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Midwest Jam - IL - Chicago - July 20 - 22 - (11am on the 21st for the main Jam)

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Ando:
Howdy, this here is where you can get all the details of the Midwest Jam 2007 in Chicago, IL.

Contact Info:
Ando
Email: andykya@gmail.com
Cell:8473630437

Cloud
Email: Clorinth@gmail.com
Cell:8477329922

Friday July 20th, 5 pm:  Meet at Ando and Cloud's house in the North Suburbs of Chicago.
Click Here for a map
Address: 1010 Woodbine Ln, Northbrook IL 60062

6 pm: Training Ground Session.  There's a nice training ground area in Northbrook we should hit up.  It has walls, precision boards, and balancing wires in a forest area, and its free.

Cloud and myself are hosting this jam so if you need a place to stay, no problem.  If there are a lot of people coming, and you live very close by, you should stay at your own house for the night.

Saturday July 21st: 11am - The Jam @ UIC Meet at Halsted and Harrison Intersection in Chicago.
Click Here for a map.
This is a university we started the Jam at last year, known for its great concrete architecture.  We'll be here for a while, any aspect of parkour you can think of, you can do here.

1pm or 2pm Downtown Chicago, Riverside: We'll meet at State and Wacker, which is at the Vietnam Memorial and continue up the river towards Lake Michigan.  To get there, people can hitch a ride some cars or take the L.  I'll post the train directions later, its only 2 bucks round trip.
Click <a href="Click Here for a map.">Here[/url] for a map of State and Wacker.

5 pm End We'll prolly end the jam around this time, theres a fountain on the end of our route and if its hot like last year, we can go swimming again.  Its very refreshing, trust me.

6 pm Barbecue at Ando's and Cloud's  We'll be having dinner around this time at my place.  Hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, and beverages.  Last years BBQ was great, ask anyone who was there, you can stay as long as you like.

Sunday July 22nd Adios. People are welcome to stay over Saturday night if they are planning on leaving Sunday.  Theres no jam planned for Sunday, we're keeping this short and sweet like last year!

Important things to remember:
Bring water if you can
There will be water fountains at UIC and stores downtown where you can buy it.  We're not stopping for lunch on Saturday during the jam.  You can get something quick at a store or bring a small snack.  If we stop for food for a while, the jam will seriously slow downand people we'll be sluggish later on.

Plan Ahead 
Let me or Cloud know if you are coming from afar, the airport, or are arriving late.  You don't wanna fall behind and miss the jam, or worse get lost.  Our contact info is at the top of this thread. If you are coming please post in this thread, its better to let us know than just show up.

I've hosted Jams before
If you're parents are concerned about safety or where you are staying they can contact me, preferably email.  I'm 24 years old, a college graduate, and have been to Jams across the country, plus I live with my parents.

To get some visuals of the spots were hitting up check out the Mountain Dew Video, recently aired on Current TV.  We're going to all of those spots.

Its pretty much the same Jam as last year only with the training ground session added and a few other spots along the way.  Last years Jam went off without a hitch!  Check this thread for more updates as the date draws near. Hope to see you there.

Th th th th th th thats all folks!

Cloud:
Hot Spots and Cold Fountains, it doesn't get any better then this!

plasmagrey:
Put me down as "tentative." I want to go but I gotta figure out a few things first.

Nik "Nik" Horvat:
I'll be there.  Hopefully I can convince some other Ohioans to come.  Any idea which area is good to get a hotel in?  I'm gonna be coming into town with some people that will be there for other reasons(one guy for a CS tourney, one to check out a college, visit friends etc) so an area with good access to public transportation would be great.

Skinny:
For sure I know I will be bringing one more person.  I'll keep you updated if I can bring more. And we will need to stay at your place ando/cloud

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