We are pleased and honored to be offering 3 classes to be taught
  by expert fire performer Lester from
  FireGroove (www.firegroove.com).
  Click here to read a detailed biography of Lester. There will be 3
  classes held:

  Intermediate/advanced poi:
  Creating freedom of movement

• Working on forward swings in a plane parallel to your shoulders instead of perpendicular
• Body movement while keeping your poi constant
• Exploring all extensions for connecting hip reels to shoulder reels (Eliminating sticky spots in your spinning)
• Connecting counter-clockwise and clockwise windmill to open up more movement (Above the head meltdowns adding in 360 turns)

  Learning different weave patterns

• 2 beat weave patterns above and underneath the arm
• 3 beat weave with one arm extended while the other hand follows above and underneath the extended arm (also adding in arm slides with the weave)
• Explore the basics on 5 beat weaves both forwards and backwards
• Learning 5 beat weaves at the elbow instead of the wrist (above and underneath the elbow)
• Incorporating straight jackets with weave patterns (especially 2 beats and 5 beats)

  Using crank as a base move

• Isolating crank
• Crank extensions in all directions creating flower patterns and anti-spins in front of your body
• Exploring the different varieties of vertical stalls in crank and incorporating them into weave patterns

  Contact Staff:
  Basic wraps

• Hand, arm, elbow, and shoulder wraps
• Neck wraps in horizontal and vertical.

  Combo your wraps.

• Using multiple points on your body to sustain contact moves (Halo, snes, conveyer belts, and various other combos)
• Learning to turn using contact moves (vertical)

  Horizontal movements

• Arm transfers from hand to neck (Staves)
• Using multiple points (hand, elbow, and neck) to practice aligning the center of your staff
• Combining arm and neck transfers in one fluid movement
• The duck-out to gain extra rotation around the neck

  Double staves:
  The Basics

• Going over split time and parallel time using the weave, 3bt weave, forearm locks, handrolls, and 1 beats

  Isolations

• Working with different points of isolation and different isolation setups (top to top, top to bottom, bottom to bottom)
• Turning with Isolations
• Translations and Lock-Outs
• Incorporating isolations in with your normal spinning techniques (Easily getting into isolations)

  Anti-Spins

• Working with tons of different variations of anti-spins
• Pac-Man, adding extra rotations on each side, and the around the head Pac-Man
• Around the head four point anti-spin
• Incorporating anti-spins in with your normal spinning techniques
• Using your fingers to gain extra rotations (finger twirls)
• The basics on gaining extra rotations with your fingers
• Adding those extra rotations into isolations and anti-spins

  The classes will take place Saturday, April 26th, 2008 at
  Horseman's Park (located at 2800 Skyline Blvd, Reno). Costs for the
  class are $25 for a single class, $40 for two classes, and $50 for all
  three. Proceeds from the classes will cover costs of travel for the
  instructor and help to further Controlled Burn's ability to remain
  a community organization. Check out this video of Lester:

"We are very excited to be having Lester here to teach intermediate and advanced classes," states Carlyn Perona, Educational Director for Controlled Burn. "Lester is an expert in fire spinning and we look forward to taking the class ourselves to further our abilities as well as being able to pass this amazing opportunity on to everyone in our community."

CLASS SCHEDULE

11am to 12:30pm - Intermediate/Advanced Poi

1pm to 2:30 pm - Intermediate/Advanced Staff

2:45pm to 4:15pm - Double Staves

*some refreshments will be available during breaks

Everyone is invited, please come and play with us!

When paying through paypal, please be sure to include the following information in the "Additional Information" field of the paypal payment: NAME, AGE, EMAIL, WHICH SESSION YOU WOULD LIKE.

All participants under 18 will be required to have a parent or guardian available at the beginning of the session to sign permission forms/waivers.

One Session Two Sessions All Three Sessions

$25 $40 $50