BJC 9, Edinburgh, 1996

BJC # 9 12-14.04.1996

Location

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

Organisers

Main organiser: Stewart Hutton, James Soper, Johnny Hopper, Donald Grant (Show)

Previous official website url

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

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 Edinburgh Commonwealth Sports Centre (later used as venue for EJC)

Compère Doug Dougal

Acts

• Blink (Jay Gilligan, Fritz Grobe & Morten Hansen)
• Haggis & Charlie
• Ben Jennings
• Sam I Am
• Marion Kenny
• Simon Stapleton
• and others

Games

The games were held in the amphitheatre in Princess Street Gardens below the castle

Reviews

http://www.jugglingdb.com/news/thread.php?group=1&id=27915

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.
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.