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Subject: Re: Fire Blowing at a Tiki Torch
From: McSpeed
Posted: Thu Aug 21. 2003, 22:21 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Fire Blowing at a Tiki Torch"  by Cheryl Charming  (Mon Aug 18. 2003, 03:08 UTC)
> > Ewe should be fine Cheryl. The trick is to purse ewer lips so that 
> > 
> > the line emerges as a fine mist, rather than a long, concentrated 
> > spurt. The emphasis should be on the liquor coming out from the 
> > centre of ewer lips, rather than ewer mouth as a whole, and bear in 
> > 
> > mind, that blowing should be done in short, powerful blasts, rather 
> > 
> > than anything longer than a second. This eliminates the possibility 
> > 
> > of the flame returning to its source (ie, ewer mouth), and burning 
> > 
> > the crap out of ewe. Keep about a foot of distance between ewer lips 
> > 
> > and the flame to eliminate the same possibility.
> > Practice with water until ewe can achieve the spitting effect of 
> > perfume or deodorant from a nozzle can (the aforementioned mist), 
> > rather than a direct jet of liquid.
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> 
> Hey Q,
> Yeah I know how to blow :) :)  What do you think about the 151 coming 
> in contact with the oil? When I taught bar tricks and bar magic at 
> Disney, 2 others guys taught bottle flippin' and fire blowing. We 
> always blew with a homemade torch of napkins stuck in  a bottle. At 
> my Lulu of a Luau I'm gonna give fire-blowing lessons and want a 
> continous flame and I thought a tiki torch would be great since they 
> will be everywhere....my only safety concern is the 2 combustibles 
> meeting. Thanks for the description though...it was good.
> C
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Cheryl, just curious who else was teaching with you at the Disney U?  Going to 
guess it was Jason Tremper, but not sure who else they had teaching flair.  
Thanks.


Mike


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