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 August 18, 2010
in this issue...
1) 2010 Educator's Conference, 9/17-19, Brattleboro, VT
2) "Setting The Stage" Campaign nears $25,000!
3) Member News
4) New Website -- Your Contributions
Needed!
5) Other News
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Educators Conference 2010, September 17th-19thand Trapeze Teacher Training, September 15 -
17thNew England Center for Circus Arts, Brattleboro, VT
Conference Registration
AYCO
Members: $250
Non-Members:
$300.00
Weekend Meal Pass: $75.00
Trapeze Teacher Training
(includes weekend conference)
AYCO Members: $350.00
Non-Members:
$430.00
Carrie
Heller's, Aerial Circus Training and Safety Manual: $50.00, required
(Teacher
training participants responsible for their own meals Wednesday through Friday
breakfast)
Renew Your Membership or Join Today! Conference and Training Information: Come One! Come All! Join
fellow youth circus coaches, administrators, and affiliates for an amazing
weekend of networking, skill building, and challenging discussions.
If you are involved with
youth circus and care about the overall future of the field of youth circus,
this is the year to attend. Along with incredible offerings to build your
skills and connect with others, we will be rallying the greater youth circus
community to build AYCO's strength for the next decade. We want you to be
involved!
What
will be happening?
- Keynote Speech by Rob
Mermin (http://www.robmermin.com), founder and former director of
Circus Smirkus (http://www.circussmirkus.org)
- Workshops on technical
coaching skills, youth development practices in youth circus coaching,
administrative practices, and more. Presenters include Chuck Johnson
(http://www.sancaseattle.org), Serenity Smith (http://www.necenterforcircusarts.org/), Paul Miller (Circus
Mojo!, Ludlow, KY (http://www.circusmojo.com), Karen Quest (Cowgirl Tricks,
Pickle Family Circus, SF Circus Center (http://www.cowgirltricks.com), Jonathan Deull (Zip-Zap, USA
(http://www.zipzapcircususa.org), and Ted Lawrence,
Brattleboro, VT (http://www.slapstickscience.com/vanlodostov.html)
- Youth Circus in Theory
and Practice Intensive, A Three Workshop Series.
- Plenary Session on the
Future of the American Youth Circus Organization
- AYCO Region Festival
Workshop: Goals, Hosting, and Participation
- Performances and
Presentation from our host, New England Center of Circus Arts!
- Connecting with new
and familiar friends and colleagues from around the country!
- Much
More!
2010 AYCO Educators
Conference Homepage! http://www.americanyouthcircus.org/edcon2010.html
Pre-Conference, Professional Trapeze Teacher Training Led by Serenity Smith, NECCA co-founder
Wednesday, September 15 -- Friday, September 17
SPACE STILL AVAILABLE!
A two and a
half day, 17 hour, Professional Trapeze Teacher Training with NECCA Co-Founder
Serenity Smith. The workshop covers proper warm up and flexibility training,
injury prevention, and spotting and skill progression for beginning through
intermediate level trapeze skills.
More Information
(http://www.americanyouthcircus.org)
About Serenity Smith
(http://www.necenterforcircusarts.org/)
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"Setting The Stage" Campaign Pledges nears $25,000!
We are within $1,000 of achieving our $25,000 target by August 31. Some of our donors have had less successful summers than they expected and have had to reduce their pledge, so we need one last push to get the checks we need by the end of the month.
If you have pledged, but not yet sent your check in, we need all our funds by August 31, so please send your money! If you didn't already find a way to contribute to this campaign, please do. We're asking our supporting circuses to raise $5 per student towards the campaign.
Raising these funds will allow us to create a new website and hire professional staff to manage our operations. With this structure in place we can move ahead with our plan to help youth circuses achieve a tenfold increase the number of youth they serve.
To date, all these circuses have stepped up to contribute to this campaign.
- The kids at CircEsteem in Chicago, IL are setting aside earnings from gigs for AYCO
- Circus Harmony, St Louis, MO will pass the hat at shows in August (after they finish with their own campaign to get to Israel this summer!
