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"Do any of y'all have a document outlining what you need from a producer/venue for a performance? If so, what does it cover? Diana "
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"...it looks as if though i might consider starting to use a few behind the back moves in my routine - i guess they are not so bad after all, just annoying to learn!!! well i've tried f..."
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"Prom and I both palm spin our staves, but the other day we noticed we do it differently.I enter it from a finger twirl and can get the staff to travel around the palm of my hand, from t..."
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"I mostly swing alone 'cos the nearest people to swing with ain't so near at all. Now mostly it's just fine by me.....I n-joy doing it alone....u get to spend a lot of time on a move wit..."
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"Hello everyone! Just ordered my fresh pair of poi the other night and I cant wait to get them! Ive been spining for a month now and I tell you no lie (ITS LIKE THERAPY!)Does anyone else..."
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"Hello funksters,Come play with us tonight! Informal gathering, Camperdown Park Newtown @ 7.30pm.All welcome: new, old, spectators. Questions? email me.We'll be the ones playing with f..."
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"Hi Flavio, Yes I would love details of how the Fire Hoop is done, especially the wicking, and what stops you getting burned?The picture I saw, the girl was wearing nothing over her wais..."
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"Last night i was watching 'You've been framed' (yeh, i know, i was very bored, had essays to do, but at least it has now proved useful for something) which is a show where people who ha..."
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"Um, A friend of mine reccomended me this site to work on my glowstringing technique... There's alot of rad stuff here about flire twirling, but I don't see that much about glowstringing..."
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"call be ignorant, but what exactly are clubs, and in what way are they spun. this is the only web site i have heard them mentioned, but i have yet to see any pictures, videos ect of th..."
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"i changed my wick today, and realied its a bugger to get the screws over the holes directly, and realised its a think that will come with practice, and realised to ask the experts. tha..."
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"As advised by the good man, Shawn Fumo (_very_ nice guy by the way), I've decided to take up poi (also contact juggling, but that's a whole other board). ^_~ though I've never seen anyo..."
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"The workshop at the drome is switching back to Tueday this week. Just a little warning that there is a play going on in one of the arches and for the next three weeks they are going to ..."
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"For eveyone elseWe have a website!! Wahoo!!! It is not completely finished, pictures and the rest should be up in a couple of weeks, but check it out and send me your feedback. The url ..."
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"Hmmm....so I recently did an interview for a performance job. When I do this I walk in wearing my business type clothes (especially for this gig...it's corporate). I have our portfolio ..."
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"Hey Guys.This is going to sound a bit daft, but with the windmill are the pois comming in front of the body at any time?"
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"I've been thinking that taking a martial art to complement spinning would be a good thing as far as learning body movement, balance, and technique goes. My question to people out there ..."
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"Someone mentioned a while back about the size of my poi. (insert your own joke here) I can't find the thread now, but I wanted to get back on that. I've got two sets of poi. One a bit o..."
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"Hey one and all. Right well right now i've managed to get the butterfly moves, the weave, reverse weave and turns down , and am just practicing getting them flowing nicly and not hittin..."
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"I'd like to pose the question, what matters to you? What are your values? Where do you find meaning? Relationships matter to me. Connection matters to me. I so honor the amazingly close..."
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"Yo Yo waz up people, hope yall ok. Anyway going off the subject that is all dear to our hearts (hope I don't offend anyone here ha ha ) was wondering if anyone has any advise on how o..."
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"How often do you change your wick when it's kevlar?I use kevlar poi and I have burned them quite a few times, when do you know it's time to quit? Does kevlar burn forever?I have it on m..."
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"well the doc says i have tendonitis in one shoulder and the other was parshly dislocated.he says i am out of twirling for 3 weeks. and since i have been twirling for about a month, wil..."
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"I've been twirling for almost a month, and have decided that I eventually want to progess on to fire, but my parents aren't quite as enthusiastic. I don't want to use fire right now, b..."
