Location: Siloam Fellowship, 61616 County Road 35, Goshen, IN 46528
Date: July 16, 8:00 AM start time
Admission: $10 (includes show admission)
Show time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Show admission: $5
Come and meet other Christian jugglers from across the nation in Goshen, Indiana. Filled with workshops, games, and fellowship, this year's Conventions will be great!
In the evening, there will be a show put on by Sword Swallowers Association International President Dan Meyer, Fellowship of Christian Magicians President Del Wilson, and our very own President, LaMar Yoder. In addition, they will be joined by local band Escaping Yesterday.
Schedule
---- 8:00 ---- Doors open - open juggling
9:00 - 9:15 - - Devotional
9:15 - 10:00 - - Open juggling
10:30 - 11:15 - - Workshop by Dan Meyer: "BEHIND THE SCENES - Marketing, promotion, and the business of entertaining"
11:15 - 12:00 - Workshop by Dan Meyer: "ON THE STAGE - Structuring your show and message with impact"
12:00 - 1:00 - - Lunch hour
1:00 - 2:00 - - Trick Share
2:00 - 2:30 - - Workshop by LaMar Yoder: "Technical side of juggling"
2:30 - 3:30 - - Open juggling and juggling games
3:30 - 4:00 - - Workshop by Del Wilson: "Think Out of the Box....And Beyond!"
4:00 - 5:00 - - More open juggling and games
5:00 - 6:30 - - Dinner hour
---- 6:30 ---- Doors open for admission to the show
7:00 - 9:00 - - Evening show
Dan Meyer is a unique performance artist who specializes in the extremely dangerous and very narrow field of “cutting edge innertainment”- Sword Swallowing.
After working several years in the music industry in Nashville Tennessee, Stockholm Sweden, and London England, Dan shifted his focus from the field of musical entertainment to variety entertainment as circus clown, juggler, stilt-walker, fire-eater, and eventually, the most dangerous of all performance arts - Sword Swallower!
Del Wilson has been entertaining with sleight of hand and optical illusions since he was eight years old. As a young teen, he entertained various church groups and civic organizations around Northeastern Oklahoma. In the summer of 1963 Del received Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior and began traveling extensively throughout the United States as an evangelist, conference speaker, and Christian entertainer. He has entertained and ministered to thousands of people of all ages with his unique blend of humor, creative object lessons, gospel illusions, and ventriloquism.
LaMar Yoder is 29 years old and lives in Goshen, IN. He started juggling in 4th grade and performed in his high school talent show twice. It wasn't until his first year of college at age 25 that he discovered what is possible in juggling.
Towards the end of summer 2009, LaMar started performing and developing his show. He has performed for various camps, colleges, churches, nursing homes, weddings, and parades. He is the President of the Christian Jugglers Association, and keeps his show clean and fun for all ages. You don't want to miss it!
Escaping Yesterday began as "The Truth" as something to do for brothers and musicians on the road since birth, Jordan and Sawyer, and close friend Luke Jones. In 2009, Jason Ropp joined the group bringing classic rock, punk, and experimental influences. The addition of his rhythm guitar and keys now help fill out Jordan's blazing guitar skills, musical genius, and vocal clarity. Sawyer’s tight fills and rhythms coupled with Luke's bass playing muscle, form a solid foundation for all of the tunes.