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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Mankind continues to love fire (twirling)
Many people have heard of fire-twirling. Before living in Australia, I had not heard of it. My friend Marc, in Calgary, would go to rave parties and photograph people twirling glow-sticks. I never made the connection that people might twirl fire - fire came before glow-sticks, so I am assuming fire-twirling has been around for some time! Fire-twirling is attractive to me, not only because I love fire, but because I love to watch people dance. To me, a great fire-twirler is one that dances with great rhythm and style while twirling.
When I stayed in Broome, I had the wonderful pleasure of becoming acquainted with Aaron and Fionna of http://www.firetwirl.com.au/. Aaron and Fionna make and sell fire-twirling accessories; I once tried to twirl some unlit poi - good thing they were unlit. Many nights we'd go down to the beach: Greg would play didg in the key of D, I'd throw riffs and grooves with my guitar, and one or two people would play djembe while Aaron, Fi, Jess - and anybody else who came and was mesmerized by fire - would twirl. I remember being particularly excited by a staff that Aaron made: it had poi chained to its ends, thus it could be lit in four spots. It was unreal!
I missed Aaron, Fi, and Jess this summer (Australian) in Margaret River. It would have been great to see them again. Looks like Jess burned herself, here's a picture that I borrowed from firetwirl.com.au (you should check out this site, the images are super cool). I think she was dabbling in some body-burning and fire-breathing. She's fantastic with lit "snakes"!
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When I stayed in Broome, I had the wonderful pleasure of becoming acquainted with Aaron and Fionna of http://www.firetwirl.com.au/. Aaron and Fionna make and sell fire-twirling accessories; I once tried to twirl some unlit poi - good thing they were unlit. Many nights we'd go down to the beach: Greg would play didg in the key of D, I'd throw riffs and grooves with my guitar, and one or two people would play djembe while Aaron, Fi, Jess - and anybody else who came and was mesmerized by fire - would twirl. I remember being particularly excited by a staff that Aaron made: it had poi chained to its ends, thus it could be lit in four spots. It was unreal!
I missed Aaron, Fi, and Jess this summer (Australian) in Margaret River. It would have been great to see them again. Looks like Jess burned herself, here's a picture that I borrowed from firetwirl.com.au (you should check out this site, the images are super cool). I think she was dabbling in some body-burning and fire-breathing. She's fantastic with lit "snakes"!
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