BJC 9, Edinburgh, 1996

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BJC # 9 12-14.04.1996

Location

EDINBURGH. Moray House College of Physical Education, Cramond, Edinburgh.

Organisers

Main organisers: Stewart Hutton, James Soper, Johnny Hopper, Donald Grant (Show), Dave Meah, Daniel Bee and Mark Segal.

Attendees (~#)

Previous official website url

http://www.demon.co.uk/circustuff/scotconv - no longer works

Pass

non-removable orange wristband

Prices

Pre-reg: Adults £20, under 16s £10
On door: Adults £25
Bed and breakfast on site (Fri & Sat) £19 per night.

Public Show

The public show was organised and stage managed by Donald Grant, and held in Meadowbank Sports Centre (later used as venue for EJC)

Compère Doug Dougal or Graeme & Aileen?

Acts

  • Blink (Jay Gilligan, Fritz Grobe & Morten Hansen)
  • Jay Gilligan
  • Haggis & Charlie (juggling)
  • Ben Jennings
  • Sam I Am (devilstick)
  • Marion Kenny (UV swinging)
  • Stretch People
  • Simon Stapleton (UV parasols)
  • Laurent Perelet (diabolo)
  • Children from Niddry who had been taught to perform in 4 afternoons by Reg Bolton
  • and others

Other shows

Springboard competition for young jugglers was won by Luke (aged 9), Joanne Swaim came second.
Blink performed their full show

Games

The games were held in the amphitheatre in Princess Street Gardens below the castle and were compèred by Charlie.

Workshops

Diabolo workshop with Donald Grant
Three ball workshop with Ben Jennings
2-handed passing workshop with Tarim
Two workshops on complex club-passing patterns with Brendan Brolley, Tarim and Ken Zetie

Reviews

http://www.jugglingdb.com/news/thread.php?group=1&id=27915
http://www.jugglingdb.com/news/thread.php?group=1&id=28059
http://www.jugglingdb.com/news/thread.php?group=1&id=28226
http://www.jugglingdb.com/news/thread.php?group=1&id=28617
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/performance-lob-ster-circus-meadowbank-sports-centre-edinburgh-1.457172

Notes and other details

The convention also raised extra funds by selling off a "Box of Shite", but it was also assisted by the City of Edinburgh, world famous Haggis makers MacSween of Edinburgh, and Adelphi whisky.
The convention flew in the godfather of community circus, Reg Bolton from Australia, to return to his teaching roots in Scotland.
A fire alarm was set off before the start of the public show giving people the opportunity to find better seats than they originally had.
The image for the convention was created by David Faithful.
It rained and there was deep-fried food available. There was also catering from the Laughing Buddha who served noodles in black bean sauce
Several members of the organising team went on to organise the 1998 European Juggling Convention, also in Edinburgh.
Camping on the edge of Edinburgh overlooking the Firth of Forth in April was not the warmest place to be.