While I was in Vancouver, Nick asked me to come to Halifax in August to help him with a series of shows at the Halifax International Busker Festival. He was to put on a half hour show twice a day for ten days, which is a lot for just one person. I didn't know how I was going to make it happen, but I eventually figured it out and decided to help him out -- ha! What fun! What experience! It was an absolute blast! I helped build fire tools (an umbrella and little flowers), put out tools, made and lit circles of fire jelly, worked a fire puppet, spun a fire hula hoop, and even performed fire rope duets with the master poi jedi himself. Someone up there likes me! | |
So many interesting people performed at the event! Jacob and Sophie of Dream State Circus were certainly inspiring to be around -- they give an excellent show and are wonderful people, and it was amazing to perform with them for the fire all stars act! I was also able to connect with Marissa Gough, an excellent fire eater / flesher / belly dancer that I met briefly at Wildfire earlier this summer as well as some other lovely locals. Thanks to these fabulous Haligonians, I now know how to eat fire. It tastes bad, but is rather fun! Soooo... This wraps up my Great Summer of Poi! "Great" is too small a word to describe it, really... Looking forward to next year! |
Monday, August 18, 2008
Halifax International Busker Festival
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