Scottish Juggling Convention

The Scottish Juggling Convention was fabulous! There were pirates galore, poi spinners, club passers, ball jugglers, club jugglers, diablos, devil sticks, unicycles, rasta shrines, a ceidleh, drummers, Jello-breakfast, haggis juggling, staffs, ball spinners, football jugglers, flying pigs, a science center, toys, and flair bartending. Whew, I think I just about covered it.

I went to Glasgow a few hours before the festival began and met Birgit to go to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. I thought the French artists were the most interesting, and I also saw the Salvador Dali painting of Christ.

The festival began on Friday evening and it was in a small building with several floors. There wasn’t too much space to juggle in, but there was a kitchen and a sleeping area so we didn’t have to worry about accomodations. On Saturday, the festival was held at a Science Museum for kids. All the exhibits were interactive and fun to play with. My partner in crime at this festival was a girl I had met at Durham and Leeds. We mostly liked to wander about and find pointless things to do. On Saturday we went up to the kids museum and played with all the exhibits.

I had to leave the convention late Saturday night in order to catch a bus in Edinburgh for a 7 day Highland tour. Unfortunately I missed the Jelly Breakfast and Haggis Juggling, but I had a great time regardless. Check out the photos on Flickr.