more information on EJC
Hey everybody, finally I wrote down some more information on EJC 2008 in Karlsruhe Germany (August, 2nd-10th)
The European Juggling Convention is an annual meeting of jugglers and it’s the biggest of its kind. Even though it’s a European Convention there are participants from all around the world. In 2008 it will take place for the 31st time and it will return to Karlsruhe, Gemany where it has already been held once back in 2000. The organizers expect up to 3000 participants.
Although the first two days of EJC overlapp with the last two days of Unicon in Denmark especially for non-european unicyclists with the relative “near distance“ of about 950km it might be worth considering the journey. Karlsruhe ist situated in the southwest of Germany. By train the journey takes about 13 hours, by car you should be slightly faster and if you are lucky you can get a cheap flight. Near airports are Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main or Frankfurt Hahn.
There’s going to be at least one really big gym (4000m2) 24 hours a day, several circus tents and a nice huge park around. People meet at EJC to celebrate one week full of exchanging the newest tricks, for example in lots of workshops, meeting old and new friends, watching shows in the evening and party.
There will be various unicycling activities going on such as workshops (freestyle, trials, street, hockey…), a skatepark for street, a sightseeing tour on unicycle as well as a city trials tour. Also the downhill in the Bikepark Bad Wildbad, Gemanys biggest bikepark will make for a great muni ride. It’s situated in the Black Forest and is easily reachable by car or train in about 1-1,5 hours.
EJC is organized by jugglers for jugglers on a voluntary basis therefore if you want to organize something it is greatly appreciated. Give a workshop, apply for performing at one of the open stages or even the gala show (see call for performers on EJC homepage for more details)or just help out with badge control etc…
Some unicycle workshops are already planned but I’m still looking for people who want to give a workshop (any level of skill, any style of riding appreciated). To ensure a wide range of interesting workshops it would be cool if you told me in advance what kind of workshop you want to do 
but if you don’t know yet you can still go for it spontanously at the convention!
For more general information on EJC 2008 see the website www.ejc2008.de
Attention: Preregistration closes on June 6th (prices: preregistered 95€, at the convention 120€)
If you have any unicycle related questions or suggestions contact me: hannah at albapasser dot de
Hope to meet you there!
Hannah Kreisz
