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Fire Dancer, Fire Eater, and Hula Hoops at Stollery Children’s Hospital Snowflake Gala

Sandra — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:14:23 +0000

Just got home from the Stollery Children’s Hospital Snowflake Gala. The event was amazing! This year’s theme was Circus Carnival and the decor at the Shaw Conference Center was phenomenal! I provided roving Contact Juggling, LED Hula Hooping, Fire Eating and a stage Fire Show. I’ll have some pictures and video up from the event in a few days.

One of the evening’s highlights for me was getting to perform inside a circus ring on the main stage!

New SaFire Photos: Calgary and Edmonton Fire Eater

Sandra — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:31:31 +0000

Aerial Training in Edmonton

Sandra — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:25:59 +0000

For the past few weeks I’ve been up in Edmonton taking training from FireFly Theatre. I took several aerial classes from them years ago in 2008 when they were using space in a gymnastic studio and boy is their new studio space amazing!!

The classes have been a huge challenge for me both mentally and physically but thankfully all the teachers are spectacular and the energy there is really positive and uplifting. If I’m struggling with a move there is undoubtably always someone there to cheer me on. Everyone in each class is so supportive of each other and I’m sad to already be half way through the 6 week courses. I don’t really know what my plans are with aerial or if I’ll ever feel that I’m good enough to perform. I’m trying to live by my own advice and “love the process”; to focus on enjoying the experience of this new challenge without placing expectations on my progress.

If you ever get the desire to tone up and turn upside down, go see FireFly and sign up for some classes!

Fire Hooping at Calgary Tattoo Festival

Sandra — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:53:38 +0000

Here’s another photo from my show at this year’s Calgary Tattoo Festival. This image was captured by Elizabeth Joyal.

Halloween Party Entertainment

Sandra — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:38:19 +0000

Had a great time performing this Saturday for a private Halloween party in Edmonton. The guests were all dressed up and excited to enjoy a night of dancing, music and entertainment. I provided roving stilt walking as guests arrived and a comedy show before dinner.

Calgary Screamfest Fire Dancer – Fire Hula Hoop, Fire Eating, Poi and Staff

Sandra — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:57:39 +0000

I’ve been having a blast performing the past few weekend at Screamfest. Here’s some photos the lovely and talented AmberLynn Walker of Insane Entertainment snapped during one of my hoop performances. I’ve been providing fire shows on the Calgary Stampede main stage doing comedy acts with fire eating, fire poi, fire staff and three fire hoops.

Check out the photos below from one of my fire hoop sets. Thanks Amber!!

Calgary Tattoo Festival 2012 – Fire Dancing, Stilt Walking and Hula Hoop Dancing

Sandra — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:18:01 +0000

I had a blast this weekend working Calgary’s Tattoo Festival. I provided a comedy fire show everyday on the mainstage with fire eating, fire poi and fire hooping. The show also included some audience participation and tattoo related stand up comedy. My favorite part of this event is that all you have to do is ask people one question: “Do you have a tattoo?” and they instantly they start stripping. Who wouldn’t love an event like that?!?

In addition to the stage show I did some roving Stilt Walking and Hula Hooping. I made an effort to interact with and politely distract those who were in the chair getting inked. Everyone was grateful for the happy distraction from the feeling of being tattooed. One gentleman while in the chair stated; “You should be at all the Tattoo Conventions! This is great!” I was happy to help out, I know the feeling of getting inked and having a good distraction can help make the time go by much faster.

For those of you who saw my stage show, I was joking about my “patriotic” tattoo. ; )

Screamfest 2012 Fire Dancer – Calgary Haunted House Fire Performances

Sandra — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:23:07 +0000

This year I’ll be performing at Screamfest in Calgary held on the Stampede grounds. The event includes haunted houses, spooky characters, unique and crazy entertainment. Fellow performers that will be doing shows all month include Ryan Stock and AmberLynn of Insane Entertainment. This duo performed on the Discovery Channel’s Guinea Pig and have been entertaining audiences all around the world with their sideshow performances. Shows will be Fridays and Saturday every weekend of October and the 26th to the 31st as well!

SaFire Fire Hula Hoop Dancer in Las Vegas

Sandra — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:21:46 +0000

I was in Vegas last week to attend Photoshop World, an annual photography and Photoshop conference. It was an absolute blast!! I used to teach darkroom photography, digital photography and graphic design to high school students and I’ve missed that part of my life tremendously. Attending Photoshop World was a gift to myself to help rekindle my visual arts spirit. The entire event was filled with excellent workshops from the world’s best instructors, hilarious geeky inside jokes and other attendees that felt like long-time friends instantly. I made lots of friends, learned so many things, was inspired and am excited to go back again next year.

My new friend Sharon wrote a blog about the event and joined another fellow photographer and myself for an LED and fire photo shoot. Check out some of her photos and blog at Hell Ziggy.

More photos coming soon!

Gateway Alliance Church Carnival Sunday – Fire Dancer

Sandra — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:21:04 +0000

This morning I had the pleasure of meeting some incredible people at the Gateway Alliance Church. Thank you so much for having me, it was an amazing morning, all the kids were super fun, and the entire event was really high energy!