Leicester Jugglers http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:00:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dates for summer 2011 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/204 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/204#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:42:56 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=204 For the first time in living memory the university are letting us have room bookings over the summer vacation. Rejoice!

Dates are as follows :-

Thursday 7th July Thursday 14th July Thursday 21st July Thursday 28th July

All meetings are from 7:00 to 9:45 as usual, and are in the Fraser Noble Hall.

With [...]]]> For the first time in living memory the university are letting us have room bookings over the summer vacation. Rejoice!

Dates are as follows :-

  • Thursday 7th July
  • Thursday 14th July
  • Thursday 21st July
  • Thursday 28th July

All meetings are from 7:00 to 9:45 as usual, and are in the Fraser Noble Hall.

With a little luck we will also be able to announce some more vacation dates in due course.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/204/feed 2 Room bookings – summer term 2011 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/200 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/200#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:10:34 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=200 Regrettably we only have four dates booked for summer ’11, as follows :-

12th May 19th May 16th June 23rd June

All other details as before : Meetings run from 7 to 9:45, and you will need to bang loudly on the door to get someone to come and open up for you. Further [...]]]> Regrettably we only have four dates booked for summer ’11, as follows :-

  • 12th May

  • 19th May

  • 16th June

  • 23rd June

All other details as before : Meetings run from 7 to 9:45, and you will need to bang loudly on the door to get someone to come and open up for you. Further details on the locations are here.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/200/feed 0 Room bookings – spring term 2011 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/196 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/196#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:21:23 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=196 Room bookings for spring term 2011 are as follows :-

3rd February 10th February 17th February - no meeting 24th February 3rd March 10th March 17th March – no meeting 24th March 31st March

All meetings are at the Fraser Noble Hall.

As usual you will need to know the door code, or bang on [...]]]> Room bookings for spring term 2011 are as follows :-

  • 3rd February
  • 10th February
  • 17th February - no meeting
  • 24th February
  • 3rd March
  • 10th March
  • 17th March – no meeting
  • 24th March
  • 31st March

All meetings are at the Fraser Noble Hall.

As usual you will need to know the door code, or bang on the door when you get there long enough for someone inside to hear you and come and let you in, or phone the number on the notice by the door.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/196/feed 0 Juggling conventions – who wants to go to one? http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/171 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/171#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:03:27 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=171 We would like to hire a Students Union minibus and organise a trip to a convention or two, hopefully at minimal cost. There are some options coming up :-

TLC 2010 The London (Juggling) Convention, Saturday 13th November, The Circus Space, Hoxton, London. The Milton Keynes Juggling Convention, Saturday 20th November, Hazeley School, Milton [...]]]> We would like to hire a Students Union minibus and organise a trip to a convention or two, hopefully at minimal cost. There are some options coming up :-

London will be the most expensive, especially if you dare to come by car, will likely have the least space and juggling time, but will also benefit from the best show and takes place in Britain’s foremost circus school, in a converted power station in in super-cool hipster hangout Hoxton.

Milton Keynes is the newest regional one-dayer to arrive on the scene, and since it is their first year they could do with all the support they can get. It is also one of our nearest neighbouring conventions.

Leeds has traditionally been one of the biggest one-dayers, at one point pulling in something like 400 attendees. They have been running on and off for quite a number of years now, but I believe they are in a new venue this year. Leeds benefits from a surfeit of bonkers good juggling talents such as the Cabry Brothers, Tiff, Lewis Kennedy, the Turner Brothers, and so on, so there’s a good chance their show will feature some hardcore numbers and technical juggling.

A convention trip would likely consist of a reasonably early start for a bus trip to wherever the event is taking place, a whole day of playing, talking, eating, drinking, learning, buying shinies, and normally a show at the end of the day, followed by a trip home again, probably arriving pretty late.

If you have never been to a convention before then they can be pretty amazing places to go, with juggling and other skills at standards you very likely will not have encountered before, lots and lots of space to play in and people to play with, traders stalls groaning with goodies at  discount prices, and all sorts of other surprises.

If you think you might be interested in joining in then please speak to Logan, Jay, Jon, or anyone else who seems to know what they are talking about.

Further details of most UK events can be found by using the event calendar which can be found in the ‘Pages’ menu in the right sidebar.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/171/feed 0 Room times and venues – updated http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/156 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/156#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:30:50 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=156 I recently posted a whole year’s worth of room bookings, but that turned out to be entirely wrong. Instead we will meet at Fraser Noble Hall as follows :-

VENUE: Fraser Noble Hall, 2 University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RF. TIME: 19.00 – 21.45 DATES: Every Thursday from 21st October until 16th December.

