Source: Times Leader
http://www.timesleader.com/news/A_day_for_examining_the_unusual_10-12-2009.html
Standing near Martz Pavilion in Kirby Park, Jay Fink lit afire two pieces of poi fruit attached to tethers and began spinning them through the air to the beat of music.
A fire spinner whose performance was modeled after the Maori poi dancers of New Zealand, Fink, 37, of York, was one of several artists who entertained attendees at the inaugural Pagan Pride Day festival on Sunday.
Fink spun several other items lit on fire and performed fire eating and fire breathing as well. “It’s a good form of exercise, and I use it for meditation purposes, too,” he said.
Folks who attended the festival got to experience some sights, such as Fink’s fire spinning and Annemarie McMahon’s belly dancing, that might seem out of the norm.
But the day was all about acceptance of the unusual, or, at least, what a majority of society might consider unusual.