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Post by O Great Circus Ringmaster on Nov 15, 2006 1:10:51 GMT -5
Welcome to the Board! Start with an introduction! This allows us to be able to connect your real self to your Internet identity (dun dun dunnnnn) and so we can know a little more about you!
... follow the format below, and/or add to it.
First Name Birthday School (if applicable - I know, seems silly, but some people in our circus don't actually go to Hampshire) Concentration/Major/Occupation Hometown Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills What you want to learn (circus wise) Additional Hobbies Favourite Cartoon Favourite Popsicle Flavor What Superpower do you want? What do you want to be when you "grow up" (yea yea yea, I know, non of us ever intend on actually growing up, but non-the-less...)
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Post by Blue Hair Sar on Nov 15, 2006 1:26:42 GMT -5
Sar(ah), the blue hair-ed, crazy eyebrow-ed one 18 May 1987 Hampshire College Consentration:Technical Theatre and Physics; Occupation: Stagehand/electrician/fairy/statue Hometown(s):Thornton, CO; then Swindon, England; the Providence, RI; now... sorta prrovidence, sorta boston... I'm sorta homeless when not at the shire Mad Skills, yo: Poi (FIRE!!!!), Hoop, Aerial Silks, Diabolo and minimal acro, staff, and cj Need Skills, yo: I will juggle one of these days. And do a hand stand... and get better at the other stuff I do... and get more bendy... I'm up for learning pretty much everything, really Additional Hobbies: Reading, Mooovies, Snuggling, Scuba, Rockclimbing, ... Fire... Favourite Cartoon: Jessica Rabbit... But I always used to be fond of Pepe Le Pew as a child. Favourite Popsicle Flavor: If you're talking about those crazy cheap sugared and food coloured ice, then the blue one... real popsicle?: either the bananay one or the strawberry cream real fruity one What Superpower do you want?: To be in two places at once... or fly... or teleport... What I want to be when you "grow up: Rigger or Light Designer for Cirque Du Soliel
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Post by photographermolly on Nov 15, 2006 1:34:24 GMT -5
Molly December 8th! Hampshire Graphic Design/film/photography/urban planning Seattle Stilting, Staff, acro More acro, poi Walking in the woods, storytelling, climbing trees, everything graphic design Foxtrot Blue raspberry Flying and the ability to summon and move things with my hand A ring-tailed lemur with a time machine
Yay Sar for sprucing up the message board!
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Post by tarapeze on Nov 15, 2006 8:52:05 GMT -5
Tara 3rd October 1987 Hampshire Performance & Video New York (Yonkers) A little of just about everything (stiltwalking, tumbling, acrobalance, poi, ball juggling, 3 clubs, contact juggling, unicycling, flying trapeze) -- but me likes acro & flying trapeze best I'd like to be able to do everything better, but particularly handbalancing um, circus? rose is rose orange adventurer
hoorah! now everyone start using it, okay?!
ps sar, where do we put ideas about new shows/activities/skills we want to start up? in the 'circus banter' category that everyone checks first?
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Victoria
Junkie
Co-overseer of everything.
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Post by Victoria on Nov 15, 2006 10:06:16 GMT -5
First Name: Victoria Birthday: April 8 School: the shire Concentration/Major/Occupation: Cognitive psychology and child development with a focus on how children learn through movement. Hometown: McNowhere, CT Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills: Dance, trapeze, acrobatics, hoops, juggling balls and clubs, a tiny bit of poi, willingness to experiment What you want to learn (circus wise): Handbalancing, silks, and improving on everything! Additional Hobbies: Dance, dance, dance, reading, writing, cuddles Favourite Cartoon: Any and all. It's all I watch. (Rugrats in the pre-Kimi days, and Angry Beavers always) Favourite Popsicle Flavor: The kind of popsicle that's actually ice cream and is chocolatey and has crunchy bits. What Superpower do you want? Teleportation What do you want to be when you "grow up": Always: working with kids, being creative. Depending on the day: a nomadic gypsy, performer, founder of a movement/dance troupe, baker, owner of a bookstore, playing on trapeze, doing volunteer work all over the world, magical.
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Post by Blue Hair Sar on Nov 15, 2006 11:48:00 GMT -5
ps sar, where do we put ideas about new shows/activities/skills we want to start up? in the 'circus banter' category that everyone checks first? There's a catagory specifically for the current show that we're working on (right now, the spring show), which is the best place to bounce ideas for that around. There's also the "tricks of the trade" which is good for more general ideas.
