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Evaluation Summary
60th IJA Summer Festival
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
July 16 - 22, 2007

2007 2005 2004
1. How did you register? # % # % # %
   On the web 104  65.41 111 73 100 65
   By mail 14 8.81 23 15 31 20
   By fax 1 0.63 1 0.65 2 1.3
   On-site in Winston-Salem 31 19.5 15 9.8 11 7.1
   Youth group registration 0 0 NA NA NA NA
   Someone else registered me 9 5.66 2 1.3 11 7.1
Total: 159
2. How did you travel to the festival? # %
   Drive 94  59.49
   Fly 63  39.87
   Other 1 0.63
Total: 158
3. How long was your travel time
from home to the festival site?
# %
   0-1 hour 7 4.46
   1-2 hours 9 5.73
   2-3 hours 11 7.01
   3-4 hours 14 8.92
   4-5 hours 9 5.73
   5-6 hours 18  11.46
   6-7 hours 17  10.83
   7-8 hours 18  11.46
   8-10 hours 22  14.01
   10-12 hours 6 3.82
   12-16 hours 11 7.01
   16-24 hours 11 7.01
   24-36 hours 2 1.27
   over 36 hours 2 1.27
Total: 157
4. How would you rate the
registration process?
8.47 7.7 8.8
5. How could registration be improved?
No improvement needed 12
Better confirmation 5
Offer payment by Credit Card 4
Clearer wording on forms 3
Cheaper 2
Line too long 2
Notify attendees of festival 2
Separate line for pre-registered attendees 2
All entry badge - no tickets
Better service at reg desk
Checks are time consuming
Clear up Paypal problems
Clearer signage
Double sided name tags
Improve schedule layout
Less problems
Mail festival package contents to
pre-registered attendees
More package deals
More registrars
No name tags
One click purchase
One form instead of two
Process CC even with incorrect information
Registration desk up & running at
10am on Monday
Reserve T-shirts for pre-registered
attendees
Smaller badges
Supply waiver forms online
Web store difficult to navigate
6. How would you rate the Benton
Convention Center?
7.59 8.3 7.6
7. How would you rate the Stevens
Center (theater)?
8.9
8. How would you rate the
workshops overall?
