LATEST SHOWS:
December 12, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI - Corporate Holiday Party - 8:15 PM. I know I say this about all the shows we do but c'mon, THIS was really the best show EVER! I can't imagine a more perfect show. Indoors in the dead of winter, dancing to fantastic music, awesome routines, absolutely blowing the crowd away, the cheers were were so loud we couldn't hear our music cues! Our crew was right on, the client couldn't have been more appreciative, the dancers were beautiful, everything went swimmingly. Thanks to our favorite corporate client for hiring us for their great holiday party!
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November 15, 2008 - Cedarburg, WI Private Party 11 PM
Thanks to Tim and Billy Bob (BILLY BOB??) for a successful indoor fire show that set the house on fire! Well, not literally. :)
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October 31, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Halloween Show! Private Event
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October 11, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI 9:00 PM Shaia's Fundraiser for Chad: What a sweet lady that Shaia is, and Chad is a great guy, and all the guests adored our glow hooping, and we even got to have beautiful photos taken!
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October 11, 2008 - I (Heart) Hoop Day Event! 2 PM to 5 PM: The most gorgeous day ever to hoop at the beach! We had quite a crowd join in on the hooping fun, eating cupcakes, jammin out to great music, hoopin our hearts out and even doing a little poi! Photographers stopped by to snap our photos, passers-by joined in out of the blue, we even combed the beach to get sun-bathers in on the fun. THANKS to you all!
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October 10, 2008 - Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, The Wherehouse, Linneman's: Three shows in one night! MGAC's Hafla-Ween was astounding, we'd never seen bellydancing in untraditional costumes to untraditional music, it really blew our minds. Then off to the Wherehouse for our Friday Night Spectacular Spectacular, wrapping up with hooping for Elatia at Linneman's. (Kind of a surprise show, it even surprised us!)
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October 3, 2008 - 9:00 PM The Wherehouse: Where do you go to let it all hang out? The WHEREHOUSE, that's where! We got the joint jumpin with our high kickin hoopin! Thanks, Paul! You truly are the very best.
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September 27, 2008 - Bradford Beach, 9:30 a.m. After last night's late night party, we were still energized enough to take it to the beach this morning and keep on hoopin! All those early morning joggers and dog-walkers got to check out the morning moves of the FireSirens on the beach and even in the water!
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September 26, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI 9:00 p.m. The Wherehouse, Bachelorette Party. Ladies about to get married have GOT to learn how to hoop! How else you gonna keep that hubby entranced? Thanks to Sharon and the gals for letting us inspire some wedding night shenanigans.
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September 20, 2008 - Sussex, WI 10:00 p.m. Private Party. Jim's 43rd birthday was a hot one! Thanks, Diane, for having us dance for your husband (I think he enjoyed it a bit too much :) Your kids were a lot of fun; We hope they grow up to be fire dancers!
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September 6, 2008 - Madison, WI 9:00 p.m. Private Party. Thanks to the E.Z. family for hosting a beautiful party. Your friends really got into our show and gave us much love and appreciation, we'll never forget it.
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August 30, 2008 - Notre Dame, Paris, France 10:30 p.m. - Fire dancing with the Ali Baba Fire Tribe in the square in front of Notre Dame was truly spectacular. How you did those leg tricks with those giant pants on I'll never know. I'm glad I could teach you a few new moves, you sure taught me a lot even though we didn't speak the same language. Cross-culture fire dancing! I highly recommend it! :)
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August 28, 2008 CLUB H.O.G. 25th Anniversary Celebration, Miller Park, shows at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Harley Owners know how to get down and have fun. Once the flames went out from our last fire show, the audience gathered around us and our D.J. and danced to his beats until Kid Rock took the stage. It was a sweaty good time had by all. The D.J. really knew how to get us up and dancing despite the summer heat and the thick crowd! Irresistible. No one could stand still.
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August 15, 2008 Bellydancing Jam at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 10:30 p.m. – Boy, you guys are SO NICE! What a reception! I didn’t realize the impression we made on you last time, but it sure was great to be so appreciated by all you wonderful dancers. Your costumes were gorgeous!
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August 15, 2008 10:00 p.m. The Wherehouse – Thanks, Paul, for letting me and the girls in on the action at your most awesomest dance club EVER! There is no better place anywhere in the city for hooping and I can say that with all confidence since I’ve been to every dance club there is!
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August 15, 2008 9:00 p.m. Fuego - Hey, thanks Security Guys at Fuego! You guys were so cool when we were hooping on your second floor. We'll be back with the fire for your patio!
