The Wiggles have been going strong for over three decades, and their lineup has changed a bit along the way.
Going from four to eight, the current lineup includes the original Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field, alongside a cast of newer faces: Tsehay Hawkins, Lachy Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Caterina Mete, and Lucia Field.
Tsehay Hawkins joined the Wiggles at age 15, taking over from Emma Watkins as the Yellow Wiggle in 2021.
"That was a pretty, pretty surreal moment,” she told Jack Tame.
The Wiggles team is a pretty close-knit group, Hawkins revealed.
“Everyone’s friends, we’re all actually mates, so that makes it so much easier.”
“It doesn’t feel like work.”
The Wiggles are coming to New Zealand this summer, bringing their Sound System Dance Party to Christchurch and Mount Maunganui.
It’s our first-ever dedicated dance festival for toddlers, featuring reimagined dance versions of the classic hits, and Dorothy the Dinosaur on the turntables.
“She’s levelled up,” Hawkins said.
“She still does all the Wiggle stuff, but now we've got remixes of the OG Wiggles songs, but we've made it like, club vibes. We’ve got full house, techno, and that’s what we’re doing in January next year.”
“We're so stoked to be coming back.”
For more information, visit kyaevents.co.nz.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks atb.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's going to be a fruit salad, tree fruit salad. Yummy,
yummy fruit salad.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yummy, yummy fruit.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Salad's going to be a morning welcome to news Talks.
He'd be yes, that's just going to be going round
and round and round and round your head over the
next three days or so. Should get you through the
whole long weekend. I reckon The Wiggles, would you believe
have been going strong for more than thirty years now,
and many of us and I say us who grew
up watching the Wiggles have kids, and what started as
(00:53):
a group of four has of course become a group
of eight, four men and four women across a broad
range of ages. Yellow Wiggle Sahai is the youngest Wiggle
there has ever been. So she grew up listening to
the Wiggles and now she's going to be performing alongside
the Wiggles during the New Zealand tour early next year
with their big Dance sound System Dance Party. It's going
(01:16):
to be the sort of performance that you would expect
gets kids and the appearance bugging along.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
So Hi is with a skelt a good morning, thank you,
thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It is so good to see you and so good
to have you back in New Zealand. For people who
aren't fully aware of your story, can you tell us
what is involved when it comes to joining the Wiggles.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Well, all of us have our own separate talents. But
I'm a dancer, so I literally went to dancing like
a dance school my whole life, and I trained up
until year ten. Mid year ten, the Wiggles asked if
I'd like to come on the road as a Wiggly dancer.
I said yes, and then halfway during the tour they said,
would you like to be a Wiggle?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
That's literally how it happening, and it's okay. Tell me
about the moment when they asked you to be a Wiggle,
just like paint has the picture here.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Okay, Well, there was actually two different circumstances. We had
a TV show called Fruit Saler TV, which was on YouTube.
I was a red Wiggle at the time and it
was really really cool. That was on a Zoom meeting
we had all the other the four other Wiggles. Because
we've expanded to h with the four other Wiggles John Pierce,
the current Purple Wiggle, he was on there with me
as well, and they said, would you guys like to
(02:19):
be part of our new TV series Forsella.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
TV right, and so like they just say, hey, guys,
hope you're having a good day. Do you want to
be part of the TV show? And you're like, oh
my gosh, or like do they build up? Do they say,
you know, we've been really impressed with you guys, your professionalism,
your talents, or they how do they break it? Can
you remember?
Speaker 3 (02:38):
I can't even remember. It was kind of a blow.
I was actually at school when that had happened. I
went into one of the little rooms and I put
my headphones on. You were literally at school at school, Yeah, literally,
So it was kind of surreal. I honestly can't remember
most of it, but what was pretty fast, and we
kind of all had an inkling something was happening, but
we didn't really know it was that. And I think
(02:59):
even when they told us, we didn't realize we were
being Wiggles. We just thought were characters until we got
into the studio and they gave us Skivvy's. I got
Red Skivvy with the names hire written on it. Then
I realized, oh, my goodness, I'm being a wiggle right now. Oh,
which is cool. And then so from there we filmed
that TV series and it was mid lockdown, so I
didn't see anyone for ages. And then I think a
(03:19):
week before we were meant like restrictions were ending, we
were about to go back into the world. They asked
if I could come into the office on a Monday,
and I was like, Oh, I'm going back to dancing
and like my dance school. So I was like, oh,
can I come the next day just so I know
how the rest of my year's going to turn out.
