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Christchurch 2003-The Main Event
The 10th annual Christchurch World Buskers Festival
“promises to be the largest yet “
Jodi Wright the Festival Producer says,
The line up which is strong can be broken in to sections
The main core who can be seen performing each evening at The Dux De Lux hosted by
Hot Nuts and Popcorn(Canada)
as well as the streets by day
Amar (Netherlands)
Skate Naked (UK)
Sublimit (Japan)
Coexistence (Netherlands)
The Blackstreet Boyz (USA)
Planet Banana (Brazil/USA)
Judith Lanigan ( Australia)
The Individuals (Netherlands)
John Hicks (UK)
Loop Art (Germany)
The Yo Yo Guy (USA)
Rumpelstiltskin (Australia)
Fraser Hooper(UK)
Shirlee Sunflower & Miss G-nee (Australia)
Andy Zap (Australia)
The Late Night Crew at The Loaded Hog
Nick Nickolas (UK/NZ)
Peter Mielniczek (UK)
Pieter Post (Netherlands)
The Rhona Movement (Australia)
The Statues
Jeanne d’Arc (USA)
Matthew Flinders (Germany/Australia)
The Gargoyle (NZ)
The Musicians
Roving Opera (NZ/Ukraine)
Dan the One Man Band (Canada)
Open Pitch
Mainly locals who have trained at CircoArts The only Circus School in NZ
Basketball Jones
David Ladderman
Lucy Griffiths
Dan Tastic
Suprya Rastogi
Jason DeLaat
The gig this year was much the same this year with street shows in the malls during the week days and in the Arts centre during the weekends and the big Dux de Lux gig 7-10pm every evening.
Jodi had thrown in some extras this year...Buskers at Brighton at the weekends and the 10.30- Midnight Show at The Loaded Hog.
As I was part of the late shift crowd at the Hog I didn’t manage to take in any of the day shows but the couple of days I wandered down the Malls it seemed much the same, massive crowds whooping and laughing at the spectacles in front of them.
The Dux de Lux was hosted again by the sublime lateral spoutings of Hot Nuts and Popcorn.
A lot of acrobats/dancers this year,
Skate Naked- A couple of blokes from Bristol donned in G-strings, using whips, fire, pratt Falls and that sort of edgy humour that only the English seem to be able to produce had the audiance in Stitches,Performing high hand stands with fireworks inserted in their anuses as a finale.
Sitting next to Seymour from the Black Street Boyz watching them one evening and witnessing him wiping the tears from his eyes crying “These Boys are Funny’, where do they get the energy?” I'm laughing and thinking how can you say that mate....
The BlackStreet Boyz Alfred & Seymour a couple of cats from LA, fast talking, sharp costumes and shit hot dancing made them one of the favourites, young girls would scream and wet themselves.
Co-Existance a Russian Circus trained Trio from the Netherlands a brilliant 2 man dagio routine with the statuesh men dressed in only underwear, middle aged woman were swooning.
Andy Zap stripped to a Lavender lycra cat suit got three people up for the 70’s disco story, Afro Wigs, Glitter balls and silver medallions had some of the men trying to catch his eye.
Sublimit were Japanese and very bendy,
Amar from the Netherlands featuring John (ex Bomba Bro) and his beautiful red headed partner produced a middle Eastern Cartoonish feel to the slow physically demanding two people balances.
On the Clown front we had Fraser Hooper aka Strawberry perfect comedic timing and silent stupidity was once again delivered by this Englishman finally catching a plastic Duck in a hoop from the ladder of ^&%&*$ .
Loop a mime from Germany white face and picking mime apples from mime trees and eating them in his mouth not mime,
was a complete paradox to Rumple who hit the stage with a keilodoscpic explosion, springs on his feet and pixie stories, snakes and cheap chinese millet were thrown around on a unicycle, giant underwear was restrictive when he finally started to bash brains, armadillo’s, eyeballs, pixie lips, barbie dolls and sheep into the crowd with his guitar.
Performers howled backstage then all ran on to pick up the remains of the exploding clown.
Planet Banana a hot comedy double act had a great dance routine which included a sticky bit of bog roll and a doctor, closing with a high uniclyle after some hot juggling,
Talking of juggling Mikhail from the Dutchmen has teamed up with Maika (Venus) to form The Individuals an act which got better every time I saw it they were working on new routines daily and it is always a pleasure to watch Mikhail doing things with 5 clubs we can only dream of.
i saw The Yo-Yo guy a couple of times, wicked Yo-Yo tricks combined with that boy next door niceness that only the North Americans seem to be able to produce, great act and great ending when his girlfriend comes on as a rik
Shirlee and Miss G-Nee started the Festival as a double act, something happened ...Rani (Miss G-Nee) left town and Shirlee was back on her own,a case of don’t bring a never performed new act to a World Festival I think.
Judith Lanigan Hula Hoops and The Dying Swan I didn’t catch and only caught a brief glimpse of Jon Hicks the artist painting away to a large crowd in the Sq.
Everytime I passed a statue they just looked at me as big crowds stared at them.
Dan the One Man Band I caught and the Opera People, good to have some music interspersed with all the circus people methinks.
