Canadian Nationals 2013 Some highlights:
For me personally the best part of the contest was watching John Higby in action. He is an extraordinary performer and if you get the chance to see his show, jump on it. He did a number of acts through the day, and was a huge audience pleaser. He really knows how to hook a crowd and get them excited about yo-yoing. We saw great performances from most of Canada's top yoyoers, including a crowd pleasing entry from former champion Charles Haycock landing him second place. Harrison Lee stole the show with a nearly flawless and professional routine in his usual blindingly fast and complicated style. We had a number of out of town guests attend, enough to make an international division for the contest. Daniel Deitz who had been in town demoing for Yomega and working the judges table took first. Ki Zizan did a Double Dragon demo that had the crowd roaring. Ann Connolly of Yoyo Factory did a demo at a local toy store the day before, and was a crowd pleaser competing in both 1a international division and 3a in the open division. One bit I hadn't seen at a contest before that was highly entertaining was the trivia questions. Due to the venue rules there wasn't a raffle. Instead, yoyoers were called upon to answer questions like "what was the first aluminum ball bearing yoyo" and "what was another business that Donald Duncan was famous for". "Harvey Lowe" was an answer to one question, and it took a few guesses! Kids these days...not up on their history! Overall this was hands down the best Canadian contest in memory. I think everyone had a blast and can agree it was a huge success. Vancouver BC will be hosting in 2014, and they will have some big shoes to fill!
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