Epic Fire Dance Blue Peter Bite

This is Blue Peter, but mini.

Expect epic adventures, bakes, makes, badges, pets,

presenters and your post.

We've only got five minutes, so get ready for your Blue Peter adventure.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

Hello, welcome to Blue Peter, Flambe Circus.

Thanks very much for having us.

Never mind this chat. Hand me my fiery whip, please, woman.

You're not going to get to do fire today, I'm afraid.

-We're leaving that to us professionals.

-All right.

We have trained for at least ten years with fire

and much longer before that.

So that is the key to all this - practice makes perfect.

So that's what you guys get to have a go at today.

-Good, what are we doing?

-What on earth...?

Show the lovely audience what you have in your hands.

-What are they?

-What do you call them?

-These are called poi.

They originated in New Zealand and were used by the Maoris

as a way of training for weapons

and they use them in dances and all sorts of stuff.

-Oh, my goodness, they're changing colour.

-Magic.

So, you guys are going to get to go right now. Are you ready?

Before we do, it's worth saying you can join in with this at home.

You certainly can, yes. We actually train with sock poi,

which is actually what it says on the tin - a long pair of socks,

whack a tennis ball in the bottom, tie a knot in the end,

-you can spin in your back garden.

-Make sure you've got plenty of space

if you're going to do that, or you'll whack people in the face.

-Look at you already, doing it.

-I'm loving this.

-Look at Barney,

showing off. So, we're going to take it right back to basics.

First move, Barney's demonstrating it perfectly.

Start spinning them forwards. That's it.

Imagine you're a train on a track.

There you go, a bit of knee action as well, loving it.

-You guys are pros.

-We're into this.

-Next, we're going to go backwards.

-That's it, nice and steady.

-Wait, is it arms?

-No, wrists.

-Arms, wrists, whatever. All right, are you ready?

-This one will melt your brain a little bit.

-OK.

We're going to try one forward and one backwards. Sounds super easy,

-but it's really hard.

-You're doing it and speaking.

-I know.

-You're a hero.

-OK, so forwards and backwards.

One forwards and one backwards.

Look at Radzi's concentration face.

Hello, I'm doing it!

-Yeah!

-Wait, am I doing it?

-I think you're doing it.

-I can't tell.

-Just smile, they'll never know.

OK, the last move for you guys to try is called Butterfly.

-It looks like this.

-Yeah, easy, no worries.

It's kind of like aeroplane propellers or butterfly wings.

-I just hit myself in the head.

-So, just in front of you.

It won't go right round your bobble.

-Look at that for a butterfly.

-Barney's going outwards,

-that's even better.

-We're not just doing this cos I'm rubbish,

-there's a point of this, isn't there?

-You guys are actually

going to be involved in our fire show later.

MUSIC: Come With Me Now by Kongos

# Come with me now

# Come with me now

# I'm gonna take you down

# Whoa, come with me now

# I'm gonna show you how

# Whoa, come with me now

# I'm gonna take you down

# Whoa, come with me now

# I'm gonna show you how

# I think with my heart and I move with my head

# I open my mouth and it's something I've read

# I stood at this door before I'm told

# But a part of me knows that I'm growing too old

# Confused what I thought with something I felt

# Confuse what I feel with something that's real

# I tried to sell my soul last night

# Funny, he wouldn't even take a bite

# Far away

-# I heard him say

-Come with me now

# Don't delay

-# I heard him say

-Come with me now

# Whoa, come with me now

# I'm gonna take you down

# Whoa, come with me now

# I'm gonna show you how... #

CHEERING

CHEERING

# Afraid to lose control And caught up in this world

# I need to move, I need to fight

# I need to lose myself tonight

# Whoa, come with me now

# Whoa, come with me now

# I'm gonna take you down

# Whoa, come with me now. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

See you next week!

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