CCC Newsletter December 1998
Events - Past
Children in Need
Well, this was probably the best fundraising
event we've ever done - loads of jugglers, stiltwalkers and
unicyclists turned up for two hours on a cold Saturday morning to
brighten up Cambridge city centre. For those of you who don't
know, we raised over £1400 for Children in Need, our
biggest ever total and around twice what we raised last year.
Thanks to all who participated; we can all be extremely proud of
our achievement.
St.Ives Christmas Lights
Well done to those who went along to St.Ives to
participate in the parade and turning on of the Christmas lights;
the organisers have telephoned to say that they have received
lots of good feedback from the public and even the Mayor of
St.Ives. You'll also be glad to know that the event raised £150
for the Community Circus which will go towards the Community
Show.
Events - Future
On
9th January 1999 CCC presents Steve
Rawlings and friends in Live & Unstable - Steve
has chosen Cambridge to premiere his new show which features
jugglers, aerialists, wrestlers, magicians and even an opera
singer! Some of you may remember Steve from a Cambridge
Convention a few years ago - he's a brilliant juggler with a
crazy stage personality and always worth seeing. Please tell your
family and friends - this is a show that even non-jugglers will
enjoy immensely. Tickets are £7.50 / £9.50 and are available
from the Mumford Theatre on 01223 352932. You should all
receive some flyers shortly - please pass them round at home, at
school or at work. CCC is getting a share of the door and it
should also be a marvellous publicity opportunity for us - so
please help us to fill the theatre. We're also going to organise
an afternoon of open juggling that day for any jugglers who come
to the show - we'll let you know the details or you can call
Simon on 01223 894637 for details.
Workshops
IMPORTANT - Sunday Juggling Workshops, 5-8
p.m.
We will be at Romsey Mill (on Hemingford
Road) for the 13th & 20th and there
will be no workshop on the 27th December
or 3rd of January.Back in the Drama
Centre on th 10th January.
Masterclass Workshops
We are now planning some 'Masterclass'
workshops in particular skills, taught by experienced circus
tutors from the Community Circus and further afield. These will
be half-day or longer sessions concentrating on a single skill
such as club-passing or trapeze.
The first Masterclass workshop in
acrobalance is planned for January 24th 1999,
taught by Lee (who teaches Chloe & Simon at Circus Space in
London). You will need some acrobalance experience for this
workshop (i.e. attending 2 or 3 Friday acrobalance sessions with
Chloe & Simon) and you should have a partner to work with. If
you're interested please contact Charlie, Chloe or Simon as soon
as possible. The workshop will probably be in the afternoon at
Romsey Mill and cost £5 per person. You will have to be a
member of the Community Circus to join the workshop. Future
workshops will include acrobalance and trapeze taught
by Simon & Julia from Heir of Insanity and club-passing taught
by various members of the Community Circus. We'll let you know
when we have confirmed dates for these.
Other news
Community Show 1999
There is no news on the application we have
made to the National Lottery for funding for the Community
Show next year; however in the meantime we have been searching
for ways to reduce the cost of the show and the good news
is….
The Community Show is ON!
We'll be running to a very tight budget
(this is assuming the Lottery application fails) so costumes,
props and music will be recycled from the previous year. If you'd
like to be involved then please contact Charlie or any member of
the Committee (that's Simon, Mark, Dizzy, Helen, Claire, Sanjay,
Rob or Eddie) for more details. For those of you who don't know,
the show is devised and rehearsed on weekends during January to
March culminating in a weekend of performances at the Drama
Centre in mid-March - this year's dates are the weekend of the 20th
- 21st March. It's a great opportunity to learn new
skills and practise established ones, and to be involved in a
large scale show. Last year we even had our local MP come to see
the show!
Anyone with any other ideas for sources of
funding please see Charlie or anyone on the Management Committee.
Perhaps the company you work for (or one of your parents work
for) would like to sponsor the Community Circus? Even a little
would help.
New Community Circus Website
There is now a brand-new Community Circus
website with workshop details, colour pictures from some of our
past events, links to tons of circus pages and some past
Newsletters. Please take a look if you get the chance - we'd love
to know what you think of the site. The address is: www.chaos.org.uk/ccc
Christmas Drinks
Please come down to the Six Bells on Sunday
20th December for a Christmas drink
- even if you haven't made it to the workshop for a while we'd
love to see you. We'll be walking from Romsey Mill so probably
about 8.10 p.m. would be best.
Juggling Conventions
1999 Jan. 23 - Chocfeast 4, York, - York's 4th Juggling Chocfe(a)st -£6 on the
door. 10:30 ish till 10:30 ish, Langwith College at York
University
1999 Feb. 6 - Sheffield
Convention, Westfield Campus
Mossborough Sheffield, UK, £5 in advance, £7.50 on the 
door,
11am - 10pm, contact email andy@ljmonks.demon.co.uk
1999 Feb. 27 - Liverpool
Juggling Convention, The YMCA on Mount
Pleasant in Liverpool city centre
£5 only, (Dave) - email: barnesd@mailcity.com
or mobile: 07887 758656
1999 Mar. 20 - Taunton
Juggling Convention, Ladymead School,
Taunton, UK , Adult £5.00 in advance, £7.00 on door 6-16yrs
£3.00 in advance, £4.50 on door, 10am-10pm, Cheques payable to
Taunton Juggling Convention, send SAE to:- 211 Smokey Bottom,
Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5BN , Tel: 01823-480995
1999 Apr. 8-11 - 12th British Juggling Convention, send cheques for £36.50 (adult) / £20 (child) to
BCJ 12, 7 Front Street, Coxhoe,Co. Durham. DH6
4DB, Tel. 01642 897191. More expensive after 1st
March.