And they said, we really really need you. I was like, oh, yeah, okay,
that's fine, it's not that deep. I'll go yeah. And
then that morning before I went in, they set up
(03:42):
a zoom meeting and they said, so hi, Like that
was where they kind of like said, we've been really
loving having you along the team. Would you like to
take over Emma's role and become the Yellow Wiggle? And
that was a pretty pretty surreal moment.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yeah, that must have been incredible, like do you and
you get like the rush of a dreamland and all
of that when they're telling you, but you're trying to be.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Professional literally, and like we had no clue, Like we
did not know. We thought maybe, like I don't know,
they were doing a new song or something they needed
me to bring something in. But my mom and dad
were sitting next to me. My brother was off on
the camera and they were Mom was trying not to cry.
She's like, oh my goodness. And so it was I like, surreal,
honestly amazing.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You talked about your dance experience and you have just
been an incredibly successful dancer over the year. Salsa, right, yes,
lots of American dancing. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah. My brother's Colombian, so when we adopted him, I
saw their styles and when we were in Colombia and
I was like, Mom, I was about six, and I
was like, I want to do this. So when I
came back to Australia, you did all the styles and
then I went into mainly somba and salsa, and I
am eleven times Australian Dance Champion and five times world champions.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
That's good, okay, So tell me about being in Colombia
and singing the dancing we were you.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
We were in Karli and Bogata. We went everywhere, and
a lot of their dancing was with the dresses and
that's called coumbia, so that was their cultural style. But
I did see saucer on the streets and when we
went to different like Latin like restaurants, like they had
dancing there, and I was like, oh my goodness, I
want to do this.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I've never I don't think in all of my life,
I've never felt less coordinated or talented. Then traveling through
Columbia and going to like a salsa club and seeing
everyone just kind of like make you know, because the
thing about culser is you can just dance with a
stranger and just you just you follow each other, You
follow the lead right literally aut less. You can't dance
(05:31):
like me, which gas it's just like, oh my gosh,
it's so embarrassing. But it strikes me of the many
different dance styles as being one where if you are
just making it up on the moment, it must be
incredibly fulfilling.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
It must be.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
It must be an amazing feeling when.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You're doing oh absolutely, And like you said, like they
literally have social clubs, that's what they like do. They
literally go and dance with others and it's so cool.
I think the music feels really like it really works
with the rhythm, Like even if you're not a dancer,
you kind of want to dance along to it.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, yeah, it's it's remarkable what kind of energy is
required and being a wiggle, because like everyone has bad days,
even like in that, you know, if you're having a
really rough time of things, it must take something special
to be able to pick yourself up and get on
with it.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
I think it's such a group, like amazing group that
we work with everyone's friends, we'll actually mates, so it
makes it so much easier. It doesn't feel like work.
And even if you do have a like a bad
day or a bad morning, as soon as you get
into the office, someone's cracked a joke and we're all
laughing again. So I think it's you've got to be
possitively Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Does it take something special though? As an individual, do
you think that's kind of part of the secret source
in making you a successful wiggle? You know, maybe something
that not all of us have, those of us who
can be a bit grumpy even time to time, that
you can just push through that when you are having
a bit of a crappy.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Day, I think so a little bit for sure, because
I mean we couldn't be Wiggles going out and being
mad in public, you know, can you imagine, yeah, really
like ruined childhoods? But I think, yeah, I think you've
got to have that certain like energy out you and
that's why it's such a good group to work with. Yeah,
but yeah, yeah, no, definitely, we definitely couldn't be walking
(07:12):
out having a tanger rep side.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I'm sure I know the answer to this, but did
you grow up listening to the Wiggles music?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Absolutely massive fan. I literally have photos of when I
went to I think I've been to three of their
concerts before it became a wiggle.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Oh my gosh. Do you have you showed them?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Yeah? Yeah, I think there's there's a few of my
Instagram and I was going through my mom's like laptop
the other day and I found a video of me
doing like rockerby Evan when I was like two.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So yes, that's so funny because I feel like it's
the kind of soundtrack to a million childhood or to
like teen million childhood. So you know, it's pretty remarkable
that you can go from that that. I don't want
to say a brand, yeah, but a group canon dua
through generations like that. Don't you think this? Why do
(07:56):
you think that is?
