From JUGGLING@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU Tue Sep 10 03:31:07 1991 Received: from INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU by cogsci1.cogsci.indiana.edu (4.0/9.2jsm) id AA09860; Tue, 10 Sep 91 03:31:04 EST Received: from INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU by INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with BSMTP id 7953; Tue, 10 Sep 91 03:30:17 EST Received: by INDYCMS (Mailer R2.07) id 3645; Tue, 10 Sep 91 03:30:14 EST Reply-To: "Juggling - For all jugglers." Sender: "Juggling - For all jugglers." X-To: juggling@indycms.iupui.edu From: terry jones Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1991 03:29:10 EST To: *Terry Jones *** Bloomington Jugglefest, September 28 and 29. *** Details of the festival have just come to hand following the recent break up of an extraordinary meeting of the Bloomington Secret Society of Jugglers held in a local safe house this evening. Dates and times: Saturday September 28th 9am - dark Bryan Park, Bloomington (See map) Sunday September 29th 9am - 5pm National Guard Armory (See other map) The festival will be a two day event, the first of which will be held in our last year's location, beautiful Bryan Park. There will be lots of people - last year we probably had a couple of hundred people come by (of whom at least ten were jugglers). The public is welcome to stop in and we have introductory workshops in all manner of object manipulations (note: this does not include masturbation). Because it's a park, we'll be outside. Makes sense doesn't it? As I write, a rain location has not yet been determined, but we're working on it frantically. Rest assured that if you turn up here and it's raining Saturday, there will still be squeaky clean silicone balls bouncing on the basketball court there. Steve Ragatz says that if it rains there will be a "pissing good party that night" - though I'm not quite sure what he meant by that. There is plenty of space for unicycling and bouncing. Tom Miller has decided to register the bus and bus on down to play with us and show off his extensive array of strange cycles. There will be a public show at 6pm, just like last year. Ragatz is in charge of organizing that one and his quality standards are so high that in a brief ad-hoc rehearsal this evening he was heard to say "Good evening, thanks for coming, and that's all we have for you tonight." T-shirts will be made and they're snazzy too. Pinks and blacks and whites all over the place. Larges and X-larges, 110% cotton. Sunday will be more aimed at the jugglo-philes amongst us - those that like a nice windless, indoor location with a smooth hard floor, high ceiling, far from the maddening crowd and so on. The armory has a large gym that we thought would be nice - we do our best to be just like Purdue, oh yes. Of course serious juggler folk are strongly encouraged to come down on Saturday - after all the festival is for you. There will be a party on the Saturday night and that's bound to be a thrill a minute - yeah right. Location to be announced, but maybe at my house. There'll be a raffle of various props - Todd Smith clubs, Dube diabolo, stage balls, rings, t-shirts, Chasely things etc. and more. Competitions will be held. Not your usual boring 5 ball endurance or what-not, no no no, secret competitions. Our sneakiest juggle-fiends have been dreaming up odd events for the last months and we're not telling you what - so you can't practice up (we can though - nyah nyah) and walk in like you've never done it before, yeah right. Yep, sneaky events requiring raw talent and skills, events that will cut straight to the heart of your manipulative abilities - so if you think you're some sort of hot shot whizz bang fancy-pants artiste, come on down and let us humble you, you automaton. I mean what's the use of being able to hold a 7 ball cascade if you really don't have the beans to walk in off the street and do our little tasks? Yeah, you physicists too and all you silly site swappers, come one and all and see how you make out without your practice crutch. Ho ho. Will you bite? ...COMBAT... Six months ago, who'd have thought it possible, but today it's a reality. Combat will be played, and get this: Bloomington vs Purdue combat challenge #00001 I hereby throw down the gauntlet to the Purdue Soft Clubs and Soft Flabby Stomachs combat players and invite them to try their luck against the cream of the Bloomington combat players. We are constructing a trophy which will become the property of the winning club and which will be competed for next year - yeah you'll have another chance to win it from us then. The format of the event is not yet quite planned - suggestions include tag-team combat, free-for-all, three-legged combat and various other oddnesses. The combat challenge will take place at 3pm on Saturday - advertising has already gone out. (p.s. Phil, bring some extra sutures, you may need em). Soft clubs only please. We have a mystery bona-fide Bloomington resident who has consented to play on our side - we will buy him clubs and he shall play in a mask with a cape and a question mark on his stomach. He's big and very aggressive, not to mention that he's also as strong as an ox - so watch out Purdue. RIGHT. I seem to have had enough of this mail. I can't be bothered to post the maps yet, but I'll get to it. RIGHT. So print this out and give it to your friends so that they can come too. Oh, accomodation. We have several hotels and stuff like that in town. If you're the camping type or the sleep on a living room