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Post by contactsarah on Nov 15, 2006 12:58:41 GMT -5
This means I can become a better procrastinator doesn't it? Ah well.
First Name: Sarah (not that that really helps much) Birthday: 01/27/86 School: Hampshire Concentration/Major/Occupation: Visual Storytelling through Animation and Illustration (and maybe mask making now?) Hometown: St. Louis MO Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills: Mostly Contact Juggling - body rolling and isolations, and a little acro and toss juggling, even less poi, staff, and devil sticks What you want to learn (circus wise): More juggling and more things that I can roll around on odd parts of my body. Or... Tight rope! And Rolling Globe! And German Wheel! Yeah. Additional Hobbies: Artsy fartsy things - drawing, painting, sewing, playing banjo, etc. Favourite Cartoon: That question is waaaay too difficult to decide Favourite Popsicle Flavor: Blue Raspberry What Superpower do you want: The ability to teleport What do you want to be when you "grow up": A real traditional 2D Disney animator (even though they don't really exist anymore...)!!
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tankboy
N00b!
Davey-Pants: Da Fairy's Bruddah
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Post by tankboy on Nov 15, 2006 14:23:00 GMT -5
First Name: Dave Birthday: 4/11/86 School: School of hard knocks...jk....uh, currently none Concentration/Major/Occupation: Unemployed, Busker, freelance circus performer . Hometown: BRC Current Circus Skills: Staff(Contact staff), poi, rope dart, toss juggling, clowning, sideshow, some cj, some acro, some flower stick....i think that pretty much covers it. What you want to learn: everything! more cj, more acro, more silks (have a very very minimal knowledge base), acro ring....everything! oh, and double staves....i wanna learn double staves! Additional Hobbies: Music, Visionary art, travelling Favourite Cartoon: Oh, so hard....favorite cartoon currently running... Avatar, the last air bender Favourite Popsicle Flavor: Flesh What Superpower do you want: Time Control What do you want to be when you "grow up": Professional Circus Performer
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Post by unsun on Nov 15, 2006 17:41:45 GMT -5
I suppose I am technically no longer with the circus since I graduated Hampshire...But I'm at work and bored so whatever. First Name: Tom Birthday: May 5th School: Was Hampshire, now I work at a company back home. Concentration/Major/Occupation: Was Microbiology, currently Lab assistant/Purchasing agent Hometown: Oakland, California Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills: I was the strong man. Nail bending/driving, generally picking up the heavy stuff. What you want to learn (circus wise): Aside from constantly trying to master new strength feats, I'd really like to learn some basic tumbling. Additional Hobbies: General nerdosity. Favourite Cartoon: I'm a sucker for ye old action cartoons. Or failing that Donald Duck is classic and timeless Favourite Popsicle Flavor: Used to always have these coconut flavored popsicles What Superpower do you want? I was the strongman....Guess. What do you want to be when you "grow up" : Ultimately I'd like to do research in some field of biology
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acrobaticmisfit
Virgin Sacrifice
Joe, Take Off Your Shirt!
"We Bring the Party"
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Post by acrobaticmisfit on Nov 18, 2006 12:31:50 GMT -5
First Name: Joe Birthday: Jan 19 School (if applicable - I know, seems silly, but some people in our circus don't actually go to Hampshire) oooh, I'm applicable! I graduated! (UMass) Concentration/Major/Occupation: English/Computer Science Hometown: Hadley (don't worry, nobody else has heard of it either) Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills: unicycle, acro, staff twirling, breakdance, 4 balls, 3 clubs, stilts... dabbling in everything, mastering nothing. I've even done unicycle ultimate and lasso. The craziness! What you want to learn (circus wise): I really want my handstands right now. and to clean up my back handsprings and back tucks, etc. More breakdance moves would be great too. Additional Hobbies: Parkour, but I have really really bad luck with the police. I also positively love to kick footbag (hacky sac) Favourite Cartoon: Naruto! Favourite Popsicle Flavor: cotton candy What Superpower do you want? idunno... shapeshifting? What do you want to be when you "grow up": a software developer by day and a fire performer by night.