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I think it all stemps from the original four the
og Wiggles. They were all had back up in like
early childhood teaching, so they were all preschool teachers and
they all loved music. They literally had their own band
called the Cockroaches, so they were pretty cool. And then
I don't know how that switch happened, but they started
making music for children, and I think because they had
(08:17):
such a mazing knowledge in both they could combine it together.
And also, our audience renews every few years, so it's like,
you know, it's not getting old because you've always got
a new audience. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Do you do you have a trick for getting the
songs out of your head at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Oh, I mean I When I.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
First it was criticism of the song. They're amazing and
put of the reason that the group is so successful
is because they are so catchy. But they are so catchy.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
They are so catchy. Honestly, every time we have a
new one, too get stuck in my head. I think
I listened to very different music when I'm at home
or in the.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
What's very different?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
What's very different? Oh, it goes from everywhere. So I
do love a bit of R and B and rap, yes,
but I also love some good old school dad tunes.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
So oh I like that.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Okay, give me the give me the like most hard
core rep that you listen to.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Oh my gosh, I'm trying to think. Okay, I like
more of the nineties vibes. I'm more of like with
Nelly and Biggie. Yeah like that. I like that. I
like this stuff now, Like I still love like Who's
like Don Tolliver and like Kendrick and all that, Like
it's still like that too, but like definitely because of
my parents. Like I'll just listen to the nineties wrath.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
It's so funny, Like, yeah, talking about contrasts and nothing
gets excellent out of your here country Grammar Ross, did
you Yeah, that's funny. What surprised you about what surprised
you about the institution? Now that you are absolutely part
of it and you are touring and you are performing
(09:48):
all the time, what do you understand about the Wiggles
that you didn't understand when you're on the outside.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
I think how important it is when we do our
shows that were catering to children and that this is
their first time seeing a live concert. This is like
all experiences, especially with little ones, is very exciting for
their parents. So with could buy a bear, for example,
everybody clap, you know, they clapped three times. That's something amazing,
Like little steps are huge to them. So it's pretty
(10:15):
amazing to see it firsthand when we see a parent
watching their child like join along and they just are
beaming with happiness. So that's pretty much stood out to me.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Do you like kids?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Oh, I mean no, of course absolutely scan.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, But I mean you know, because the
OG four were came from a background and in early
childhood education, yes, you were still at school, yes, literally,
so it's not like you've had heaps of experience on
that front necessarily.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
No, And that's probably what I've learned the most. Yeah.
I joined when I was fifteen, so still half a child.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
It was just school, doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Well, because I was a dancer, I kind of already
went to a bit of a I did like distance education,
so schooling online, and then it kind of like phased out,
but I was already doing that, so that that works
without any crazy headlines.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
That's fair enough too. So tell us about the performance
you guys are going to be putting together in January
this year. You're going to Mount going to be the
Wiggles sound System Festival.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Yes, this is pretty cool because Dorothy has now become
a DJ's she's leveled up. I mean, she still does
all the Wiggle stuff, but she's now. We've got remixes
of the og Wiggles songs who need it, like club vibes.
We've got full house techno and that's what we're doing
in January next year. Myself, I think John and Anthony
were gonna come out, the younger ones. John and I
(11:35):
we're the ones who like to keep the Wiggles trendy.
And Anto is amazing. He's great, he loves to join
and he has no idea what's going on, but he
loves the party. So yeah, we're so stoked to be
coming back.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
There's such a good idea because it's like people you
know who are kind of like getting into middle age,
like me, who like love a better that lot of
club music, love the songs, combine them together.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
The you go Yeah, you get nostalgia and you get
good beats.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Yeah, it's so good to hit you back in the country.
