Fire! Fire!!

Last night was my first burn.

Let me elaborate. After a couple months of learning moves with practice poi (beanbags on the ends of nylon cord with handles) the group decided last night that at practice I'd get to do my first burn. Woo! Really need to finish up my own set of fire poi and get chains and different handles and wicks. Beth let me use hers which is good because she uses small wicks that don't make huge flames. The noise the whoosing fire makes as it spins around your body is almost deafaning, and if it weren't for me being ultra super insecure about my skills and everyone standing around watching me, it would have been rather trance-like. Ok, I would have also had to have gotten over being kind of shakey and freaked out too, but you end up feeling like you're inside a rotating ball of fire.

After my few elementary moves we put the wicks out and everyone else practiced for their performance tonight. I've been lax with practice but after seeing how good everyone else is, I have a renewed motivation for practicing and getting better.

I'll be working sound tonight, and hopefully I'll be able to get some photos to post, it's gotten pretty barren around here.