The Juggling Edge - Threads tagged #TLC2012

The Void - 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC #

The London (Juggling) Convention 2012 HLGCBS

H: Feeding The Fish - as an act and as people.

L: Pre-convention: "Bring something to sit on!" I brought a chair. Before show:"Sorry, no chairs allowed!". Bah.

G: Bohemia has no seekers.

C: FTF

B: Tiredness

S: Lix: "Want to pass?" > Instant club in face. Owww!

#hlgcbs #TLC2012

Orinoco - 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC - Parent #

H: Feeding the Fish. There were a few acts in the show that left me feeling flat, but they just blew me away.

L: The heat in the hall. It's fantastic to see a really packed juggling hall, but the heat we generate is an unfortunate side effect.

G: n/a

C: Oli & Liam - smooth, moody, very talented, a smidgen attractive.

B: Sprained wrist, couldn't do much :(

S: Feeding the Fish's new toys. The effects they produced were genuinely shocking.

mrawa - 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC - Parent #

H: Feeding the Fish, awesome to see the TLC logo in their pixel poi!

L: Lowest point was pretending to be a surfboard for Tom as a demonstration of one of the games... the was the lowest I was all day!

G: Drink water... so thirsty!

C: Ryan's Hat manipluations... I might have to start juggling hats...

B: Stage Lighting and Feedback, not much I could do about it, but thankfully we had brilliant Sound/Lighting guy and an awesome Stage Manager.

S: No accidents, nothing really went wrong...

Orinoco - 2012-11-25 00:07:13 UTC #

It is now 3 hours after I saw Feeding the Fish's new toys & my mouth still won't close. Just extraordinary.

Little Paul - 2012-11-25 09:01:55 UTC - Parent #

which toys were they playing with, their persistence of vision stuff? Because that looks like it'd be well tasty live.

Orinoco - 2012-11-25 11:43:25 UTC - Parent #

Yes it was. And. Yes. It. Was.

It's not often that I'm lost for words.

The Void - 2012-11-25 12:13:42 UTC - Parent #

Yep, it's one you have to see live, as video just does not capture the magic. I had a fun day at #tlc2012 so thanks to all who made it happen. I dozed through the first half of the show, and what I did see I would have happily missed. The second half was good. Ryan Murphy has got better since I last saw him. Characterful and skilful hat act. Lynn Scot somehow made me laugh when I should have been concentrating more on her skills (go watch her on JTV*). And FTF, what a finale.

In the daytime, I had fun clicking with Orin, Tom, Chris, Andy, Sandra & Sam. Also teaching some new stuff to beginners Joey and Chris was rewarding as they both learnt quickly. Catching up with friends I hadn't seen for years was lovely too.
Coffee and snacks kept me alive, and grumpiness just about at bay.

Cheers!

*http://juggling.tv/2243
http://juggling.tv/2243

Mïark - 2012-11-23 11:16:51 UTC #

If you are going to TLC, The London (juggling) Convention (#TLC2012) tomorrow you will be able to pre-register for the 2013 British Juggling Convention (#bjc2013) in person. Look for somebody who looks like Miark wearing a black BJC 2013 t-shirt. Payment by cheque or in cash only, if you wish to pay by credit card you can pre-register on-line at www.bjc2013.co.uk/tickets (you can also find the forms to fill in on that page).

Do not worry if you are not going to TLC there will also be the opportunity to pre-register for BJC at Leeds Juggling Convention (#LeedsJugglingConvention) in two weeks time (8^th December 2012).

mrawa - 2012-11-23 11:48:11 UTC - Parent #

Don't worry Miark! We'll point you out to everyone at TLC! :D

Orinoco - 2012-11-23 13:09:45 UTC - Parent #

I like the fact that even though the event sold out *ages* ago you're still going to the trouble of hyping the event one act at a time on the blog!

iMark - 2012-11-23 22:35:34 UTC - Parent #

We're not hyping the event, we're hyping the acts. And it's easy, because they all deserve it :)

Orinoco - 2012-09-08 17:25:48 UTC #

I just bought my ticket for #tlc2012. Tickets are available through Oddballs, apparently they went on sale on Monday but nobody told me ;)

Mïark - 2012-09-10 01:59:32 UTC - Parent #

It was announced on Facebook_{(needs facebook login)} and Twitter, perhaps we are not reading the same forums/social-media as the bright young hip Londoners.

Mïark - 2012-09-10 02:58:58 UTC - Parent #

oops! wrong Twitter link correct one is https://twitter.com/2012tlc/status/242644226926596098

mrawa - 2012-09-10 11:04:42 UTC - Parent #

Interesting, I thought I posted the link up in Small talk the same time as I put them all up on Facebook and Twitter. Oh well...

Get your tickets now while you still can. I will be constantly reminding everyone that there will be NO tickets sold on the door. 0, zilch, nothing. It's pre-orders through Oddballs website only. And no, you cannot buy them in the shop either. Oddballs have been very kind in letting us use their system, but that's the extent of their involvement.

For more details and ongoing updates checkout the Facebook Group, Event, Twitter and the website: https://www.tlc2012.org/

Hope to see you all there!

Orinoco - 2012-09-10 11:45:57 UTC - Parent #

I picked the announcement up from Twitter in the end. I would never have seen it on Facebook.