Thank you so much for giving us your time and
congratulations on what you have achieved a ridiculously young age.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
No worries, thank you think miss a lot.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
That is a high Wiggle. So as I said, the
Wiggles are bringing their sound system dance party to Mount
Monganui and the Three christ Church. It's going to be
there this summer. Set to be the most exciting kids
and adults dance festival on the planet. You can find
tickets and information at www dot Kyaevents dot co dot
(12:30):
nz and we will make sure that there is a
link on our website and on our Facebook page this
morning as well.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
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You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's going to be a fruit salad, tree fruit salad. Yummy,
yummy fruit salad.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yummy, yummy fruit.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Salad's going to be a morning welcome to news Talks.
He'd be yes, that's just going to be going round
and round and round and round your head over the
next three days or so. Should get you through the
whole long weekend. I reckon The Wiggles, would you believe
have been going strong for more than thirty years now,
and many of us and I say us who grew
up watching the Wiggles have kids, and what started as
(00:53):
a group of four has of course become a group
of eight, four men and four women across a broad
range of ages. Yellow Wiggle Sahai is the youngest Wiggle
there has ever been. So she grew up listening to
the Wiggles and now she's going to be performing alongside
the Wiggles during the New Zealand tour early next year
with their big Dance sound System Dance Party. It's going
(01:16):
to be the sort of performance that you would expect
gets kids and the appearance bugging along.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
So Hi is with a skelt a good morning, thank you,
thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It is so good to see you and so good
to have you back in New Zealand. For people who
aren't fully aware of your story, can you tell us
what is involved when it comes to joining the Wiggles.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Well, all of us have our own separate talents. But
I'm a dancer, so I literally went to dancing like
a dance school my whole life, and I trained up
until year ten. Mid year ten, the Wiggles asked if
I'd like to come on the road as a Wiggly dancer.
I said yes, and then halfway during the tour they said,
would you like to be a Wiggle?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
That's literally how it happening, and it's okay. Tell me
about the moment when they asked you to be a Wiggle,
just like paint has the picture here.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Okay, Well, there was actually two different circumstances. We had
a TV show called Fruit Saler TV, which was on YouTube.
I was a red Wiggle at the time and it
was really really cool. That was on a Zoom meeting
we had all the other the four other Wiggles. Because
we've expanded to h with the four other Wiggles John Pierce,
the current Purple Wiggle, he was on there with me
as well, and they said, would you guys like to
(02:19):
be part of our new TV series Forsella.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
TV right, and so like they just say, hey, guys,
hope you're having a good day. Do you want to
be part of the TV show? And you're like, oh
my gosh, or like do they build up? Do they say,
you know, we've been really impressed with you guys, your professionalism,
your talents, or they how do they break it? Can
you remember?
Speaker 3 (02:38):
I can't even remember. It was kind of a blow.
I was actually at school when that had happened. I
went into one of the little rooms and I put
my headphones on. You were literally at school at school, Yeah, literally,
So it was kind of surreal. I honestly can't remember
most of it, but what was pretty fast, and we
kind of all had an inkling something was happening, but
we didn't really know it was that. And I think
(02:59):
even when they told us, we didn't realize we were
being Wiggles. We just thought were characters until we got
into the studio and they gave us Skivvy's. I got
Red Skivvy with the names hire written on it. Then
I realized, oh, my goodness, I'm being a wiggle right now. Oh,
which is cool. And then so from there we filmed
that TV series and it was mid lockdown, so I
didn't see anyone for ages. And then I think a
(03:19):
week before we were meant like restrictions were ending, we
were about to go back into the world. They asked
if I could come into the office on a Monday,
and I was like, Oh, I'm going back to dancing
and like my dance school. So I was like, oh,
can I come the next day just so I know
how the rest of my year's going to turn out.
