Opportunity to compete for cash and/or prizes, performance gear, and/or professional performance contracts to begin touring nationally in winter 2008!
Event Categories Include:
Friday
4:30pm Mission Statement of NFPL
5:00 Orientation and Safety Meeting/Class , Tool/Fuel Inspection,and heat category registration- all who intend to spin fire MUST attend this meeting and have registration cards signed.
6:00 Judges Selection and Meeting
6:30 2008 NFPL Championship Heat 1 Begins - category times will be dependent on the number of competitors in each category
-M/F- Jugglers , Sphere Play, Costume Dance, Original Tools
7:30 Heat 1-M/F -Twin Single Meteor Poi (regular Poi)
8:30 Heat 1--M/F -Twin Single Meteor Poi (regular Poi)
9:30 Heat 1-M/F- Double Meteor Poi, Triple Meteor Poi, Twin Double Meteor Poi,Fire Breathers
10:30 Heat 1-M/F-Swords, Hoops, Staffs,Whips, Ropes, Rope Darts, Lassos, Magic/Levitation
11:30 Heat 1-Multi-Person Routines- M/M ,M/F, F/F, 3+
12:30 End of First Heat
Sat
3:30pm Mission Statement of NFPL
4:30pm Orientation and Safety Meeting/Class ,Tool/Fuel inspection and heat category registration- all who intend to spin fire MUST attend this meeting and have registration cards signed
5:30pm Judges Selection and Meeting
6:30 2008 NFPL Championship Heat 2 Begins - category times will be dependent on the number of competitors in each category
M/F- Jugglers , Sphere Play, Costume Dance, Original Tools
7:30 Heat 2-M/F -Twin Single Meteor Poi (regular Poi)
8:30 Heat 2-M/F -Twin Single Meteor Poi (regular Poi)
9:30 Heat 2-M/F- Double Meteor Poi, Triple Meteor Poi, Twin Double Meteor Poi, Fire Breathers
10:30 Heat 2-M/F-Swords, Hoops, Staffs,Whips, Ropes, Rope Darts, Lassos, Magic/Levitation
11:30 Heat -2Multi-Person Routines- M/M ,M/F, F/F, 3+
12:30 Heat 2-( left empty for over time)
1:30 End of Second Heat
Sun
3:30pm -Totals Announcement
4:00pm -Mission Statement of NFPL
4:30pm Orientation and Safety Meeting/Class , Tool Inspection,and heat category registration- all who intend to spin fire MUST attend this meeting and have registration cards signed.
5:30pm Judges Selection and Meeting
6:30 2008 NFPL Championship Heat 3 Begins - category times will be dependent on the number of competitors in each category
M/F- Jugglers , Sphere Play, Costume Dance, Original Tools
7:30 Heat 3-M/F -Twin Single Meteor Poi (regular Poi)
8:30 Heat 3-M/F- Twin Single Meteor Poi, Double Meteor Poi, Triple Meteor Poi, Twin Double Meteor Poi,Fire Breathers
9:30 Heat 3-M/F-Fire Breathers,Swords, Hoops, Staffs,Whips, Ropes, Rope Darts, Lassos, Magic/Levitation
10:30 Heat 3-Multi-Person Routines- M/M ,M/F, F/F, 3+
11:30 End of Heat 3
12:30 Stay the night($10) or go home!
After the Event- Depending on the the number of competitors, there will be a period needed to assess all scores and report to the members of the names and scores of the winners. All winners will be contacted directly from the registration information provided at the gate and registration.
- Single meteor poi = A single chain with a single fire meteor
- A meteor refers to a single ball of fire.
- "Single meteor poi" are what most refer to as regular poi and commonly used as a twin set.
- What most refer to as "regular poi" are actually "twin single meteor poi"
- Double meteors are a single chain or rope with a meteor at each end. Twin Double meteors would be two of these used in tandem.