- Circus Minimus, New York, NY will dedicate end-of-camp shows to AYCO
- Youth from The Circus Project in Portland, OR have committed their time to help with the campaign
- Hope St Circus, Los Angeles, CA is making thank you cards for AYCO to use
- My Nose Turns Red in Covington, KY is pledging $5 from each of its advanced troupe members
- Circus Arts Institute, Atlanta, GA is sending a portion of student fees
- Stone Soup Circus, Princeton, NJ is asking students from their free classes to make a contribution and dedicating their end-of-camp show to AYCO.
- CircusMecca, Mendocino, CA is donating the earnings from their gigs, and all the class proceeds for youth classes in May and June to AYCO
- Sailor Circus, Sarasota, FL is joining in through a letter campaign to reach their students
- Amazing Grace Circus, Nyack, NY has promised to find a way to help out
- Xelias Aerial Arts Studio, Minneapolis, MN passed that hat and raised money at student showcases
- Philadelphia Circus School held an AYCO fund raiser
- Circus Mojo, KY has promised to find a way to contribute
- Bindlestiff's Cavalcade of Youth, NY passed a hat at their Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth shows at Bard College Music Festival in August
What can your circus do? However you can help, let us know your plans. E-mail zoe@americanyouthcircus.org
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Member News
Important note for members. Between August 22nd and September 8th we will be transitioning to a new membership system. During this time we will be accepting membership renewals but you will not be able to log in to alter any membership details. If you need to make any changes to your membership profile during this time, please e-mail rick@americanyouthcircus.org directly.
We will e-mail all members in September letting them know their login details for the new membership system. Once the new system is running, you will be able to manage your membership directly from our new website.
If you have not already renewed your membership, you can do so today. Go to www.americanyouthcircus.org
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New Website -- Your Contributions Needed!
Our new website will be launched next month. With this new site, members can manage their own profiles, search for one another, register for events, join discussions and track down information. During late August, we'll be testing the site for smooth running, and we’ll go live in September.
AYCO's website will be the hub of its service to members. To be effective, we need to populate the site with information that our members will value. This needs to come from you, our members and supporters. Please send us documents, videos, pictures or links that you think AYCO members could benefit from. If it's not your own work, please let us know the source. We’ll make sure they are shared on the site with the author’s permission. Here's our wish list:
Articles reviewing equipment alternatives and providing impartial guidance on choices:
- Portable aerial rigs
- Tightwires
- Juggling and other manipulative equipment
- Safety mats
- Aerial rigging equipment
- Other suggestions
Articles about equipment you can make yourself
- Tightwires
- Juggling and other manipulative equipment
- Stilts
- Other suggestions
Teaching resources that others can use:
- Booklists
- Warm-up games
- Skill progression lists for any circus area
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OTHER NEWS
Hot Tamales at the Circus Project
The Circus Project in Portland, Oregon has been singled out for support by the Tamal Team,
makers of delicious homemade tamales in Portland. The Tamal Team decided to make the Circus Project its designated charity for the next two months.
- Jen Cohen Artistic/Executive Director, The Circus Project
From Nelda and Gerardo, Tamal Team :
"WOW!" was my first impression when I saw the Circus Project students perform at their 2009 Benefit Show, "Animare.", says Nelda of the Tamal Team. My partner, Gerardo had volunteered as a musician for the show, and I, as always, played the role of the active observer. That night I saw four graceful, strong, and talented artists perform. It was only later I discovered that they were a group of at-risk youth who had gone through an incredible transformation over the past year, thanks to the Circus Project's Intensive Training Program for Homeless and At-risk Youth. More….
CircusYoga Launches New Style of Teacher Mentoring
Under Erin Maile O'Keefe's inspired leadership, CircusYoga recently launched 3 different Ring Three clans on a one-year mentoring journey. Each clan contains eight CircusYoga teachers who work, play and learn together. The clan is structured along the traditional medicine wheel model with each clan member holding a role and responsibility for the health of the whole.
Learn about the CircusYoga Teacher's Journey
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