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Post by Dani on Dec 22, 2006 16:44:29 GMT -5
First Name Dani Birthday may 10th (I was born on mother's day!) School (if applicable - I know, seems silly, but some people in our circus don't actually go to Hampshire) The Shire Concentration/Major/Occupation Uhhh . . . . education reform and african studies and art history, and stuff Hometown Okemos, Michigan !!!! Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills hmm. . . skills. . . right . . . well I can juggle, do basic contact and poi, a mean cartwheel, working on the handstand, I'm a clown too - but that's more personality than skill . . . What you want to learn (circus wise)Juggling like a tornado! I really would like to be able to harass crowds as a clown while walking on my hands - more stuff that lights on fire - yep! Additional Hobbies - Frisbee!!! - I really like to travel - painting and drawing and photography (if I ever have time again) Favourite Cartoon goodness - tough question - I would have to say that it's "the grinch" - the old version - Favourite Popsicle Flavor hmmm. After working as a camp counselor for several years and having to settle many disputes about who gets the last "red flavor" I have a distinct hatred of popcycles - I'll go with lime What Superpower do you want? The ability to talk my way out of anything and to go anywhere without having to pay! What do you want to be when you "grow up" (yea yea yea, I know, non of us ever intend on actually growing up, but non-the-less...) a cowboy or a spaceship
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Post by arturus on Dec 26, 2006 22:21:32 GMT -5
First Name: Stephen Birthday: 17 April 1986 School: Hampshire Concentration/Major/Occupation: Astrophysics Hometown: Gales Ferry, CT Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills: Acro/tumbling, being reasonably but not terribly bendy, basic juggling, unicycle, SWEATER MONSTER, stilts What you want to learn (circus wise): Bounce Juggling, contact, club juggling, bigger stilts, more acro, maybe staff Additional Hobbies: Computers, music, gaming Favourite Cartoon: Reboot was pretty awesomely horrible. Favourite Popsicle Flavor: Green. What Superpower do you want? Control of time. What can't you pull off if you've got that? What do you want to be when you "grow up": Doing academic science research of some form or another.
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jfunk
Small Piece of Lint
Hot Stuff
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Post by jfunk on Dec 26, 2006 22:55:04 GMT -5
First Name Juliana Birthday dec. 9th, 1985 School (if applicable - I know, seems silly, but some people in our circus don't actually go to Hampshire) Hampshire Concentration/Major/Occupation Music (FUNK) and Circus Hometown A couple of little things here and there... Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills Handbalancing and trapeze (and other aerials cause once you know one of em...) What you want to learn (circus wise) More handbalancing (One handed, presses, pagodas) and more trapeze Additional Hobbies Funk Funk Funk. and wandering Favourite Cartoon calvin and hobbes Favourite Popsicle Flavor grey What Superpower do you want? invisibility and being in more than one place at one time What do you want to be when you "grow up" (yea yea yea, I know, non of us ever intend on actually growing up, but non-the-less...) a gorilla (of funk) shameless self promotion: www.myspace.com/thefacultyband
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sarahonfire
Addict
Help Me! My Boob is on Fire!
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Post by sarahonfire on Jan 1, 2007 20:12:12 GMT -5
First Name: Sarah, but people call me Tiger to avoid confusion (and yes, I do answer to it! Rawwr) Birthday: June 19th, 1987 School: Hampshire Concentration/Major/Occupation: Physics and Premedicine. I work as an EMT at Hampshire. Hometown: Ill-a-delph, the City of Brotherly Thugs Current Circus (or circus-related) Skills: Fire staff. Doubles and Singles, some contact. Fire eating and breathing. I love fire. Fire fire fire. I can also stand reasonably still while people climb on me. What you want to learn (circus wise): I want to get much better at staff. Lots of contact, fluid motion and good control (see MCP, my staff idol). I'd like to do better breathing, too. I was getting decent at spirals/volcanoes or whatever you want to call them before I got overworked this past semester. So basically, better at what I already do. Additional Hobbies: I bake/cake decorate professionally, I knit/crochet professionally (well, I worked at Northampton Wools), but they're both just big hobbies of mine. Rockclimbing, playing bass, I'm also puzzle addict. No kidding, not one bit. Wanna stop me from doing whatever I'm doing right this second? Give me a puzzle. Favourite Cartoon: I don't watch so many cartoons nowadays... actually I never really liked cartoons. I was always a muppet person Favourite Popsicle Flavor: Fudgsicle. What Superpower do you want? Healing factor. What do you want to be when you "grow up"? A doctor. PS - In America, "favorite" is spelled without a u.
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Post by Blue Hair Sar on Jan 1, 2007 21:13:10 GMT -5
PS - In America, "favorite" is spelled without a u. Shuddup, you.
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