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Whatever Awards Winners Announced…

flowjuggler — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:46:40 +0000

Drum roll please.

And the winners are…

Isabelle – Juggling

Demitri – Spinning Plate

Congratulations to our 2 winners. They will each receive a prize package of skill toys valued at over $50!

Whatever Awards 1: Learn, Create, Share.

flowjuggler — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:26:57 +0000

Flow Circus is kicking off a new video contest during Teen Tech Week 2010. Create a 1 minute music video, review a book, or produce a skill toy commercial. Check out these examples and read on for more information.

4 Easy Steps

1. Learn: To use one or more skill toys

2. Create: Music Video, Commercial, or Book Review

Music Video – Choreograph a routine to music.
Book Review -Communicate the theme of a book.
Commercial – Advertise the benefits of playing with one or more skill toys

3. Share: Upload video to FlowCircus.tv

4. Win: Skill toy grand prizes and trophies

Download Whatever Awards 1 Contest Description

Win One of Two Grand Prizes!

Jitter Ring
Spinning Plate
Juggling Balls
Compete Juggler Book

and the coveted…

Whatever Awards Trophy

Complete Rules

Video Category: Must be a music video, commercial for a skill toy, or review of book

Prop: Must make use of at least 1 skill toy or other manipulative prop (ie: pen, ball, box, stick, whatever)

Duration: Must be 60 seconds or less

Eligibility: Open to any 10-16 year old who has participated in a Flow Circus camp, workshop, after school, or summer program.

Music: All music used must be licensed under Creative Commons or original composition. Use one of these songs.

Deadline: uploaded by midnight, April 30, 2010

Who Can Upload: Skill Toy Club Coordinators or Club Members (sign up for your account at flowcircus.tv)

Categories & Tagging: Select Contest Category and enter one of the following as the tag:

Ages 10-12 – “Whatever 1 – Junior”
Ages 13-16 – “Whatever 1 – Senior ”

Prizes: 2 Grand Prize Awarded on May 5, 2010 for age 10-12, 13-16

Judging Criteria:

Creativity and originality (50 points)
Demonstrated of skill with props (30 points)
Views (20 points)

Judging Process:

Top 10 finalists decided by Flow Circus Staff
Winner selected by panel of celebrity judges and announced by May 15th

Download Whatever Awards 1 Contest Description

$50 prize awarded our summer video contest winner!

flowjuggler — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:41:41 +0000

Entries are in, videos are reviewed, and a winner for the July Express Yourself contest has been selected. Based on the criteria of originality, skill level, and choreography (connection between routine and music)…….. the winner is Sabrinah! It should be noted that she chose to learn and perform the one prop that wasn’t taught in one of our skill toy workshops. Congratulations Sabrinah for being a Flow Circus video contest winner. Your $50 certificate to the Flow Circus Skill Toy Store in on its way!

Thanks to the Rowan County Public Library teens for their submissions! To be informed of upcoming video contests keep an eye on our blog or sign up for our contest mailing list at www.FlowCircus.TV.

Video Contest Extended to August 14th

flowjuggler — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:09:26 +0000

The Express Yourself video contest submission deadline has been extended to August 14th.

Contest details can be found here.

July Contest – Express Yourself!

Dawn — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Flow Circus wants you to express yourself – make a music video with juggling or one of the other skill toys: diabolo, flower sticks, kendama, yo-yo, footbag, spinning plates, or jitter ring. Videos will be uploaded to FlowCircus.tv by library staff and the winning video will earn a $50 credit to the Flow Circus Store.

Here’s how it works:

Listen to the 3 songs available at FlowCircus.tv/music and select one for your video.
Select at least 1 prop to use in the video and plan a routine with a beginning, middle, & end that fits the song.
Practice your routine and then schedule a time to film with the library staff. They will upload the video to FlowCircus.tv
Go to the website to watch your video and videos made by other kids. Share your video with friends and family.

The videos will be judged on:

Originality
Skill level with the prop used
Choreography – connection between the routine & music

Timeline for this contest:

July 13-31: Video creation & uploading
July 31: Deadline for uploading
August 1-3: Video judging
August 3: Winning video & next contest announced on this blog

Additional contest submission rules can be found here.

Good luck & have fun expressing yourself!!

Bringing Juggling & Skill Toys to Libraries

flowjuggler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:47:01 +0000

Flow Circus kicked off Skill Toy Programs at 3 locations in Rowan County & the North Regional Branch of Durham County Libraries this month. We were excited to introduce tweens & teens to a variety of Skill Toys such as the Japanese kendama, diabolo, spinning plates, and flower sticks. We also taught a juggling workshop to teens in Elkin, NC. All of these props are so simple, yet provide hours & hours of entertainment (without needing to be plugged in!)

To see pictures from the workshops, visit our photo gallery.

Club Members Share & Mentor at Festival Park

flowjuggler — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:15:15 +0000

Members of both the Wake Forest Boys & Girls club and Franklin Academy Skill Toy Clubs came out on Saturday to meet other clubs, share skills, enterain, and mentor families in the community. It was a beautiful day and a short video was posted on YouTube documenting the event!

Video Contest 1 – Skill Based Play Is Good

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:35:21 +0000

Put together a skill toy routine answering the following question:

Why is skill based play good?

Prize: $50 gift certificate to the Flow Circus Skill Toy Store.