
To summarise. it was a great show
and everyone performed well on the night. Having
the famous Donald Grant and infamous Luke Burrage
as the closing acts helped to make the overall
show better than previous years efforts. Where
were the Gandini's who were meant to be appearing
though?
My favourite act was Captain Duncans
because I got to be in it! I thought that Ruth's
UV Poi act was outstanding also.
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