Apologies for [...]]]> I recently posted a whole year’s worth of room bookings, but that turned out to be entirely wrong. Instead we will meet at Fraser Noble Hall as follows :-

VENUE: Fraser Noble Hall, 2 University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RF.
TIME: 19.00 – 21.45
DATES: Every Thursday from 21st October until 16th December.

Apologies for any confusion.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/156/feed 0 Leicester Jugglers blog updated http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/153 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/153#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:05:27 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=153 I have just upgraded Leicester Jugglers to WordPress 3.0.1. It may be gobbledygook to you, but it’s kinda like an oil change for the site. One benefit of the upgrade is that comments seem to be willing to work again, which is nice.

Please let me know if you find anything horribly broken or [...]]]> I have just upgraded Leicester Jugglers to WordPress 3.0.1. It may be gobbledygook to you, but it’s kinda like an oil change for the site. One benefit of the upgrade is that comments seem to be willing to work again, which is nice.

Please let me know if you find anything horribly broken or out of order.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/153/feed 0 Times of meetings for 2010-2011 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/134 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/134#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:46:20 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=134 Due to a massive cock up by the people who book rooms at the students union, the information below is entirely incorrect.

Unfortunately no one realised that a branch of Starbucks is not a suitable venue for a juggling club – who [...]]]> *** UPDATE ***    *** UPDATE ***    *** UPDATE ***

Due to a massive cock up by the people who book rooms at the students union, the information below is entirely incorrect.

Unfortunately no one realised that a branch of Starbucks is not a suitable venue for a juggling club – who would have thought?

Please see my more recent post for for new times and venues.

*** UPDATE ***    *** UPDATE ***    *** UPDATE ***

Hi all,

Phil has let me have the timetable for our room bookings this academic year :-

Autumn term

  • Every Thursday from 7th October to 16th December 2010, in the Atrium.

Spring term

  • Every Thursday from 20th January to 24th February 2011, in the Atrium.

  • Thursdays 3rd, 10th, and 17th March 2010, in the new main venue, Academy 1.

  • Thursdays 24th and 31st March 2011, in the Atrium.

Summer term

  • Every Thursday from 12th May to 30th June 2011, in the Atrium.

All meetings are from 8pm to 11pm. I realise that this is rather later than what we have been used to, but that’s what’s on offer.

All meetings are free – yay!

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/134/feed 0 Wednesday evenings on the park http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/128 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/128#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:38:29 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=128 We have been meeting up on Victoria Park on Wednesday evenings, and will probably continue to do so until the new term starts.

Meetings start at around 5:30 or 6:00 (early because it gets dark early) and finish when people get bored or cold, or just can’t see any more. Weather permitting we meet [...]]]> We have been meeting up on Victoria Park on Wednesday evenings, and will probably continue to do so until the new term starts.

Meetings start at around 5:30 or 6:00 (early because it gets dark early) and finish when people get bored or cold, or just can’t see any more. Weather permitting we meet near the corner of the park where Victoria Park Road meets London Road, conveniently close to the Old Horse Pub. Meetings so far have been very informal affairs ideally suited to beginners, or people who like sitting around watching other people expend energy for a change. Bring food, drink, and toys, if you can be bothered; just turn up and loaf if you can’t.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/128/feed 0 What do we do for summer? http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/103 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/103#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:54:13 +0000 Clackpot http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=103 We have only two more dates arranged at the Fraser Noble Hall this term, and then once again we have our long summer layoff. Does anyone want to try to find somewhere to go juggling between now and October? Victoria Park perhaps? Or maybe somewhere indoors and a bit more organised like we did [...]]]> We have only two more dates arranged at the Fraser Noble Hall this term, and then once again we have our long summer layoff. Does anyone want to try to find somewhere to go juggling between now and October? Victoria Park perhaps? Or maybe somewhere indoors and a bit more organised like we did at Robert Hall Church hall last year.

Any and all suggestions gratefully received, just put them in the comments, or if they’re not working (they’ve been a bit temperamental) mail me directly at jay@leicesterjugglers.org and I’ll update this page.

]]> http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/103/feed 0 June Dates http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/68 http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/archives/68#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 13:03:18 +0000 Jellaby http://www.leicesterjugglers.org/jugblog/?p=68 The remaining meeting dates for summer term 2010 are :-

Thursday 10th June Thursday 17th June Thursday 24th June

All meetings take place at the Fraser Noble Hall from 6:00 to 9:45.

]]> The remaining meeting dates for summer term 2010 are :-

  • Thursday 10th June
  • Thursday 17th June
  • Thursday 24th June

All meetings take place at the Fraser Noble Hall from 6:00 to 9:45.

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