floor amidst the wolf-spiders type, you can probably arrange to stay at someone's house (mine now that I have one) for free on Saturday night. Yep. If people want, I can post a list of cheapo (or otherwise) hotels in the area if you insist on being comfortable. Enough of this, more details soon soon soon as we break em. Btw we will NOT be accepting applications for membership in the Secret Society, though we will be happy to watch people attempt flaming torches in gasoline tanks if it makes them feel better to know that they MIGHT have gained acceptance here - had they but lived here. Pardon the aggressive tone if you will. I just feel that way. So that's what you get. Old, cranky & scarred. Did anyone see Phil San Miguel's sweet little article about how innocent soft clubs are for combat, how they wouldn't harm a fly AND SO ON? Ironic that that should appear, immortalized by the ever willing Ben Decker, right after sweet Phil hospitalizes me (and then goes back home to enjoy the barbeque!). My right eye twinges spastically and my knuckles, they whiten. terry jones (terry@cogsci.indiana.edu) Here is one last informational posting about the Bloomington jugglefest this weekend, then I'll leave you all alone. Saturday is in Bryan Park 9 to 5. Combat vs Purdue at 3pm, public show at 5pm, workshops by demand. All welcome, the public will be there too somewhat. The weather looks fine for now. If it rains, we'll go to Harmony School gym - not such a good place but at least indoors. Sunday is at the National Guard Armory, a great location. 9 to 5 for some serious juggling. Prop sellers are likely to include Tom Miller, Michael Ferguson and John Brownback. All the above locations can be found on the map below. There will be a raffle on Saturday, prizes include a nice set of Todd Smith long-handled European clubs so don't miss out. If you wondering whether or not to come, or what the weather is like, or whether we are going to be at Bryan Park or Harmony School, you can ring (812)339-5472 on Saturday morning and listen to the message on the answering machine there. It will tell you details of what's what. The festival is FREE, raffle tickets may cost some small amount. There will be competitions of an unknown nature at noon I guess. Competition prizes will be raffle tickets. There will be a keg of beer at the party on Saturday night which is being held at my house (also on the map). Anyone who wants to make a donation towards the beer will be allowed to do so. Snazzy t-shirts will be available for $10. They are really nice, get yours early as we only have 30 or so. Combat players must use soft clubs! That's all I can think of for now. If you have questions, give me a call: Terry Jones (812) 855-6964. Leave a message if I'm not there (ask them to send me mail). You can ring that number any time night or day. thomasl See you on Saturday... Terry. MAP ========================================================================== The easiest way to get here from anywhere North is to drive to Indianapolis, take the 465 to the bottom of the loop and exit on 37 South. This goes right past Bloomington. Get off on College Avenue (the first Bloomington exit) and you'll be on on the map below. Coming from the East or West (assuming you are South of Indianapolis), the 46 will bring you into town. It crosses College so follow it until then and then head South. From the South, use the 37 and get off on 2nd St. Follow it to College. Legend: ^ = one way North \ = one way South X = a good place to juggle = = discontinuity North West East South HWY 37 North To Indianapolis | To Terry's | house... | | Matlock | College Av /------ |----------- 46 & 45 Hwy bypass | | | \ ---------------------------|-------|------ \ | \ | | \ | \ Dunn | | Fee \ | \ 17th | | ---|---------------|---------------------------------------|-------|------- Hwy | | | 46 | | | B | \ ^ a | | | l | C | | W l = o = = a a l l n = l = = n D t | e | | u u i | g | | t n n | e | | n e | \ ^ | | | Hunter | | | | | -------------|-----------| | | | | Harmony | | | | | School | | 2nd St | | | SAT (RAIN)| |---------------|-------|--------------------------------|-----------|-- | | | | | | | | | \ ^ Dodds | | | | |-------|---------------|----|-----------| | | | | | | | Dixie | | | | |---------------|----| Bryan | SATURDAY 9-DARK | | | | Park | (if sunny) | | Allen | |X | | |---------------|----| | | | | |-----------| | | Davis | | | |---------------|----| | | | | | | D | | H | | u | | e | | n n | | n d | | e | | r | | s | = o | 2 miles n | = | | | | | | | | | | | --------| National Guard Armory | | | 3380 South Walnut | |X | SUNDAY LOCATION 9-5 | --------| | | To get to my house, follow Matlock Road. (See top right of map). I live 1.6 miles out there somplace. If you seem to be heading into an uninhabited wilderness, then you're probably on the right track. My address is 3745 North Hinkle Road. Matlock becomes Hinkle - you don't need to turn at all, just follow along. You will cross a small lake. Just before the end of the lake there is a car park on the right - park there and continue walking along Hinkle. My place is about 3 minutes walk further on (up a hill). It's the second mailbox on the left after you cross the lake. If it is dark (and it gets VERY dark), there will be glow things hanging in the trees along the way to guide you there. Don't get discouraged, just keep on walking into the blackness. We don't have much parking space at my house - despite appearances (there's a septic field that you can't park on). The party will start soon after the public show.