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August 10, 2008, Beach Burn, Pewaukee Lake, WI – Who would have thought such a great place for fire dancing existed only 35 minutes away from Bay View! It was absolutely perfect, couldn’t have asked for a more fire-ready performance space and such nice hosts. Jenny had everything set up for us, we practically didn’t have to lift a finger, and the lake was gorgeous at night with all the little twinkly lights Tina had out on the pier. It’s always a pleasure to perform for people who appreciate the delicacies of dancing with fire.
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August 9, 2008, Private Party, Waukesha, WI - The Merrill Hills Country Club is a great place to live next to, so pretty there! Thanks, Grant and Melissa, for letting us dance with fire on your tennis court. We made good use of your net, didn’t we! You were very generous with your spectacular buffet, and your sound and lighting system was quite professional for the evening’s festivities. Thanks for inviting us back next year!
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August 8, 2008 WORLD HOOP DAY! Milwaukee, WI - 8AM and 8PM, we were out there in downtown Milwaukee, getting those business people to hoop! Morning at the giant orange metal sunburst sculpture at the end of Wisconsin Ave., evening at Red Arrow Park, rockin' out to our music, getting passersby into the hoopin' groove! It was a Wonderful Hoop Day 2008!
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August 8, 2008, Wedding Reception, Fox Point, WI - Thanks Kevin and Cheryl for letting us spice up your nuptials! You two threw the most outrageous wedding we've ever been to (crocodiles, ducks, iguana Oh My!) That's one wedding those guests will never forget, and neither will we!
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August 2, 2008 - 9:00 p.m. Corporate Party, Oconomowoc, WI - What a beautiful setting for the "Night Under The Stars" show, the pool was glittering, the palm trees swaying, the torches lit all around twinkled...and then the fire started! Our music and costumes went perfect with the night's theme and our routines conveyed the type of beautiful-yet-tinged-with-danger excitement that the guests were primed for. Thank you, Steve, for your generosity and letting us surprise your guests with a fire show that was one of our best yet.
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July 31, 2008 - 10:00 p.m. Alterra Coffee, Milwaukee, WI - Hooping to the music of De La Buena! Wow, that Latin Jazz is hot! We were skakin' our little butts off, workin' up a sweat like you wouldn't believe! What a perfect night, excellent weather, and it turned out to our advantage that the band started late, the darker it was outside, the better for hooping! Lots of compliments from the huge crowd that was there enjoying dancing and drinking; one group set up the world's smallest picnic table, complete with chilled glasses for champagne. Never saw that before!
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July 26, 2008 - Club Event, San Francisco, CA - One of the lovely Fire Sirens got the call to perform in San Fran this weekend! Banshee did her thing at the "BBQ" club at 11 p.m. and again at 1 a.m. Both fire and glow hooping got the crowd excited and on their feet. Being a rocker kind of girl, she worked the crowd with her Black Rebel Motorcycle Club outfit, for whom she'll be hooping when they hit Wisconsin in the upcoming months.
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July 25, 2008 - Midnight, Motorcycle party, Franklin, WI -
Thanks to the Harley gang at the "roadhouse." We had a blast performing on fire to your music. Your unique style allowed us to get creative with our toyz; I don't think any one of the three of us did those tricks before, we were just inspired by your rockin' style to let it all hang out and get wild. Your security guys sure knew their stuff and kept the crowd in line. A BIG thank you to them! Glad you liked our costumes ;)
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July 20, 2008 - 10:25 p.m. Festa Italiana, Milwaukee, WI - After the astounding double round of Festa fireworks, the Fire Sirens went off! The crowd that caught our act at the South end really enjoyed our routines to Lebanese Blonde and a special one for Festa, "That's Amore!" Dean Martin himself would have been impressed with how we set his song on fire!
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July 19, 2008 10:45 p.m. - Birthday Party, Door County, WI - Americana summertime remains in full fledge up in this part of the world. Red and white checkered table cloths, daisies and wild strawberries in full bloom, lemonade stands run by freckled faced kids next to long dusty roads, skipping rocks into the lake, it was easy to forget that anything else existed beyond the lazy late July days of Wisconsin's very own island culture, so you could only imagine what our audience's reaction was when we graced this small town band shell with our exotic performance. I think the heat of their astounding reaction was actually hotter than the fire we were spinning and the children's eyes were so wide with excitement. I remember their round suntanned faces in the front of the audience, reflecting the light of our fire dance. No Lion's Club fish boil will ever be the same. Thank you for having us at your benefit!