And they said, we really really need you. I was like, oh, yeah, okay,
that's fine, it's not that deep. I'll go yeah. And
then that morning before I went in, they set up
(03:42):
a zoom meeting and they said, so hi, Like that
was where they kind of like said, we've been really
loving having you along the team. Would you like to
take over Emma's role and become the Yellow Wiggle? And
that was a pretty pretty surreal moment.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yeah, that must have been incredible, like do you and
you get like the rush of a dreamland and all
of that when they're telling you, but you're trying to be.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Professional literally, and like we had no clue, Like we
did not know. We thought maybe, like I don't know,
they were doing a new song or something they needed
me to bring something in. But my mom and dad
were sitting next to me. My brother was off on
the camera and they were Mom was trying not to cry.
She's like, oh my goodness. And so it was I like, surreal,
honestly amazing.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You talked about your dance experience and you have just
been an incredibly successful dancer over the year. Salsa, right, yes,
lots of American dancing. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah. My brother's Colombian, so when we adopted him, I
saw their styles and when we were in Colombia and
I was like, Mom, I was about six, and I
was like, I want to do this. So when I
came back to Australia, you did all the styles and
then I went into mainly somba and salsa, and I
am eleven times Australian Dance Champion and five times world champions.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
That's good, okay, So tell me about being in Colombia
and singing the dancing we were you.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
We were in Karli and Bogata. We went everywhere, and
a lot of their dancing was with the dresses and
that's called coumbia, so that was their cultural style. But
I did see saucer on the streets and when we
went to different like Latin like restaurants, like they had
dancing there, and I was like, oh my goodness, I
want to do this.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I've never I don't think in all of my life,
I've never felt less coordinated or talented. Then traveling through
Columbia and going to like a salsa club and seeing
everyone just kind of like make you know, because the
thing about culser is you can just dance with a
stranger and just you just you follow each other, You
follow the lead right literally aut less. You can't dance
(05:31):
like me, which gas it's just like, oh my gosh,
it's so embarrassing. But it strikes me of the many
different dance styles as being one where if you are
just making it up on the moment, it must be
incredibly fulfilling.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
It must be.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
It must be an amazing feeling when.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You're doing oh absolutely, And like you said, like they
literally have social clubs, that's what they like do. They
literally go and dance with others and it's so cool.
I think the music feels really like it really works
with the rhythm, Like even if you're not a dancer,
you kind of want to dance along to it.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, yeah, it's it's remarkable what kind of energy is
required and being a wiggle, because like everyone has bad days,
even like in that, you know, if you're having a
really rough time of things, it must take something special
to be able to pick yourself up and get on
with it.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
I think it's such a group, like amazing group that
we work with everyone's friends, we'll actually mates, so it
makes it so much easier. It doesn't feel like work.
And even if you do have a like a bad
day or a bad morning, as soon as you get
into the office, someone's cracked a joke and we're all
laughing again. So I think it's you've got to be
possitively Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Does it take something special though? As an individual, do
you think that's kind of part of the secret source
in making you a successful wiggle? You know, maybe something
that not all of us have, those of us who
can be a bit grumpy even time to time, that
you can just push through that when you are having
a bit of a crappy.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Day, I think so a little bit for sure, because
I mean we couldn't be Wiggles going out and being
mad in public, you know, can you imagine, yeah, really
like ruined childhoods? But I think, yeah, I think you've
got to have that certain like energy out you and
that's why it's such a good group to work with. Yeah,
but yeah, yeah, no, definitely, we definitely couldn't be walking
(07:12):
out having a tanger rep side.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I'm sure I know the answer to this, but did
you grow up listening to the Wiggles music?
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Absolutely massive fan. I literally have photos of when I
went to I think I've been to three of their
concerts before it became a wiggle.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Oh my gosh. Do you have you showed them?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Yeah? Yeah, I think there's there's a few of my
Instagram and I was going through my mom's like laptop
the other day and I found a video of me
doing like rockerby Evan when I was like two.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So yes, that's so funny because I feel like it's
the kind of soundtrack to a million childhood or to
like teen million childhood. So you know, it's pretty remarkable
that you can go from that that. I don't want
to say a brand, yeah, but a group canon dua
through generations like that. Don't you think this? Why do
(07:56):
you think that is?
