Crawley
Circus Festival 2002
Crawley
Circus Festival 2002
“Vova was coming along nicely with his five
club backcrosses & ten clubs with his sister seemed pretty strong as well. Olga
was also practising five clubs quite a bit over the weekend & we played
endurance for a bit. Starting after three & then juggling as best I could I lost
the vast majority of rounds & suffered joyful taunts of, "Easy peasy!" but that
was enjoyable too.
The
Show
...The stars of the show were the Crawley favourites Vova & Olga, who performed
two spots. The first their flashy
club passing routine working up from 6 to 9 clubs (back to back) with solo
interludes from Vova, such as juggling four clubs with lots of tricks such as
triple singles with the triples alternating between backcrosses & over the top
throws, then kicking up a fifth club for some more jaw dropping stuff. They
finished off the show with their
piano routine, with Vova trying to play his favourite tune while Olga
interferes. Since Whitstable they have added a lot more jokes & also a unicycle,
which for their final juggling trick Vova rides around the piano passing balls
with Olga as she plays a tune. ...it was a show worthy of a national festival.
The Games
...Olga
won the solo three ball by tiring her opponent out by running all around the
arena, slowing him down with a well placed kick (suggested by the host of the
games) before mercilessly going in for the kill...
...The handstand endurance saw Alan Fell lose concentration after a promising
start leaving Vova & Olga (who had recovered from a difficult start by lifting
herself from having her face mere centimetres from the ground cleanly back up).
There was some taunting in Russian & out of the two Vova managed to remain
upright. The five club endurance saw Vova beating Jason Perry under breezy
conditions (well that was my excuse) to win a set of three clubs :)”
(Orinoco,
http://www.twjc.co.uk/crawley.html)
“...And
this year’s Summer School is special because two young circus performers are
coming from Russia to work with the children. Vova and Olga are 14 and 12 years
old and extremely talented. They will be teaching at the Summer school and
performing in the public show on the Saturday.
Vova and Olga were the star acts at this year’s British Juggling Convention and
have performed on the BBC’s, “Xchange” programme.
Although the Summer School is already fully booked Vova and Olga can still be
seen performing their famous piano juggling act, at the festival public show...”
(CRAWLEY LIVE Council magazine, issue 20)
“...Stars
of the show included Vova, 14, and Olga Galchenko, 12, from Penza, Russia who
dazzled the packed house with their juggling, acrobatic and piano playing
skills.”
(Crawley OBSERVER Wednesday, August 14, 2002)