Hey everyone, I'm not new to clowning cause I've been doing it for just over three years. But I'm having a bit of trouble. I'm 13 coming 14 this year and I appiled to a circus school in Belfast, Ireland (thats where I live) over two years ago and still haven't gotten a reply.

I cant find anyone who shares my intrest and its becoming annoying. I go to a very small school and only started to juggle to make a few extra mates. I've mastered a few simple tricks and want to learn more. But since I can't find anyone and the circus school isn't getting back to me, how can find a juggling partner or find other circus workshops??

Thanks.

weclome shady i love the name its great to have you here hope you stick around our little cyber alley. as for the juggling im still learning myself but there are a few in here that can do it perty well and we love to give ppl pointers and help eachother out so sit back and have some fun along the way.

Welcome Shady Lamps! I'm curious, does the circus school hold auditions or is it strictly by application? Do they have a open enrollment or interivewing time? Is it because of your age? I wish you good luck!
You might try looking at a talent agency to see if they have jugglers who might be interested in someone to practice with. Perhaaaps a more experienced one may be willing to "Teach" (Some people have a problem with a young person who is good. You might try contacting our Webmaster who I believe is in Dublin. He might know some people who could help get you an introduction.
Best of Luck, and again; Welcome!
Scruffy

As far as I know you have to send in application's. She said the waiting list was long but I didn't think you had to wait so long. I'm afraid your all stuck with me, mr_buckaroo, lol :D

Hello Shady Lamps maybe some time you can come to the chat room and talk to my grand daughter who is also a 13 yr old clown and is looking to talk to other young clowns
There is a lot of resources avaible to you with out going to a circus school Ont the inter net or your library check them out

Put 'er there, Lamps....

Nice to see younger kids getting involved in this too. It's hard when you don't have someone else to "bounce" ideas off of or practice with.

Kepp tryin' tho....persistance does pay off...

Thanks everyone. Jamz I'll keep a lookout for your granddaughter on the chat :)

Hi Shady,
Welcome.
I am from Ireland also. What clown school did you apply to? Is it specifically juggling you are interested in? Let me know, I might be able to sort something out.

I appiled to a circus School in Belfast, it took me ages to get threw to them and when I did all they took were my details like age, name, address.....

Yeah I'm mostly intrested in juggling but I would like to learn the whole pie in the face routines and stuff (I know its kinda a little old).

So far I can juggle almost anything I can get my paws on. 3 in one hand (a little), the normal three ball juggling, a few tricks with the three balls, 4 ball juggling, 2 in one hand and thats about it. I know its not an awful lot but thats why I've been trying this school.

I think the name of it was Belfast Comumitity Circus. Tho don't pull the strings cuz I wanna get in fairly.

So do all of you juggle or do magic tricks? or both 8O

Hi Shady, I can reccomend an excellent book on juggling. It will teach you all the patterns for up to 5 balls or cubs and also covers rings, scarfs, cigar boxes, devi stics, diabolos, plate spinning, tricks and lots more. all you need is this book, a little imagination and lots of practice! I continue to find it my best juggling resource.

Title - The Complete Juggler
Author - Dave Finnigan
ISBN - 0-9513240-2-0
Publisher (UK) - Butterfingers, Lynwood, Midford, Bath BA2 7DD
Tel: 0225 874759
Fax: 0225 874353
Publisher (USA) Jugglebug Inc. 7506J Olympic View Drive, Edmonds WA 98014

Thx I think that'll come in very handy as I've just bought some juggling rings. I'll go to the bookstore when I get home from school tomorrow. Thanks again :D

Hi Shady,
I actually do not do any clowning anymore.

I ONLY do juggling and magic. And in most cases/gigs/events, its one or the other. Rarely both.

I was exactly your age when I started getting into Juggling and magic originally and was in the EXACT same prediciment as you are right now. I am in Dublin, so what I did was I went to the DIT and the Trinity juggling clubs. Anyone can just walk in and join in and dont worry about not knowing anyone, its the easiest place on earth to meet people and jugglers/magicians/clowns are actually friendlier than your average folk (In my opinion) because they have to be.

There are juggling conventions organized by Cormac and some girl from trinity a few times a year. This is what you REALLY want to attent. People from all over Ireland come to these and do free workshops on clowning, juggling, acrobatics, unicycling, poi etc. Its really a lot of fun and you learn so much.

First time I ever passed clubs was with an Icelandic girl who I met at the Tralee juggling convention. She saw me sitting there on my own taking a rest and asked me to pass with her. I told her i couldnt and she said shed teach me. 30 mins later we were passing clubs and I never looked back.

If you need any reccomendations on where to go or how to go about it, let me know. Even stop by one of the Trinity fire shows, just to get to know people. Make sure you make every attempt to join in!

PS: I'm not that much older than you either.
Mind yourself.

Thanks Webmaster. I'd probley have to go to one of those clubs in the summer when I'm off school. I finally got some juggling rings :) so I'm having a lot of fun with them.

:D Hey you live in belfast and applied to join belfast community circus school...hmmm...I go there at the moment if you want I can see if You on the list, how far you are and if you could be moved up a bit

E-mail me your name at tapdancingferret@hotmail.com

Wow, A tapdancing ferret, Where do you ever find such tiny shoes?
Seriously, welcome to our little corner of the world wide web. Park your kiester in the alley and join us for a chat sometime!

ah hello. Thanks, mate.

oh.....and Welcome :lol:

I've just come back from the International Juggling Festival (New Zealand) and wow what a nice bunch of people. Everyone was so helpful and I learnt heaps - had a go at unicycle, balloons, diablo, clubs, devil sticks and of course juggling balls - or at least trying to! Saw some great acts from professionals. And it was a really cheap.
It's an annual event here and I'd reccommend it to anyone that can toss a ball.
I'm sure they must run in many countries - there is a site www.jugglingdb.com that has clubs, festivals, events and stuff on (haven't checked it out yet just found out about it at the fest.)
I want to juggle some irridescent scarves to music, that would be cool.
Come to think of it there were a few Irish people at our festival.