Crazy Busy!

Hi folks. It's been crazy busy for us here at Club since the middle of October. Not only has everyone been doing assessments and exams, but we have also had loads of people wanting us to help them celebrate in various ways.

We have had a couple of our new people perform with fire for the very first time.

Hank with devil-sticks

Tim with fire staff  at the Street Food Show Down

We had a fantastic gig on campus to help people celebrate the Halls Residents' End of Year Dinner. Some of the crowd had a go at trying out their juggling. If you are interested in coming and learning more feel free to come down to the Rec Centre on campus at Massey and join us on Tuesdays and Friday nights between 5 and 7pm over summer hours. We'll be back to regular hours on the 28th February, 2016.

We were out in The Square in Palmy on the 27th of October for the FoodTruck Oktoberfeast. It's always rewarding to get out and be seen by the community, and we got some people pretty excited with our juggling, stilt walking and fire show.

We performed again at this year's Whanganui Festival of Cultures, where our performers worked hard to put on a thrilling show. 

Cracking on into fireworks season we did great shows both at the Come As U R Mardi Gras and the Rongotea Volunteer Fire Brigade Fireworks. So many excited children.. it was a real blast.

Tyrone and James dueling fire swords at Rongotea. [Photo credit: Mike Gannaway]

A few days after Guy Fawkes we headed back over to Whanganui for the River City Jamboree. We had a great night with some non-fire juggling, streamer poi and a fire show. Last night the weather held brilliantly and we were wowing people back home in The Square in Palmerston North for the Street Food Show Down.

Street Food Show Down in Palmerston North
[Photo credit Left: Erebus,  Centre & Right: Rob Edwards]

It's such a buzz to hear enthusiastic feedback from people who have seen us performing. The number of people we see taking pictures and video of us with their phones there must be hundreds of pictures from each of the public gigs we do! If you ever feel like sending them to us you can share them on our Facebook page or email them to us at pnmufc@gmail.com

Body Movin'

Tadaa!

I can see I house from here...

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Massey University Fire & Circus has had a busy month with Food Truck Oktober Feast, Whanganui Festival of Cultures, Come As U R Mardi Gras and the Rongotea Fireworks, just to name a few! It's been great to get out and show off our skills to the public, and see the smiling faces.

This year we have really reinforced our skills as a fire troupe, and have also seen a welcome resurgence in jugglers of various sorts.. but we don't just juggle balls!

Adagio (which some call acro, or acro-yoga) is an acrobatic art where we juggle people! Technically it's partnered acrobatics, which allows for amazing variations of counter-balance, dance and all manner of mucking around. It can be graceful, elegant.. and at times kinda scary, not to mention, lots of fun. Fire & Circus provides the opportunity for members to train their bodies in feats of balance, strength, flexibility and skill, as we work on high maneuvers, tricks, dance and graceful "flying".

It helps that we have a mix of people with a wide variety of skills and talents. Our more experienced members coach newer people as they try out things that are completely new to them, and sometimes really weird, in a safe and supportive environment.. with plenty of room for experimentation and personal expression.

"Have a ball and get involved with body movin'!" *

As the university year rolls in to a close we are in the thick of exams, but it helps to be able to get the body moving in really fun ways, so we are having continuing practices all through the holidays for those who are still around. Look forwarding to see more new people joining us in the new year!
[- Erebus]

*Bonus points if you can pick the quote ;)

Massey University Fire and Circus Showcase!

Hey everyone!
Here are some of the results from the showcase. It was a fantastic show!
Enjoy!
Emma

New Year, New Name!

Happy 2016 Everyone!  We hope you had a safe and Merry Christmas, and an awesome New Year.

For a while now we have been using the name 'Massey University Fire & Circus' and with the New Year, it seems like the perfect time to change the name on the blog.

It's been a quiet holiday season for us, but we did receive a Christmas present from Home Of Poi..The glow gear we ordered and so of course, we HAD to take them for a...spin.

Photos courtesy of Carolyn Edgecumbe

We all hope you have been having a safe and happy summer!

Tarah

Note: apologies for the lateness of this post, I had been sick for a while (slowly recovering), but I am feeling much better now :-)