Does anyone know if the tickets will be sent out by post or do we collect on the door?

peterbone - 2012-09-10 13:09:43 UTC - Parent #

It says on the Oddballs website that there are no physical tickets. Just print your order confirmation email and take it along with you.
Does anyone know if we'll have the combustion chamber this year? It was very cramped last time with just the one hall and the maximum capacity number was quite low.

mrawa - 2012-09-10 17:22:13 UTC - Parent #

Correct, there are no Physical Tickets. All you need to do is print out your confirmation e-mail that have your Order Number, number of tickets bought and your billings address on it. Also bring a form of Id so that we can confirm your purchase.

I believe we have the Combustion Chamber, Creation Studio, Courtyard and Links Corridor.

Yes there is a maximum capacity which is the reason for on-line-only booking and no door tickets. We really want to avoid what happened back in 2010.

If there's further questions or requests let me know and I'll do my best to answer!

ChrisD - 2012-09-12 15:17:23 UTC - Parent #

Great to see this is happening again. Are there any plans for a show please? Any advance details of time (esp show finish time) would be helpful (inc. for booking train tickets).

mrawa - 2012-09-13 16:01:45 UTC - Parent #

There will certainly be a show and a good one at that! I personally can't wait to see it! We are aware that people will be travelling from all over for this and we're taking that into consideration. As soon as we have an itinerary set in stone I shall make sure it's on the website, facebook group, event, twitter and on here.

ChrisD - 2012-09-13 20:55:58 UTC - Parent #

Thanks - looking forward to it.

mrawa - 2012-09-14 20:53:15 UTC - Parent #

Hey everyone! Just an update... 100 tickets have already been sold, that's in under two weeks!

Orinoco - 2012-09-15 11:40:42 UTC - Parent #

What's the limit this year? I think it was 200 the last time I went.

mrawa - 2012-09-15 14:51:57 UTC - Parent #

The limit is 350 people in the venue. That includes the organisers, people running around making things happen, circus space stuff, performers etc. Since we're still calculating how many performers and extra people we need we're selling a fixed a amount for now and then some more later (when uni kids are back and indoctrinated into circus clubs!)

mrawa - 2012-09-18 04:21:30 UTC - Parent #

More than 130 tickets now sold!

The Void - 2012-10-02 13:40:28 UTC - Parent #

I'd heard a rumour that Feeding The Fish might be in the show. I was waiting to hear that confirmed before I bought tickets. However, I just heard it sold out this morning. :-(
You'll be needing a bigger venue next year then.....

Orinoco - 2012-10-02 14:13:04 UTC - Parent #

Is that sold out completely or sold out of the first fixed amount as mentioned above?

Also, Feeding the Fish? YAY!!

I know it's only a rumour but still YAY!!!

The Void - 2012-10-02 15:22:30 UTC - Parent #

Sounds a lot like completely sold out to me: https://www.oddballs.co.uk/odd-blog/?p=95 Not seeing Simon & Lix (if they were there) is more of a drag than missing the convention.

mrawa - 2012-10-02 22:25:51 UTC - Parent #

Fear not! That's just the first 200 tickets sold! There will be another 100 tickets available soon. We've release the tickets in batches so that we could being selling before we knew exactly what our capacity was.

As for rumours... well, you'll just have to wait and see! We shall be releasing a program in the coming weeks!

I should (while I remember) thank Void for his great tips on T-shirt printing, the flock print on the TLC shirts is fantastic!

:D

The Void - 2012-10-03 12:16:25 UTC - Parent #

Oh good. And you're welcome.

Dee - 2012-10-24 14:17:39 UTC - Parent #

For those who don't do facebook..

Just to note that, to quote the facebook comment: "Ahoy there! We found more tickets behind the sofa! Check out Oddballs website to buy tickets for The London (juggling) Convention)! Be quick they won't last long!!!

peterbone - 2012-10-24 14:18:07 UTC - Parent #

50 more available
https://www.oddballs.co.uk/the-london-convention-2012-ticket-p-3207.html

Orinoco - 2012-10-24 14:45:41 UTC - Parent #

Only 50? It was 100 a bit earlier.

peterbone - 2012-10-24 15:07:53 UTC - Parent #

Maybe there's more to come still.

Orinoco - 2012-10-24 15:11:37 UTC - Parent #

Maybe, but from the Oddballs website:

Yeah! We managed to find another 50 tickets (They were down the back of the Sofa). When these are gone - that is categorically it!

mrawa - 2012-10-25 13:05:59 UTC - Parent #

That was an estimate, we've had to account for more volunteers than the original estimate. I really really really, want to find a large venue for next year. So I've already started looking... ideal would be somewhere that would easily fit 500 or so people.

mrawa - 2012-10-24 14:38:43 UTC - Parent #

Haha, you guys beat me to it! Be quick with buying, they'll sell out quick! The show will now be even better than I thought! Acts to be confirmed soon!

Orinoco - 2012-10-24 14:47:59 UTC - Parent #

Any idea on finishing time yet? I need an idea how much extra training I'll need for the sprint for the last train home.

mrawa - 2012-10-25 13:02:40 UTC - Parent #

There is some event information available here, but to answer your question directly: the event will finish at 10pm, and the show is currently planned to finish before then, thus giving people time to get trains, buses, tubes and helicopters home.

I'm currently working on a sensible way to announce travel information on the day... probably end up announcing the last tube times in the location area.