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July 18th, 2008, 10:30 p.m. - Benefit for the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, Hot Water/Wherehouse. My oh my! Two shows in one night! Our partner, SnowFire, did an indoor fire show over at Club Moct at the exact same time Fire Sirens were doing an indoor glow show at Wherehouse, the new club behind Hot Water. Dancing to Kool Moe Dee's "I Go To Work" really got the crowd going and gave us a complete workout, we were all over the huge dance floor, strutting our stuff. Then we hopped on over to Moct to catch the last set of SnowFire. We have video of both shows so we'll post that soon! SnowFire had the crowd cheering at Moct, and the Milw. Gay Arts Center had a very successful benefit at Wherehouse. Thanks for hiring us, everybody!
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July 17, 2008 - Family Reunion Party, Madison, WI 10:00 p.m. - Thanks to the Brooks family for their generous hospitality and treating the fire entertainers so well. You guys make a mean mojito! We had a beautiful evening, perfect weather for a fabulous fire show. Your gardens are spectacular in the moonlight!
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July 12, 2008 10:00 p.m. - Corporate party, Milwaukee, WI
It was great making new friends at the party on the South Shore! We made the night a little hotter than usual ;) We also discovered that executives make the best people to invite up on stage to try hooping for the first time! Employees really seem to like watching their bosses wiggle their hips. :)
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July 11, 2008 - Bellydancing Jam at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. What a wonderful group of people bellydancers are! They are so welcoming, friendly, supportive and appreciative. They loved the glow hoop and some had never seen hooping before at all. Thanks to all the folks who came up afterwards to talk about hooping and take an interest. See you on the 18th!
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4th of July Fireworks & Fire show, 11:00 p.m. - Private event, Greenfield, WI. What a blast, and I mean that literally. Those Greenfielders sure know how to play with fire...works, that is. We provided the fire on the ground, they provided the fire in the sky, and together we pulled off an amazing show that had the crowd on their feet, cheering. Thanks to Pat and Chris for hiring us and helping us do crowd control during our sets. You guys rock!
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SUMMERFEST! Thursday, July 3, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI.
Hooping for Thievery Corporation, who performed on the Miller Lite stage at 10:00 p.m. was awesome! That is simply some of the best music to hoop to, everything just flowed out of all three of us. We couldn't STOP hooping! Our audience went wild for our hoop dancing and we had some audience participation, too! Thanks to the lovely girls who were inspired to join us, you guys were really great. And thanks to the Toe Ring ladies who told us about Bonaroo. See you there next year!
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INSPhIRE - The Wisconsin Burning Man Event
June 21, 2008, 9:00 p.m. Fire show begins at Midnight. YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p73zBe3lZ6E
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June 14, 2008 10:30 p.m. - Delafield Surprise Birthday Party
This was our 3rd show in two days! And it came off without a hitch. The weather cooperated and the birthday boy was really surprised when the host brought him from the back patio to the front of the house to find... 3 hot girls on fire just for him! Thanks to our lovely hostess for her inspired idea of giving such a unique gift!
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June 14, 2008- Andrew Scion Auto Dealership
Car Show
8:30-9:00 p.m. fire performance
This was a really fun event to do, the big crowd really got into our fire dance routines, and the cars were amazing! A huge sound system got our music pumping and revved us up to put on a wild show. Thanks to Andrew Scion for the chance to let it all hang out!
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June 13, 2008- Birthday Party at Karma!
9:00 p.m.
A beautiful new place and the friendly staff was easy to work with, and the birthday girl was gorgeous! The show was meant for the birthday party only, but how are you gonna keep a big bar full of people inside when they see beautiful girls throwing fire around outside the front windows? Everybody poured out into the street! Thanks to the Sherriff's personnel who helped with crowd control. ;)
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June 7, 2008 - PRIDEFEST! Saturday was smokin' hot! Yeah, it was like 90 degrees, but that's not what I'm talkin' bout. Did you check out the hottest hooping girls in the state at the main gate at Pridefest, on the Summerfest grounds, noon to 2:00 p.m? We even got the Furries to hoop! Thanks to Paul and Steve who made this great show happen. We had a blast and it was nice to be near the cool fountain, cuz we were HOT!!!!
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May 31, 2008-
South Beach Tea House
Santa Barbara, California
7 p.m.
Lola's Luao w/ Special Guest Vera Zojan
(fire show starts at 9:30 p.m.)
