West Coast Juggling

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West Coast Juggling

Flow Arts Class Info

We at WCJ believe that Flow Arts are one of the most enjoyable & best ways to stay active. Flow Arts are a great introduction to fitness, juggling, dance, and geometry. We invite you to join the fun and flow with us! Classes will be held at The River School, located at 7777 White Fir Street Reno, NV 89523.
For directions to The River School go to (http://www.riverschool.info/River_School/Home.html)
Classes start Thursdays from Nov 4th through Dec 16th.
Flower Stix class from 4:00-5:00pm

Meteor class from 6:00-7:00pm
Followed by Fire spinning w/ Blackrock Thursdays from 8:00p-Midnight ($3)
Blackrock Thursday is a gathering of skill toy & fire dance enthusiasts to share with each other the love of Fire & Flow Arts. This is where we test our equipment and demo new products. If you are intending on coming to the practice and spinning fire, try to bring some fuel to help out, although it is not a mandatory requirement. White Gas or Lamp Oil is suggested. Thank you in advance, we look forward to hanging out.
(These are 6 week workshops for only $50, due by Nov 1st. Drop-Ins will be $10 a class.) There is a limited supply of tools that will be provided if you cant bring you own.

In these classes we will be exploring the basics + a few intermediate moves with all 3 tools. Well learn that all tools have basic movements that are the same & are connected in the same way that in life everything is connected.
Skill Toys / Flow Arts are broad terms for a prop used for dexterity play or in an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays.
If you do not have the flow toys you’ve chosen for the class, we’ll sell you one at a special discount for the low price of only $20 for Stix, $25 for Meteor, $20 for 3ft Practice Staff, or $30 for 4ft Practice Staff.
For Class info contact us at 775-225-8615 or email us at Westcoastjuggling@gmail.com
Below is a pic of the amphitheater/fire pit.

Fire Flower Sticks by West Coast Juggling

Located in the United States West Coast Juggling is a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality, custom made juggling Fire Flower Sticks. We offer a large array of Juggling Sticks and other juggling products. Devil Stix Dave is proud to present quality products for you to enjoy with friends and family
Please enjoy our unique line of fire flower sticks, fire staff, fire nunchaku, fire poi & much more!
Westcoastjuggling@gmail.com

This Our Tribute to Dan Gordon-Levitt (brother of Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who died on 4 October 2010, aged 36. His love for fire & contributions to the spinning world will always be remembered thank you Dan for sharing yourself with us Burn On Dan.

West Coast Juggling is now offering $15.00 flat rate shipping.
Orders typically ship out within 3 business days. We will try to get orders out quicker, but sometimes when we get busy it will take slightly longer. If you have special needs, please leave us a note in checkout. We will do the best we can to accommodate, but can’t guarantee. We try to place priority on orders that choose an expedited shipping method. All orders are shipped out of Reno, NV, USA. Please take this in to account when choosing a shipping method.

West Coast Juggling offers several shipping methods for both US and International orders. To get a quote for all the shipping options that are available to your location, add the items you are interested in purchasing to your cart, go to your cart and press the “Shipping Estimator” button on the bottom left.

Your order will ship via UPS or US Post Office per our discretion. The cost are as follows:
Shipping $15.00 Flat Rate
Expedited Shipping – US Customers including Alaska and Hawaii
UPS 3-Day Select Delivered 3 days after it is shipped Does not include Weekends
UPS 2nd Day Air – Delivered 2 days after it is shipped Does not include Weekends
USPS Priority Mail – Typically 1 4 days Delivery date is not guaranteed * UPS will not deliver to PO Boxes!

International Priority Mail – For most international customers this is the best option. The prices are reasonable and the service is fairly quick (4-10 days). For exact quotes contact us with your location and the items you need.
UPS Worldwide Expedited this service is a little faster than the Post Office, but cost several times more.
**We do not offer UPS Standard to Canada because of their excessive fees to broker customs. If you would like to ship something via UPS Standard to Canada, please contact us.**
**You will be responsible for any taxes, and brokerage or customs fees that are tied to your international order. West Coast Juggling does not know what these fees will be ahead of time, or receive any payment from any of these fees. To get Country-Specific Tariff and Tax Information see the US Government Export web page.**

David Hirshman (Devil Stix Dave), is an advanced flower stick & devil stick performer. David is the owner and only worker for West Coast Juggling. Devil Stix Dave has been joyfully spinning Fire Devil Stix since 2002. He is an insured fire dancer with advanced skills in Flower Sticks/Devil Sticks. Skills also include Nunchaku, Staff, Whip Chain, Meteor, Rope Dart & Buugeng. With a versatile style of performance that can easily & smoothly transfer speed and rhythm, he has enjoyed being a member of the fire performance troupe Controlled Burn for the last 7 years, and has been included in the Great Circle of Fire at Burning Man for the last 5 years. Performances also include the city of Reno (Artown events), The Nevada Museum of Art, Knotts Berry Farms Halloween Haunt 09′ & The Village at Mamoth New Years09′. He has a unique flow & energy that will be sure to ignite your next gathering with the passionate flames of fun and excitement.

