Nunchucks. And I plan to make a few extra 'practice' sets.
The ones I have are three varieties: UV taped (like hoops), Clear soft plastic with LED's, and of course, fire.
I always let people play with mine ,and often gift them away (or just lose them! haha!) and it's always a joy to see someone who can translate something like firestick (closest relative) to stick-with-chain-in-middle.

Saw a guy this summer who did THREE part nunchacku, totally blew me away. Made those once when I was a kid, but didn't have a clue how to really use them, so i gave it up.

Would love to help out!

Exact times are subject to change when I go through and double check for any scheduling conflicts, but here is what I have so far:

Friday

noon-1PM beginner poi
subjects covered: plane control, 2 and 3 beat weaves

1-2PM Intermediate/advanced poi
subjects covered: 5-beat weaves, flowers/antispin, fountains

2-4 PM open workshop: martial arts and fire performance
subjects covered: rope dart, meteor, staff, chucks, and swordplay

4-5 PM fire safety
subjects covered: fire safety equipment, basic fire safety protocol

10 PM--?? spin jam!


Saturday

noon-1PM beginner/intermediate poi
subjects covered: split time, weave variations, butterflies and related variations

1-2PM advanced poi
subjects covered: isolations, spiral wraps, hyperloops

5PM-7PM (or immediately following the fire conclave meeting) open workshop
subjects covered: group choreography/collaboration, fire safety for group performance. Members of the conclave are encouraged to come work out any last kinks in their performance before the big burn!


Sunday

noon-2PM beginner/intermediate poi
subjects covered: week in review

2-4PM advanced poi
subjects covered: whirling, crossers, footwork, dancing with poi, freedom of expression

4-6PM open workshop
subjects covered: hoop, fans, baton twirling, contact/juggling and other props/techniques that are specific to dancing and performance.

6-7PM fire safety
subjects covered: week in review

10-? spin jam!

As I mentioned before, the workshops will be hosted in the open area between the theme camps and pavilion. Location of the spin jams will be announced at the fire safety workshops. I don't expect everyone to learn all of the subjects covered in all of the workshops; it would probably be more constructive to focus on one subject per workshop to focus on. Also, since most of the workshops are run in consecutive time slots, participants are welcome to continue working on subjects from previous workshops, or to revisit subjects addressed earlier in the week. The only exception I would make to this is the fire safety workshops.

If there is anything you see here that you would be interested in helping teach, or if you would like to learn something not listed in the workshops, let me know!

Looking forward to everyone's feedback...

After receiving some very useful feedback from a few key individuals, I have decided to go a slightly different route with my spinning workshops...instead of having a regimented schedule, I am going to make all of the workshops open to all areas of interest and skill levels. Radical inclusion, baby! I will be teaching poi, rope dart, and my limited meteor skills to anyone who is interested, and I have a few others who have pledged their support to teach staff, chucks, fans and hoop. The workshops will last roughly 2 hours with the concluding portion dedicated to fire safety instruction. Look for the schedule in the WWW...I will have moved some things around to avoid scheduling conflicts.

So, come one, come all...spin your face off and set some shit on fire!

'ello!

I'd love to help with this! Do you still need volunteers? I spin several types of fire fans and would love to share what i know with others. If you need folks please let me know how to get involved :-).

burn bright,
..roxie..

will deff attend your rope dart workshop!!

Edutainment! I'm in!

Hey everyone, I just posted the schedule for the workshops and spin jams on the WWW, so check it out!

Brad--there won't be a workshop strictly devoted to rope dart, but come by for the first workshop on Friday, or really any workshop after that, and I would be happy to work something out. Either we could work on rope dart right then and there, or we could schedule a serperate workshop if you like. I know I could certainly brush up on my rope dart skills...

Lars--I heard you are a juggler, is this true? While they are titled "spinning" workshops, really I welcome any type of object manipulation, and I for one would love to learn some juggling moves.