Santa Barbara is a wonderful city, so pretty you just never want to leave. Everyone we met was so nice and the audience was really appreciative, we couldn't have asked for a better out-of-town experience.
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CURRENT HOOP JAMS!
Contact us to find out when and where.
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SEEN ABOUT TOWN: Our 24 hours of summer got us out and groovin' with all the other peeps who made it down to the lakefront on Memorial Day, 2008. Thanks to everyone who showed up and boogied down with gratitude and thoughtfulness to our people who died because of war and to our friends who are fighting for a war that we hope ends right now.
We all helped Don with his waist hooping. Where there's a will, there's a way and we're so happy you haven't given it up as it's bound to happen any minute!!
We're off to California this weekend...I hope they're ready for us cuz here we come.
I'm sure it'll be a blast!
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Wow, it was a really busy winter and spring, we didn't even have time to update this page fully, but we're back now with new routines and costumes and music for the upcoming season of rockin' the hoop. Thanks to all the clubs who let us hoopdance in their joints all winter long, and to all the clients, who gave us rave reviews after their shows. We wouldn't be where we are today without you. We'll be posting our upcoming bookings soon!
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007 - MAD PLANET! We started out at River Horse but whoa! No room there! Although we were accosted by a girl/boy who begged us to let her/him use our hoop, saying he/she was formerly a hooper in some kind of sex circus. Uh huh. Don't use MY hoop, honey! We quickly got out of there and went to our favorite place, the Planet, where we got to hoop to one our favorite Eurythmics songs so we had a blast and received a VERY nice compliment from Rosemary (who helped us out of a minor jam, too. THANK YOU ROSEMARY AGAIN)
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Friday, October 19th, 2007 - CUSH! Just stopped in for a tiny little mini hoopin throwdown, just enough to whet our whistles. Thanks, CUSH!
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Friday, October 12th, 2007 - Mad Planet! We actually started out at Club Timbuktu, but then quickly walked across the street to the Planet for an evening of electric hot hooping with boyfriends hoopin' it up, too! You should see Bill rock the hoop boyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeee
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Friday, October 5th, 2007 - Finally made it to La Cage! What a great place for hooping - big dance floor, high ceiling (don't wanna hit those disco balls and strobe lights now, do we?), excellent music, beautiful crowd who know a thing or two about hooping. A few fabulous girls even got up and tried out the hoop! Hoopers in the making!! Thanks to the employees who made us feel welcome and invited us back, don't worry - we'll be back. :)
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Friday, September 28th, 2007: Fire Sirens and SnowFire hit the Mad Planet! Two members of each troupe showed up at the Planet to stun the crowd with exciting glow hooping. We'll be checking out Club Timbuktu, Decibel and La Cage in the upcoming weeks, without neglecting our regular stops at Club Rain, Mona's and Cush. Thanks to the generous club owners for letting us hoop on in!
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Sunday, August 12, 2007: After 2 and a half hours of hooping on Lake Drive in the late afternoon, then 2 more hours of preparing for hooping at Burning Man, the Fire Sirens Hooped Some More If You Can Believe It at CUSH. Milwaukee has never seen so much hooping in its life.
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Club Rain was the scene of a glow hooping extravaganza by one of the Fire Sirens, showing up suddenly Saturday Aug. 11 and hooping the place down! Met a great guy named Davey there, hope to see him again!
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Two Fire Sirens and one fabulous boyfriend showed up at MONA's to hoop their little butts off the first Friday in August. A firey time was had by all.
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Festa Italiana 2007! The Boogie Men got down and so did the Fire Sirens at the US Cellular stage Friday night, July 20th. They might even show up there again on Saturday - watch out!
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Fire Siren hoops for the Love Monkeys! Way too early in the morning to be up, one of the Sirens showed up at Pere Marquette Park to see the Love Monkeys perform on the channel six morning show Friday July 20th, 2007. She hooped to some great music and may have been caught on camera once or twice! She let some of the audience use her hoop after they applauded her wildly.
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One of the Fire Sirens unexpectedly appeared at MONA's on 1st Street, glow hooping her brains out! For an hour and a half she dazzled the crowd, commandeering the entire dance floor. People clamored to know where she got her hoop from (PSI, of course!) and tell her she was awesome. She thanked the crowd profusely and then disappeared into the night. Who knows where she'll turn up next! Rumors are Cage might be the next spot...