7.96 7.7 8
9. What were your favorite workshops?
Get the Shoe 24
Peapot Jugglers 9
Peter Davison  8
3-Ball Demo  6
Mat Hall - 4-5-6 ball multiplex site-swap 6
Basic Club Tricks 5
Hat Manipulation  5
Matt Hall - Diabolo 5
Matt Hall - Kendama 5
Matt Hall - all workshops 4
Multi-person club passing 4
5 balls for beginners 3
Ball Spinning.  3
Bullwhip 3
Club multiplex  3
Special Workshop - Yuri Pozdniakov and Viktor kee 3
Stanford Juggling Research Institute 3
Club stealing 2
Contact juggling  2
Don Lewis - club tricks 2
Green Club Project 2
Ivan Pecel - 4 and 5 ball  2
Martin Frost - odd patterns 2
Social Passing 2
Thratches 2
Why not  2
Wrist traps  2
Expert passing
3 & 4 Balls for beginners
3-club advanced 
Acro
Advanced club passing 
Balloon twisting
Cane workshop
Chops
Club passing take-aways 
How to increase IJA membership 
Human Powered Vehicle exhibit 
Intermediate 3 Ball
Ivan Pecel - 5 balls
Ivan Pecel - all workshops 
Nunchaku
Partner Tricks with Balls
Pickups in two count 
Poi 
Practice methods
Rope spinning
Tennis ball and can
Two diabolos 
Vertical hoop
10. How could the workshops be improved?
More professional instructors 8
Bigger spaces 7
Better advertisement 6
Repeat the popular ones later in the week.  5
More workshops 4
Workshops I wanted to take overlapped 4
Fewer bad workshops 3
More workshops for beginning jugglers 3
No improvement needed 3
Enforce 1 hr schedule 2
Fewer workshops 2
Longer workshops 2
More variety 2
More workshops for intermediate jugglers 2
Offer a DVD of all the workshops 2
Provide handouts 2
Provide schedule of workshops 2
Stop workshops during shows 2
Accomodate those with special
needs
Assign rooms based on popularity
Fewer balloon workshops
Fewer morning workshops
Fewer passing workshops
More female workshop leaders 
More juggling, less talk
More times for each type 
More variety for each prop
More workshops for specific tricks
More workshops on performance skills
More workshops on technique
Offer more for professional development of jugglers
Provide materials for instructors
Special workshop needs better translator
Workshop for non-juggling
attendees
11. How would you rate the Ice Cream Social? 6.79
12. How would you rate the Welcome Show? 8.50
13. How would you rate the Youth Showcase? 7.64 7.7 7.1
14. How would you rate the Juniors Championships? 8.05 8.4 8.2
15. How would you rate the Individuals and Teams Championships? 9.08 8 8.4
16. How would you rate the Cascade of Stars? 9.38 7 8.1
17. How could the evening shows be improved?
No improvement needed 21
Peapot Jugglers performed too long 11
Cascade of Stars will be hard to improve on 6
Better air conditioning.  4
Disagreed with judge's decisions 3
Didn't enjoy emcee 2
More non-American performers 2
Professional judges 2
Provide map to theater 2
Shorter intermissions 2
Assigned seating 
Better costumes for Juniors
competitors
Better programs for championships
Cheaper
Dan Holzman is great!
Discontinue 60/40 policy for competitions
Do away with video prelims
Don't run out of chocolate ice cream. 
Dress code
Eliminate all competitions
Eliminate another show
Enjoyed professional acts and polished productions 
Explanation of judging criteria
Fewer acts
Fewer drops 
Get unknown acts for Cascade of Stars
Have the IJA Band play
Have Wes Peden every year 
Invite agents and bookers to competitions
More comedy acts
More female performers
More Get the Shoe
More Ice cream. AND HOT FUDGE 
More reward for originality and artistic presentation in the competitions. 
More surprises
More teams competitors
Reserve first 5 rows for life members. 
Serve alcohol
Shorter judging period
Shows were too long
Supply/sell water/snacks
The shows were the best I've ever seen, in 20 years of attending festivals. 
Trading cards were great
18. What guest performers would
you like to see attend future
festivals?
Get the Shoe 22
Anthony Gatto 17
Jay Gilligan  7
Francoise Rochais  5
Wes Peden 5
Gandini Project 4
Michael Moschen  4
More Europeans  4
The Peapot Jugglers 4
Viktor Kee  4
Dana Tyson 3
Duo Tr'espace 3
Erik Ã…berg 3
Frank Olivier 3
Kris Kremo 3
Toby Walker 3
Doubble Troubble 2
Edward Jackman 2
Gena Shvartsman 2
Ilka Licht 2
Les Tourisks 2
Mark Nizer  2
Markus Furtner 2
Stefan Sing  2
The LaSalle Brothers.  2
The Raspyni Brothers 2
Thomas Dietz 2
Alan Howard
Alan Sulc
Albert Lucas
Allen Jacobs
Arsene and Waldo
Aurelia Cats
Barrett Felker
Basile Narcy
Bounce and Oolala
Casey Biemer
Charlie Brown
Charlie Frye
Chris Bliss
Dennis Paumier
Dieter Tasso
Dieter Tasso
Dimitry Chernov
Eden Zak
Elena Lev
European juggling clowns
Fewer guests 
Fred Garbo
Gregory Popovich
Isak Lindberg
Jason Garfield
Jay Gilligan  
Jens Sigsgaard
Jessie and James
Joelle Huguenin
John Gilkey
Jon Held Dancers
Jouni Temonen
Kaori Matsuzawa
Komei Aoki
Komo Zura 
Kristian Wanvik
Les Castors
Mac King
Manu Laude 
Marco Paoletti
Mario Berousek
Matias Salmenaho
Matt Hall
Mattias Jönsson
Michael Chirrick
Michael Davis
Michael Menes
Michael Moschen
Michele Lauzier
Mitsch brothers 
More female performers
More non-American acts
More performance troupes
Natalie Enterline
Old school classic jugglers  
Oskar Wrangö
Passing Zone 
Patrick Dempsey 
Paul Ponce
Penn & Teller 
Penn and Teller
Peter Ã…berg
Peter Davison
Pieter Post
Randy Cabral 
Robert Post
Sakari Männistö
Sergei Ignatov
Sergey Krutikov
Steve Mock
The Fetucinni Brothers
The Teslenkos  
The Visionbot crew 
Viktor Gyllenberg
Viktor Rubliar
Vladik 
Vova Galchenko
Wally Eastwood 
We don't need guest performers
19. How would you rate the Club Renegade shows? 6.12
20. How could the late night shows be improved?
Better venue 17
No smoking venues 14
Better acts  8
Didn't enjoy first night 6
Butterfly Man 5
Better emcees 4
Mark Faje 3
Start on time / earlier 3
Better sound / lighting 2
Didn't enjoy cigarette contest 2
Better air conditioning. 
