play poi - friends

thevenue.org

nick — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:28:56 -0800

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thevenue.org is one of Nick Woolsey's other sites. It offers tools, tutorials, and ideas related to helping people make art and ideas more contagious. Visit the site and plug in if you want to engage in the evolution of culture and consciousness.

flowtoys.com

nick — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:37:35 -0800

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flowtoys.com: Sean and Prisna at flowtoys are wonderful people and good friends friends of mine. They are kinetic toy enthusiasts and their flowlights are currently my favorite LED toys available. Also, if you click through playpoi and buy something, I get a percentage! To top it off they are selling and wholesaling our DVDs :)

The flowlights were designed from scratch by Sean and Prisna and co. This took a lot of vision, time, money, and love. I'm quite inspired that people from my own circle of friends are doing this kind of production, and I am hoping that I can help rally the community behind them (which will be easy as long as they keep making the best toys.)

yogayak.com

nick — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:32:26 -0800

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yogayak.com: The best way to learn yoga on the internet. Jen and Mitchel, the founders of Yogayak, filmed some of their yoga lessons in the Vancouver Poi Studio. They were a huge help with the filming of "The Scales of Poi" and a couple of our inspirational videos.

luxotica.com

nick — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:36:01 -0800

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Luxotica.com: We've got a good thing going with Luxotica. Buy gear from their store, tell them we sent you, and they'll give us big hugs, plus they'll help with our website hosting.

Lost In Transition

nick — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:16:44 -0800

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My little brother ben is one of the smartest people I know. He's currently doing his masters in criminology at Simon Fraser University, but I bet he's digested more books than most PHD students. Lost In Transition is where he posts information and analysis of topics related to law, the internet, community development, and other things worth thinking about.

Reconnection Magazine

nick — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:15:17 -0700

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Reconnection Magazine is run by a lovely group of young West Coasters with a community vision. They did a whole spread about poi for their summer edition. Good to see taking charge of media in their own communities!

Play Festival

nick — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:02:25 -0700

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The Play Festival is a popular English event. There is a focus on toys, such as poi, hula-hoops, staffs, hats, juggling, pegs, umbrellas, and just about anything and everything else that is fun. If you can, go.

Sista Firewire

nick — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:31:54 -0700

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Sista Firewire is one of the most unique and brilliant performers I've met in my travels. I saw her and Till perform together a number of times over the summer. They both have natural stage presense and they just ooze theatre. They are good. See them. Hire them. Love them.

idioSYNC

nick — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:01:27 -0700

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idioSYNC is a Bristol based performance group run by Steve and Emily, featuring clowning, object manipulation, circus arts, stilts and more. Steve is well known as "2bags" within the poi world, and has been seen on the COL videos, spinning two poi in each hand, one on each foot, and rolling down a street on a skateboard, all at the same time. He gets angry if you call him "tea-bags." His socks are somewhere in Canada.

nightanddaydance.com

nick — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:03:20 -0700

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nightanddaydance.com: Want to learn to dance with a partner? My friends Diane and David are amazing dancers and wonderful teachers. If you are in Vancouver, check out their classes! David also teaches poi and is very capable and encouraging.