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WORLD HOOP DAY! July 7, 2007, 7:00 PM CHICAGO. The Fire Sirens will be joining HooperPower and Chicago Hoop Dance, celebrating World Hoop Day from 7 pm to 9 pm in Millenium Park. Come and see all the lovely hoopers! Bring your hoop and have fun with us!
We'll also be hoopin it up with the UWM Poi Club on Sunday, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Location TBA!
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The Fire Sirens were caught doing their hoopin thing at Summerfest last night, Wednesday July 4th, 2007, at the Black Crowes concert at the Miller Lite stage! They performed from 10:00 p.m. until Summerfest closed, midnight, delighting hundreds of people and even letting many try out their collapsible hoops. The Black Crowes were great and the Fire Sirens helped them put on a fantastic show!
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PAST HOOP JAMS:
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4:00 P.M., Sunday October 7th, 2007, still in our new location, it's working out well so we'll stick with it once the nice weather comes back. Thanks to Anna, Nicki, Jillian, Karma and the nice big family that joined us for hooping in the park! Nicki's music was great and the kids had a blast trying out the new hoops. Now that colder weather is here, we'll be moving our hoop jams to Thursday and Friday nights at different nightclubs. Watch this space to find out where we'll be each week.
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007, Dusk, North End of Bradford Beach, FIRE JAM! (Weather permitting, of course) Write to us if you want to do fire. Otherwise, just come with your regular or glow hoops for an evening of hooping!
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September 16th, 23rd, 30th, 2007! New location: East side of Lake Drive, almost directly across the street from Alterra on the lake. Park in the McKinley Marina parking lot, northwest corner.
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Sunday, August 19th, August 12th, August 5th, July 29th, July 22nd, 2007. 1 Block North of Alterra Coffee on Lake Drive. Around 4:00 p.m. What a great day we had for hoopin'! Jen, Nicki, Jillian, Vegalume and Wulfgar all hooped under the trees, drinkin' cold beverages and having fun learning about Nicki's trip to the Hoop Path in North Carolina and Jillian's trip to India! Who knew there was more to yoga then just funny poses? :) We'll do it all again next week - this time with MUSIC - same hoopin' place, same hoopin' time. Come and hoop with us! We'll have extra hoops to share.
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2007 HIGHLIGHTS: Halloween! What a night it was! We fire danced our little butts off and entertained a crowd of hundreds, maybe thousands! Nah, it was hundreds. So much love and appreciation from our adoring audience, we were moved. Moved off the street! Yeah, we had to move out of the way of oncoming vehicles, but hey, whatcha gonna do when you just have to play with fire in traffic?
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July 28th - Private Party Fire Spin was AWESOME! The perfect gig, perfect venue, perfect show! We couldn't have asked for a better performance and evening for this event. The girls were in top form and dazzled the audience so much, they were in high demand after the show, handing out cards and info, meeting all the fabulous people. Thanks to Mary for hosting the most beautiful party in town!
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PIRATE PARTY!
Friday, July 13th
9:00 p.m. til whenever!
www.myspace.com/piratepartymke
The Fire Sirens perform their mesmerizing Fire and Glow Hoop dances on the party barge!
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THURSDAY 6/21/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UWM Union Wisconsin Room East
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THURSDAY 7/5/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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THURSDAY 8/16/2007
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UWM Union Wisconsin Room East
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More info at:
http://www.uwm.edu/StudentOrg/poiclub/
Heroes
Pele, Vesta, Hestia, Brigid, Agni, Hephaestos, Artemis, Athena and Vulcan
The FireSirens are a hula hoping trio, Banshee, Vegalume, and Russian Wulfgar, and we can spice up any party or event with our flaming fire or LED glow hula-hoops, along with other fire toyz as well.
Born from the phoenix’s ashes at Burning Man, the FireSirens fell in love with and fully embraced the ancient art of fire dancing.
Fully insured we offer venue certificates of additionally insured and perform site checks, provide safety equipment, and have dedicated safety personnel.
Who I'd like to meet: This is in reference to the great private party show we did on Lake Drive last weekend.
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Boris and Doris On the Town
August 02, 2007
Last and late, fire-hoop dancing by Fire Sirens topped the always elegant and lively seasonal soiree by Mary and Bob Joehnk. Martinis and champagne flowed while sounds from DJ Jai Rock got the crowd dancing. Andy Nunemaker; Dr. Abalo Nunyakpe; attorney Greg Sell and his fiancée, Janet Protasiewicz; Tom and Mary Lacy; new parents Susanna and Justin Mortara; broker James T. Barry III and his wife, Nora, were there, as well as lobbyists Moira Fitzgerald and her husband, Peter Kamman.
