High summer is here, and this August that means the European Juggling Convention is in high gear. For nearly 24 hours of every day from August 3rd until the 11th (save for a tiny mellow window between 4am–7am) there are jugglers on every flat surface of the Newark Showgrounds in Newark-on-Trent, UK.

Mark Songhurst talks to his production team member during tech rehearsal I shadowed a few members of the tech team this Friday as they settled in for a long day to tech for the Gala event which is scheduled for two shows on Saturday. While the majority of the campers were just starting to get some REM sleep at 8am finally, the production team was in the red big top running sound and lights. This after they, along with a core crew o...