Better promotion
Didn't enjoy any nights
Don't allow kids
Eliminate Renegade shows
Fewer late night shows
Less body piercing
Less rowdy audience
More family friendly
More participants at the festival
More variety
Never go to Renegade shows
Not as good as previous years
Sell food
Was offended by cigarette contest
21. How would you rate the Awards Banquet? 6.86
22. How could the Awards Banquet be improved?
Show too long 25
Better sound system 12
Speeches too long 11
Fewer awards  9
No improvement needed 6
More acts 5
Better food 4
Serve food during show 4
Better vegetarian option 3
Enjoyed awards separate from shows 3
Enjoyed food 3
Volunteer thanks speech too long 3
Alternate performances with awards 2
Better service 2
Competitors not given special awards felt singled out 2
Eliminate entire event 2
No live music 2
Better lighting
Better stage background
Cheaper
Cheaper
Don't give flowers to Assistant Festival Director
Don't hold it on the weekend
Don't thank volunteers
Dress should be informal
Fewer acts
Give awards during regular shows
Have an awards show without the banquet
Honor more non-IJA jugglers
Lottery drawing for prizes
Offer vegan option
Serve dessert before awards
Serve family or buffet style
Show video of competition winners
Vegetarian meals should be provided first
23. How would you rate the Joggling competitions? 6.89
24. How would you rate the Individual Prop Competition? 7.56
25. How would you rate Extreme Juggling? 7.47
26. How would you rate the Numbers Championships? 7.88
27. How would you rate the Games? 7.53
28. How could the Games and other Competitions be improved?
Better space for Games 5
Better schedule for Games 4
Didn't enjoy Extreme Juggling 3
Enjoyed Extreme Juggling 3
Extreme Juggling wasn't well organized 3
Five ball endurance should not include tricks 3
Better emcees 2
Extreme Juggling wasn't very
extreme
2
Games should be in the gym 2
No improvement needed 2
Publish rules and judging criteria for Games 2
Stop workshops during competitions
and Games
2
Better prizes for Games winners
Better sound system
Better space for 3 ball open
Devil Stick competitions should not allow flower sticks. 
Diabolo should be a separate
category
Eliminate all competitions
Eliminate some competitions
Extreme Juggling was too long
Fewer competitions
Games for wider range of skill levels
Give judges a calculator
Include Team Combat in the games
More general public attendance. 
More opportunity for competition
Overhaul all Games and
Competitions
Put numbers on a stage
Schedule joggling later in the week
Stronger competitors for Individual prop Competition
Use video replay for Numbers decisions
29. How would you rate the History Lounge? 8.47
30. How would you rate the Silent Auction? 7.21
31. How would you rate the festival as a whole? 8.78 8.6 8.7
32. What were your favorite parts of the festival?
Cascade of Stars 49
All the shows 31
Individual and Teams Championships 31
Get the Shoe 21
Juniors Championships 21
Workshops 21
Socializing with friends 19
Welcome show 17
Juggling in the gym 12
Close proximity of everything  10
Meeting people 10
Area restaurants 7
History lounge 7
Trading cards 6
Winston-Salem 6
24 hour a day juggling 5
Awards banquet 4
Benton Convention Center 4
Human powered vehicle exhibition 4
Everything 3
Good coordination of festival 3
Great performers in the gym 3
Numbers Championships 3
Renegade shows 3
The carpet 3
Watching all the jugglers  3
Complimentary drinks at the hotel 2
Extreme Juggling 2
John Satriano 2
Quality of the competitors 2
Smoker's Lounge 2
The Games 2
Working with festival team 2
Board of Directors
Complimentary breakfast at the
hotel
Extreme paddleball 
Francoise Rochais
Free juggling
Having a place to bounce 
High level of tech in shows
Ice cream social
Jen Slaw
Joggling
Peter Irish
Quality of hotels
Reading "The Mayor of Crazytown"  
