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Scottish Juggling Convention
2007
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Public Show Review from Steve Thomson
DATE: 9-11 February 2007
@ Glasgow Science Centre
The Public Show had to be moved to the Clyde room,
and it wasn’t an ideal location, but the best
was made of the situation. My wife Rachel came through
from Stirling to watch the show with me. As my camera
had no battery power, I don't have any photos from
the show. My memory is therefore slightly hazy as
to what some of the acts did, so let me know if there
are any mistakes!
| Opening
Act |
Little
(baby) Andrew Benson – what a beginning! |
| Compere |
Miles
was the compere for this evening and done a
good job. |
| Marco
Bonissimo |
Excellent
and funny 1,2,3,4 then 5 ball routines
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| Dave
Barnes |
2
x Diabolo routine |
| George
the Juggler |
Always
a joy to watch one of Stirling’s finest
performers. A great devilstick routine
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| Graham
Benson |
Some
card tricks |
| Meg |
Impressive
staff spinning from this member of TePooka |
| Bright
Night International |
A
great poi routine including some throws. Accompanied
by an excellent drumbeat and backing track. |
| Sam |
One
of Stirling’s up and coming talents
(although he attends nearly every juggling
club in Scotland!) 2 x diabolo routine
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| Sarah
Bizkup |
Good
numbers juggling routine set to music. |
| Rob
Firey |
Highlight
of the show for me! A well thought out and funny
clubs and hat manipulation routine done to the
James Bond Theme, with lots of movie jokes chucked
in at the right moments! |
| Team
Rootberry |
Entertaining
as always. The show was very similar to the
one they performed at the BJC in 2004, but
I would happily watch it again and again anyway
(and now I can on DVD which they sold to me
afterwards!)
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| Luke
and Pola - The art of Juggling |
I
have now seen this routine many times at various
conventions. It is still great, and this time
they have added a new colour changing ring
trick into the routine which made it even
more impressive!
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 I realise that it is getting far harder for the organisers
of the Public Shows to find acts that most of the
jugglers who attend other conventions haven’t
already seen, so I would like to say well done for
getting the mix just right with established acts and
lots of local talent (especially Sarah and Sam)! I
would have liked to see Azrelle perform as she is
usually among my fave acts!
We had a little bit of practice time, then were chucked
out in the freezing cold to watch the Fire Show. I
managed to catch up with my friend Michie who I had
forgotten actually works at the Science Centre! Doc
and some other jugglers tried unsuccessfully to jumpstart
a car in the car park, but the battery was well and
truly flat!
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