A wandering will will go!
High Noon in Highworth
Delighted to have been asked to put together a formidable team of trainers for the worlds largest range of workshops for the Western Arts Village at this amazing event , come along for the day or for the whole nine days of workshops and circus shows . Please see www.ejc2019.org for more details.
Have a look at the range of skills you can learn!
Captain Percival Knott partook of a Dragons Quest at a stately park this forenoon, tea was drunk, trenches were dug and Dragons were found! Can you dance like a Dragon? Can you sound the Dragons Horn! much fun and mischief was had all around.
With Dragon Shows and Walkabouts from The Explorer, storytelling of “The Dragons Breathe “ from international story teller Francis Maxey and fantastic family Dragon Balloon Workshops conducted by champion balloon modeler Russell Wells and Andy Horobin!
Easter shenanigans with Charlie Bubbles conquering up the magic of Easter with music from the hits , a hand in helping make everyone a bonnet and of course a fun interactive bubble workshop and giant bubble display for everyone.
Oh No! Knott the Explorer had the great pleasure of appearing with Dinomania for a Day with Dinosaurs here in South Wales, the town centre was packed with families, we led a dinosaur hunt in the Indoor Market, did and Explorer Show on how to tell the difference between a Dinosaur and a Dragon! and then went hunting out on the streets looking for those pesky Dinosaurs with Dinosaur quizzes and prizes galore.
“The Explorer was enormous fun and the families loved the interaction, the quizzes and the great prizes, Thank you so much .
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Delighted to be able to work with the talented crew and Community Directors and Producers of No Fit State Circus to produce a customised Circus Steam Punk Knife Throwing Act with the talented Mr Francis Maxey for a recent show at the HQ of Circus in Wales. Circus in Barry
“ my workshop with Pete was more than I could ever ask for! I learnt so many different tricks with lasso and the whip in just 2 hours! Definitely recommend to learn from him! The hospitality from him and his wife was so amazing! She made the most amazing dinner and food to bring with me for my journey back to London “”
Angie jumped on the Megabus from London to Cardiff and we wafted her off to the wilds of Barrybados where we trained her not only in how to spin and throw and lasso but to crack a whip too! We can’t wait to see what this talented Dancer , Actress and Fire and Burlesque Performer does with her new found skills.
It appears that the epicentre of lasso training is in South Wales! :-)
The fact that it’s only a couple of hours from London attracted two talented performers, Kate and Sophie who wanted to add lasso spinning to their skill set, so they joined us for an enjoyable afternoon of fun and games!
“Hi Pete,
Just wanted to thank you so very much for your generosity, giggles and training today. What a wonderful time and we are thrilled we can now spin a rope. I will be practicing to get it much better and hope to learn more.
The time just flew by and you and the guys couldn’t have been nicer company. You are such a natural and fun teacher. We so hope we can see you all again.
My job involves a lot of smiling but I don’t always feel like it’s a true smile as we all do I guess. Today I laughed so much as well as learnt such a coveted skill (all be it knowing full well that I am very much at the beginning). Laughs are like gold dust so thank you for something I can’t always truly feel.
We love that we have some lovely new pals.”
When one of the UKs’ top training organisations has a Train the Trainer day we were delighted to provide a much needed Energiser Circus Skills workshop in the lovely surrounds of St Pierre Golf Club and Country Hotel
“That was exactly what the delegates needed! professional, fun, polished, challenging, engaging, entusiastic aand did I mention the fun they had? ”
For the fifth year running we were delighted to provide 4 hours of circus workshops for groups of Guides and Brownies who all achieved their Circus Skills Badges .
With our own especially written approved programme for the Scouts and Guides they had a range of activities to choose from :
object balancing and club swinging
diabolo
devilstick
juggling with three or more items (scarves, rings, balls, clubs)
lasso
plate spinning
stilt walking
tumbling
unicycling
yo-yo
balloon modelling
cigar boxes etc
and all were able to demonstrate three skills and took a part in a show at the end.
The Headmaster of Bogwarts roamed the quadrangles of Llanelli in celebration of his schools’ arch rivals star pupil Harry Potter.
