Nederlands Jongleer Festival 2015 Review
Last weekend was the 25th Annual Nederlands Jongleer Festival! It was my first time attending the convention. Me and Ed had an early start on the Thursday morning, hooked up with Lewis and Rosie and managed to get breakfast at the airport before our flight to Schipol. Took a moment to enjoy the juggle juice bar before getting the train to Roosendaal and the on to Oudenbosch.
I Liked:
Tons of free sandwiches from the plane.
Unintentional punning
Windmill spotting
The nice big sports hall and the nice grassy area outside.
Most of the weather, we had only one rainy day.
Our (included in the convention price) NJF limited edition water bottle and amusing stickers.
The food! Lovely evening meals and breakfast included in the ticket price.
The number of Brits. Half of Cambridge seemed to be there!
The Gala show! So many acts and all very good. One of the best shows I have seen in recent memory.
Our camping spot - managed to grab the shade under the trees meaning the tent didn’t get too hot in the mornings.
Pillow Pets!
Passing so many interesting manipulator passing patterns.
The shops being so close to the camping, a pleasant morning stroll.
I Disliked:
Our train to Roosendaal being 2mins late which meant we watched our train to Oudenbosch pulling away from the station as we pulled in.
The show seating. Chairs on floor level meant the first 5 rows got a good view but everyone else’s view sucked. The opening show was spoiled for me by not being able to see most of it. Also, most people around us were playing on their phones or talking amongst themselves as you couldn’t see anything. (it was Wes’s ‘Volcano Vrs Palm Tree’ solo piece. It was miles better at Cumbria because we were so close to the action and everyone felt a part of what was going on.)
We decided to miss the Netherlands Vrs Belgium show as in order to get good seats we would have had to queue at the venue for the hour before the performance. We decided to do that for the Gala show instead, but not both.
My back after the first night, went to the supermarket and bought a single airbed for 8euros, problem solved! AND managed to fit it in my case to bring home, get in!
Crushes:
Ieuan - thank you for being my winged messenger!
Ed, Lewis and Rosie - thank you for being good travel companions, I had a lot of fun.
Jasper - for being our travel guide for the journey home.
Bob Carr - Organising the open stage and being so lovely and pleasant to speak to.
Luke - For organising the fight night and for his obvious joy at finally beating Jochen. I also really enjoyed his act during the gala show, that was an interesting machine and a great performance. I can't describe it but I enjoyed it. :-)
The convention was really great! I would have loved for it to have gone on for an extra couple of days as I had just about got into the swing of things before it was time to leave.
I went with the objectives of doing well in the fight night and passing new manipulator patterns.
I would have liked to do better at the fight night, but once again I was beaten by the eventual winner of the tournament so I have no shame. The competition was very hard.
Totally succeeded in the passing.
Here is a good video of something we got up to: https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkoelnvention.de%2Frunarounds%2Fchopped%2520zig%2520zag%2520with%2520b.MP4&h=0AQHQgxiC
I think the link will work for people not on facebook, if not sorry.
I had a blast at the Dutch Juggling Convention!
Thank you to the organisation team, hopefully see you again next year!
Jon
P.S Join in with a review if you attended or post a link if you have photos. :-)
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Daniel Simu - - Parent #
High: SO MANY PEOPLE!
Low: Food on Thursday
Goal: Hosting the NL/VL show in the best way possible, CHECK
Bane: Getting up on Saturday at 6:00 to do a gig, 3 hours driving away...
Crush: Amazing Marcel was even better than in my memory! (You wouldn't know, you missed the show!)
Surprise: Ehh... the bottles where a nice addition :)
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