Nintendo Show

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Hello All,

The Twin City Unicycle Club of Minnesota is in its final preparations for a show
this weekend (Dec 10) for Nintendo. Listed below is the information in case you
happen to be in the area.

Nintendo sponsors the Twin City Unicycle Club at the Mall of America to debut
the new game Uniracers.

When: Saturday, Dec 10 Where: Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota At the
Bloomingdales Courtyard by the Rainforest Cafe Show Times: 9:30, 11:00, 1:00,
3:00, 5:00 (the 11:00 time is when the media will be there)

The show will last for about 40 minutes ending with Constance Cotter riding a 16
foot unicycle. Currently, Constance has the women’s world record for riding the
tallest unicycle. There will be 19 performers, 15 will be kids since that is the
age group we are aiming at. The show will consist of many short bits as that is
the supposed attention span of a person shopping at a mall.

If you have any other questions you can email me or give me a call.

-Andy

Andy Cotter cotter.cae.wisc.edu
H:(612)785-4082 W:(612)737-2771

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Re: Re: Nintendo Show

Ken Fuchs wrote:
|> I stopped by to see the 11:00 AM show at the Mall of America. It was very
|> impressive, particularly Constance’s ride on the 16 foot unicycle! The rest
|> of the show ran very smoothly, with up 6-8 of the

Connie, congratulations on a wonderful job. I wish I could have been there. If
only the world had a lot more enthusiastic promoters like yoursef…

Stay on top and keep up the good work!

Jack Halpern

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JAPAN Voice: +81-048-481-3103 Fax: +81-048-479-1323

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The Show was great!! We went to the 1:00 show. Everyone looked really good.
Unfortunatly, we are so new to the club that I hardly know anyone’s name .
:frowning:

Lots of ages were represented and everyone rode with good form and style.

There were lots of people, but we mannaged to get about three feet away from the
floor area. The kids squeezed to the front. The show took place outside of the
Rain Forest Cafe in a courtyard with balconies on the second and thirs floors.

I was suprised by the team work. At the regular open practices hardly anyone
seemed to spend time practicing group skills. I do know that the T.C.U.C
really worked hard putting in lots of extra practice nites for the show.

Everyone was dressed in a Nintendo shirt, black bike shorts, and had white
wheels on their unis.

I really do not have the vocabulary or expierence to describe the show, so I
guess someone else will have to supply a detailed run down.

I really liked the mock contest which showed off many intricate moves in
ballance and speed used to mount the unicycles.

I also especially enjoyed a part where three people were ballanced while
standing with both feet on the left side of their unicycles. When they
crossed their arms and still remained ballanced, I was amazed! The only thing
I can imagine, is that they must be able to shift their internal organs. VERY
well done!!

Constance Cotter rode the 16’ unicycle. The roped off area was expanded to give
her room. The unicycle was pushed upright by four people. The top of the
unicycle leaned against the first floor balcony while the bottom was braced by
the people holding it. Constance climbed to the top and got ready. Just as she
was about to start, the Rain Forest Cafe let loose with a peal of surround sound
thunder which put me even more on edge. I hoped the thunder would not bother
her. She started accross the coutryard. I told my wife NOT to take a flash
picture. Constance made it! The people anchored the base while she climbed down.

Oh, I guess the rest of the family liked the show too, Jan

jstefan@aol.com

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Sir
Winston Spencer Churchill 1874-1965

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Re: Nintendo Show

Andy Cotter wrote:

>The Twin City Unicycle Club of Minnesota is in its final preparations for a
>show this weekend (Dec 10) for Nintendo. Listed below is the information in
>case you happen to be in the area.

>Nintendo sponsors the Twin City Unicycle Club at the Mall of America to debut
>the new game Uniracers.

>When: Saturday, Dec 10 Where: Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota At the
>Bloomingdales Courtyard by the Rainforest Cafe Show Times: 9:30, 11:00, 1:00,
>3:00, 5:00 (the 11:00 time is when the media will be there)

>The show will last for about 40 minutes ending with Constance Cotter riding a
>16 foot unicycle. Currently, Constance has the women’s world record for riding
>the tallest unicycle. There will be 19 performers, 15 will be kids since that
>is the age group we are aiming at. The show will consist of many short bits as
>that is the supposed attention span of a person shopping at a mall.

I stopped by to see the 11:00 AM show at the Mall of America. It was very
impressive, particularly Constance’s ride on the 16 foot unicycle! The rest of
the show ran very smoothly, with up 6-8 of the riders at a time, performing
short group figures, some of which were first seen at UNICON VII. There were a
few good pairs and singles figures as well. They all performed superbly in rapid
fire succession mesmerizing hundreds of mall shoppers who were able to get close
enough to the 30 minute show to see it. (I was barely able to find a good
location on the balcony to see it.)

The Twin Cities Unicycle Club should be proud of their stellar performance.

If you either saw it in person or on TV please tell us about it.

Stay on Top,

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.com

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Jan,

Thanks for the wonderful description of the TCUC doing the Nintendo Show. It
puts my brief description to shame.

Sincerely,

Ken.