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"Hey Guys.I've just started poi recently and i've got down sm basic moves down. But i can't get the cross over behind the back right. Is there any advise out there.Cheers.stumpy"
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"We are a traveling group of performers that have a revolving door membership. We play shows in citys all over and not all of the fire performers can make it due to work etc.. so this le..."
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"Hey everybody!I've noticed a lot of discussion of Good and Bad technique, but mostly it seems to be based on the individual techniques...Does just being able to pull of a reverse seven ..."
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"Just thought I'd let all you Sydney people know about the meetup we've organised.About 5 of us have managed to organise a meetup in Newtown on Monday night. Quite amazing seeing as non..."
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"I'd like to address some concerns I have with some practices in poi construction. First, I can't remember whether it was here of another board, but there's a great deal of concern on th..."
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"the screws came loose on my fire staff, and the wick can now slide, but it cant come off, any sugestions on how to fix it, or should i just dump it and buy a new one, cause the last thi..."
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"Hi, I'm just a rookie at learning Poi but am learning fast. Can't wait to do Fire. Any hints from the pros what 'not' to do when learning and of course what 'to' do. Thanks..."
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"OK, It finally warmed up enough to swing, but I've been out of practice for a few months, and I'm finding that it is definetly NOT like riding a bicycle, perhaps more like a unicycle. ..."
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"to whoever it was that said their dreads were their 'friends' ??!?!?!!? okay...(1) its ONLY *HAIR*. Dead cells.... "oh dead cells won't you please be my friend".(2) you need to serio..."
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"I've mentioned elsewhere that I make firedancing equipment commercially, so I've got a special interest in finding out what works. I have built a simple test rig that allows me to compa..."
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"O.K. I know that this has NOTHING to do with poi, but i'm in desperate need of help. I've recently got dreads put inmy hair, and I was wondering a few things;1-how and can you wash your..."
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"O.K, sorry, but this is another non-poi subject. I'm sorry but I HAD to know, does ANYONE on this site like old school music? Ice-T, Rappers delight, ANYTHING. PLEASE LET ME KNOW!sighni..."
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"How do you put skills together? What is the "long line" of your show like? Do you use characters, themes, stories? When you're not doing freestyle, how do you create a performance? Than..."
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"Hey guys, I have been playing my fire toys with Kerosine forever, but lately I have been fire dancing next to the pool at an outside club for some work, and a few older people have been..."
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"Happy New Year EveryoneI was watching a program on here in Japan on New Years day. A guy was twirling a small fire staff between two sticks - anyone know what this is called? Then anoth..."
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"I'm just curious. How long does it take most people to learn Poi? How long before you could do 5 beat weave? How long before you could do behind the back stuff? How long before you ..."
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"Very cool strobe poi for those of you with money...check out this link:http://www.cyberthings.com/java/ffly.htmit's a shame about the price otherwise I would but two of them, wrap the w..."
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"Does anyone out there know of any good martial arts movies one could learn a thing or two for poi from? Or just any old video out there that would give some of us some new insentive to ..."
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"howdy folksive been a fire bug for some time now and have bee having fun staff poi and clubs for some time ive also been into fire breathing but have always been curios about eating fir..."
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"how do i make poi that do thishttps://www.homeofpoi.com/images/jason1a.jpg"
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"Just watched top of the pops and almost fell off my chair when i saw poi performers during some dance tune called Komodo. It's the first time i've seen poi on tv.Three performers swapp..."
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"Why, why, why is everyone so damn obsessed with fire poi??Am I the only person who is sick to death of showy, smelly, messy, more-trouble-than-it's-worth fire?If I see one more person s..."
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"hello, currently i am only a back yard fire twirler who needs to get out, i am just wondering if anyone knows when the next moon fest event is on, i am looken on the net and all i can s..."
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"I was just wondering if there any other older (ie 40yrs+) poi or staff twirlers out there.Live long and prosper "
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"Diana and the Cabiri,you mentioned 'snakes' when talking about clubs, and I've looked for websites. Lots mention them but none actually explain them at all. And if, as you said, Diana..."

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