Scottish Juggling Convention 2008
1-3 February 2008

The show was hosted by Little Paul. The venue was much better than in previous years. Lighting and music went without any hitches which was a huge bonus over the glitches in previous years!

I didn’t attend the Ceilidh, but people had a great time at it. I preferred practicing devilstick and plate manipulation for most of the night. I also sat at the registration desk and got to meet lots of people I hadn’t spoke to before. I got to meet a few jugglers from the Midlands area which is where I will be moving to in September, so it was good to do a bit of networking!

Renegade

A bit hit and miss. Matt did a good job of hosting it, but it took a while before people were quiet enough for us to enjoy it. First routine was a drunken adventure as 2 girls got up and lead a mutiny on stage, finishing off by showing us their pants! One guy rode a tiny bike. Matt did some Cigar Box stuff, and Meghan did contact Staff spinning.

	During the night, I was tucked in by at least one person when my sleeping bag fell off! Bellahouston Academy was the venue for everything today, and I was all packed and headed over after a quick breakfast, walking there with Paul who attended my Christian Juggling workshop at the BJC Cornwall several years ago!
	I played Beach Flingo with Max Marshall and we swapped some ideas for routines, and I tried to grab a shot of someone’s snakeboard, but was always beaten to it by other people eager to try it out! I also played alongside Aidan and Parrott on various games such as Junglejam and this balance game (see photo)!

Juggling Games / Haggis World Record

The Juggling Games weren’t that exciting this year. Miles did a great job, but there didn’t seem to be much enthusiasm. There weren’t any prizes for the winners (normally it’s just a biscuit or something trivial)! I won the stredging with Max, but because we misheard and didn’t realise we had to sit down afterwards, we were disqualified!

Haggis World Records
6 Haggis - 11 catches - Luke Burrage (2008)
5 Haggis - 1m 14 secs - Wes Peden (2008)
4 Haggis - 1m 31 secs - Tempei (2006)
3 Haggis - 15m 5 secs- Luke Burrage (2008)

3 of the 4 world records shattered this year. In the 3 Haggis Juggle, I made it to the last 3 or 4 participants and managed approx 8mins, which would have easily been enough to win the title a few years ago), but next year it will be mine!

Summary

Great Convention. Less people associated with Stirling Juggling Project are in attendance each year which is a sad state of affairs. I hope to still make the effort to attend this excellent convention as this time next year I will be settled in the East Midlands! Congrats to Dr Ruth and Miles for an excellent convention. Bellahouston Academy was a wonderful find and spacious enough to accommodate the record number of attendees! Public show was great, although could always be better if Ruth takes to the stage again :-)

More Information

Official Scottish Juggling Convention website - Video clip and more details about this Convention.

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