Carol McLean wrote…
>Hi, all.
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>The workshops are continuing to shape up. Thanks for offering to help!
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>Here’s what I have so far. Please let me know what corrections I should
>make to this list before it becomes more official.
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>I’ve divided the events into 3 categories: Active Workshops (participants
>bring unis/in a gym), Roundtable Discussions (no unis/in a classroom); and
>Fests (for a larger group/in a gym or outdoors).
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>List of Probable Active Workshops So Far
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>1. Sumo – John Foss and Steve Dressler
>2. Maintenance, Air Seats, Profile Hub Maintenance – John Childs, Nathan
>Hoover, and Shane Brereton (?) (I don’t have email addresses for Nathan or
>Shane.)
>3. How to Teach Unicycling – Jack Halpren (Roundtable?)
This is best done actively. I hope there is someone else who can join me as an
assistant and disucss different methods, Basically, the method I will discuss
is as in my booklet Anyone Can Ride A Unicycle but there are various new
techniques I have made since publication which are not there…
>4. Quidditch – Sarah Miller (Rules and an actual game or two!)
Are we supposed to bring our flying broomsticks or perhaps gyrocpters!?
>5. Ultimate Wheel – Jack Halpren and (?)
I would rather not take the lead here. I think Yuuichiro Kato from
Japan will be most happy to do it.
>List of Roundtable Discussions So Far
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>1. How to Organize a Unicycle Club – Chris Taylor
>2. How to Judge Freestyle – John Foss
>3. How to Judge Open-X – John Foss
>4. The Future of the Sport and Conventions – John Foss
>5. Competition Rules (General) – John Foss
>6. 700C Racing – John Foss
>7. The Joys of Volunteering – John Foss
>8. Building a Freestyle Routine – John Foss
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>(John Foss would welcome others helping out on any of the ones he has
>offered to facilitate. Please speak up if you or someone you know can
>help.)
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>Plus two Fests: Skills Fest and Game Fest
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>Skills sessions with David Stone and maybe some other Unatics or other
>volunteers. We’ll incorporate lots of skills in these sessions, such as
>one-foot, hop on wheel, wheel walk, gliding, and so on.
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>Game Fest including Unicycle Poker, British Bulldog (Sharks and Minnows),
>and other games with Chris Vevers, Rod and Tom Lambert, and the Australian
>riders and other volunteers.
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>I’d like to add active workshops on the Uni.5, RSU Participants Get
>Together, Pairs Riding, Ultimate Wheel, Trials, Parade/Large Group
>Techniques, Juggling, and Skill Level Testing.
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>Scheduling is still up in the air. We’ll have to be very flexible, fitting
>things in as we can. It’s hard to know exactly when the gym will be free or
>when people will be available to hold their sessions. But we’ll manage!
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>Thanks again for your help. Unicon is just 18 days away!
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>Carol
>Minnesota
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Regards, Jack Halpern
President, The CJK Dictionary Institute, Inc.
http://www.cjk.org Phone: +81-48-473-3508
I had fantasies of flying around on a uni. Which brings back