Photos by Claire Friend
Improvised Street Circus On a Thursday night, in Poole During the Summer, as darkness sets in, a few of the street performers get together and improvise. It isn't rehearsed, but the atmosphere is electric, attracting big crowds.
Artist have included: are Jamie the Jester,
Peter the (World Record Holding) Ballspinner,
Simon (Sibomb) the Superjester, Pixie Jester, Jamie Maidment, Shun 'Monkey'
Moors, Jules,
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One of the finest pieces performed during our show
is this World Record Breaking Trick performed by Peter the Ball Spinner. 3 balls stacked upon each other, a spinning tower of impossibility. Peter carefully places them upon each other with a healthy sea breeze to contend with. It can take several attempts. As ring master I have to keep the audience interested and build up the dramatic tension. Peter can do this trick and keep them spinning for as long as 5 mins (his world record). The audience go wild as soon as he places the third ball on top of the spinning stack. He then dashes about correcting the the balance and after about 15 seconds the audience realise that this is no fluke, no mad dash of luck. The cheer Peter gets is deafening. If they time it right, the first fireworks go off just as the stack collapses. .
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In the picture below, each of these performers are mentally focused, instinctively sharp,
spacially aware and totally synchronised with themselves (but sadly not each other.
Over the last few years, Peter, Jamie and Simon have developed a healthy rapore and enjoy each others company.
It is this factor which makes them so much fun to watch.
Of Course we use the latest
environmentally efficient transport.
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One of the best events I've done so far was to launch a fleet of double decker buses in Salisbury.