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Mention in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel! See the hoop in the picture at the link below:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=620702
"In the photo, they stand a few rows ahead and a little to the left of Marilyn Besasie, 42, of Milwaukee. Besasie is holding a pink hula hoop.
Besasie is a member of the Fire Sirens, a local group that performs exotic fire hoop dancing. She's here for the photo, but what she's really excited about is her collapsible hula hoop. She demonstrates how it folds up."
Thanks again Anna for I loVe HOOPING day at the lakefront! Alia and I had a GREAT time. I look forward to your hooping classes at the Hide House in November. ,,
Tommorrow is the BIG DAY--in getting to Film him at a Couple of Bigger Events. All Indie, all the way baby...I love Broadcast Journalism and Human Interest Stories that tie into Civicism, add Maestro, and Inventiveness...I am one lucky lady living it up here in Milwaukee, in so many ways.
Happy Editing! I know OUR Footage---M.A.S.C. MadCapArtsSymposium Coalition or Survivalist Company-Underground, Bootleg, All Indie All the Time (my company since 1994) and Castle Walls Entertainment (Laurie Muffler's Company) are going to have one helluva good time filming tommorrow and cutting that sucker up...It's like Capturing The GrandPooba of Marlins off the Pacific Coast, with a NET! Okay maybe not, but still Look what he has brought to the world of Music. Enough Said...
I met him before, around 2000, at Northern Light Theater, Potowatamie Bingo Casino, Milwaukee, WI. I was a stagehand kicking it with Jeff Walluch, he was then the stagemanager. Jeff Walluch or Wally, as we called him, was the only one who really would vote people off the stagehand island, and eventually everybody gets rotated out...
I am getting ahead of myself: Wally as we would call him, was with Tommy Bolin, not only the night he died, but was in the same room, pretty much at the time, trying to save his life. He also has 4 Grammy for Styx, Journey, REO, Kansas, all LIVE albums. HE introduced ME to Les Paul. I was sitting in his office, probably squirming, and he says to me that Les is dropping by and asks was I aware of who he was, and of course I knew. He said hang around and I would get to meet him.
We were sitting there and Les and a Couple of Guys walked through the backatge area, and Wally waved and they peeked their head in and said Hi!....and this was a small office. My chair was right in the doorway practically . So we said Hi! Back, and Wally asked him something or vice versa. I think I stood up to offer him my chair, but they were
Hello =) Pease join our network ‘Poi people’ for social change, music, retail, green issues, fire art, networking, spirituality and more… add your small voice to the growing one there!
My birthday took a most awesome, blast-tastic turn when I celebrated in a most irresponsible manner, by giving a lapdance. There's no taking on my b-day, it's all about the gift! Thanks for the birthday poke, love it most certainly! Rock on, Sirens!
It's My House is an upcoming documentary that highlights unique Milwaukee-area homes & the home-owners, with music from all local musicians including the BoDeans, Pat Netteshiem, Orphonic Orchestra, Julie Thompson, Mike Shank of American Movie, Lovin' Kind, Jesse Gutten, & Pat McCurdy!
All the homes were painted on canvas by Milwaukee area artists including Jill Verbick, Jim Stevens, Blanche Brown, Ann Baer, Fallicy Belle, Allison Beielke, Keith Bolyard, Julie Sanfelipe, Elizabeth Meden, Kate Shank, and others.
The homes include Alan Eisenberg's French horn tree, the Humboldt house with the cars buried in front, Bill Lennon's Packer House, Ann Baer's flower home, the boathouse, Mary Nohl's witches' house and many others. The witches' house segment will be narrated by American Movie's Mark Borchardt & Mike Shank.
The rest of the film will be narrated by mother/daughter team, Barbara Meyer-Spidell & Lauren Meyer.
Directed by me, Jim Muraco, almost 100 people dedicated their time and efforts to the completion, most importantly the editor - Mark Kolb. The film will have a Premiere Party in Milwaukee and will then debut on Milwaukee's Access Station, MATA.
You can now view the trailer at www.youtube.com/jimmuraco - then visit my website and watch the slideshow at www.myspace.com/itsmyhousefilm
Wow! The Pirates sure know how to party! The Fire Sirens amazed the huge crowd with wild Glow Hooping from the upper deck of the Iroquois, and then blew the crowd away with erotic Fire Hoop dancing late in the evening. We had a great time and the party was fabulous. Catch us out and about - we can pop up anywhere, anytime!
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