Arriving in a veteran Ford Anglia, Harry was soon joined by a whole host of likely looking characters and made merry with mythical spells and mystery moves.
An incredibly popular day of fun, with hundreds and hundreds of people young and old turning up to be involved in photo shoots and parades.
An innovative, enthusiastic circus company Citrus Arts have founded a youth circus group in Pontypridd called Citrus Pips and we were delighted to be asked to be part of an extraordinary community circus day in partnership with The Bike Shop to put on a day enjoyed by hundreds.
Our Western Skills workshops was just a small part of a full range of activities Citrus Pips provided with all the junior members either facilitating or teaching a whole range of skills culminating in a illuminated bike ride , fire sculpture and circus show,
Delighted to provide a sell out Western Skills course at Upside Down Circus in Cardiff.
Our lead instructor is an international whip cracking champion , award winning circus performer and European Whip Cracking Association, Master Trainer. He has taught over a thousand circus performers, actors, celebrities, jugglers and western skills fans all over the world, knife throwing, whip cracking, gun spinning and lasso .
Later on this year, look out for a Performance Whip Cracking Master Class back at Upside Down Circus and workshops from Peter and friends at The British Juggling Convention in April and the European Juggling Convention in August where he is co-ordinating and teaching at Europes’ biggest EJC Western Skills Village.
Come on Down!! www.BJC2019.co.uk, wwwEJC2019.org for more details.
Delighted to be asked to host, compere and be the auctioneer for the prestigious annual Big Top charity ball for Wales’ Ty Hafan Childrens’ Hospice at the Exchange Hotel in Cardiff, 300+ guests enjoyed fantastic surroundings, glorious food and drink, two kinds of auctions that raised thousands of pounds, finished off with a cabaret show from the Ringmaster and a superb band. A hat tip to Russell Wells from Pick N Mix Circus for a fiery welcome and his famous stilted balloon modelling.
Our Knife and Axe throwing and Western Skills Workshops are proving so popular we thought we’d best learn how axes are made. Thanks to Phoenix Forge in Carmarthen we now know. A whole glorious day of beating, bending, heating, rolling, quenching, firing, tempering, grinding, filing, curling and drinking tea was spent in a fantastically appointed forge that lets you do and experience every step of the process under the cheerful supevison of a master blacksmith. Such fun! we are going back to do knives ..
When you are celebrating the 5th Birthday of the one of the most successful Shopping Malls in the UK , who are you going to call? The Ringmeister of course . Whip in hand he meeted and greeted all the guests, entertained during the meal and provided a circus cabaret of prestidigitation, levitation, fouettitation and tittilation to an eclectic and ecstatic group of guests.
Home of the Glastonbuy Tor , the Festival and of course Michael Eavis, co-founder of the Glastonbury Festival and when he needed medieval entertainment fit for a Queen, we were only too delighted to oblige with a stunning Hula act, a glorious hurdy gurdy playing troubadour and Merlyn the ever so scary providing the centre of the hall show as part of Michaels’s, St Michaelmass Charity Ball held in the fantastic setting of the newly restored Pilton Tythe Barn.
September saw us transported back in time to our all time favourite juggling convention of the past, the renowned Brizzle, transported in time to a field in Oxfordshire close to where the original Minis used to be built. A chance to try out the new car-a-van, provide some western skills and lock picking workshops and meet up with friends old and new. A jolly fine time was had by all and a place and event highly reccomended.
The Friday saw us enthralled with a performance workshop from the likes of Steve Rawlings, Ben Cornish and Haggis McCloud with contributions from Steve Mills , a Hat Therapy Workshop from Haggis led nicely into a strong performance from the cast of thousands for The Greatest Show on Turf
Course they are all jolly nice and have gone through battles galore and trials inumerable but at the end of the day they are all actors and they don’t really compare with the real live warriors that we had the privilege to entertain at a sumptious Dining In in a Mess that for the evening had been turned into a veritable citadel.
Of course we aren’t able to say who we provided Axe Throwing Workshops, Crossbow ranges, or throwing knives and razor sharp spinning cards, well of course we could but then we’d have to line you up against a wall.