Though I do think they would have been great to play at the Dux intermission
The Circoarts grew always had big crowds whenever I walked past them great to see that the only circus school in NZ is churning out new talent
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“promises to be the largest yet “
Jodi Wright the Festival Producer says,
The line up which is strong can be broken in to sections
The main core who can be seen performing each evening at The Dux De Lux hosted by
Hot Nuts and Popcorn(Canada)
as well as the streets by day
Amar (Netherlands)
Skate Naked (UK)
Sublimit (Japan)
Coexistence (Netherlands)
The Blackstreet Boyz (USA)
Planet Banana (Brazil/USA)
Judith Lanigan ( Australia)
The Individuals (Netherlands)
John Hicks (UK)
Loop Art (Germany)
The Yo Yo Guy (USA)
Rumpelstiltskin (Australia)
Fraser Hooper(UK)
Shirlee Sunflower & Miss G-nee (Australia)
Andy Zap (Australia)
The Late Night Crew at The Loaded Hog
Nick Nickolas (UK/NZ)
Peter Mielniczek (UK)
Pieter Post (Netherlands)
The Rhona Movement (Australia)
The Statues
Jeanne d’Arc (USA)
Matthew Flinders (Germany/Australia)
The Gargoyle (NZ)
The Musicians
Roving Opera (NZ/Ukraine)
Dan the One Man Band (Canada)
Open Pitch
Mainly locals who have trained at CircoArts The only Circus School in NZ
Basketball Jones
David Ladderman
Lucy Griffiths
Dan Tastic
Suprya Rastogi
Jason DeLaat
The gig this year was much the same this year with street shows in the malls during the week days and in the Arts centre during the weekends and the big Dux de Lux gig 7-10pm every evening.
Jodi had thrown in some extras this year...Buskers at Brighton at the weekends and the 10.30- Midnight Show at The Loaded Hog.
As I was part of the late shift crowd at the Hog I didn’t manage to take in any of the day shows but the couple of days I wandered down the Malls it seemed much the same, massive crowds whooping and laughing at the spectacles in front of them.
The Dux de Lux was hosted again by the sublime lateral spoutings of Hot Nuts and Popcorn.
A lot of acrobats/dancers this year,
Skate Naked- A couple of blokes from Bristol donned in G-strings, using whips, fire, pratt Falls and that sort of edgy humour that only the English seem to be able to produce had the audiance in Stitches,Performing high hand stands with fireworks inserted in their anuses as a finale.
Sitting next to Seymour from the Black Street Boyz watching them one evening and witnessing him wiping the tears from his eyes crying “These Boys are Funny’, where do they get the energy?” I'm laughing and thinking how can you say that mate....
The BlackStreet Boyz Alfred & Seymour a couple of cats from LA, fast talking, sharp costumes and shit hot dancing made them one of the favourites, young girls would scream and wet themselves.
Co-Existance a Russian Circus trained Trio from the Netherlands a brilliant 2 man dagio routine with the statuesh men dressed in only underwear, middle aged woman were swooning.
Andy Zap stripped to a Lavender lycra cat suit got three people up for the 70’s disco story, Afro Wigs, Glitter balls and silver medallions had some of the men trying to catch his eye.
Sublimit were Japanese and very bendy,
Amar from the Netherlands featuring John (ex Bomba Bro) and his beautiful red headed partner produced a middle Eastern Cartoonish feel to the slow physically demanding two people balances.
On the Clown front we had Fraser Hooper aka Strawberry perfect comedic timing and silent stupidity was once again delivered by this Englishman finally catching a plastic Duck in a hoop from the ladder of ^&%&*$ .
Loop a mime from Germany white face and picking mime apples from mime trees and eating them in his mouth not mime,
was a complete paradox to Rumple who hit the stage with a keilodoscpic explosion, springs on his feet and pixie stories, snakes and cheap chinese millet were thrown around on a unicycle, giant underwear was restrictive when he finally started to bash brains, armadillo’s, eyeballs, pixie lips, barbie dolls and sheep into the crowd with his guitar.
Performers howled backstage then all ran on to pick up the remains of the exploding clown.
Planet Banana a hot comedy double act had a great dance routine which included a sticky bit of bog roll and a doctor, closing with a high uniclyle after some hot juggling,
Talking of juggling Mikhail from the Dutchmen has teamed up with Maika (Venus) to form The Individuals an act which got better every time I saw it they were working on new routines daily and it is always a pleasure to watch Mikhail doing things with 5 clubs we can only dream of.
i saw The Yo-Yo guy a couple of times, wicked Yo-Yo tricks combined with that boy next door niceness that only the North Americans seem to be able to produce, great act and great ending when his girlfriend comes on as a rik
Shirlee and Miss G-Nee started the Festival as a double act, something happened ...Rani (Miss G-Nee) left town and Shirlee was back on her own,a case of don’t bring a never performed new act to a World Festival I think.
Judith Lanigan Hula Hoops and The Dying Swan I didn’t catch and only caught a brief glimpse of Jon Hicks the artist painting away to a large crowd in the Sq.
Everytime I passed a statue they just looked at me as big crowds stared at them.
Dan the One Man Band I caught and the Opera People, good to have some music interspersed with all the circus people methinks.
Though I do think they would have been great to play at the Dux intermission
The Circoarts grew always had big crowds whenever I walked past them great to see that the only circus school in NZ is churning out new talent
[ 01-28-2003: Message edited by: nick nickolas ]</p>
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