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I think it all stemps from the original four the
og Wiggles. They were all had back up in like
early childhood teaching, so they were all preschool teachers and
they all loved music. They literally had their own band
called the Cockroaches, so they were pretty cool. And then
I don't know how that switch happened, but they started
making music for children, and I think because they had
(08:17):
such a mazing knowledge in both they could combine it together.
And also, our audience renews every few years, so it's like,
you know, it's not getting old because you've always got
a new audience. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Do you do you have a trick for getting the
songs out of your head at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Oh, I mean I When I.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
First it was criticism of the song. They're amazing and
put of the reason that the group is so successful
is because they are so catchy. But they are so catchy.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
They are so catchy. Honestly, every time we have a
new one, too get stuck in my head. I think
I listened to very different music when I'm at home
or in the.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
What's very different?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
What's very different? Oh, it goes from everywhere. So I
do love a bit of R and B and rap, yes,
but I also love some good old school dad tunes.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
So oh I like that.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Okay, give me the give me the like most hard
core rep that you listen to.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Oh my gosh, I'm trying to think. Okay, I like
more of the nineties vibes. I'm more of like with
Nelly and Biggie. Yeah like that. I like that. I
like this stuff now, Like I still love like Who's
like Don Tolliver and like Kendrick and all that, Like
it's still like that too, but like definitely because of
my parents. Like I'll just listen to the nineties wrath.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
It's so funny, Like, yeah, talking about contrasts and nothing
gets excellent out of your here country Grammar Ross, did
you Yeah, that's funny. What surprised you about what surprised
you about the institution? Now that you are absolutely part
of it and you are touring and you are performing
(09:48):
all the time, what do you understand about the Wiggles
that you didn't understand when you're on the outside.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
I think how important it is when we do our
shows that were catering to children and that this is
their first time seeing a live concert. This is like
all experiences, especially with little ones, is very exciting for
their parents. So with could buy a bear, for example,
everybody clap, you know, they clapped three times. That's something amazing,
Like little steps are huge to them. So it's pretty
(10:15):
amazing to see it firsthand when we see a parent
watching their child like join along and they just are
beaming with happiness. So that's pretty much stood out to me.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Do you like kids?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Oh, I mean no, of course absolutely scan.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, But I mean you know, because the
OG four were came from a background and in early
childhood education, yes, you were still at school, yes, literally,
so it's not like you've had heaps of experience on
that front necessarily.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
No, And that's probably what I've learned the most. Yeah.
I joined when I was fifteen, so still half a child.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
It was just school, doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Well, because I was a dancer, I kind of already
went to a bit of a I did like distance education,
so schooling online, and then it kind of like phased out,
but I was already doing that, so that that works
without any crazy headlines.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
That's fair enough too. So tell us about the performance
you guys are going to be putting together in January
this year. You're going to Mount going to be the
Wiggles sound System Festival.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Yes, this is pretty cool because Dorothy has now become
a DJ's she's leveled up. I mean, she still does
all the Wiggle stuff, but she's now. We've got remixes
of the og Wiggles songs who need it, like club vibes.
We've got full house techno and that's what we're doing
in January next year. Myself, I think John and Anthony
were gonna come out, the younger ones. John and I
(11:35):
we're the ones who like to keep the Wiggles trendy.
And Anto is amazing. He's great, he loves to join
and he has no idea what's going on, but he
loves the party. So yeah, we're so stoked to be
coming back.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
There's such a good idea because it's like people you
know who are kind of like getting into middle age,
like me, who like love a better that lot of
club music, love the songs, combine them together.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
The you go Yeah, you get nostalgia and you get
good beats.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Yeah, it's so good to hit you back in the country.
Thank you so much for giving us your time and
congratulations on what you have achieved a ridiculously young age.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
No worries, thank you think miss a lot.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
That is a high Wiggle. So as I said, the
Wiggles are bringing their sound system dance party to Mount
Monganui and the Three christ Church. It's going to be
there this summer. Set to be the most exciting kids
and adults dance festival on the planet. You can find
tickets and information at www dot Kyaevents dot co dot
(12:30):
nz and we will make sure that there is a
link on our website and on our Facebook page this
morning as well.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
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