David Hirshman (Devil Stix Dave), is an advanced flower stick & devil stick performer. David is the owner and only worker for West Coast Juggling. Devil Stix Dave has been joyfully spinning Fire Devil Stix since 2002. He is an insured fire dancer with advanced skills in Flower Sticks/Devil Sticks. Skills also include Nunchaku, Staff, Whip Chain, Meteor, Rope Dart & Buugeng. With a versatile style of performance that can easily & smoothly transfer speed and rhythm, he has enjoyed being a member of the fire performance troupe Controlled Burn for the last 7 years, and has been included in the Great Circle of Fire at Burning Man for the last 5 years. Performances also include the city of Reno (Artown events), The Nevada Museum of Art, Knotts Berry Farms Halloween Haunt 09? & The Village at Mamoth New Years09?. He has a unique flow & energy that will be sure to ignite your next gathering with the passionate flames of fun and excitement.

Knotts Scary Farm Fire Performance ’09

We at West Coast Juggling teamed up with Red Swan Entertainment for a 3-day Halloween fire performance on the Inferno Stage at Knotts Scary Farm in Los Angeles, CA. With crowds averaging 800 to 1,000 peopleper show, we had an incredible weekend doingfour 15 minute showsa night!What a fantastic experience,sharing the stage with so many other skilled fire performers. With any luck, we will return to do it again next year!;c)

Well, we’re back from Burning Man and back in business. We had a wonderfully uplifting experience this year, almost too much fun to describe! ;c)
(For more information on Burning Man, please visit www.burningman.com)
Akasha/Jen, our own goddess of the flame, along side Devil Stix Dave danced and spun fire in the Great Circle of Fire before the Man burned. We had the pleasure of hanging out and juggling with Adam Dipert aka Harmonized Motion, one of our favorite stix jugglers from The Extra Terrestrial Circus Experiment.

(For more information on the Extra Terrestrial Circus Experiment, please visit
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=242896499 )
Last but certainly not least, we thoroughly enjoyed meeting and signing in all of the skilled fire performers when we volunteered for The Fire Conclave Convergence Camp. We look forward to doing it again next year!!

We will be at Burning Man from Aug 28 – Sep 10, soall purchases will be shipped out theday we are back in town. We will be helping out this year with the Shiva Vista Project and the Fire Conclave at Burning Man. The Fire Conclave is in charge of the Great Circle of Fire before the Man burns. The Great Circle of Fire is a gathering ofhundreds of fire performance groups that all perform together to create a living circle of fire surrounding the Man just before he is lit and burned to the ground. The Shiva Vista Project is best described below:

Shiva Vista Project

The Story and Inspiration behind the Shiva Vista Project
Shiva is one of three aspects of the Hindu trinity representing divinity. Brahma is the first aspect, considered the creator, Vishnu the second aspect considered the preserver and Shiva, the destroyer. Shivas function is to destroy all the worlds at the end of creation and dissolve them into nothingness, void, from which point Brahma again creates the world, completing the circle of life. Shiva is responsible for change, both in the form of death and destruction and in shedding old habits to start anew. Shivas destruction is positive, that of nourishment and construction that builds and transforms life and energy for the welfare of the world and all that inhabit it. Shiva destroys to renew and regenerate. This is the destruction of an artist, a surgeon, a cook; evolution. Through destruction is facilitated the smooth transition of things and events from one stage to another.
The ring of fire bordering Shiva represents the existence of dance within the entire universe. The lotus pedestal that Shiva stands on identifies with each individuals ability to find that universe. Shivas arms represent the four cardinal directions, and similarly, the four arms of Shiva Vista welcome people into its universe at a full circular spectrum from whichever cardinal direction one may be traveling for all to experience and share.
The Shiva Vista Project will be a spiritual gathering place and venue where artists of all sorts are invited to showcase their unique performance talents.
This is the final evolution of the Towers of Shiva in its present incarnation. At Burning Man 2009, the stage will burn, and something new will be resurrected from the ashes of the project.
We invite all fire performers to light up the night and share their unique gift with the Playa. Come play with us again, for the final time, in this way, at this time. Come, share your evolution with us and our evolution.
http://controlledburnreno.com/shivavista/

Located in Marcola Oregon, this 3 day camp-out reggae music festival was a TON of fun to say the least, and definetly family-friendly! =c) It’s one of the smaller festivals that we vend at, with a very friendly community vibe to it. Despite the festival’s humble size, West Coast Juggling’s vending booth was able to completely sell out of the $10 Glow Poi with 3-color strobe AND the AstroJax! Woohoo! We will most certainly be returning next August to vend again.

(For more information on the NW World Reggae festival, please visit www.nwworldreggae.com)