Sandy Brown
Shirt design
Special Workshop
Team combat
The Atmosphere
The Emcees
The Peapot Jugglers
The Peapot Jugglers' workshops
The Stevens Center
The Ukrainian guests 
The volunteers
Vendors
Volunteering
Wheelie room
33. What were your least favorite parts of the festival?
Main gym too crowded 20
Carpet design 18
Ceilings too low 11
The Peapot Jugglers 8
Lighting in main gym 7
Main gym too hot 5
Renegade shows 5
Airport transportation 4
No bad parts 4
Not enough area restaurants 4
Awards banquet 3
Ice cream social 3
Juniors Championships 3
No food concession 3
Socializing with friends 3
The judging  / judge's decisions 3
Traveling 3
Workshops 3
Bouncing in separate gym 2
No map of local restaurants 2
Renegade venues 2
Retail store hours 2
Should be one big gym 2
Winston-Salem 2
Individual and Teams Championships 1
"The Mayor of Crazytown"
All the shows
Attendees being rude to festival organizers
Business meeting
Buying food
Cascade of Stars
Cigarette contest
Dropping on stage
Everything was indoors
Festival organizers
Finding a ride home
Finding events
Going home
John Satriano
Judges interrupting emcee
Juggling
Missing workshops
No local supermarket
Order of the evening shows
Parking 
Politics
Rehearsal for competitions behind schedule
Sandy Brown
Sleeping
Smoker's lounge
The hotels
The weather
Theatre too hot. 
Too expensive
Unicycling in separate gym
Vendor caught stealing
Vendor tables unstaffed
Video prelims
Volunteering
Waiting for shows
Waiting for the judges
Workshop leader being rude
Workshops not scheduled for my convenience
Wrong energy in gym
34. How would you rate Winston-Salem as a festival location? 7.92
35. Any additional comments or suggestions?
Try to keep prop bags out of the middle of the floor (by having wall space for them) and don't allow things like personal *furniture* to take up value juggling space in the gym. 
Don't hold 3 years in a row inside a 2 state radius. 
Winston-Salem was difficult and expensive to get to. The hotel rooms were quite expensive, there were no tourist attractions nearby, there were few decent restaurants within walking distance of the festival, and there was too much second hand smoke around. The facilities were fine, apart from the awful carpet and the main gym being too small, but the festivals I remember most fondly were the ones where the town was cool as well.  
Great festival. My wife actually enjoyed it. 
convention center based festivals are lame, the IJA needs to get back to the University based event, with more affordable housing and nicer towns. Winston, Davenport, Reading, Fargo, Niagra Falls these towns are dumps. Crummy locations. 
Please try to find a gymnasium with better lighting for juggling. 
That was a magnificent festival. Keep up the good work. 
hold the ija in the west coast 
I think that for the bulk of the IJA members (I could be wrong) I think this is what they mostly care about getting from the IJA: a festival to gather at once a year. Everything else comes after that.  
john was awesome! the smoking lounge was cool! you just need a bigger space then it would have been the best! 
Cleveland, OH 
Nope. Nice work all around. 
Better lighting and bigger space without carpet would make it the perfect location. 
I would have liked an N/A button for some of the questions on this survey, since I didn't attend many of the events. 
Thanks so much!!! 
It really was a big plus that there was so much within walking distance (hotel, restaurants, theater, gym). 
We should find someplace that has a gym that we can all fit in comfortably. 
Scrap the ice cream social and replace it with a breakfast cereal social. Everyone loves cereal! 
Need names on both sides of badges. Hard to check them at the door and 1/2 time could not read the name. 
Winston Salem police suck because all they do is give out parking tickets. 
thanks for an incredible week! 
Make the banquet and ice cream social optional 
The floor pattern made diabolist dizzy, also picture id's would be nice, similar to one at Magic Live convention (ask Alan Howard for details) those were nice and a great souvenier 
Avoid Winston-Salem. 
wireless internet worked the first day!  
Winston-Salem? You have got to be freaking kidding me. Who the hell wants to go to W-S? The space was weak and the city sucks. Montreal, Burlington, Las Vegas -- those are places people want to go. Plus I'd like it if we could return to college campuses (I realize this may not be possible). There was a feeling of a fest, not the dilution of energy when we are stuck in a convention center in the middle of a crappy city.